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Weiner's Back

thaiboxerken said:
He sent an unsolicited penile profile to a constituent. Stupid, yes. The only things violated were his wife's and the constituent's trust. Compared to what Sanford and Vitter has done, it's not deplorable.
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I didn't ask if anyone else has done deplorable things. That has nothing to do with whether or not his action was.
 
thaiboxerken said:
He sent an unsolicited penile profile to a constituent. Stupid, yes. The only things violated were his wife's and the constituent's trust. Compared to what Sanford and Vitter has done, it's not deplorable.
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Wiener didn't do anything deplorable in comparison to Maxine Waters or Charlie Rangel, either. He might be a bad husband but AFAIK he's not corrupt.
 
stevea said:
What sort of moron would think that he wouldn't violate his constituents trust too ?
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Ziggurat said:
As mentioned above, if a man will violate the trust his wife places in him like this, whose trust won't he violate?
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Do you think the electorate finds whatever trust they place in politicians inviolable? I don't. There is no trust. It is just picking the horse they prefer, the one they will find most entertaining to watch until the next cycle rolls around.
 
grunion said:
Do you think the electorate finds whatever trust they place in politicians inviolable? I don't. There is no trust. It is just picking the horse they prefer, the one they will find most entertaining to watch until the next cycle rolls around.
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I think people expect not to be backstabbed. Like the joke about an honest judge in Louisiana being one who stays bought: voters may tolerate some corruption, as long as that politician doesn't betray the interests of their own supporters. And that characterizes a lot of politicians, even "dirty" ones: they're dependable on the top issues of their core constituency. But when voters can't even be sure of that, then why should they vote for a politician?
 
So what was his core constituency's view of clothed erection pictures? Was it one of their top issues? :p
 
mikedenk said:
From the long list of storied Breitbart moments, the Weiner takedown is my favorite. The liberal rag NYT whitewashes this of course, making it seem like finally admitting the truth was a result of Weiner feeling guilty, rather than being nailed to the floor by Breitbart.
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Breitbart the known film forger and liar?

Why would you EVER trust anything a confirmed, known forger and liar would say?

Even if it's true, if he talks about it, it puts something into doubt.
 
stevea said:
FTFY.

I don't care a bit it this guy wants to run for office again.

Weiner's actions demonstrated that he has no problem violating his wife's trust. What sort of moron would think that he wouldn't violate his constituents trust too ?


Amazing that some of the critical thinkers here still rely on the Breitbart ad hom fallacy. Why should it matter if Adolph Hitler broke the story ? Has no impact on Weiner's qualification.
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Well Hitler was at least a faithful man, unlike those foul horrible leaders Roosevelt and Churchill. Those two totally unqualified for anyone's trust.
 
RE: Weiner's Back!

Brainster said:
In a NY Times Magazine article that tries to focus on his post-scandal life:



No particular surprise, he's sticking with the limited hangout, much like the original twitter photo that got him in trouble:



Another "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," bit of BS? C'mon, he wasn't sharing pictures of the little wiener without some hope that it would be getting inside some of the gals he showed it to. And his tortured explanation?



I don't blame Weiner for trying to make a comeback; that idiot Republican from South Carolina's doing the same thing. I do think that they're both trying it too quickly.
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Wot, no pictures?
 
Presidents who cheated on their wives: Harding. FDR, JFK, Clinton
Presidents who stayed faithful to their wives: Coolidge, Truman, Nixon, Reagan*, Obama

Not seeing a whole lot of correlation between cheating/faithfulness and success as president here..

* Nancy at least, no idea about RR and his first wife.
 
thaiboxerken said:
He sent an unsolicited penile profile to a constituent. Stupid, yes.
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Plus lying to everyone about it.

BTW his comeback has now crashed with the disclosure that he never stopped the sextexting. Oh, and the Democrats war on women continue with all the lauding of Weiner's wife sticking by him with is continued abuse of her, their marriage and trust.
 
He just needs to disappear from public life.

"Democrats war on women" - lol, get a new schtick, you can't just take your parties problems and turn around and throw it at others. At least adults can't.
 
Neally said:
Plus lying to everyone about it.

BTW his comeback has now crashed with the disclosure that he never stopped the sextexting. Oh, and the Democrats war on women continue with all the lauding of Weiner's wife sticking by him with is continued abuse of her, their marriage and trust.
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Why do you think she cares if he does a little on line flirting? It isn't a good old fashion affair that people don't care about but still.
 
Myron Proudfoot said:
Presidents who cheated on their wives: Harding. FDR, JFK, Clinton
Presidents who stayed faithful to their wives: Coolidge, Truman, Nixon, Reagan*, Obama

Not seeing a whole lot of correlation between cheating/faithfulness and success as president here..

* Nancy at least, no idea about RR and his first wife.
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Eisenhower cheated too.
 
Looks like Weiner is going to continue to stick it out, despite the latest revelations.
 
DavidJames said:
He just needs to disappear from public life.

"Democrats war on women" - lol, get a new schtick, you can't just take your parties problems and turn around and throw it at others. At least adults can't.
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Saying that the GOP has a war on women is just as legitimate as my comment about supporting Weiners abuse of his wife.


ponderingturtle said:
Why do you think she cares if he does a little on line flirting?
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Because she said it was a difficult time that required hours of counseling.
 
At least this time Weiner owned up to his sexting instead of claiming that his Twitter account had been hacked.
 
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