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I don't think Weiner should have resigned because of sending the pics. He was flirting with girls that were flirting with him. He wasn't cheating on his wife. Most of the pic sending pre-dated his marriage. Why would someone send this stuff to a conservative blogger? Why would one of his "victims" hire Gloria Alred?
I do think he should have resigned because he lied about it. Politicians lie all the time - mostly about policy issues, so it is a fine line. He should have just owned up to it, shrugged it off as sillyness and moved on. Bill Clinton should have done the same thing and people would have just forgiven him. But this siege mentality must take over these guys - politics is a viscous business.
I find it more troubling when politicians hold themselves up as the moral compass of the nation, that their party has cornered the market on "family values" and then are invariably caught with their pants around their ankles. That kind of hypocrisy is disgusting in my view. Don't be telling people how to live their lives, and worse, changing the law to that effect and then behind closed door engaging in the various activities you rail against.
Also troubling is this supposed "moral" outrage. To many there only seems to be a sexual morality. The end of the world is here because somebody cheated on their wife! The world will end if the gays can get married. Where's the moral outrage over the un-checked greed in the banking sector? What's moral about children living in poverty? Where's the moral outrage about starting a war on false pretenses? Where's the punishment for these things?
I do think he should have resigned because he lied about it. Politicians lie all the time - mostly about policy issues, so it is a fine line. He should have just owned up to it, shrugged it off as sillyness and moved on. Bill Clinton should have done the same thing and people would have just forgiven him. But this siege mentality must take over these guys - politics is a viscous business.
I find it more troubling when politicians hold themselves up as the moral compass of the nation, that their party has cornered the market on "family values" and then are invariably caught with their pants around their ankles. That kind of hypocrisy is disgusting in my view. Don't be telling people how to live their lives, and worse, changing the law to that effect and then behind closed door engaging in the various activities you rail against.
Also troubling is this supposed "moral" outrage. To many there only seems to be a sexual morality. The end of the world is here because somebody cheated on their wife! The world will end if the gays can get married. Where's the moral outrage over the un-checked greed in the banking sector? What's moral about children living in poverty? Where's the moral outrage about starting a war on false pretenses? Where's the punishment for these things?
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