What if a Republican congressman had been caught sending a cock photo over Twitter to a college girl

Just stop and think about that question for like 2 minutes. What would your reaction be?

College girl = adult.

But if that same Republican voted to, for example, end Medicare, and/or drastically cut Social Security or social programs for the needy, then I would care.

Totally different scenario. There we go from lack of judgement to hypocracy.

Weiner screwed up, and as long as the tabloids don't uncover some minor he was sexting with, he will deal with the trust, honor and integrity issues he has painted himself into the corner with. Hypocracy is not his cross to bear.

You want to be known as the party that is approving of sexual and emotional affairs?

... if you frame it like the Republican party is pro-family which implies that the democrat party is not.

Do you know many folks who are anti-family?

we have nothing in the law against this...

whatever... time to grow up.

Grow up, really.

If a minor is involved then you are talking a criminal complaint... Not the case here... And all things equal. We NEED to grow the fuck up when it comes to sex. It ain't titillating nor icky. It is being used to distract.

Now if the republican was a family values type..then we enter the realm of...hypocrisy.

I am sort of new here, so I might be a little naive about this, but I assumed that Repuks and other cons wouldn't hang out where they would have to face reality.

Why yes, there is a well-funded and fully-orchestrated infiltration of Democratic and liberal websites with the intention to disrupt and dismay the opposition.

Thank you for your concern.

unless he was preaching "family values," working against marriage equality for gays or trying to destroy Planned Parenthood.

That a man is getting hammered for a sex scandal that doesn't contain sex.....and considering the man's marriage is less than a year old, the 'going on for three years' doesn't give me pause either.

The whole thing amazes me.

Of course, Clarence Thomas, his wife's income, cozying up to the Koch brothers....that's not an issue. Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Woo war crimes don't seem to get much play either.

There's something terribly wrong with this picture.

You're making too much sense. :toast: k/r


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take him to task. Hard.

But I'd do the same with a conservative/moderate Democrat. I can't stand the hypocrisy.

I really think Congressman Weiner is a good man and an excellent representative but lies about relatively trivial sex issues make you wonder. If the situation were reversed I think DU would be all over it. Not for the sex but for sad coverup attempt.

Up to age 80.

like what vitter did (he's still there) or ensign (who only left the day before the ethics thing came out). I honestly am not sure about this thing with wiener. i think the lying was the worst thing he did and don't know why he did it. he didn't need to do it. it was stupid.

but then there are the people saying he could have been sending pictures to minors... but did he? has he? I'd say he didn't, but I actually believed him when he said he was hacked and he didn't do anything so I would have to say that I still don't trust breitbart's words.

i hate that he was given a platform even though he shouldn't have been seen as credible without some proof beforehand in the first place. I know that isn't how they operate. But given his track record, they should have. But now he's golden I guess. I just wish weiner would not have friggin lied about it. He could have just said no comment. why did he have to go and make it worse by making that whole hacking thing up!! what is wrong with people!!

This is ridiculous because on the scale of things, this is like nothing. I could give a crap what people do in their personal lives unless it is illegal or using their office to do something either. But this will be the worst thing ever and all the clarence thomas stuff will disappear. funny how that happens. uggh.

complete and utter disgust

Btw, female college students are usually women, not girls.

The loss of a strong, effective liberal in the House? WHY?

he can be, now that he's a known liar.

HE LIED ABOUT SEX. HE LIED ABOUT HIS PRIVATE, PERSONAL BUSINESS.

So have I. So did Bill.

It is sad that so many DUers feel the need to join whatever posse rides into town with a good, strong rope.

Progressives must wake up and stop the knee jerk defenses of Weiner. Weiner fucked up and lied profusely about his actions. Weiner lied to his wife, trusted people like Schumer, his constituents, anyone within speaking distance. Weiner's actions damages his district, party and ultimately country if he stays on. Weiner must resign.

and not parties when it comes to this type of behavior.

Wife wasn't giving him enough and doing her duty so it was justified.

Mine would be 'meh'.

Something along the lines of a lynching.

And I'll bet if it were Breitbart (I know...unlikely, but let's pretend) who uncovered it, people would believe him in a heartbeat.

Because they would WANT to.

It's the hypocrisy that gets me, these right wing repuke jerks lecturing everybody about "morals" while wanking off on the side. THAT is the problem.

What a pathetic, shitty, low-rent out that would be.

If a candidate makes their personal moral superiority an issue, one they want you to vote based on, then they need to stick to it.

If Weiner was running around claiming that you should vote for him because he was going to "protect marriage", then this would be an issue because the candidate made it an issue to get votes.

Rarely do I see a dems running as a protector of family values or defender of marriage.

Same as when a Democratic congressman got caught.

I also wouldn't be surprised at all if it were a Republican. It genuinely does surprise me that a Democrat would be that stupid.

A Republican doesn't champion progressive agendas, AW does and currently he has low to no political capital. That matters to me. He may recover over time. Guess we will see.

Otherwise, who they fuck, when they fuck them, and where they fuck them (if they even get to the fucking stage) isn't something I care about.

uh...just sayin'. . .:)

I only saw some cotton boxers. With a bulge...could have been a pair of socks for all I know.

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Better to imagine it was a cock pic from a high school principal to a 14 yr old girl.

See? Outrage intact!

and deserves our support...

Just as Louisiana did David Vitter. And it wasn't like Vitter's opponent was liberal Democrat. Charlie Melancon was as about as "DINO" as they come!

than thou mindset.

it's about infidelity. Which is a form of lying. Are you sure you want to be pro-infidelity, pro-lying?

Lying should not average into this argument. Don't get me wrong, I abhor lying and liars (and line cutters) but politicians lie all the friggin' time. I would imagine it becomes a way of life for all of them.

That said, his infidelity has nothing to do with how he does his job. No one else in this country has to worry about losing their job because of infidelity (well, maybe someone who works at focus on family or some other religious organization). If I had an affair and it got around work, I wouldn't be asked to resign, hell, people wouldn't likely know about it because no one, other than my partner, would be watching me to fuck up. So, lets talk about double standards, if we're going to have this discussion at all. If you expect a politician to resign for sexting then we should ask all married folk to resign from their positions if they are caught.

"no big deal if politicians get caught in a lie, they lie all the time."

And he did lie about this and tried to cover it up. If he'd started with "none of your business" or "yes, now let's move on" then I'd be annoyed at anyone who bothered to keep bringing it up. But he chose to go with a cover up instead which makes it far worse.

There should definitely be accountability for that but the lying and the sexting shouldn't really be brought into this as a resign for his resignation. It's always the cover up the brings a politician down, not the lies, nor the infidelities.

My point I was making in my previous comment was you talked about infidelity like it had some bearing on whether or not this guy should keep his job. His infidelity should have no bearing on anything but his marriage. If you start expecting politicians to resign because of infidelities, then you should expect it of people in the private sector as well.

When I'm concerned with job performance, I dismiss lies that are not relevant towards that job performance.

or the one in Florida with the male pages. I forget his name. And what about the accusations against W? And Clarence Thomas?

These shits ALL think they are entitled to act any way they like. I am surprised they don't legalise the concept of first night with brides. Medieval assholes they are.

That they might have just found their candidate for 2012 :P

Has he been running on "Defending marriage" from "the gays"?

If he's been making his moral superiority into a campaign issue, I'd be calling him a liar and a hypocrite.

If he has NOT been running on those topics, I don't care. Except in this way ... IF, IF there are any "Family Values COnservatives" who are "defenders of marriage" trying to down play his actions ... then THEY (the protectors) become fair game.

See how that works?

...and moved on.

not because of any moral stance

we have to hit them when they are vulnerable

the repugs are doing the same thing

they don't give a shit what he did - they are just glad he did it

those who bleat most loudly about "family values" and teh evil gayz. In which case I would want their head because of HYPOCRISY, not for whatever consulting adults want to do on the intertubes.

And the turd in question would invoke Jebus a lot, talk about how he'd been "saved" and "forgiven" and the whole thing would vanish down the M$M's memory hole w/in 5 days if it ever received any play in the first place.

I don't care about Wiener sends pics of his wiener nor would I care if Bohner sends pics of his boner. All I care about is what they are doing for me and the millions of Americans like me.

conservatives with small weiners.