Glenn Greenwald: "Anthony Weiner was forced from office, but..."

"Anthony Weiner was forced from office, but George Bush
& Dick Cheney"

I completely agree.  What happened to Weiner was a political
hit and most people haven't picked up on the coincidental
timing of this no-sex no crime scandal in relation to Weiner
continually bringing to attention the "illegal"
non-disclosure of money that Clarence Thomas's wife has been
receiving and the fact that Thomas and another Justice have
been attending all expense events of the Koch Brothers. Andrew
Breitbart, with the help of media owned by Rupert Murdoch made
sure that every form of media was saturated with the story. We
know how psychological flooding techniques work.  It's a
proven form of mental manipulation. So conservative writers,
bloggers, reporters & TV station reporters (we know they
are just pseudo entertainment tonight employees) were given
their marching orders to go after the Democratic leadership
and the party because everyone knows they would fold like a
cheap accordion with a little bit of pressure-and they did
when Allison Schultz broke ranks.  It was the
"gotcha" moment. It didn't work on Weiner's
constitutes but it did on the Democratics.  
The leadership is not obligated to provided the press with any
informatio­n. They should have stayed on point. Pelosi said
let his constitute­s decide. That should have been the mantra
of the whole party: Let His Constitute­s Decide". This is
the PR advantage Republican­s have over the Democratic­s-they
keep to a simple mantra-lik­e with HCR and the meeting they
had with Obama. Every Republican in the room repeated the same
mantra-"Do Over" no one decided on their own to jump
ship. The mantra was repeated until Obama signed the bill.
Allison Schultz decided she was morally superior and began the
downward spiral of the party which led to the focus becoming
razor sharp on Weiner because no Dem wanted to be outdone in
their distorted morality, they began the chant. Right or wrong
the Republican­s are solidified as a group. So Dems stop
blaming something or someone outside of yourself and create
some party cohesivene­ss and loyalty. You see David Vitter who
actually committed a crime still has his seat. As my kids say
Man Up!” We all have flaws and I think a lot of people who are
"outraged" by what Weiner did, pointing the finger
should remember when you point at someone there are three
fingers pointing back at you.  What are you hiding or what
sexual issues are you uncomfortable with that you may be
projecting here. Weiner will be back and I hope as an
Independent so he won't be beholden to a specific party. When
those who condemn him realize over the course of the next year
there is a void in the space he once occupied and that the
middle class and average Americans will continue too lose
ground, they will sit back and wonder what happened, how come
no one speaks for us.  Well, Weiner did. Just like Alan
Grayson did and the party you support torpedoed them right out
of the room.