believer;798711 wrote:Only if it's kosher.
Time for Wiener to pull out.I Wear Pants;798840 wrote:When Pelosi calls for a Democrat to resign you know they should.
Actually very good dogs! However, I'll probably never see them in quite the same way again. lolmajorspark;798846 wrote:A Hebrew National.
That's what she said.majorspark;798848 wrote:Time for Wiener to pull out.
Apparently "overtures" to a 17 year old girl by a 46 year old married elected national representative and someone who is also delusional enough to think that women find naked pictures himself a turn-on should not be viewed as enough good reason to want the sick bastard to resign.ptown_trojans_1;798857 wrote:Maybe I'm confused but what laws exactly did he break?
I mean he wasn't arrested, he broke no laws and did not do anything illegal.
There are current members of Congress who actually broke laws or were in deeper problems that stuck it out. I see no reason for him to resign.
Hell ,wasn't a Senator involved in hookers and allowed to stay in office and also there is Charlie Rangel, who is still techncially in office.
believer;798869 wrote:Apparently "overtures" to a 17 year old girl by a 46 year old married elected national representative and someone who is also delusional enough to think that women find naked pictures himself a turn-on should not be viewed as enough good reason to want the sick bastard to resign.
Oh that's right...he didn't break any laws. No biggie.
I don't think there is anyone on here suggesting those others should stay. The fact that others have gotten away with it should not set the bar lower. Hell Gerry Studds poked a 17yr old teenage page in the ass and went on for another 15yrs in the house and retired with honors. Because he got away with it without resigning or being removed from office does not lower the bar for one who be holding office and wielding power of the people. The house and Studds were wrong then. Time to clean house.ptown_trojans_1;798874 wrote:I'm not defending his actions, no excuse for them, but to say he should resign while other lawmakers who have done far worse are still there makes no sense to me. Until those guys are gone, then Weiner should stay in my view. In the grand scheme of things, what he did is not even close to what others have done.
Now, if you say get rid of all of them, then cool, I'm with you then.
He should stay so long as those who have done worse are still there. If you want him gone, then call for all of them to go, Rangel, Vitter included.Writerbuckeye;798890 wrote:So you can be an unethical, immoral lying bastard...but so long as you don't break any laws, you want him representing you in Congress?
Got it.
majorspark;798898 wrote:I don't think there is anyone on here suggesting those others should stay. The fact that others have gotten away with it should not set the bar lower. Hell Gerry Studds poked a 17yr old teenage page in the ass and went on for another 15yrs in the house and retired with honors. Because he got away with it without resigning or being removed from office does not lower the bar for one who be holding office and wielding power of the people. The house and Studds were wrong then. Time to clean house.
I was glad to see the married congressman that sent the shirtless photo to some babe on the internet resign within 4hrs.
Little Danny;798909 wrote:^^^ This is a terrible attitude. By your logic, nobody should ever be removed from office because there is always someone out there that has done worse. Hell, Ted Kennedy was in Congress forever and dumped a woman in the river. By your logic, nobody should have been removed from Congress for the past 50 years other than by vote.
There was an outcry...virtually every time.ptown_trojans_1;798938 wrote:Not really. All I'm saying why not the outcry for all the others one to resign that have done far worse?
If he goes then all the others should go too, across party lines.
Yes there were.fish82;798964 wrote:There was an outcry...virtually every time.
And some Senators and Congressman stayed put: Vitter, Rangel, and Craig.fish82;798964 wrote:There was an outcry...virtually every time.
ptown_trojans_1;798980 wrote:And some Senators and Congressman stayed put: Vitter, Rangel, and Craig.
Those three did far worse things than Weiner and stayed on.
ptown_trojans_1;798938 wrote:Not really. All I'm saying why not the outcry for all the others one to resign that have done far worse?
If he goes then all the others should go too, across party lines.
Effectively resigning. Had he not been caught foot tapping in the john he surely would have ran for re-election to another term in the Senate and would have won. The incident ended his political career. Initially he announced that hes was going to resign but later changed his mind and decided to finish the last year on his term and not seek re-election.majorspark;798984 wrote:Craig did not run for re-election.
ptown_trojans_1;798874 wrote:Ehh, it never led to anything, at least that we know of.
I just saw where he is a taking a leave of absence, but not resigning, which is fine with me.
I'm not defending his actions, no excuse for them, but to say he should resign while other lawmakers who have done far worse are still there makes no sense to me. Until those guys are gone, then Weiner should stay in my view. In the grand scheme of things, what he did is not even close to what others have done.
Now, if you say get rid of all of them, then cool, I'm with you then.
Creepy "overtures". Nothing explicit but considering he was obsessed with sexting up young women and sending them wiener pics, you can definitely see he was laying the foundation.believer;798869 wrote:Apparently "overtures" to a 17 year old girl by a 46 year old married elected national representative and someone who is also delusional enough to think that women find naked pictures himself a turn-on should not be viewed as enough good reason to want the sick bastard to resign.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002583/Anthony-Weiner-asks-temporary-leave-absence-Congress-following-scandal.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
After the message was sent, Weiner stopped following the underage girl, before they reconnected a month later.
The girl responded to a public message sent out by Weiner saying he wanted to attract more followers on Twitter, saying: 'Don’t forget me. I used to follow you.'
He began following the girl again on May 16 and they exchanged messages on three separate occasions, according to the girl's family.
One of the messages was in response to a link she posted to a Youtube video of him giving a speech, alongside the note: 'My true love'.
The girl later wrote on Tumblr that Weiner had responded with a private message, likening himself to a superhero.
He wrote: 'I came back strong. Large. Tights and cape. ...', to which the girl added: 'My favorite Congressman.'
Bill Clinton, Marion Barry, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Chuckie Rangel, Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, etc., etc. all concur.fish82;799168 wrote:Democrat....The Culture of Cack.