# Anthony Weiner: douchebag extrordinaire **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 23, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335 "2013-07-23T23:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Renee\_RL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Renee\_RL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee_RL)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/21 "2013-07-24T00:06:45Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > It’s much safer to be a candidate that concedes he has no morals. No one can accuse the Democrats of hypocrisy on that score, I guess. I agree…you have further to fall when you hold yourself to high standard. ---
**Author:** ![Renee\_RL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Renee\_RL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee_RL)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/22 "2013-07-24T00:09:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Not being a “family values” candidate is not equivalent to claiming to have no morals. Yowks… I misread the other poster. Democrats indeed have morals and we show it by caring about people. It sure wasn’t repubs who gave us civil rights, gay rights and women’s rights…that latter they are trying to take away. We don’t fight for guns that kill, we care that people have healthcare…all people ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/23 "2013-07-24T00:15:58Z")
I don’t get it. Why on earth is his wife standing by him again? He is so _not_ all that. Plus he’s a fucking liar. New York, please don’t elect this jerk to office. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/24 "2013-07-24T00:17:59Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I don’t get it. Why on earth is his wife standing by him again? He is so _not_ all that. Plus he’s a fucking liar. New York, please don’t elect this jerk to office. If they have an arrangement, he’s really shitty about the “not letting anyone know about it, thus embarrassing your wife and threatening your political future” end of things. On that fact alone, he might be a terrible choice for mayor just because he can’t keep shit secret. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/25 "2013-07-24T00:20:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > That, if true, is only a reason why he **can’t** be mayor. It does not mean he would not make a good one. You have to BE mayor to be a good one. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/26 "2013-07-24T00:23:54Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > On that fact alone, he might be a terrible choice for mayor just because he can’t keep shit secret. You don’t want one who **can,** do you?! One who can will. We’re not talking about the presidency. There are no excuses for non-transparency at City Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/27 "2013-07-24T00:25:25Z")
Except fat rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/28 "2013-07-24T00:37:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Name a good reason, and I’ll tell you why you’re wrong. Because it shows he has piss poor judgment. If he doesn’t have any more sense than to send dick pics to women other than his wife, after already losing one elected position over it, he doesn’t have enough sense to be mayor. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/29 "2013-07-24T01:10:15Z")
Hey, we could get a whole new dimension to “stop and frisk”. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/30 "2013-07-24T01:15:20Z")
I think the thread title should be his campaign slogan. While I do question the wisdom of someone who commits a personal act of moral turpitude while holding public office, I understand that sometimes these things happen. But a person who is forced to resign after they are caught, apologizes and pretends to be ashamed of his actions, and then does the same thing again, will never get my vote. That person has no moral compass and cannot be trusted with his own bodily integrity, never mind political power. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/31 "2013-07-24T01:19:33Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Because it shows he has piss poor judgment. If he doesn’t have any more sense than to send dick pics to women other than his wife, after already losing one elected position over it, he doesn’t have enough sense to be mayor. There it is. I don’t give two shits what he does with his dick; it’s the incredibly poor judgment he exhibits by sending more pics AFTER he resigns in shame and disgrace. Now, he warned New Yorkers that there were more photos likely to be out there, but he neglected to tell them that they were sent AFTER he resigned, basically lying all over again, albeit by omission. New York would not be well served by this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/32 "2013-07-24T01:24:53Z")
Am I the only one who got the impression that Weiner was actually _reveling_ just a bit in all the attention being paid to him during that press conference? I think he’s a massive narcissist. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/33 "2013-07-24T01:27:25Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Am I the only one who got the impression that Weiner was actually _reveling_ just a bit in all the attention being paid to him during that press conference? I think he’s a massive narcissist. I don’t know about ‘massive’. Average length, I’m thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/34 "2013-07-24T02:02:13Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Why not? Honesty is refreshing. Find the honesty: he got busted in 2011 and lied and said his Twitter account had been hacked. Then he fessed up and quit Congress and said he would get counseling. A year later he and his wife gave magazine interviews and said the whole thing was in the past, and he let that impression stand when he announced his candidacy. Today they admitted he continued doing this stuff after that. If you think he’s been honest, you have not been paying attention. The only thing he’s been honest about is “I want to be mayor.” This is John and Elizabeth Edwards all over again: he’s an asshole and she’s complicit. As to why this matters: if you’re elected to political office, you’re asking the public to trust you. You don’t have to be perfect, but why should people trust you when you show yourself to be a lying dickweasel? And yes, there’s also that whole judgment thing. People laughed at Brett Favre when he did this _once_. This guy wants to be mayor of the biggest city in the country - and the record of his accomplishments is pretty slight, by the way - and he’s done this scads of times. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/35 "2013-07-24T02:05:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Find the honesty: he got busted in 2011 and lied and said his Twitter account had been hacked. Then he fessed up and quit Congress and said he would get counseling. A year later he and his wife gave magazine interviews and said the whole thing was in the past, and he let that impression stand when he announced his candidacy. Today they admitted he continued doing this stuff after that. If you think he’s been honest, you have not been paying attention. The only thing he’s been honest about is “I want to be mayor.” This is John and Elizabeth Edwards all over again: he’s an asshole and she’s complicit. > > As to why this matters: if you’re elected to political office, you’re asking the public to trust you. You don’t have to be perfect, but why should people trust you when you show yourself to be a lying dickweasel? And yes, there’s also that whole judgment thing. People laughed at Brett Favre when he did this _once_. This guy wants to be mayor of the biggest city in the country - and the record of his accomplishments is pretty slight, by the way - and he’s done this scads of times. You make him sound overqualified to be Mayor of NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/36 "2013-07-24T02:10:14Z")
I wish I could shake the notion that [Weiner](http://bradnehring.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/anthony-weiner-1.jpg) is [Evil Abed](http://s.mcstatic.com/thumb/10031458/26322261/4/flash_player/0/1/communitys_danny_pudi_talks_abed_dan_harmon_and_more.jpg?v=1). (And Weiner’s wife is named _Abed_in- how weird is that?) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/37 "2013-07-24T02:16:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You make him sound overqualified to be Mayor of NYC. Yeah, nothing like a horny liar who keeps getting caught. What’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/38 "2013-07-24T02:28:16Z")
Lest anyone get the idea that I only chastise Republicans, Weiner is a sick dude and shouldn’t be entrusted with elective office. He’s just a high tech version of a pervert in a trench coat. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/39 "2013-07-24T03:04:34Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yeah, nothing like a horny liar who keeps getting caught. What’s not to like? What’s his position on giant sodas? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/40 "2013-07-24T03:06:41Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > What’s his position on giant sodas? I’m not sure, but I think I can guess his position on the penis-in-the-popcorn trick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335.md?page=3)