Better yet, he should have just told the media to fuck off and mind its own business.
Right. Because if Anthony Weiner says it never went past flirting, his credibility is such we should believe him.
I don’t follow your line of reasoning. “Wrong” in what sense?
I’d say it was unnecessary to apologize, but that doesn’t make it morally “wrong.” What an odd thing to suggest.
He said he doesn’t actually know how old they are, and he lied…flat out lied,he had people defend him, he hhung folks out to dry. And after he got married it should have stopped, period. I don’t judge him as a legislator for his flirting, but I sure as hell can lose respect for him as a man.
I didn’t say “morally” wrong. Does the word “incorrect” work better for you?
If you have evidence of more, let’s see it. None of these women are alleging that they ever even met him.
Hypothetically, even if he had fucked any of them, so what? He wasn’t even married for most of that time.
How can an apology be 'incorrect?" Are you saying he didn’t do what he was apologizing for?
Except for his obvious idiocy and arrogance in thinking he could get away with it, especially once the photo leaked. And of course, the fact that he then (presumably after careful consideration of the best course of action) chose to fabricate an entirely false cover-up story and then spent a solid two days giving countless interviews repeating it, all the while deliberately, knowingly, blatantly lying to the public, and lying to reporters to their face.
This is what you expect of a 6-year-old who’s done something bad and is trying to blame it on the dog. It reflects terribly on his judgement and integrity.
How does he expect anyone to trust him again, now that he’s demonstrated he’s willing to flat-out lie to cover up his actions?
Are you being this deliberately obtuse?
Weiner apologized..said that what he did (the initial event and then lying about it) was wrong.
YOU are saying it’s nothing at all…just online flirting.
I don’t raise my kids to dramatically apologize for minor little things that aren’t worth apologizing for. Perhaps you parent differently?
He believed how they presented themselves on their social media sites. None of them presented as underaged, and none of them WERE underaged. If you want to make anything of that, then you have to make the same thing of anybody else who has ever flirted online with people they don’t know.
Meh. I assume that all politicians lie all the time as a matter of course. If he made a mistake, this was it, though. He should have just told the press to go fuck itself. He was in a tight spot, though. He is now forced tp acknowledge that he has an enormous cock. I’m sure that’s very embarrassing for him.
I find mere flirting in a politician to be refreshingly clean cut, but more importantly, I just don’t see that kind of thing as any of my business. I don’t need to know about my Congressman’s sex life any more than I need to know about the sex life of the guy who fixes my car. Weiner doesn’t preach sexual morality, so there’s no hypocrisy.
I guess I don’t see a contradiction here. It’s “nothing” as far as public significance. It isn’t news. Whatever is “wrong” about it is between him and his wife. None of the public’s business. His mistake was ever talking to the press at all.
Dio, are you serious? Are you so biased that you still believe anything Weiner says now that he’s admitted he’s been lying through his teeth for a week?
While some other pictures that surfaced today may have predated his marriage, Weiner admitted that the infamous crotch photo is from just a week or two ago.
If this wasn’t a big deal, why did he decide to cover it up instead of just admitting to it at the beginning? As is said, “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup.” As you point out, his actual actions are rather innocuous by rational standards, but by deciding to lie about it rather than take responsibility he’s made things 1000 times worse. The coverup reflects far more poorly on his character than the actual photos.
Everybody lies all the time. Nobody is trustworthy. If that’s what you expect from politicians, you’re on the wrong planet.
Congresspeople are just votes with arms and legs. As long as thy vote the right way, I couldn’t give a shit less if they lie to me about their cocks.
Like he said in his press conference, he was embarrassed. I understand your partsian desperation to make it into the crime of the century, but this whole story is absolutely nothing.
That’s easy for a private citizen to say. A public official, like a US Congressman, doesn’t have that luxury.
You of all people should have a problem with this, with your purported black-and-white morality. It does not make sense to defend something because it just happens often. You’ve been very clear on this point in other topics.
Anyone interested in some amusement should re-read this thread and decide to what extent Diogenes the Credulous has established a position from which he’s entitled to ask that evidence be produced.
Dio: Have you no shame?
I’m not defending it. I’m saying I don’t care. Why SHOULD I care?
I haven’t made any accusations that require evidentiary support.
You should care because it gives Andrew Breitbart credibility he doesn’t deserve. You should care because a strong prgressive voice in Congress just got a little quieter. Whether you care or not about what he did on a personal marlity level, doesn’t change the fact that his actions and lies have made the things you care about just that much more difficult to achieve.