Interesting. Under the bus you go Mr. Penis Tweeter!I didn’t get the impression that his constituents were clamoring to have him booted yet, but they want him out. Now!
He should tell them to fuck off and start tweeting even more pictures of his cock. It’s called democracy. It’s for the voters to decide.
Part of me wonders if this isn’t also an issue of “he makes us Jews look bad.” There are a lot of Jews in the Democratic political machine, this is just a fact, and I could understand them wanting to throw the book at Weiner because he’s an embarrassment. And out of fear that if they didn’t, they’d be accused by Gentiles of protecting their own.
Trust me - as someone who grew up in a nominally-Jewish family, but one with many orthodox relatives - there is a very, very strong current in Judaism of “we can’t have people making us look bad.” There is even a specific Yiddish phrase for this concept: shanda fur die goyim. When someone who represents the Jews does something embarrassing, it’s the Jews’ duty to disown him.
And I think thats a good thing. Well, maybe not to the point of disowning (depending on the offense). But some pressure to behave from your “own cultural group” goes a long way and does some good IMO.
Oh how I wish this whole story would die. He did something stupid. I don’t *think *what he did was illegal. And whether he maintains his seat in the House should be entirely up to his constituents.
What aggravates me most of all is how all this hubbub comes up for such inane occurrences. No one seems to make a peep when their representatives vote for wasteful programs or miss votes or generally don’t do the job they were elected to do. Apparently you’re only accountable for your genitals…
As one of Weiner’s constituents, the bar is set pretty low to replace him.
I don’t want the most vocal voice for the liberal left in congress to be such a laughing stock.
Any other halfway decent democrat will do in his place.
Maybe he should have just whipped it out at the press conference.
It might be dangerous for him to start swinging that thing around in a crowd. People could get hurt.