I don’t care about Weiner’s behavior because I assume that no politician has what I would consider solid moral standards. The very nature of their profession involves a willingness–even an eagerness–to lie, cheat, steal, and otherwise behave badly in order to achieve their goals, both professional and personal. This is nothing new; any student of American political history knows that scandal and sleaze have been a part of American government since its inception.

So Weiner’s contemporary behavior is just more of the same in my eyes. Yes, I suppose I could be offended at the double standard the media gives Democrats and Republicans behaving badly…but that also is nothing new.

this (arranged?) marriage between the weenie and his token muslimess is as good as it gets for the left and their spindoctors

i wouldnt care about this (weinergate) either but for the fact that public figures in the other party have had to fall on their swords over similar “scandals”

Character has joined the ranks of the jingoistic for liberals. Lacks a balanced grasp of moral relativity and assumes there’s any effort of goodness at all required of human beings….Blah blah blah…

I really hate the assumptions that “everyone” is doing something like this– it makes me question the person who claims that “everyone” does it, rather than excuse the guy who got caught being a disloyal moron.

Stewart is clearly coming down on Weiner’s side, but when it is this well done, that really doesn’t matter (which is the reason Bill Clinton still has popularity and credibility).

Thus, I agree with: I have come to the point of not caring, unless … (a) the act involved is with an employee and constitutes some sort of abuse of power; and/or (b) it is accompanied by coercion or violence…and/or (c) the recipient of the attentions is underage; and/or (d) the perpetrator is a crusader against the acts in question (especially if such acts are illegal).

Weiner is a totally obnoxious, in-your-face, smart-aleck et hoc genus omne jerk. He is soooo annoying.

If he was hacked, he’d be the first to run to the authorities, but he hasn’t. Why? Because to report a crime that doesn’t’t exist is itself a crime. He was silly to blame a hacker, and doing so has put him in a trap. He should have just stuck with a dumb “I have no idea what happened”, but that wouldn’t be the Weiner way. He was trying to deflect blame, no doubt on a conservative conspiracy (I love the way Breitbart is tackling that front on).

So its pretty certain he sent the picture, and he lied about it. And it’s a crotch shot to a college girl who was distinctly not his wife. And he is a Congressman.

Crotch shot, college girl, falsely claiming criminal activity, lying about it.

And the dude’s name is Weiner (which is so unfortunate, but he was the one who went for that part of the anatomy). And he was dumb enough to not send it as a private message.

And he is a congressman, And it was a college girl, And it was a crotch shot. And did I mention he has lied about it?

Seriously, what part of that isn’t a scandal?

And if you don’t want to be serious, how can anyone resist pinning down a smart-mouthed dude called “Weiner” for sending pictures of his (no, I can’t say it) to some college chick, no doubt while his wife is on the phone to Hillary discussing politics.

Seriously or not seriously, he is one person who deserves what he is getting.

Anne Althouse devoted an entire post wondering when and if Rush LImbaugh would mention “Weinergate” on his show today. Rush craftily ignored it except for throwing out a few double-entendres (“Seems like it’s hard to swallow” “I had my hands full” etc.)