I'll take a lying Anthony Weiner over a truthful wimpy democrat anytime!

[Logical]

In after thought, this Man came clean in less than a week and did so with some class and was not a coward about it! I'll take that over a squeaky clean "caving" dem anytime!

[Bladian]

1. 100% agree! n/t

[Skittles]

2. you've got to be kidding

this is a joke, right? I'll take him over any repuke, but as a Dem he is a disgrace.

[LadyHawkAZ]

5. How is he a disgrace as a Dem?

I was under the impression that he was as far left as they get, and his public statements and voting record seem to bear that out.

[larkrake]

7. he is not a disgrace-hes a damn good congressman

democrats do not have a moral litmus test, and sending pics and flirts is not immoral. meeting the women and adultery is immoral for a married man, not a single man and he did use the safety of the net to restrict it to online. Most men seek phone sex, especially married men.

[auntAgonist]

8. "Most men seek phone sex, especially married men." You ARE

kidding right? ? ? right?


He lied.
He got caught.
He's sorry OR he's sorry he got caught.
Restricting "it" to online makes it right?

You're kidding right?

aA

[larkrake]

14. I'm not kidding at all, as long as he fights for our rights, I do not care what goes on between two

consenting adults.
you are quite judgemental. A politician has to lie and evade to be a politician in todays corrupt world. Be a realist- his perversions are not relevent to his job.Palin is just as much an exhibitionist in public as he was in private.

[auntAgonist]

17. I am not particularly judgemental. I stated facts.

He lied. He admitted to lying.

I am very much a realist. The President could have a concubine in the oval office, who am I to judge. But LIE to me. Deny the truth when confronted, try to cover up and then take a week to come clean ...

How do you know his perversions don't influence his ability to work. Politicians DO NOT have to lie. Lying politicians are what got us into huge messes (read war) in the past.

IF this all makes me judgemental ? ? so be it.

Oh and being like Palin is a good thing? I laugh.

aA

[crazyjoe]

33. The problem is, who's going to take him seriously anymore?

He has made a fool out of himself, nobody in congress is going to want to be associated with him.

[Skittles]

10. he doesn't have enough sense not to CYBERSEX???

W.T.F.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Skittles]

11. most men seek phone sex?

really? especially the married ones? show me what study tells you that

[Raine]

28. Please post the link for the study about

most men seeking phone sex especially the part pretaining to married men. I would really be interested in seeing it.

[Electric Monk]

12. Compare and contrast with an earlier thread of theirs

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1239023&mesg_id=1239023

and note the hidden profile, for what that's worth.

[Liquorice]

21. Hmmm. That is kind of weird. nt

[Psephos]

3. There was no class shown, and he was a coward.

The only reason he stopped with the fairy stories was because new photographs appeared.

This one is hard to take. Weiner made fools of a lot of people, myself included.

Liars and cover-up artists have no business representing the Democratic party.

[Raine]

6. EXACTLY, class would've been admitting it

from the begining instead of lying and trying to cover it up ... no profile in courage here.

[Tripod]

16. Times 100, n/t

[emilyg]

23. Thank you.

[Raine]

4. "came clean in less than a week" but the stench

of his stupid actions will remain for a long long time. x(

[The Second Stone]

9. He behaved stupidly

and that appears to be the end of it.

[DCBob]

13. clue..

less.

[K8-EEE]

15. I WON'T!

I watched him on Rachel and feel he was lying to ME. Personally. That would have been the time to come clean. If he thought he could get away with lying he would. When trust and credibility is gone....not much left.

[auntAgonist]

18. e x a c t l y !!

[OHdem10]

19. Tell me one person who would not lie about anything to do with

sex, if accused. At least initially.

[avaistheone1]

31. Yup.

That is the way most humans behave.

[Liquorice]

20. Well he's not just a liar, he also showed very poor judgment and was remarkably reckless. nt

[tblue]

22. Agree! I still love Tony Hotdog.

But why did he do such a stupid thing????!

[bigwillq]

24. A liar is a wimp (nt)

[emilyg]

25. Class? You are joking.

[joshcryer]

26. ALL POLITICIANS ARE LIARS

[avaistheone1]

32. That pretty much rings true. This Weiner revelation is pretty much a tempest in a teapot.

It's no big deal imo.

[Raine]

27. What changed, earlier you felt like Weiner made a "fool" and an "idiot" out of you

now you think he's classy and not a coward??? :shrug:


Democratic Underground - Seems like Weiner made all of us look like idiots! - Democratic Underground
Address:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1239023&mesg_id=1239023

[Electric Monk]

29. Not exactly living up to their chosen username, are they?

[deacon]

30. This hurts democrats as a whole. He's got some serious hypocricy goin' on. Step down/resign. n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

34. I haven't seen the pictures in question, but I believe it would show

that the congressman does have some balls!

[cali]

35. Actually, he came clean in over a week, but why quibble?

and he did so only after learning that more info was about to be released. In any case, I'll take my hardworking, more liberal, more influential rep over Weiner. Always felt that way. Feel that way even more now. Peter Welch is far better than Weiner. And he's not an Israel hawk.

[oberliner]

36. And we finally get to the crux of the matter

I was wondering how long it would take before the phrase "Israel hawk" would enter the discussion.

[cali]

37. what? you know damned well I'm not an Israel hater

I've been posting in I/P for years and I know you're aware of my posting history there. Do I think too many in Congress are blindly pro-Israel? Yes, but that's just one factor in my thinking that Welch and several other dem reps are better than Weiner.

[oberliner]

38. Is his stance on Israel relevant in some way?

If so, how?

If not, why did you bring it up?

Edit to add:

I understand you were drawing a comparison between him and another member of Congress - I just have to wonder if perhaps his stance on this issue may have affected your perspective on this incident in some way. Am I wrong?