I would like to see "Fighter" Anthony Weiner come out now

[BernieSandersIsGod]

I'd like to see him do another press conference calling the GOP hypocrites. Vitter is still a senator and I don't see them calling for his resignation. If the People of NY want him, then he should still be their representative. I'd also like to see him call his fellow democrats gutless and cowards for throwing him under the bus so quickly.

[xchrom]

1. throw it back in their faces. nt

[birthaplace]

11. It's ridiculous

The whole thing is a waste of time and energy. We need to focus on the ECONOMY! Not what senators are doing to wreck their marriages.

[bigwillq]

20. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[earcandle]

2. I hope he can make a comeback... it Clinton did, he can. He is a tough Democrat. He needs to get

over this indiscretion and get back to work, more fierce than
ever. 

[meow mix]

3. if only he had done this right off the bat... instead of the gameplay,

i would have been damn impressed if he had just said..... "yeah i did that shit. gtfo my personal business"


instead he weaseled out.

[ergot]

6. Yep and that's why he is or soon will be toast.

It's sad because I think he's basically a good person but he sure failed the decency test on this fiasco.

[sabrina 1]

4. Agreed. I think his constituents will vote for him. NYers are not so

'shocked' by sex as others seem to be. Not so long ago, eg, Democrats were willing to toss another great Congressman, Charlie Rangel out of fear of what the rightwing might think of them. Charlie, being afighter, a war hero in fact, knew that the people who mattered most were his constituents, and they re-elected him despite all the predictions that he could not survive.

America needs to get over its 'sex' problem and grow up. Breitbart is the problem, NOT Weiner, it's amazing to see how mixed up our priorities are. But if it is left to the people, I think Weiner, like Clinton and Barney Frank, both fighters, unwilling to cave in to the sick obsession with sex of the far right, both survived and went on to make their tormentors look like the morons they are.

[ergot]

5. Well, maybe but I've never been a big fan of the "but they do it too" defense.

:shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

18. Then be a fan of "they did it first"

:thumbsup:

[Zoeisright]

7. You bet.

He should offer to resign when Diaper Dave Vitter does. And when Newt Gingrich quits politics and goes away forever.

[Kaleva]

8. I think the chance for him to show he is a fighter has passed him by.

[Cid_B]

9. Throw what in their face?

Any chance at the offense was on the ship that sailed about a week ago...

Should he claim that he is just as much of a liar as they are?

[seabeyond]

10. when a mans penis is flashed across the net, hard to get in a fightin stance... hey wait

another reason not to plaster penis across the net

and this is weiners battle. not the dems. he put it out there.

[Motown_Johnny]

12. gotta be a cock fight joke in there somewhere

but I'm not going to go looking for it

[Kaleva]

13. Fighting Weiner can't do it in Oklahoma 'cause they recently banned cock fighting there.

[GusBob]

14. have seen enough of the guy to last me a lifetime

time for less is more :puke:

[cali]

15. don't hold your breath. the guy is full of false bravado

[earcandle]

16. Is his name on that cock or is this a distraction from something else?

[Zax2me]

17. That sounds perverse....

Wait - what are you talking about?

[bigwillq]

19. Congrats on 100 posts!

:toast: :hi:

[ProSense]

21. Weiner is not going to come out fighting

He apologized to Breitbart and is in the process of calling Democrats to apologize. There is likely much more to the story.

If Weiner truly believed this was a personal matter, and that the revelations were simply embarrassing, he should have responded accordingly. He did the exact opposite. He doubled down and lied, vocally and publicly for several days, indicating he was not at fault.

His immediate actions weren't of someone who was embarrassed, but his press conference had embarrassment written all over it, including the apology to Breitbart.

If he was going to play the embarrassed role, he should have stepped out of the public spotlight for a few days, made no comment, and then try to put it to rest.

[lonestarnot]

23. I would like to see him go a round in his tidey whities personally.

:7}(

[lonestarnot]

22. K & R!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

24. Walk softly and keep carrying that big stick.

But no more press conferences, please.