Pressure Builds On Weiner To Quit NYC Mayor's Race

[Purveyor]

The pressure is increasing on former congressman Anthony Weiner to drop out of the New York City mayor's race after his acknowledgment of another round of lewd online exchanges with women.

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After his press conference, major New York newspapers called for Weiner to quit the race.

The New York Times wrote in an editorial, "The serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye, away from cameras, off the Web and out of the race for mayor of New York City."

The Wall Street Journalsaid Weiner "ought to drop out of the New York City mayor's race simply because of what he's forced his wife to endure. Watching the elegant Huma Abedin stand next to her man Tuesday as he explained his latest sexually charged online exchanges was painful for a normal human being to watch. Mr. Weiner is not a normal human being."

The New York Daily News added in its own editorial, "He is not fit to lead America's premier city. Lacking the dignity and discipline that New York deserves in a mayor, Weiner must recognize that his demons have no place in City Hall."

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/24/weiner-scandal-quit-mayoral-race/2582353/

[Eugene]

1. Weiner defiant amid calls to quit New York mayoral bid

Source: Reuters

Weiner defiant amid calls to quit New York mayoral bid

By Jonathan Allen and Edith Honan
NEW YORK | Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:35pm EDT

(Reuters) - Anthony Weiner resisted mounting calls to bow out of the New York City mayoral race on Wednesday, a day after admitting he had continued the sexually charged online chats that led him to resign from Congress in disgrace two years ago.

Weiner, who took the lead in several polls soon after announcing his political comeback in May, said in an email to supporters that he should have been clearer about how long the behavior had persisted but that he hoped voters would give him another chance.

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Weiner insisted he would not drop out. In his email, he said his campaign was about something larger than himself and that he would not "leave New Yorkers without a choice."

Of the resumption of online activity that had cost him his last job, Weiner said: "It was a terrible mistake that I unfortunately returned to during a rough time in our marriage."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/us-usa-politics-weiner-idUSBRE96M0X320130724

[Mz Pip]

2. He's turning this into a travesty.

NYC deserves better.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Personally, I hope Weiner has staying power.

Keeping him around to campaign would be much more fun than a premature evacuation.

[KinMd]

4. His donations will dry up, and he'll be gone before the primary

[Arkana]

5. Heh..."pressure builds on Weiner".

[Sunlei]

6. He should not quit, no one likes a quitter. He may not make mayor but he should continue to try.

His wife forgave him and stands by his side. Any backslide and doubt anyone even his wife will forgive.

Redemption will be a tough path.

[foo_bar]

7. "dignity" and "New York...mayor" in the same sentence?

"You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?" -Koch

"I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." -Dinkins

"There is something deranged about you ... this excessive concern with little weasels is a sickness ... you should go consult a psychologist or a psychiatrist with this excessive concern, how you are devoting your life to weasels." -Giuliani

[polichick]

8. He'd probably be happier as a porno star anyway.

[LadyHawkAZ]

9. The headlines just write themselves, don't they?

I think he might have been better off if he'd gone for a name change right out of high school.