June 14: Bob Herbert on Weiner

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Last night on the show, columnist Bob Herbert takes the latter side:"

I think that there's a lot of reasons he should leave. First and foremost, I don't think Democrats should be behaving like Republicans. I expect Republicans to be hypocrites -- I expect politicians to be hypocritical, and I expect Republicans to be at a heightened state of hypocrisy than most politicians."

But, you know, I think we should have, we should want higher standards in government from our office holders, Republicans and Democrats alike."

I do believe that Weiner's behavior has been egregious. In the first place, it's profoundly disrespectful to women."And if the photos that he sent, if they were uncensored, he'd be gone now. I mean, he sent some hideous stuff.

"And if the photos that he sent, if they were uncensored, he'd be gone now. I mean, he sent some hideous stuff.

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Opinions differ.

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1. Does your opinion differ?

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2. Why do

you care about my opinion? What does it have to do with Herbert's opinion?

Still, if you're interested find a few Weiner threads and search for what I've said in the past.

Should keep you busy.

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3. Burn!

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4. Opinions differ... yes indeed!

I watched this on the night it aired and the thing I remember was that Rachel's opinion differed quite significantly from Mr. Herbert's.

The thing I came away from the interview with was that Herbert was trying to explain how Dems should set the bar higher for standards of their leadership and not be concerned about "what the Republicans do", whereas Rachel was mostly trying to stress the unfairness in the treatment (by the media and members of their own party) of Dem leaders when Repubs always seem to get a pass for as bad or worse behavior than their democratic counterparts. It seemed to me that they both ended up talking "past one another" and never really acknowledged the other's point, that or just did not grasp it.

It was kind of a weird interview the way it played out between them, but I could see the validity of both their views. Each made salient and worthwhile points. What I would say to you is that, like it or not, it's not ALWAYS a matter of "I'm abslotely right and you're absolutely wrong".

However, this does seem to be your usual approach to issues on this board. :(