Ezoner, you're being too hard-on him.

Walter -- they all must go ---- maybe if I sent you an explanation in Braile you would get it...... Naw...... You must be from t he south where its ok to date your sister.

Raed Maynards comments --- do you get it now.... He lied, tried to cover it up, went on interviews to lie and cover up, accused others..... If he would have come out and said yep and sorry -- I might cut slack.... now --- GTFO of office.

NVgrf

Why would that be a story? The anniversary of D-Day didn't warrant a story in the Gazette this week.

http://www.dday.org/

My bolongna has a first name, its.......

Ironeys abound in this one...

No articles about the President's July troop drawdown? Right wing rag!

The economy is bad so we must judge these people more harshly(sarcasm). When the economy was good, people did not care who did what with whom (Bill and Monica). Amazing. My concern with President Clinton then and other politicians since is the lack of judgement and the potential for blackmail and the subsequent lies and coverups and how it might carry over into judgements involving their day job. I do not want a liar with poor judgement with his finger on the nuclear button !!! I do not want a liar with poor judgement helping to make laws in this country. Yes they are human but should be held to a high standard and forced to resign or be impeached if they lie regardless of how good the economy is or isnt. IMHO

Kid, I can't take credit. I actually saw it on another site and thought it fitting.

jv...not that it was hard;) but your erection joke was the funniest thing ive seen you type:)

People have sex, news at 11. People have sex with people they probably shouldn't, news at 11. People do crazy things for sex, news at 11. (I should probably say news at 10, but I forget the midwest primetime is an hour earlier than on the east and west coasts.)
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He lied about it, tried to cover it up. Just resign. If he had come out immediately and said, "yep, I did it", I'd be more forgiving, but I can't abide by the lying. Sex? No problem, but the lying to everyone is a game changer, same with Edwards.

Clinton set the precedent. Remember? "It depends upon what the meaning if IS IS."

Yeah - cover up - or the lack thereof.

How can we trust this guy when he can stand in front of the American people and bold face lie? It does not matter which party you belong to, just be honest and truthful. He must resign. It is usually the cover up that is worse than the crime.

Erections have consequences.

Mr Weiner had asked at least one of the women to lie to cover his story. He offered his PR people to concoct a cover story to this porn star. He used his office phone and other office percs to stroke is rather inflated ego. He is supposed to be one of the smarter people in congress. He felt priveledged and untouchable. All he has shown me is how truly ignorant he is.
WalterR you forgot John Edwards and Gary Hart, LOL.

I thought Pelosi was going to drain the swamp.

usaret,
People often lie when they are in a panic over something embarassing to them. It's a human thing to do. I'm not going to fault him for it. The continued lying to the press was a very bad move. His lies, however, in no way affected the work that he does in the House. Nothing about his past has suggested that he is dishonest within his job. He has always fought for his constituents as well as all Americans. If an ethics investigation turns up more lies, the situation will certainly require, and undoubtedly receive, more scrutiny.

Fear and Walter have zero credibility with... you!
And in spite of what you may think of yourself,
that means absolutely nothing to anyone but... you.

Ezoner,
As if I ever had any credibility in your eyes anyway, so please spare me the theatrics. Here's what I do know:
Gov. Jim McGreevey (D) NJ
Rep. Mark Foley (R) FL
Sen. David Vitter (R) LA
Sen. Larry Craig (R) ID
Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) NY
Sen. Jon Ensign (R) NV
Gov. Mark Sanford (R) SC
Rep. Eric Massa (D) NY
Rep. Chris Lee (R) NY
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) CA
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) NY
Pres. Bill Clinton (D) AR
All sex scandals. Some resigned. Some didn't. I couldn't care less about their personal lives. Everybody's got their somethin'. If it interferes with their ability to govern; if it adversely affects the way in which they conduct the business of their elected office, then it's a problem. If their personal life remains on the right side of the law, no matter how kinky it may seem to me or anyone else, it's still irrelevant to how they function within the confines of their job. People are going to get all upset about it because they assume that once elected, politicians are supposed to leave all the little quirks and idiosynchrocies that make them human behind. I have more realistic expectations of elected officials. If you want to crucify me for that, go right ahead. It seems to me, though, that there are a lot of people on this blog with some voyeuristic tendencies that are very quick to judge other people's little kinks. Nobody ever seems to want to question their own fascination with the personal lives of people in the public eye, but maybe they should.

He was willing to lie to his wife, his staff, the people he represented, his fellow members of the House Of Representatives, the media, to you and to me, is this what we are to expect from people elected to keep our country safe, strong and morally correct? Some people make simple little mistakes and their lives are runined forever but seems here that people are trying to make up excuses to let this one continue on as if he did nothing wrong. Do we really have standards in this country or are they based solely on who breaks the standard as to what the punishment should be?

Besides Breitbart is a buffoon as well and is no better than Maury Povich. Him and Weiner deserve each other.

Future rich- HILARIOUS LOL!!

I dont think its fine what he did. i was merely pointing out that holding political officials to a higher standard is silly. If you vote or dont vote for someone based on their political leanings it is definitely your choice. I would be more inclined to vote for a politician based on his/her ideas on whats best for the nation and whether or not I agree with it. If he sends pics of himself over the internet its really not what I am worried about. One thing it would call into question for me is , JUDGEMENT.
As far as voting for Newt, you would vote for him if he were the nominee against Obama, just like yoll vote for Romney even though he passed health care reform similar to Obama care.
Ebonezer, I have no credibility with you? I am heartbroken, you have none with me as well, so.....who cares? Knee jerk reactions like these are typical of people who like to try to dictate others lives. If rep Weiner's constituants vote him out or organize a movement to get him oout, then maybe he should go. But I for one am not into telling others what they should or shouldnt do.
Question: Shouldn't Scott Walker resign then for getting caughht on thet telephone suggesting that they plant provacetuers in the demonstrations at the square to stir things up, when there were children and families protesting peacefully? Is that not a resignable offense? I suppose not if you are a blind partisan, which I am not.

Ezoner: This does not destroy Fear and Walter's credibility. They just think differently than you do. And, in this imperfect world of ours, that's how it is. But I sincerely do not believe this destroys their credibility. They both have made very well stated points on many of these blogs.

So far all it seem he did was send sexual text messages and some pics. All this trouble and he never even got to touch another human being? Seems a waste to me. If you're gonna screw up, do it big time. Sexting is so 2008.

Fear & Walter have ZERO credibility now. Regardless of party -- any person that does this must go. I would never vote for Newt because of his marriage issues. SO regardless of party, people like this should not be allowed to represent us.

I was looking for news on this story and typed in "weiner photos" on google. My advice...don't do that.

Fear...& Walter: It is apparent that anything a person does is fine with you two, but thankfully most feel there are some moral boundaries that a person elected to represent ius are held to.
I have to say from MY point of view, this does not say much for your integrity on issues of right and wrong. I have to wonder if your opinion of the person and what action they should take, if any, changes with the party they are associated with.
He needs to resign.

He used his office and your taxpayer funded phone lines. Goodbye Oscar Meyer

Why is he required to tell the truth about a personal matter? Dont get it. If it were someting that directly to his job then okay but thats not whats going on here at all.

Making a mistake/doing something juvenile and stupid is one thing. Lying about it is another. Give up the ghost and resign.

this isnt just a small wiener story. its not quite a big wiener story either, but the morals of this wiener are what is sad. his wiener family will be embarrassed. can you imagine the shock for the wiener parents?? sure sounds like hes a lonely wiener or maybe he has wiener issues that stem from being the littlest wiener in the family?? who knows. lots of possibilities when discussing a public wiener, a wiener that none of us REALLY know or probably want to know. i could give a hoot about this wiener but for the wiener familys sake i hope this wiener gets out and then stays straight.

This has nothing to do with sex. Anyone stupid enough to send anything that could damage their reputation electronically (and then be stupid enough to lie about it) certainly doesn't have enough intelligence to pass the "Smarter than a Rock" politician qualification test.

I dont understand why these people arent allowed to be human? They are not allowed to make dumb mistakes and still be politicians? John Ensign from Nevada got caught up in a sex scandal and didnt resign until they found other ethics violations. Larry Craig got caughht in a bathroom in Minneapolis trying to get his freak on with another man! And Rep Weiner should resign his post? Sorry I understand that these people are human beings and make HUMAN mistakes. If his constituants vote him out so be it. If he gets charged with a crime, then resign. Otherwise why should he leave? Because he is cheating on his wife? Last time I checked , thats NOT against the law. The man may be immoral, but who amongst you isnt. Stop holding these people to a higher moral standard, its just silly. I would agree with Gary , get the 24 hour media out of the sex lives of these people.
All that being said, This guy is a pretty smart cat. Why would he think that he would be able to get away with this with no reprecussions? He is a high profile Rep, what an absolute IDIOT! Thinking with the wrong Weiner head.

Let's take the sex out of politics.
Honestly, some of you people are obsessed with other people's sex lives.
It would serve you better to spend more time on your own,
but it is probably hard to get around some of those personality issues.
That having been said, please stop being so hard on Congressman Weiner.
;-)

Badgerlvr - BINGO!!!!!

He should resign immediately! My understanding is that the guy that broke the story also has an x-rated pix of Mr. W. - If that is the case - time for him to pack up and go home. That is if his wife of 11 months will let him come home.

As far as sex scandals go, this one's pretty much sexless. Then he lied about it. I guess he's the first politician ever to do that. Come on people are we really all that surprised? Let's leave it up to his constituents to throw him out or keep him. Run the ethics investigation. Take him to the woodshed. When they're done telling him he's a naughty boy, they'll let him continue doing his job which is exactly what should be done. He didn't break the law. He embarrassed himself and his family. I'd love it if all the people calling for Anthony Weiner to resign were forced to hold themselves to the same standards they hold politicians to. It's a lot easier to keep all the little indiscretions private when you're not a member of Congress. Let those without sin...you know the rest.

This is further proof of the lowering of moral standards in this country-by both parties. This stuff isn't funny anymore-just sad and pathic.

Badgertvr: I will agree with you totally on this.

Both parties can come together on this. I do believe he should be gone. Republicans have had their share of scandals too.

Honorfirst: I agree. We need honor and honesty in every part of our government, whether it be Democrat, Republican, Independent or any other party.

This isn't the first Weiner the Democrats have struggled with.

The arrogance of politicians caught in innapropriate internet behavior is amazing.
They know they have adversaries that are pursuing 'dirt' on them and anyone with two functioning brain cells knows that what is posted on the internet, even in an email, is there to be retrieved at any time.
Anthony Weiner claimed his account was hacked, a lie that could be discovered by a 1st year IT tech.
Arrogance and stupidity, a bad combination.
Oh well, maybe he can become an underwear model.

What? they haven't disabled comments on the Weiner story yet? Oh, they will. Must....resist...Weiner jokes.
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Look, he's not the first politician to screw up, and furthermore, nothing he did was illegal. I don't really care who he sent pictures of his business to, but lying about it is another story. He should resign. At least it wasn't another fake moral majority Repub caught with his pants down, though I'm sure we'll see a few more of those too, it's inevitable, they can't help themselves.

Weiner gives douchebags a bad name!

Badgerlvr: I totally agree this goes across party lines. If they cannot act with integrity and honor they have NO place representing us. Show what little honor you have and resign so someone with higher standards can sit in your place. This standard is for EVERYONE in government!

I don't always agree with your comments, but I agree 100% on this one. Text your junk (Weiner) = disaster. Steal and cheat on your taxes (Rangel) = ????. Why the difference?

I'm not interested in beginning dialogue regarding how terrible the Democrat Weiner is or how pure the Republicans are (or visa versa) but to ask members of either party; "would you want someone like this representing you"? This man should be thrown out of the H.O.R. Weiner is just the tip of the iceberg. Both parties should begin "cleaning house".