I think at this point it would probably be a good thing if he would go ahead and resign,"[/quote]

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Probably all just posturing, but its a lil early for them all to be jumping ship. I'm wondering if he ever met any of these women or? There has to be more to this.

How have Wiener's actions impacted his job performance?

He made himself a target of the press and is very distracted right now.

This is a neutral effect. Many, (manymanymany) times politicians attract the attention of the press. This practically always presents the opportunity to portray the politician as a target by some.

He may well be distracted, there's a lot going on in a situation like this. But I don't see how this has impacted his job performance. EVERYBODY has stuff going on, and the magnitude of these kinds of events runs the gamut from trivial to catastrophic. How each of us behaves in the face of this universal human condition is what *I* believe should be the evidence on which we should base our judgement.

Is he getting his job done?

--as an aside--
For those that have their morality offended, I would observe that there are reports that his wife has made a statement that she'll stand by him. Would those calling for his resignation question her judgement too?

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For the ladies and Sheldon ;)
here is the thread title ....Weiner's weiner

Dick Armey, a Republican, intentionally attempted to corrupt this nation's government to enrich and empower himself. Part of the biggest scandal (by dollars) in American history. And almost not posts from our extremists.

A Democratic congressman exposes his penis. You would have thought Saddam launched his weapons of mass destruction. At what point does an extremist political agenda become insulting to everyone in the Cellar? Why so many posts about Wiener. Why did these same people never once ask in eight years what any patriot would ask - such as "When do we go after bin Laden?" And almost no complaints about a real scumbag and wacko extremist - Armey?

Perspective. Or should I say emotional bias never stops replacing intelligent thought. Still waiting for quotes from Limbaugh and Fox News so that we can all be saved from evil Democrats and their naked penis.

Wouldn't that be Weiner's wiener?:eyebrow:
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I am not really offended by what he has done he its just titillating news. But really asking about questioning his wife's judgement ? Yah I question her judgement. Do I offer her my own, of her husband? No its her life.

Oh, so you are not willing to give him a pass but you can give the Big Weiner a pass? :lol:

Actually, I gave them both a pass:
I just think Souder is more of a hypocrite. :)

The argument is that he made a vow to remain faithful to his wife, and he broke that vow, knowingly and repeatedly.
He also made a vow to serve the people of NY, honestly and to the best of his ability. Now we are left to wonder whether he considers remaining true to the latter vow.
Further, one of the main things we look for in an elected official is good judgement. When to exercise caution, when to take a risk, etc. He has shown monumentally poor judgement in his private life, which raises questions regarding his judgement in other areas.

Wiener wiener chicken deener.

:notworthy

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TMZ has a new batch of photos of Weiner that he took of himself, in various stages of undress, at the gym.

In two of the pics he's holding weiner, junior.

After looking at the pics, all I can say is that guy certainly seems to be in love with himself.

So what would be the cost to tax payers for a special election if Weiner resigns? Why not have his constituents judge him in his next bid for office?

Dunno Nirvana, but there is no way he is going to resign.
If he did, he would forfeit his salary, insurance and pension benefits.
He cannot afford to do that. He was not one of the rich bastards.

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Now if only the rest of them, Vitter, Sanford, Rangel etc. ... would all do the same thing.

This is ridiculous. So far, I've seen nothing that should make him resign.

I don't understand the hoopla.

I think FSM (or GOD) is in charge of this one.

Yeah, he's a rascally rat clown-ass, but so what? If everyone who's a clown had to resign...well a lot of y'all wouldn't be able to afford computers. ;)

Meh...

It's time to bring up this saying again: No one died when Weiner lied.

Why are most Americans so squeamish about all things sexual?

Here's one I do care about.

Why do famous politicians get to take a nice mug shot. Why isn't he holding a board with his stats on it in front of his chest like other bad guys?

DeLay too!

He should grow up, sexually...or get him some and get it quick. "Look at mah wiener...LOOK at it." Meh. Is there a great guy attached to it? Then never mind.

re: Edwards' mug shot. Smarmy much? Blech.

The Weiner's out!

I didn't think they let you smile for a mug shot...
oh wait thats the DMV... nevermind.

I'm glad the Weiner pulled out in time! Whew.

Listening to Kate Obenshane on "To The Point" and she's excoriating Weiner. She's fluid, with excellent breath control and a good vocabulary. Her flexibility, especially in the area of logic is remarkable. She is able to maintain some impressive double standards when similar situations resulting in different outcomes were presented to her. She was able to leap back and say that doesn't apply.

She's something else.

I'll look for the transcript later.

I don't see what crime, what transgression has taken place here. I agree with classic who stated that this demonstrates bad judgement. But that's not a hangin offense, certainly not grounds for resignation. We'd have no government at all if that were applied uniformly.

Congress interruptus.

Heeeeee!

Falling on his sword was the thing to do.

You're killin' me.

He would have got the sack, otherwise.


C'mon, peeps, do I have to make ALL the puns by myself? Infimonkey? Sheldon?

I'm sorry, Zen. I was going to respond but my pen is stuck. ;)

Plus I was feeling crotchety.

Are those two somehow connected? ;)

So have we taken his pound of flesh yet?

Almost - When he gets out of "rehab" there sill be a lil flurry to get those last few scraps.

Sir, you take me too seriously.

He had to go. He would have rost the next erection anyway.

You spent too much time in Japan, dude.

So it gets applied un-uniformly, enough to chastise those who could use it into either better behavior or greater discretion. Not wholly bad.