Wiener Pulls Out Of Congress!

Should this thread be in the funhouse?

Personally I don't think he needed to resign, but maybe the new stories from Ginger Lynn and Gloria Allred are just the tip of the iceberg.

Mould have liked to see him primaried by his base instead.

I think it was appropriate for him to go... They were about to redistrict him out of Congress anyway.

BUT, if he wants to lay low for awhile, wait for the redistricting to be completed, and then run again from the new district, and let his constituents make the decision, that's probably the best way to go. It sure didn't stop Vitter, (or, for that matter, John Ensign) from running again.

One of his reasons for staying in is that he isn't independently wealthy like so many other politicians, so maybe he was just waiting for a good job offer to appear or some donor to pay him to disappear and stop being an embarrasement to the DNC.

Personally I believe if he would just have come clean right off, it would have gone away quickly.

You're right... He shot himself in the foot... Particularly when what he did wasn't even legally a "crime"... It was stupid.

He shot himself in the foot

No. It wasn't in the foot.

Great! Congress lost its Wiener...

Time for the Comedy Channel to have a Celebrity Weiner Roast.

Even though I couldn't stand his hysterical screaming about issues I disagreed with, I could really care less that he had an infatuation with his unit or that he like to send pics of it to strangers. I can't believe I'm saying this but I feel a little sorry for him. He went from being a big shot making a pretty sweet living, to being a disgrace in just a matter of weeks. He has a very recognizable face so he won't want to be seen in public for a long time, and who will hire him that would want that kind of baggage?

It was a funny story at first, now I think it's just sad. (No more chemo-brain here, maybe I just need sleep)

LadyJazzer wrote: It sure didn't stop Vitter, (or, for that matter, John Ensign) from running again.

Ensign was reelected in 2006. That was before his affair was disclosed in 2009, and so far as I can tell, before it even happened.

Now he did say at one point that he planned to run again in 2012, but that was before commen sense set in. I don't think one could call that actually being in the 2012 Senate race.

My point was, and still is, both Vitter and Ensign committed illegal acts...regardless of the timing. Weiner did not.

Spin it however makes you feel better.