Correct me if I've missed something about Anthony Wiener...

[brooklynite]

1) he did something inappropriate

2) he lied about it

3) he was found to be lying about it

4) he Sid he was sorry and that it wouldn't happen again

5) it happened again

Does that pretty much cover it?

[Shankapotomus]

1. that's about it except for

6) ultimately it was never anyone's business anyway.

[KittyWampus]

3. except he posted some pix publicly by mistake and sent some of them unsolicited-

or maybe you forgot that part.

[Shankapotomus]

16. Typical DU

Fail to see the long range precedent.

What if someday some random senator had an open marriage with his wife? Open in the sense that, just between them, there was an understanding that this kind of behavior was permissible? It was something personal they wanted to keep just between themselves and whatever third party that was recruited to engage in the behavior?

Now do you see the silliness in making someone's personal life a political issue? Huma has said she forgives him. That should be enough. Unless we the public want to play the role of his wife in his private life?

[Little Star]

33. Lets not forget about all those women who didn't ask for or want to receive those..

nasty ass sexting pictures of his junk. What about their rights?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

7. 7.) He promises jobs to his phone sex partners

8.) He let the left stake their credibility on defending him
9.) He helped Breitbart score a victory and a comeback after the Sherrod fiasco

[Little Star]

35. Good point. Aren't there laws against offering government jobs to phone sex partners?

[Boom Sound 416]

13. and claimed his account was hacked which is

you know, a crime, and if he filed a report with police or capitol police is you know, a crime

[frazzled]

15. Knowing whether a candidate has good judgment and is truthful (or not) is every voter's business

Anthony Weiner has shown incredibly poor judgment not only by sexting with numerous individuals (something sure to come out--not a private affair), many of whom were not consenting, but by doing so even after he was caught and forced to resign.

And he has been untruthful on numerous occasions with respect to said activities.

It's not about the sex: it's about how voters need to judge the wisdom and rectitude of the people they are asked to vote for. He flunks the judgment and honesty tests, which should make anyone who would vote for him to lead one of the world's premiere cities ... well ... nuts.

[Shankapotomus]

19. Okay

and what kind of precedent does condemning Anthony Weiner set?

What if a random senator had an open marriage with his wife? Open in the sense that, just between them, there was an understanding that this kind of behavior was permissible? It was something personal they wanted to keep just between themselves and whatever third party that was recruited to engage in the behavior? And then some third party leaked it without their permission?

Now do you see the silliness in making someone's personal life a political issue? When is someone's personal life their own that they don't have to answer questions about it? I don't challenge the accusations of lying. I challenge the presumption of even asking and calling forth someone to answer and attest for their personal, non-criminal activity. This is setting a very bad precedent. You have no clue why someone would want to keep something private by lying about. I'm so tired of people using sex to corner people in lies and then saying "It's not about sex, it's about lying!" Nonsense! I challenge the entire premise of making it an issue at all! These are Ken Starr tactics.

It's nobody's business. If you don't want to vote for someone based purely on their non-criminal personal life, I would say that's ridiculous because where does it end? But it's your vote.

[frazzled]

20. Lying to the press and public is not a personal issue

Furthermore, when you are a public figure entrusted with the public's interest, the personal rules that pertain to individuals are no longer relevant. If this were merely a consensual "affair" it would be one thing, and not particularly of interest to anyone. But it was not; it was worse ... because it involved an abuse of power. Some of the women who received pictures and texts did not consent to it. Many were young and looked up to this person of power. This is not a victimless act.

I frankly don't care WHAT his wife permitted him to do or accepted. That is of no interest to me as a voter. As a voter I want to know that the person I elect as mayor has common sense (sending pictures of your penis to strangers in no way constitutes common sense), self-control (sending penis pictures even after you have been caught and publicly humiliated shows crazy lack of self-control), and integrity (out and out lying to the public, repeatedly, displays a lack of integrity).

This has nothing to do with Anthony Weiner's marriage. His wife is welcome to forgive him as much as she wants, and let him continue to sext with strangers. But the voters have a different set of issues to consider. As a voter, I wouldn't trust him to make good decisions or be honest with the citizens.

[panader0]

44. Two words--John Edwards

[Shankapotomus]

48. I suppose you are all right

My hesitation I think stemmed from a concern of witch hunts. If you ask someone something private enough, you probably can get anyone to lie.

[LanternWaste]

45. I s'pose a lot of people believe that a person's character and integrity may be compartmentalized.

I s'pose a lot of people believe that a person's character and integrity may be compartmentalized.

[Orrex]

40. I believe he got in trouble for sending pictures of his rectitude

[jollyreaper2112]

30. It's the lying

I have no problem if he and the wife swing and if she finds it hot for him to chat up other women. If they are game, if he's not abusing his position, if it's consensual, so what?

But he got caught and lied repeatedly and is still lying. Sex isn't his problem, I think it's a symptom.

[Mike Daniels]

39. Actually, it shows amazingly bad judgement (the type you don't need in a mayor)

Aren't teenagers constantly being warned about the hazards of sexting and such, especially to strangers?

The guy's begging to be hit with a blackmail threat the way he's going at this point esp. if he does get elected into office.

[SharonAnn]

2. Pretty much! Guess he's not too smart (as in "common sense" smart).

[BootinUp]

4. There is more

He has the audacity to run for office
His wife supports him
He made sure there were more pictures out there after he said there probably were. lol.

[WovenGems]

5. Thick as a brick

How on Earth could you have missed something about Wiener when he has Twittered every part of himself.

[Whisp]

6. pretty much. NYTimes is dumping him.

Funny story all around. One of those point at and giggle at the stupidity.

[vaberella]

8. That's about it. I can't tolerate this man. Insincere ass.

So many turn public office into a joke---because they're personal life is a hot mess. I want more from my politicians. He's not worth while.

[Orrex]

41. I believe he got in trouble for sending pictures of his insincere ass.

[Glimmer of Hope]

9. It happened again??? Ugh.

[HipChick]

10. What did he actually tells us that we didn't know? He said there was more to come..

[The Straight Story]

11. He got caught. I am sure many others have been caught by the NSA, info for future use

Easy way to keep folks in line and keep the cash coming.

[emulatorloo]

12. So you are claiming Weiner was exposed by the NSA?

Interesting.

[The Straight Story]

17. Uh no....

saying that with the power they have I could, at some point, see them doing something like that.

[emulatorloo]

47. Doubt NSA is interested in Cock Pics

[loli phabay]

49. certainly hope not, and if humus forgives him then who cares

[Orrex]

42. The problem is that Weiner exposed himself.

The NSA has nothing to do with it, for once.

[Boom Sound 416]

14. I've missed why up until recently he's actually lead the polls

[markpkessinger]

24. Have you looked at the field of candidates?

That tends to explain a lot.

[Hekate]

18. His biggest problem in that regard is this: he is not a Christian Republican who ...

... had a good conversation with Jesus about it, cried publicly, and told us that his wife and Jesus forgave him.

See how that works? IOKIYAR

[Nye Bevan]

21. 6) he came up with the pseudonym "Carlos Danger" (nt)

[MADem]

28. He shoulda gone with "Charlie Peligro"--that sounds like a real person! nt

[msanthrope]

37. Brock Middlebrook is taken, I guess...nt

[liberal_at_heart]

22. I don't care about a politicans so called morals. All I care about is their voting record.

[cthulu2016]

23. He is not running to be a legislator

[liberal_at_heart]

26. I'm not in NY, so I wouldn't know. I just don't understand why people get so mad when

people do something of a sexual nature and lie about it. I don't care what they do with their private parts or that they lie about what they do with their private parts. People keep saying you can't trust someone who does that and then lies about it. You can't trust someone who doesn't do those kinds of things either. Since when did lying about your sex life become the disqualifier of trustworthiness. I don't trust Obama anymore and from what I can tell he has a pretty clean record as far as his sex life and whether or not he has told the truth about his sex life.

[cali]

32. It's about impulse control and judgment

he has neither. A chief executive needs both.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. "He's an arrogant dumbass" belongs in there

Can't believe I ever fell for the "My Twitter was hacked" bullshit.

At least Andrew Breitbart is dead. That's a positive.

[MFM008]

27. i care about lying

and bad judgement, compulsiveness, not sex. I however am not a NYC voter. Hes a sad little man.

[kentuck]

29. I have nothing invested in Anthony Weiner...

I did not vote for him. He was a loud voice for the left when he was in Congress. He screwed up. We owe him nothing. The least we could expect from him is honesty. We didn't get it.

[Katashi_itto]

31. He did Sid? Ok that is depraved.

[JoePhilly]

34. There are pictures of it ... making it much more fun.

[arely staircase]

36. inexplicably smoking hot super smart wife

who puts up with his anti-Palestenian tirades (she is an Arab American) and him sending dick pics to college women.

[Iggo]

38. How to spell his last name.

(Adds "Wiener" to trash list)

[FSogol]

43. 6) Being ashamed about it in public while smirking is part of the fun for him.

"I've been bad and I am sooooooo sorry."

[geek tragedy]

46. He became the only politician with two porn names nt