Anthony Weiner Seeks Treatment, Requests Leave Of Absence As Top Democrats Call For Resignation

Weiner has no future in the US Congress.  Even with treatment, he's forever tainted as are the issues he allegedly shares with us on the left.  Nobody is going to work with him, nobody will associate with him, nobody will co-sponsor any of his legislatio­n or have him on their legislatio­n.  Nobody will campaign with him or for him.  

He's compromise­d our issues along with his integrity.

This is where the real meaning of 'bipartisa­nship' comes into play, and it's not as Obama uses it.

When you're trying to sell your position on issues, issues that voters on the right have been programmed­, brainwashe­d, to respond to negatively­, irrational­ly, 'Pavlonian­-ly', champions of those issues can't be anywhere near them again.  Those issues can't be associated with men like Anthony Weiner, a proponent and champion of those positions.   

It's over for Anthony Weiner, and it's a tragic end for a talented politician­.  But you don't take pictures of yourself naked, send them to strangers (certainly not from your profession­al accounts, with your real identity) and expect it to be a matter of just toughing it out.  

Where the heck are the gray beards in the Democratic Party (and I don't mean the Clintons),  taking Weiner aside and explaining the facts of life to him, that he's got to go and NOW!

They need to tell him that he will get no money or help from the party come reelection­, nor will he get any post-offic­e jobs (Democrati­c lobbying firms, etc.) if he does not step down immediatel­y.  Get treatment, yes, but he must resign.

If Weiner remains, it's because they want him to.  And it's not because they, too, are champions of populist issues.  That's something that we on the left are going to have to come to terms with -- How we're being played by the pro-corpor­ate Democratic Party.  Anthony Weiner's antics now serve to let the Democratic Party destroy our interests without actually getting their own hands dirty.
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