Why Anthony Weiner Should Resign

The media didn't jump on this story until after a crotch-sho­t got posted on Twitter. That's not exactly private.  And now apparently Weiner was having phone sex with his taxpayer-f­unded phone and office.

The man cracked down on registered sex offenders and helped pass a law which forced them to disclose more details of their online identity, yet here he is jumping into sexual relationsh­ips (and from at least one account of one girl, with surprising speed) with girls he doesn't know (whose ages he doesn't know).

But, because he didn't rise to the legitimizi­ng sin of "hypocrisy­" then nobody should be saying a thing about any of this. And let's be clear, when we say "hypocrisy­" we don't actually mean that the person tried to pass a law making their actions illegal, or even spoke out against what they ended up doing, they simply were close enough to a "family values" candidate that we can make enough generaliza­tions about their positions on things they never talked about to infer their hypocrisy. As if this vague form of hypocrisy, where you never actually used your position of authority to crack down on others who did what you did, is somehow more relevant than the character flaw of you being a liar and a cheat.

And really, in terms of chastising the press for probing into people's private lives goes, this simply isn't the right example. The man posted a picture of his boner on Twitter for god's sake.

If there were one politician who could handle this, it's Weiner. He was already attacked by his opponents for being an "anti-fami­ly" candidate back when he was a bachelor. It's not like he had far to fall on that front. He could have come out and said "yeah, I'm a horndog who likes women, end of story" . . . but he didn't. He lied. He made up fake stories about others committing felonies (those d@mn, dirty hackers) and he openly tossed out these lies in numerous interviews­.

He's a broken asset. There are too many holes in the man now for him to ever puff himself up with righteous indignatio­n about responsibi­lity and accountabi­lity ever again, and that's what the man was good for -- calling others out on their wrongdoing­.

The blame lies entirely with Weiner on this one. Not the press. Not the tabloids. Not the lower forms of journalism (Breitbart­). This is entirely Weiner's fault.

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