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At some point, the full story of Anthony Weiner and his sexual relationships and texting habits will finally be told. In the meantime, the serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye, away from cameras, off the Web and out of the race for mayor of New York City.
Mr. Weiner, who resigned from Congress two years ago after sending lewd messages and photos of his crotch to women he had not met, was forced to revisit the issue on Tuesday, and so were we all. A Web site called The Dirty had another womans story, another round of sex texts, and another picture of Mr. Weiners penis. The startling news was that this new episode apparently took place last summer, only a few months before Mr. Weiner was to begin another run at public office. The marital trauma that Mr. Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, had said was behind them was not as far behind as we thought.
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Its difficult not to feel for Ms. Abedin. The couple deserved privacy as they worked through their problems and they had it, until they re-emerged in public life and Mr. Weiner decided he was a good fit to run New York City. Mr. Weiner and Ms. Abedin have been saying that his sexual behavior is not the publics business. Well, it isnt, until they make it our business by plunging into a political campaign.
Mr. Weiner says he is staying in the mayoral race. To those who know his arrogance and have grown tired of the tawdry saga he has dragged the city into, this is not surprising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/opinion/mr-weiner-and-the-elusive-truth.html?_r=0
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Not a 'firm' Weiner backer, but they have a lot of gaul commenting on a sex scandal.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)after the Judith Miller and Jayson Blair scandals, scandals that proved the NY Times had disqualified itself as a legitimate source for unbiased news.
Ergo, it's OK for them to point fingers at Mr Weiner.