Screw the N.Y. Times...

[busterbrown]

Use to be a time when the paper use to point out both sides of an issue and let the readers fend for themselves..I for one do not care for a second about his private life... Especially because Weiner never
ran on a social values agenda and never once talked about family values.. So I simply couldn’t care less.
On the other hand as a hard left Liberal I like A.W. because he can be a son of a bitch when going after political enemies. He’s intelligent and cares about what most of us care about on this site.

So I say, how come the Times did not at least consider this side of the story?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/opinion/mr-weiner-and-the-elusive-truth.html?_r=1&

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. because it doesn't sell papers....

sex and the hyperventilating about sex does.

[grasswire]

2. puritanical panty sniffing

The editorial regarding Weiner was almost cartoonish.

[calimary]

3. We are still being crushed under the weight of the Puritans' legacy.

I find myself wondering if we will EVER get out from under the damn over-weighted CURSE of it. I feel like I'm walking around carrying a Mack truck on my shoulders.

[bemildred]

4. Yep. nt

[Igel]

7. There are many aspects to the Puritan's legacy.

A bit of prudery is one part of it.

A loathing for corruption is another.

The push for universal literacy, at least among men, was a Puritan thing.


However, I think the point in the media is a valid one. Liars are gonna lie and cheaters are gonna cheat.

And voters are gonna vote. Let them decide.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Hearing heterosexualists whine when one of their own is subjected to that which

their community serves up to others daily is hilarious in an off putting 'look at the hubris' sort of way.
Reading this blather about why a politician should be free to lead a double life out of the same community that is sanguine about the fact that it is fully legal to discriminate against LGBT people in 29 States of this nation in employment, housing and in any other way y'all might wish is really startling. How dare you pretend that such things offend you when you live your life each day knowing that MILLIONS of innocent,honest people who are not lying to the press are subjected oppression for their own sexualities. You say you could not care less and that is a stark but accurate confession.

[busterbrown]

8. HUH?

How the hell do you know what i think about the subject matter you ranted away with..
You know nothing about me and are actually making stuff up.. Just like the people who make our country almost intolerable to live in because of their hate towards minorities, LGBT, and anyone else who does not live up to their standards...Spewing crap at me is simply that...crap!

[dionysus]

9. where do you get ANY of that from the OP?

[Logical]

6. Well, you are wrong on this. They are right! n-t

[Hippo_Tron]

10. From everything I've read the guy was a grandstanding ass in congress, but...

I could care less about his sexting and since I don't live in New York, I could care less about whether or not they elect him mayor.

Elliot Spitzer is another matter...

[mgcgulfcoast]

11. Weiner is a sick dirtbag

anyone off the street in NYC would be better

[busterbrown]

14. “Dirtbag”?

I save those kind a terms for Rethugs who are intent on destruction...
What church do you go to?

[NM_Birder]

12. Cruz and Wilson--THATS who My money is on...GO BIG BLUE !

[Nye Bevan]

13. They forgot to consider the sheer comedy value of him staying in the race (nt)

[Jamaal510]

15. On one hand,

this situation that happened with AW was bad because it now begs the question regarding why he deserves the trust of New Yorkers. But on the other hand, all of this is also a diversion from more important issues that the city faces. As I heard someone point out yesterday, the person who ends up overtaking him and winning may not be the better person for the job. If I lived there and could vote in that election, I would be extremely torn on who to vote for.

[busterbrown]

16. You mean that you might vote fora republican? Just asking..