There's an obvious political dimension to this yawner of a scandal. Weiner is one of the most outspoken liberal Democrats out there (yes, a few of them still exist, like the elusive Iberian rock lizard). Because he couldn't keep it in his pants in front of the camera for some special online friends of his (although there's no evidence yet of him having actual contact with them), his political future is in doubt.
Republicans have jumped on an opportunity to call for the unfortunately named Weiner to resign. So have several Dems -- inexplicably including folks like former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who throatily defended actual adulterer Bill Clinton. And saucer-eyed Nancy Pelosi wants an ethics investigation into Weiner tout suite.
But all I can think of with each passing day of this story is: Are you kidding me? Actually, there's another word in that sentence, but because this is a family column about Internet porn, I won't include it.
Let's be clear. I'm not a big fan of my elected representatives lying. But what I care about is if they're lying about policy, as in: "I will create 2 million jobs in my first two seconds as senator" or "The weapons of mass destruction are there, trust me."
Full column at the link.
http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/post_50.html