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Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal
Weiner was caught. So is your point that there should be no ethics hearings in the House even after someone is caught? No accountability for unethical behavior whatsoever? Really?
I said NO such thing and have NO need for you ascribing words to me I didn't say.
I will say: IF he broke any law, prosecute him but Congress has gotten to the point where speaking of ethics is close to oxymoronic and 'ethics' in itself is a very subjective term. If no law was broken let his constituents decide if he continues in Congress.
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Either that or he should have sent the pictures to a man... he could have always taken a page from the Kennedy playbook and just had the girls drowned.
Nah, "Well, I don't remember" gets ya off the hook with Republicans.
No. And this is stupid. Nobody should resign over their private life if they haven't broken any laws. Utter ridiculousness. Who should be ashamed are the people who think the line of questioning Congressman Weiner has been subjected to is appropriate and anybody's business. If conservatives want to make private, legal sexual indiscretions an issue for their representatives that's their problem. It's so obvious why the right wing has to dwell and drudge up anything they can on democrat sex lives: It's because they know they can't win the political argument. They have to get someone in a corner so they feel compelled to lie about sex and not any real violation of the law and so they get him on the lying part. I'm tired of these idiots.
So I really don't give a **** what he did in his private life as long as he didn't break any laws. I'm glad he lied. I'm glad Clinton lied too. Good. I applaud it. It's none of anyone's business. Private life questions should be automatically off limits. Period. And that goes for conservatives who've had sexual indiscretions that didn't violate laws too. You want to make it news? Go open up a tabloid rag and peddle your "scandals" to the uneducated masses.
then why are democrats always want republicans to resign when they get caught doing something they should not be doing in their private lifes?
I dont see why he should and I hate the guy. He's a bed-wetting liberal and if his bed-wetting constituents want Congressman Dickpic (who no one is ever going to take seriously now) as their representative let them have him. Hell, Ted Kennedy killed someone and got to keep his job.
I said NO such thing and have NO need for you ascribing words to me I didn't say.
I will say: IF he broke any law, prosecute him but Congress has gotten to the point where speaking of ethics is close to oxymoronic and 'ethics' in itself is a very subjective term. If no law was broken let his constituents decide if he continues in Congress.
So you think former Speaker Pelosi was wrong to call for a House ehtics investigation? Is that correct? Do you think that it is only up to constituents and that there is not standard of ethics to be met within the halls of Congress itself? Should the House and Senate just dissolve their ethics committees altogether?
Is filing a false police report a crime?
Is using a taxpayer funded Congressional office and phone to solicite women unethical?
Is repeatedly and intentionally lying to other Congress members and to the American people who are affected by the votes he casts just to cover his own backside unethical?
Can a Congress person who has intentionally betrayed the trust of the American people be trusted to have access to classified documents?
He lied, he instructed others to lie for him and he used his staff to attempt a cover up of his pathetic lies. He'll be gone by Friday if he's smart, it's gonna take some time to work out the details of his divorce.
Agreed. Lies and deceit. With a beautiful wife at home to boot. First he said his account was hacked, then he said the photos may be his...Then I wake up this morning and get the paper and...Yikes! If he owned up to it at least i would have given him at least some credit for that.
Ethics violations? Like Gingrich? (who was convicted of 83 ethics violations). As someone said "pot meet kettle". Party affiliation should have no bearing on it. Wrong is wrong.
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I agree. And the Democrat Party is protecting him, because he is a hero to their cause.
Typical right-wing response.
There is no such thing as the "Democrat Party".
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Throw in the towel, Weiner boy.
