The scandal over Congressman Weiner’s perversions stirs up lots of questions. Especially for people who feel he should not have to resign.
Would you be comfy if he was your boss? Okay with you if he heads up one of our big companies? I mean, his private antics would not affect the company, would they?
If he was your dentist or doctor would you still go to him? How about if he was your minister, or priest? If his name was Weinerini and he was the Pope, should Catholics have a problem with his behavior? Hey, what he does in private … What goes on in the Vatican stays in the Vatican.
So, would you mind if he taught math in your local school? As long as he doesn’t send snapshots and racy messages to students, what the heck?
Lots of people would not want him in any of these positions. Yet they feel it is okay for him to sit in our congress? It is all right for him to vote on issues that affect our welfare, our money, our homes, our children, our national security?
Why should he be held to a higher standard? One reason is that he could have been blackmailed. Maybe he has been. “Vote for this, Mr. Weiner or some pictures and emails will come out.” Or reveal this military information to us, or else.
Which is one of the reasons his mentor, Bill Clinton, should have been kicked out of the White House. He endangered all of us with his reckless behavior. He made himself utterly vulnerable to blackmail. And he may well have been blackmailed.
Imagine what damage this country could suffer if the right blackmailers got to our President. Now, you may say Bill Clinton would never have allowed anything to harm the U.S. just to protect his little secret.