Weiner Rebuffs Contention that Sexting Scandal Disqualifies Him

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 8 June 2013 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner rebuffed the contention that his sending of lewd photos of himself to under-aged girls ought to disqualify him from becoming Mayor of New York City. Challenged by the assertion that a public school teacher who behaved similarly would be barred from continuing his profession, Weiner argued that the comparison was inapt.

“The same line of reasoning would’ve also insisted that President Clinton wasn’t fit for office because he dallied with an intern in the Oval Office,” Weiner said in his defense. “Should the country have been deprived of a great leader just because he fell short of the moral standards we would apply to a teacher? Likewise, should the people of New York City be denied the opportunity to elect a great leader because I fell short?”

Weiner pointed out that “unlike a teacher, a mayor isn’t charged with tending to children. My opportunity to prey upon youngsters would be severely limited. So, I think electing me would be worth the risk. To shunt me aside because of one lapse in judgment would deny the citizens of the City a chance to benefit from my extraordinary gifts for governing them.”

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[nascarnation]

He’s got it covered.

If he loses the election, Hillary will give him a nice cabinet post in 2017.

[andyk]

Lol @ “My opportunity to prey upon youngsters would be severely limited. “

[Nitehawk0325]

President Clinton may have dallied with an office intern but at least she was ‘of age’. Weiner texted to ‘underage women’. So Weiner’s comparison of the two, is apples and oranges. if anyone else did what Weiner did, they would have done jail time. Of course, a politician is NOT judged the same as the people who elected them into office. If a truck driver stops to take a leak next to his truck, is caught, he is pull on the same list as a rapist and child molester. Double and triple standards???

[spawn44]

WEINERS ARGUMENT. You IGNORANT DEMOCRATS continued to support the RAT CLINTON after he was caught, why shouldn’t they support another rat.

[napscoordinator]

Oh please. We just elected a guy who left his post and went on a tax payer vacation to Argentina to visit his adulterous lover. We are in the pits of picking politicians. The reason is because normal regular people don’t want to go through the bull crap of running for office.

[chiefqc]

With all the morons in New York City he is a shoe in.

[Bon of Babble]

Weiner is a typical sociopath...

who blames others, lies, deflects rebuffs and then justifes their twisted behavior.

To people like Weiner (and Clinton) character doesn’t matter or is none of anyone’s business.

People like Weiner are amoral. If he justifies his own sick behavior as “normal” then try to imagine what he’ll do to the people once he’s elected.

The man has no character and has no business as a public official — just like Clinton, obama, pelosi, biden, reid, et. al.

[Dick Bachert]