Talking about our Weiner...

First of all, let me say that I love Anthony Weiner. He is one of two or three Democrats who is actually proud to be a liberal Democrat, and for that I thank him.

Here's a quick refresher of him castigating House Republicans, who didn't want to help pay for the healthcare of 9/11 first responders who got sick due to all of the toxins that the explosion and collapse of the towers caused. (To be fair, Dems were being complete wimps about not including a Republican "kill pill" amendment to cover 9/11 first responders who were illegal immigrants because it might look bad for the 2010 elections.)



However, Rep. Anthony Weiner did a yucky thing, tweeting various pics of his wiener to random ladays across this fine country of ours.

Should he step down from his Congressional seat? Meh... I guess so. Remember, you only have to step down after cheating on your wife if you're a Democrat. If you're a Republican you love your family and it doesn't matter if you cheated on your wife with a prostitute (Sen. David Vitter R-LA) or your best friend's wife (Sen. John Ensign R-NV) and then paid your best friend with severance pay with taxpayer money as an apology, YOU can stay in office...because you love the American family and must fight for it! (I mean -- that's probably why you cheated on your wife in the first place, because you were so focused on fighting for the American family).

Just to be clear, Senator Ensign didn't resign recently because he was sorry or ashamed of his actions. He stepped down because he was about to face a Senate ethics investigation that uncovered potentially illegal activity during the affair.

Look, I'm fine with having a moral expectation for our Representatives and Senators. We vote for them and they must earn our trust. When they lie about personal matters it is still a violation of that trust. But this expectation should be for everyone in Congress, not just one party. So unless David Vitter resigns, I see no moral argument that Weiner should.

Right now the U.S. Congress is as it should be: A reflection of the United States public in all of its many  flaws and vices, infidelity being chief among them.