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ASU2003 · 06-07-2011, 07:09 PM

Besides not sending pictures using Twitter? And I don't really get what was bad about those pictures or the photos Rep. Lee sent on Craigslist, unless they were actively trying to hit on girls... Now, I do think it was bad that it appears that he lied about the 'hackers', but what should he have done?

Were they trying to find girls to sleep with? Were they having some 'fun'?

Is it because we think Congressmen should be prudish monogamous people? Is it because America equates any nudity or underwear pictures with sex, and that is a sin? (Go to a European beach, magazines, or look through the Sunday Ads and you will find similar pictures)

1. So, should he have said that "this is a private matter"?
2. Should he have said "Yeah, I sent them, so what"?
3. It's the Internet, who hasn't sent those types of photos to someone? Get with the times people.
4. No comment
5. Maybe the Clinton defense, "What am I supposed to say, Yes, and my wife leaves me, No, and I get convicted for perjury/impeached"?
6. Play out the hacker 'lie'.
7. Say it is a right-wing conspiracy to discredit him.
8. That there are powerful people who are blackmailing him to vote in a certain way, and when he didn't, they sent the photos. And unless he says that he sent them, they will do some other bad stuff to his family.

It is another distraction story, I know, but it seems like it was handled so poorly.

06-07-2011, 07:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	What should Rep. Weiner have done? Besides not sending pictures using Twitter? And I don't really get what was bad about those pictures or the photos Rep. Lee sent on Craigslist, unless they were actively trying to hit on girls... Now, I do think it was bad that it appears that he lied about the 'hackers', but what should he have done? Were they trying to find girls to sleep with? Were they having some 'fun'? Is it because we think Congressmen should be prudish monogamous people? Is it because America equates any nudity or underwear pictures with sex, and that is a sin? (Go to a European beach, magazines, or look through the Sunday Ads and you will find similar pictures) 1. So, should he have said that "this is a private matter"? 2. Should he have said "Yeah, I sent them, so what"? 3. It's the Internet, who hasn't sent those types of photos to someone? Get with the times people. 4. No comment 5. Maybe the Clinton defense, "What am I supposed to say, Yes, and my wife leaves me, No, and I get convicted for perjury/impeached"? 6. Play out the hacker 'lie'. 7. Say it is a right-wing conspiracy to discredit him. 8. That there are powerful people who are blackmailing him to vote in a certain way, and when he didn't, they sent the photos. And unless he says that he sent them, they will do some other bad stuff to his family. It is another distraction story, I know, but it seems like it was handled so poorly.