First of all, I have to say I'm glad he resigned. The left may have lost our strongest orator and most outspoken mouthpiece for progressive causes, but I no longer have to maintain the cognitive dissonance between Weiner's admirable work to advance progressive causes in legislature and his unforgivable unconditional support of the Israeli apartheid state and the war crimes perpetrated by its leaders.
He should have asked people who understand how the Internet works to explain it to him in a way that his feeble, over-30 brain can understand. He should have said "that's none of your business" and left it at that when attacked. When asked directly he should have said the same.
He did nothing worse, and in fact something far less severe, than what half of all married adults do. It was a personal matter and the only person he owes an apology to is his wife, and I hope he has been nothing less than honest with her. Everyone else, the pundits, the journalists, etc. are irrelevant and Senator Weiner had every right to lie to them because is was none of their goddamn business and they had no right to be asking the questions they asked.
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Originally Posted by Rekna
He should come out and say "I'll resign when Vitter resigns"
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Basically this, but with a lot more profanity.