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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsloli phabay
(5,580 posts)I say its up to the electorate and his wife to make the call.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)First time it was obvious he had compulsion issues. He will never get elected to mayor of NYC. He needs to stop with the politics.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Disclaimer i have no idea how she feels but she can always bin him.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)The only opinion that should matter is his wifes, if shes okay with it then who cares.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)corkhead
(6,119 posts)^^ ^^
Personally, I don't have enough information to make a judgement, and if I lived in NYC, as a voter I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater until I saw what I might end up with as an alternative.
just my
boston bean
(36,223 posts)corkhead
(6,119 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)corkhead
(6,119 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)Squinch
(50,993 posts)wife will get you in trouble with the press if it gets out. If you don't realize that, then you are too stupid to do the job.
If you do know it, and you are so indiscreet about it that you get caught, you are too stupid to do the job.
If you do it once, and are in the middle of convincing the public that it was a lapse, and then you do it again, AND you are indiscreet enough to get caught at it AGAIN, you are REALLY too stupid to do the job.
He's a dummy. That's why I wouldn't vote for him. He can't play the game he is asking us to help him win.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)murray hill farm
(3,650 posts)And he still doesn't get it that it is completely inappropriate. But his behavior is not about sex at all. It is about compulsion and acting upon it with no understanding of it's self destructive nature and of its consequences to his life. A man such as this who has so little understanding of himself and his behavior has no place in politics. He needs to spend years of therapy working on his own issues first.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Hisbjudgment is gone. That is why he has to go. He seems to be trying to kill his own career.
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)He's messing around online. That's not sex. He's a douchebag and a liar.
How is it that these guys who supposedly like sex so much have so little of it? What you mean is he likes cheating.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Definition of sex.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)Wife takes him back. Sick puppy with some type of compulsion issues. Does not belong in any public office.
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)He is clearly avoiding that.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)There are a million different sexual acts and fetishes and proponents for every one. Not everyones sexual needs or desires are to have sex with another human being.
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)But he has a wife he is choosing to avoid in favor of some cyber fantasy. He is avoiding intimacy, not seeking it.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)People have different sexual appetites and desires, she may just not be into sex as much as him or in different ways, we just dont know until she does what she decides to do.
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)Trust me.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)BainsBane
(53,056 posts)do you know who want their NEWLY married husband to ignore them in favor of an anonymous internet thing? You think she dreamed her whole life to be married to a guy who would lie, cheat, and humiliate her publicly?
I know because I'm a woman and I know human nature. It's obvious.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)What goes on in their marraige. Sex is a twisted unique thing that encompasses the whole gamit of human desires and no two people are the same.
Kali
(55,019 posts)"You think she dreamed her whole life to be married to a guy..."
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)and the wife doesn't care who the husband sleeps with, she doesn't want to read about it in the newspapers. No one wants their friends and neighbors knowing their business.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)BainsBane
(53,056 posts)If the guy is just fooling around online, she could ignore it. This she can't. You thought this was somehow separate from the publicity?
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)BainsBane
(53,056 posts)and when I point out that no one wants their private business like that in the papers, you say you agree he needs to be more discreet. The reason this is an issue is BECAUSE it is public. That has to compound her hurt a million times. That is the entire point.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)That people have to hide who they are due to society in general thinking sex is dirty. In an ideal world people would be left to deal with this stuff within the couple but instead it becomes a media show. Ideally she should just be able to say honey its okay have fun or sorry its over and bye.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)you know those crazy r/w gossipers say Huma and Hillary were/are lovers...
boston bean
(36,223 posts)Playing the patsy so Hillary and Uma aren't figured out.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)but but, I think there are links to Alex Jones stuff here lately.
oiy.
matthews
(497 posts)internet flasher. He should swap out his towel for a raincoat. When it appears that not even his wife can trust him, I'd say his political shelf life is about up.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Rather than other terms that some find offensive, camming is huge just in case you did not know.
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 23, 2013, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)
it's not sex.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)As it differs from what makes me rock, we are all different and enjoy different activities. You may need that connection with someone for others its all about visuals etc etc.
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)and never knew. Here I thought I was masturbating.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)To get turned on, i guess it takes all sorts.
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)I'm simply saying I don't consider it sex. I never considered using my vibrator sex either.
It seems to me that masturbating and sex are not the same thing.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)I think a regular old standard affair would be more or less understandable but this stuff is creepy and weird.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)We all bring our own perspective to sexual matters, for some they need a connection, their partner to be bright and funny, for me its all down to looks i dont care about smalltalk etc its just looks.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)I highly doubt that.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Its not as rare as you seem to believe
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 24, 2013, 07:27 AM - Edit history (1)
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)That's also not my thing. How about you?
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)Please tell me more.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)as your username suggests, you're a Bostonian, then he doesn't care if you "buy" his explanation; but in any case I'm pretty sure we're in accord in terms of how we regard his behavior.
matthews
(497 posts)That doesn't make sense.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)but I wish he would just go away.
He needs to get his life together. I think he may have an addiction. That's fine; we all have faults. But work on getting rid of that problem and then maybe make another run.
William769
(55,147 posts)I regret that decision (I really regret that decision).
I echo your sentiment.
Catherina
(35,568 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)co-eds on the Intertubes--ego ego ego ego. He does it for the adulation, the attention, the praise.
There's no higher purpose there--he talks about health care for the same reason he talks about how hot he finds some random woman he's sexting--to receive a "you're so awesome" in return.
flamingdem
(39,319 posts)or it didn't work.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)You deserve him.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)I just think he has a bit of a problem getting all chatty online.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)I am, and it works well for me.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)flamingdem
(39,319 posts)that's for sure
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Pale Blue Dot
(16,831 posts)they had better be prepared to talk about it honestly. Otherwise, this is what will happen every time.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)If for no other reason than all the signs and jokes about Carlos Danger Weiner! lol!
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)He really should do the voters of NY a favor and withdraw. He's an embarrassment and Huma is beginning to look like a real fool.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)She's the one married to him and who this is actually affecting. She can react however she wants.
And, no, he's not as bad as Mark Sanford, who is a hypocrite and used taxpayer money to fulfill his sexual exploits.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)in NYC so I don't get a vote. But I do have an opinion about assholish behavior on behalf of people who want to represent the Democratic party.
Of course Ms Abedin can react however she wants. Apparently her ambition far exceeds her personal pride. And I'll be stunned if she hasn't filed for divorce within 3 months of his upcoming loss.
I expect crass, creepy and valueless behavior from Republicans-hell, they're proud of it. But my side is better than that. Apparently yours isn't
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Unlike you, I don't give a rat's ass about the sex lives of elected officials, seeing as it has NOTHING to do with their jobs but whatever. Wave your morality stick at me if you must.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)maybe it's her religious beliefs?
I really have no idea why anyone would accept the kind of humiliation he puts her through. Personally, I have more respect for Jenny Sanford. In fact I personally have zero respect for Ms Abedin because she has none for herself.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Attacking Weiner is one thing but now people are attacking his wife because she didn't have the desired reaction to this whole thing that the holier-than-thou crowd wanted? Yeesh.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)or is about wanting a weiner with some wine?
No idea....
kwassa
(23,340 posts)May he resign from politics so I never have to hear about it again. Or see it.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)A fighter for Democrats instead of the weasels we have in high office now.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)I have not been on DU all day so I'm not really in the loop on this but other then "someone said" is there any real proof he did it?