My fellow New Yorkers. Get over it. He lied to our faces, repeatedly.

[LLStarks]

This isn't about sexy texting.

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Yes it is.

Media stays out of his personal life he has no reason to run for the cover of deception. A lie is not a lie is not a lie.

[MineralMan]

2. You are correct. It is not about texting or sexting.

It is about poor judgement and lying about it when caught. That's too much. He's resigning, which is an honorable action on his part. Now, who will replace him. That's the next subject for discussion. Weiner's over as a subject. He brought the whole damn thing on himself. He got caught in a lie. He's finished.

[sketchy]

5. Precisely. It's time to move on.

n/t

[LLStarks]

7. If he had been forthcoming about the sexting and didn't keep up a lie for over a week...

He might still have a job.

[Rageneau]

27. Not a chance.

This isn't about the lying; that's the excuse people give when they don't want to seem too prudishly judgmental about someone else's sex life. (i.e., It's not politically correct to criticize someone's sex life, but everyone agrees that lying is bad.)

No, this wasn't about lying. It was about the stupid photos that stupid Weiner took of his stupid self. Once those photos came to light, there was nothing Weiner could do but try to wait this thing out while Breitbart and his enablers in the MSM dragged the story out as long as possible, releasing a new picture every few days to keep the pot boiling. From the moment the photos began to appear, the media and the rethugs and the milquetoasts within our party were determined (as they were with Clinton) to force his resignation. And note that the Clinton impeachers said the same thing the Weiner-resigners of today are saying -- that it wasn't the behavior; it was lying about it that merited his resignation.)

The "distraction" people attribute to Weiner was not his choice. It was the MSM that chose to incessantly distract itself with this story. They did everything they could do to lengthen it, draw it out, call attention to it, and that would have happened regardless of whether he came clean about it or not. In the end, there was only one possible way to shut them up -- by resigning if you are Weiner (or going through impeachment if you are Clinton).

It was the stupidity and it was the sleazy voraciousness of the press and it was the crude underhanded politicking of the Republican Party. It wasn't the lying.

[mazzarro]

35. Oh no - you left out the wimpy democratic party from blame!

A party that will never take any progressive stand but rather will capitulate to any and all rethug assertions.

[Peregrine Took]

17. Very well said. I agree completely. n/t

[emilyg]

34. Good post.

[sabrina 1]

45. Speak for yourself. Weiner is not over. This situation has revealed

quite a bit about the leadership of this party to many of us. None of it good.

Sex is not shameful. Unless you are the hypocritical party of Family Values. Democrats appear to have taken on that role now. And many people are giving that a lot of thought today.

You are free to move on, after all this party moved on from war crimes so it's not surprising, this 'let's just ignore everything for political expediency no matter how criminal' purposes.

But many Democrats today are disgusted with the leadership of this party and will not move on until the standards applied to sex lies, are applied to war lies and SC Justice criminal lies and to Bank fraud lies.

If this is a standard that has been set, that lies are not tolerable, then we will be looking to see it applied where it actually affects the American public.

[MineralMan]

50. I see that our opinions differ. They usually do.

Thanks. I'll decide to move on for myself, if you don't mind. Please feel free to do the same.

[Zoeisright]

3. Oh noes!!! He ... lied? GASP!!!! Burn him at the stake!

For God's sake, every human being on the face of this earth lies five times a day. Get over yourself.

[MineralMan]

11. No. Actually, they do not.

Please don't project. It's not flattering.

[Peregrine Took]

16. [phone].

I'm so sick of seeing the support he gets on this forum.

He not only lied with vehemence, day after day, while looking people right in the eye (the skill of a sociopath) but he betrayed his marriage vows which are sacred, at least to me they are or should I "get over myself" - God how I hate that demeaning phrase!!

He is a lowlife of the first order and now holding another press conference - Oh Lord! Can't he do anything without being in front of some camera?

I predict he will beat the victim drum over and over - pandering to the very foolish people who are still supporting him.

I used to be a huge fan of his but I feel he disgraced himself, his family, his party and his "fans" by his lying and narcissism.

[RaleighNCDUer]

32. That's a lie.

on edit

http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/deception

[EFerrari]

19. I'm still waiting for Pelosi to hang Bush with his own benchmarks.

I'm sure it will happen any day now.

[Whisp]

24. so lets lie more. what the hell?

what a weak excuse of defending Wiener.

yes, everyone lies, so lets have more of that, after all it's normal to lie like a fucking weasel.

jesus on a crispy cracker

[Raschel]

51. Michelle Bachmann lies constantly. Who will call for her resignation?

[hfojvt]

4. is it about a double standard?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1306389&mesg_id=1307298

Lynn Jenkins never has to lie, except by omission, because for some reason, the dogs of the M$M do not tear in to her.

Well, except for the lies she continually tells about taxes, the budget, health care, and almost any other issue. But pay no attention to that, look over there, it's a picture of a schlong!

[Odious justice]

6. unless you work for CNN and held a microphone to his mouth

he didn't lie to your face.

Get over yourself. Or better yet...stay upset..and find someone better then Weiner to represent that district in congress. If you can't, please, read the bible and click your tounge some more

[sketchy]

9. It's not as benign as you're painting it. He made himself blackmailable.

Not insignificant when one is a Congressman.

[Orsino]

8. It's ONLY about sexy texting. n/t

[LLStarks]

10. If it's any consolation, we'll have marriage equality by the end of the week. So cheer up. nt

[butterfly77]

12. Just like,,

the rest of your represenatatives do daily.THEY LIE!!!

[richmwill]

13. I agree

Too bad some here have the Freeper-like view of "But he's one of our guys, so he shouldn't have to resign- no matter what he did". And don't give me the "Everyone lies, so it's ok" line. I do not lie. I stopped lying when I got out of high school. I discovered at that young age that if you tell the truth, things go much easier for you. Simple concept.

[RaleighNCDUer]

33. Anyone who says they never lie is a liar. nt

[CleanGreenFuture]

14. Have you ever lied right to someone's face?

[brooklynite]

20. Not for five days continuously, no...

[robcon]

15. And he made false accusations against others. Good riddance.

n/t

[ProdigalJunkMail]

21. this is the part about it that pissed me off... n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

30. And did so on a media tour that HE sought out and embarked upon. n/t

[frylock]

44. looking around here you'd think that breitbart booked those shows..

held a gun to weiner's neck, and made hime fabricate the story about getting hacked.

[Rex]

18. Yes it is. Sadly it is all about sexting.

Throw people under the bus all you want to, justify it by saying he sucks and needs to go. Another Dem gone...over hype created by the M$M. How special.

[LLStarks]

22. I'm not in the business of defending heroic progressives that screw up hard. nt

[Rex]

25. No you just throw them under the bus like everyone else.

[LLStarks]

40. Why not? He compromised his integrity. nt

[krabigirl]

23. It is all about the sexting. It is always about sex.

[frogmarch]

26. tired old "It Wasn't About" trope

With Clinton it wasn't about whether he'd had sex with Monica, it was about his lying about it.

Same old bullshit trope we're hearing now about Wiener.

[Matariki]

39. Call it like it is. Trope. Tripe. Bullshit faux outrage.

And I HATE seeing here at DU - endlessly.

[avaistheone1]

28. Is sexy texting against the law?

[BlueStater]

29. I'm not a New Yorker but I couldn't give shit less that he lied to me about his PERSONAL LIFE.

It's not like it was any of my fucking business in the first place. And it had no affect on my life whatsoever.

[smirkymonkey]

31. Thank YOU!

God, people act like they were in a personal relationship with him or something. It's pathetic.

[Matariki]

38. +1

EXACTLY. Someone wants to talk about my private life all over the media (and make no mistake, solely for political - not moral - reasons), I'd lie too.

[closeupready]

47. +2

nt

[Matariki]

36. It IS about sex - and faux moral outrage. Pretending the 'lie' is the issue is a big fat lie.

No one should have been bothering with his private life in the first place - and that alone gives him the right to protect himself.

You want to get your panties in a knot about lying, I suggest you look at actual important things - the wars, the banks, the environment.

[FarLeftFist]

37. Lie about WAR=we trust you, lie about dick photos=resignation

Riiiiight.

[alsame]

41. Most politicians lie to our face repeatedly. And about far more

serious matters, about things that impact our lives.

[B Calm]

42. It's about a guy that didn't even get laid, but was CRUCIFIED by people in his own party!

[KingFlorez]

43. It really is about the texting

I've heard more about that than the lying, at least from the media.

[closeupready]

46. Unrecced.

nt

[JackRiddler]

48. First of all, I was never not "over it." Second: Bullshit.

This is about the hypocrisy of a system that murders thousands of people around the world because of lies, and then pretends Weiner's lying about his electronic flirts with consensual partners has any significance.

[xphile]

49. I don't give a shit about lies about sex.

If we can't impeach war criminals and we can't get rid of those who frequent prostitutes (which as far as I can tell is still illegal in DC) then having someone resign because he's a pervy wanker is bullshit.

When we've actually tackled the big stuff then we might be able to discuss this. Until then, I'll repeat, I don't give a fuck about his lies about an embarrassing picture of himself.

And I AM a New Yorker.