Everybody keeps saying he did nothing wrong. hello, what about his wife? really. she's the victim. yea sure it's ok he publically hummiliated her. I never even heard of her until this scandal broke. But I'll always know her as weiners wife.
sure people pull this shit in everyday life and some get caught. but it goes nowhere becasue they are not in the public eye. these guys who are elected officials have an added responsiblity to keep their nose clean. one becasue of hte position of representing the United States Governemnt and becasue they are in the public eye. They are having their every move watched.
And yes they are vulnerable to blackmail. Breitbart exposed him. What if it had been someone who chose to blackmail him? It could have been a whole lot worse.
No one said that.
And actually, Brietbart did somewhat blackmail him by stating that if Weiner didn't stop maligning Brietbart he'd release the xrated picture.
You might not have said that Ravi, but numerous people have.
But see, that proves my point. Weiner compromised his effectiveness by putting himself in a position to be taken advantage of. Suppose he had a very legitimate reason for going after Breitbart. He gave Breitbart the ammunition to disarm him. He was eithr going to back off, or be publically humiliated and his career destroyed. the end result is the same.
Politicians or anyone in power can not afford to put themselves in compromising positions. And we can not tollerate the ones who do. They lose their effectiveness. And we end up suffering.