Why Weiner Matters

Anthony Weiner: Still a Douchebag

Here's why the story known as WeinerGate matters. Say he really did send a photo of his erect genitalia over the Internet; this means a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives is trolling the Internet for nubile young babes and porn stars and sexting them from his public (official) Twitter account. For that, he should be removed from office and possibly (if the advances were unsolicited) even labeled a sex offender.

And if he is innocent? Then we have a case where a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives was the victim of cybercrime, and regardless of party the matter should be taken very seriously and the offenders hunted down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Beyond that, as -- I may be repeating myself here -- a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives, Congressman Weiner is accountable to the public. We, the people, are his bosses, not vice versa. Much like when President Obama was asked to provide his birth certificate, the notion that matters not specifically on-message or related to a specific political agenda are mere "distractions" that should be ignored, and not legitimate inquiries, is a sign of precisely what sort of cancerous elitest mentality permeates our newfound "ruling class." If our elected officials are unaccountable to anyone, how can we entrust them with guarding the sanctity of our inalienable rights?

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this means a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives is trolling the Internet for nubile young babes and porn stars and sexting them from his public (official) Twitter account.