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To: JBTFD who wrote (305990)	6/9/2011 10:09:52 AM
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No shaming Rep. Anthony Weiner ............................................................. By Michael Graham Thursday, June 9, 2011 – bostonherald.com Is it possible to remain a sitting member of Congress after a photo of your (ahem) “standing member” has been released on the Internet? We’re about to find out. Because Anthony Weiner isn’t going anywhere. Despite all the texts and pics and personal humiliations, Rep. Weiner will not resign. Period. And if you don’t believe me, ask Bill Clinton — which, by the way, is what Weiner’s doing right now. “Rep. Anthony Weiner explained himself and apologized for his conduct to Bill Clinton,” Politico.com reported yesterday. What did he apologize to Clinton for? Perhaps Weiner feels bad about undermining Clinton’s efforts to convince Americans the Democrats were the family values party. Regardless, Weiner’s “off-the-record” phone call to Clinton made it into the press, which is exactly what he wants. The more Weiner’s name appears in news stories with Bill and Hillary, the harder it is for Democrats to stand up and demand his resignation. Which — if you check the record — they haven’t. And unless a particularly icky photo appears, or some evidence of actual contact between Weiner and his Twitter-ettes, they won’t. As of this writing, not a single national Democratic office holder has called for Weiner to resign. When New York Republican Rep. Christopher Lee posted a photo of his bare chest on Craigslist a few months ago, the GOP leadership had him disappear faster than a witness at a mob trial. But Democrats don’t resign. Rep. Charlie Rangel was caught red-handed cheating on his taxes, hiding income and improperly using rent-controlled housing, but he’s still a proud member of Congress. Tim Geithner was caught cheating on taxes. His job today? Treasury secretary. And then there’s Big Daddy himself, Bill Clinton. Cheater, liar, perjurer, obstructor of justice — much of it happening right on our TV screens — and American Democrats still love him. Democrats don’t resign because they don’t have to. It’s not a coincidence that the only significant Democrat to say Weiner must go is former Democratic National Committee chair and current U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine. He’s running an underdog race in conservative Virginia. But in New York, voters continue to support Weiner. According to polls, the electorate is evenly split on whether he should resign — even at this, the likely low point of his scandal. Liberal blogger Matthew Yglesias has it down. His advice to Democrats caught behaving badly: 1. Be an incumbent. 2. Don’t resign. “If Weiner doesn’t resign, what’s going to happen to him,” Yglesias asks. “Will he lose a primary? Ha! Will a Republican beat him? Double ha!” In other words, Democrats can do whatever they want to whomever they want and their loyal, unthinking voter base will stand with them. The perfect example is our own Barney Frank. He’s had one boyfriend soliciting from the Democratic congressman’s condo; another boyfriend was on the Fannie Mae payroll while Frank oversaw its budget; and a third pal busted for pot while Frank demurred that he “is no outdoorsman.” And still the knee-jerk liberals of Newton re-elected him overwhelmingly. For a significant part of the Democratic base, lying, cheating and sleazy behavior are acceptable as long as the sleaze in question is a tireless defender of liberal policies. Anthony Weiner is tireless, all right, which is why he’s not leaving. Why should he? As a Democrat, he’s among friends.