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Nowadays, however, the public seems to have abandoned the expectation that politicians tell the truth. President Obama, for example, included a clear call for a public option in his healthcare reform proposal during the 2008 presidential campaign. It’s still on his website. And yet: “I didn’t campaign on the public option,” he said in late 2009.
Weiner lied. But it wasn’t about policy or something important like war. Remember Libya? We were going to “move quickly to save [civilian] lives.” It was going to be “this limited action, limited both in time and scope.” That was March. Now we’re trying to kill Kadaffi.
And, to Weiner’s credit, he didn’t lie long. A week. When he ‘fessed up, he did it like a man: took questions from the press, accepted responsibility, volunteered dirty deeds we didn’t know about.
It’s certainly not “we DID find the WMDs,” a la Bush-Cheney. Who, remember, did not resign.
I would love to live in a country in which lying to the public was cause for resignation. It sure would make for a lot of vacancies in government.
But we don’t-and it seems weird to hold a sexter to a higher standard than a warmongering mass murderer.
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Being, Nothingness and Anthony Weiner (via wilwheaton) Re-blogged for insight and truth and maximum Wheaton-ness. (via nefariousnewt) Yeah, I have a few Asks about the Weinergate thing, and this is basically my response. I’d be a little more disgusted if it wasn’t in the context of most politicians screwing around on their wives and spending taxpayer dollars on escorts. A tweeted dick pic? Whatevs. (via stfuconservatives) |
Wisconsin Republican Party Attempts to Place Fake Democrats on Recall Ballots
Letters among GOP officials reveal plan to collect enough signatures to run fake Democratic candidates against Republican Senators Randy Hopper and Luther Olsen in upcoming recall elections. Read all about it here.
Shenanigans, surprise surprise.
Anthony Weiner cancelled his appearance at the Convention
Now I am glad that I didn’t go to the Wisconsin Democratic Convention as Anthony Weiner, the guy I really wanted to hear speak cancelled his appearance. I just started posting this because I wanted to make the obligatory jokes about “pulling out” and about how cancelling was a dick move. Now I decided that it isn’t even worth it. Hope everyone that attended still had a good time and is all primed for the recalls next month.
Let me ask a serious question, if straight people insist that it’s okay to be straight, then why do they keep throwing it in our faces. I mean, seriously, I am so damn tired of straights getting all up in my face with their heterosexuality! “Oh yeah, I fucked a woman last night!” “This girl totally sucked my cock!” Obviously they know it’s wrong, or else they wouldn’t try so hard to justify their immoral lifestyle. If God wanted us to be straight, then why did he make men’s asses so tight and inviting or women’s tongues so flexible?
Not to mention those evangelicals that are so “in your face” about their religion. Obviously they find it impossible to justify their immoral lifestyle.
