Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down

[JohnBrowdie]

this decision made itself about 30 seconds after the dick tweet went public.  the porn star press conference didn't help matters much.

Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down

WASHINGTON — Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said a person told of Mr. Weiner’s plans.

His decision follows of revelations of his lewd online exchanges with women, said a person told of Mr. Weiner’s plans.

The news comes as Democratic leaders prepared to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss whether to strip the 46-year-old Congressman of his committee assignments, a blow which would severely damage his effectiveness.

Mr. Weiner, a Democrat, came to the conclusion that he could no longer serve after having long discussions with his wife,  Huma Abedin, when she returned home on Tuesday after traveling abroad with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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[Miss Mia]

Is it bad when I see someone standing next to Gloria Allred, I always tend to assume whatever "statement" is being made is probably a lie or a money maker?

[JohnBrowdie]

the conventional wisdom is that he would have survived if he had been honest from the start.  but that's crap.  no one knows what would have happened if he had been honest from the start, so it's easy to say (in effect), "it would have been different if it was different".  duh.  he was probably toast from the start.  he was definitely toast when the x rated prick pic hit the news.

and also, "it's not the scandal, it's the cover up" has been a mindless media mantra since watergate. 

[apples]

The rumor is he was told to stand down, go to rehab and take some time off. He is needed later. He wouldn't be able to to that if he had hung on to this one.

[jafo2010]

The Dems lost one of their finest.  What cooked him was having ANYTHING to do with a minor child via the Internet.  Once that came out, it was like declaring he had leprosy 2,000 years ago, and people distanced themselves from this swine.

Good ridance!!!

[JohnBrowdie]

unfortunately, there are still plenty of other wieners in congress.

[apples]

  Now the rest of them need to step down. Pick people out of the phone book to replace them