So...I take it you guys would prefer a better liar ?
Obviously, they do. Perhaps Weiner should have taken some cues from
this guy?To understand why Andrew Breitbart is obsessing on an erection in some anonymous guy’s underpants, and doing his damndest to inject insinuations into formerly respectable media outlets that Anthony Weiner is sexually harassing an attractive young African American woman, you have to go back in time.
Right-wingers have a disturbing habit of nursing their grievances across generations. They’re still convinced the wrong team won the Civil War, even though, back then, they were on the winning team. Yep, the Republicans led the Union, but they grieve for the Confederacy. And the mother of all contemporary right-wing grievances, believe it or not, is yet another battle they won. They love their grievances so much that they even transform their wins into opportunities to stew and burn with white-hot anger. I call them “sore winners”.
You see, there was this skeezy, low-down damp skidmark of a perv who lied to Congress and got away with it, and was elevated for life to the most unaccountable and untouchable job in the entire federal government, Supreme Court Justice, where he has been, by all accounts, one of the very worst practitioners in the history of that body, where he facilitated the corporate subversion of democracy, filed fraudulent financial disclosure forms, and failed repeatedly to recuse himself in cases where he had known (and sometimes concealed) conflicts of interest. The bad guys won. And they’re still not over it.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you—Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, lying sack of shit.
This, from a HuffPo friend says it better than I:
Sex scandals didn't keep Clarence Thomas from a lifelong appointment to the Supreme Court. It didn't keep Governor Sanford from completing his term. It didn't prevent Vitter from being elected. It didn't get Ensign to leave his office until he was good and ready to do so. Larry Craig completed his term.
How many of these men confessed their wrongdoing before they were caught, or even admitted their shortcomings immediately when accused (if ever). Senator Weiner seemed very humbled with his apologies to everyone. He didn't just read a prepared statement, but accpeted questions from the press. Most others in this situation, simply read a statement.
I hope he does work hard to earn the trust of his consituents during the remainder of his term; they will be the ones to determine if he has.
I thought it was refreshing to hear someone blame only themselves for their actions, and to recognize all of the individuals who were hurt by his behavior. His apology covered more than most public apologies -unlike the typical "my God and my wife forgives me" so who are you to judge me that we so often hear.”
