Posted by
Bill Crawford on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 12:14:12 AM
This gets crazier by the day, and it is all stupid. It begins with something stupid, and his actions that follow are stupider.
I had my fill of news on the tube that you had to shut off when kids were around during the Clinton impeachment. My resentment toward Clinton was that, backed into a corner, he made a conscious decision to dump details on the public, knowing full well they would quickly tire of it and his problems with witness intimidation could go on under the public radar. Weiner is not like that- he did his level best to openly bull his way out of this.
I didn't have any interest in this thing. What started it, for gosh sakes, a wayward twitter picture? Good grief.
Then he spent over a week making an aggressive round with the press, where he lied his butt off. At the end of it, it seems that he was the only one surpised that he got snagged.
And there is his problem right now. The press and the Democrat Caucus are competing to see which one is more annoyed with the loud mouthed Congressman. Every day, more of the iceberg floats above the water line, and he has more to face down.
The Dems are so annoyed that they jumped right into announcing an eithics investigation. On this one, it didn't help him that he was part of the rebellion against Pelosi becoming Speaker in 2007.
The chaos of next years tumultuous election will not help him any more than it hurts him. However, he is not in a Bronx-style safe seat. I don't think he cleared 60% of the vote last year.
The old saw is that the crime is never as damaging as the cover up. Anthony has provided us all with the most glaring textbook illustration of this we will probably ever see.
I hope he survives on the home front. Maybe he will come out of this a better family man, and a Congressman who thinks a little more before his mouth opens. One can only hope.