Re: Judgement day: Weiner's wife returns home to confront errant husband as new image
Hold on right there tess. First off, Wiener doesn't "run the country" thank God. Second, shouldn't we have a higher standard for those representing us in the US Congress? Or is any pervert good enough?
It goes to ethics, and personal conduct for public positions of power should rightly have standards No?
You think Congressman is an 8 to 5 position? :shock:
At this point he can not do his job.
Already done, so he should go.
Sorry, but I don't give a damn what party a Congressman is I don't want them twittering naked pics to 17 year olds.
j-mac
The pictures to the 17-year old is an allegation, not a proven incident. That said, as to the rest of it:
1. Why should they be held to a higher standard? And if they should be, why aren't they thoroughly vetted beforehand to determine if they have any likelihood or instance of such behavior? Do you expect your boss to be absolutely perfect, making no mistakes or ill-conceived decisions? Being a paradigm of virtue isn't realistic for anybody but nuns and monks, and even they screw up on occasion.
2. I wouldn't describe his actions as perverted. Inappropriate? Yeah.
3. When I say "lead the country" I was referring to the fact that, as an elected official, he takes the lead (along with other elected officials) in determining the course of the country. That's just a semantics thing.
4. The two questions I posed were an attempt to draw Weiner's actions down to a private-sector scenario. With any private citizen, this type of behavior would be a non-issue. Nobody would ever know and they would continue doing their job as they always had. Being in the public light strips your right to privacy away from you because we have a perverse obsession with invading and investigating every aspect of the person.
5. If he had not taken a leave of absense I would not call for his resignation
unless he is proven to have done something illegal. Since he
has taken a leave of absence and clearly displayed he is not capable of performing the duties of his job at this time, he should resign. I already said that.
6. Any code of ethics for elected officials should relate to the abuse of power, abuse of funds, theft of services, theft of time, acceptance of gifts, etc. It should have nothing to do with what happens in their personal lives unless those actions result in the violation of a crime. Then, the crime's legal punishments should be weighed in consideration of continued public service.
7. The 8-5 thing was a reference to the private sector, in line with those two questions I asked. Grasping at straws to dismantle an opinion is kind of weak, no offense.
