Say, that’s some beatdown Margery Eagan puts on New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Scheisskopf) in her Boston Herald column today, no?
What does she call him? Oh, yeah – “that sleazy, skin-crawling, Ichabod Crane look-alike.”
Yikes.
Eagan helpfully points out that of the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation, only Niki Tsongas has the, er, tsones to say that “it would be appropriate for Congressman Weiner to step down.”
The other (all male) Bay State pols were, well, weiners.
The rest of our own Massachusetts delegation, save three, hid under a rock. That includes U.S. Senator Scott Brown, a Republican with no party loyalty excuse, if you even consider that an excuse.
This profile in gutlessness comes as the New York Times [NYT] reported that Weiner’s wife Huma is pregnant — and more icky Weiner details emerge. His online flirtation pals had screen names such as “sassbutt,” “38-38-38” and “PolitiBitch.”
There but for the grace of God go John Kerry.
Regardless, Eagan called the roll:
[Y]esterday I asked our delegation the same question: Should Weiner resign? The delegation includes Brown, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, Tsongas, and Congressmen Mike Capuano, Barney Frank, William Keating, Stephen Lynch, Ed Markey, James McGovern, Richard Neal, John Olver and John Tierney.
Lynch’s office said the congressman was unreachable.
Neal and McGovern’s office said neither will call for Weiner’s resignation, but will wait for a proposed ethics investigation.
Keating’s office said that since he could be called to participate in that investigation, “he does not feel it’s appropriate to comment.”
In an impressive display of constituent responsiveness (wouldn’t you like to know your representatives’ opinions?), none of the rest dared state one.
Raise your hand if you’re surprised.
Me neither.
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Once again, get back to me when the calls for Vitter’s resignation become audible. Weiner’s transgressions, while creepy, haven’t risen to the level of criminality. Vitter admitted to criminal acts. The response? Crickets (and re-election).
Rachel Maddow has a great bit where she rates recent political sex scandals along axes of prosecutability and creepiness on the “post-Bill Clinton American political sex-scandal consequence-o-meter.” 15 minutes, but it’s entertaining.
Hey, Steve – don’t make me tell you two wrongs don’t make a right.
Calling for the resignation of one without having any comment about the other is rank hypocrisy.
I’m looking at you, Reince Priebus.
Ichabod Crane is a fictional character, so we can’t know for sure what he looks like even if the author uses some descrptive words about his physiognomy. Another example of a fictitious character whose visage we can’t know directly: Jesus Christ (although Discovery Magazine gave it a go and came up with a Yasir Arafat lookalike with a better beard).