As Ross Perot once said: “If you can’t keep a promise to your wife, why should we expect you to keep a promise to the voters.”

Is There No Shame Left In America?’

There’s not much shame in public figures .

People think they won’t get caught .

As someone who’s been caught many times , Big Eddie differs .

Glenn Beck Calls For Anthony Weiner’s Resignation: ‘Is There No Shame Left In America?’

Ummmmmmmmmmmm…. no. And that goes for the Weiners and the Vitters. ;)

Glenn Beck Calls For Anthony Weiner’s Resignation: ‘Is There No Shame Left In America?’

Non left on the left in America

Right message, the clown however is the wrong messenger. The clown simply has no credibility. Period.

Yes. Because Beck is married to his first wife, right?

Weiner is a bad guy, btw. He should go.

But come on, Beck. Are you not a fallen person as well, you former drug addict? Divorced yourself? Were you faithful?

Shame in America? You think Glenn?

When you are wearing dirty underwear like Weiner, calling others unethical, or wishing them dead, ( Glenn has had death threats made ) then watch out, karma will reach and bite you everytime.

Beck/Breitbart 2012!
Just kidding…maybe.
Begone, vile Weiner!

way to stay classy glen. i really thought he would rise above this when he didn’t say anything last week.

then he’s talking about defending isreal with the trip he’s taking and i was really thinking he was starting to be a stand up guy…until he makes it a good vs. evil and puts obama and his administration on the evil side. it must be nice to be beck and see things so simply. i have a feeling it will only be a matter of time until liebermann backs away from joining beck on his trip to isreal.

I call it Honor, for Anthony Weiner, he is very deficient in that regard.

ChiliPeppersFan said:
ChiliPeppersFan says:
June 6, 2011 at 6:06 pm  (

should have first said, “give it up weiner…you’re a liar and scumbag.”

Does the clown understand how ironic his comment is?

ChiliPeppersFan said:
way to stay classy glen. i really thought he would rise above this when he didn’t say anything last week.

then he’s talking about defending isreal with the trip he’s taking and i was really thinking he was starting to be a stand up guy…until he makes it a good vs. evil and puts obama and his administration on the evil side. it must be nice to be beck and see things so simply. i have a feeling it will only be a matter of time until liebermann backs away from joining beck on his trip to isreal.

Chili, sometimes things are black and white. Not everything is gray.

Nancy calls for an ethics investigation – yup, she wants this story burried immediately!

lol

If she had any ethics herself, she would have asked him to resign.

But hey, this is what the democrats do.

catfishjuggling said:
Yes. Because Beck is married to his first wife, right? Weiner is a bad guy, btw. He should go. But come on, Beck. Are you not a fallen person as well, you former drug addict? Divorced yourself? Were you faithful? Shame in America? You think Glenn?

Beck admits his sins. Weiner didn’t , like many others don’t until they get caught. How many more Weiner’s are sitting up in the whitehouse?? Probably to many to count on one hand.

Sam M. said:
Right message, the clown however is the wrong messenger. The clown simply has no credibility. Period.

Well… Beck might not be the right messanger. But on a seperate subject. If not for Andrew the MSM would have been able to sweep another dems bad behavior under the rug AGAIN.

jo hoochie said:
When you are wearing dirty underwear like Weiner, calling others unethical, or wishing them dead, ( Glenn has had death threats made ) then watch out, karma will reach and bite you everytime.

are you saying weiner made death threats to beck or that weiner is responsible to the people who make death threats?

Beck’s radio show tomorrow will be interesting.

Sam M. said:
Does the clown understand how ironic his comment is?

And you do not understand the difference between a media personality and one of our representatives. You know, one of our workers. So, if you were running a business and some idiot worker of yours did something comparable, you would let them off?

Hypocrisy or cognitive dissonance or both?

jo hoochie said:
Beck admits his sins. Weiner didn’t , like many others don’t until they get caught. How many more Weiner’s are sitting up in the whitehouse?? Probably to many to count on one hand.

He was up up stage for 45 freaking minutes admitting his sins! Good grief.

I am not defending the guy btw. But, come on. Glenn Beck looking down his nose at a fallen person? Get real!

If you clear the adulterers, liars and cheaters out of Congress, neither House will have a quorum.

You have to admit. The Captain Foreskin Comic was just weird. WTH man!!! They let this psyco have ANYTHING to do with writing legislation in SanFran. WTF?

DavidKramer said:
Chili, sometimes things are black and white. Not everything is gray.

but other things such as the ’67 borders that obama supports does not make him evil and wanting to destroy isreal. in beck’s world, it’s and all or nothing and even though several presidents believed the ’67 borders should be enforced, beck puts the obama administration on the side of palistine/socialist/ communists/caliphate who want to see the elimination of isreal.
so, yeah, somethings have a huge gray area.

Breitbart made the Weiner cry. The Weiner made Beck Laugh.

tatboy said:
You have to admit. The Captain Foreskin Comic was just weird. WTH man!!! They let this psyco have ANYTHING to do with writing legislation in SanFran. WTF?

lol
wonder what he used as a cape.

tatboy said:
Well… Beck might not be the right messanger. But on a seperate subject. If not for Andrew the MSM would have been able to sweep another dems bad behavior under the rug AGAIN.

Or even another republicans “bad” behavior under the rug AGAIN. If Breitbart wants to spend his time searching for nude men on the internets, then he needs another hobby, but then again, perhaps he’s discovered his niche.

Beck asks “Is there no shame left in America?” The answer is “no”.

exit stage right Glen.

catfishjuggling said:
He was up up stage for 45 freaking minutes admitting his sins! Good grief. I am not defending the guy btw. But, come on. Glenn Beck looking down his nose at a fallen person? Get real!

You think Weiner would have admitted his sins witthout Breitbart being on his case? Beck has said that he is a revovering dirtbag for a long time now. Guess what, he didn’t need the press to help him say that for all of the years he’s been saying it.

ChiliPeppersFan said:
lolwonder what he used as a cape.

Ewwwwwwww….. (but that was a good one man).

Sam M. said:
Or even another republicans “bad” behavior under the rug AGAIN. If Breitbart wants to spend his time searching for nude men on the internets, then he needs another hobby, but then again, perhaps he’s discovered his niche.

Yes… the MSM is known for going easy on righties.

catfishjuggling said:
Yes. Because Beck is married to his first wife, right?

Weiner is a bad guy, btw. He should go.

But come on, Beck. Are you not a fallen person as well, you former drug addict? Divorced yourself? Were you faithful?

Shame in America? You think Glenn?

i’m sure i’ve woke up many a morning from a night of doing the same things beck has done in his past, but a story of beck from his morning zoo radio days gave me an idea of how evil beck is.
in that alex ziatchik story http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck
he talks about how beck went on the air and made fun of a rival dj’s wife who just had a miscarraige.
i have done some really stupid stuff, but to do that you must have a deep, black pit of hatred in your gut.

Calvin said:
revovering dirtbag

“recovering”

Calvin said:
You think Weiner would have admitted his sins witthout Breitbart being on his case? Beck has said that he is a revovering dirtbag for a long time now. Guess what, he didn’t need the press to help him say that for all of the years he’s been saying it.

I have no idea. Nor do I care.

Maybe Beck should check back in with Weiner after he has a couple of years to get out of the dirtbag hole like Glenn is constantly telling everyone he did.

Jumping Wiener today would kind of be like jumping Beck’s case the day he left his wife and kids in New Haven and moved to Tampa. I imagine it wasn’t his best day that day, huh? Maybe that was a day to ask Glenn is he had no shame?

ChiliPeppersFan said:
but other things such as the ‘67 borders that obama supports does not make him evil and wanting to destroy isreal. in beck’s world, it’s and all or nothing and even though several presidents believed the ‘67 borders should be enforced, beck puts the obama administration on the side of palistine/socialist/ communists/caliphate who want to see the elimination of isreal.
so, yeah, somethings have a huge gray area.

I am glad you are backing a two state option here in the US. I will put you down as a fellow secessionist. LOL only kidding.

What a wonderful going away present for Mr. Glenn Beck! Thanks, Weiner!

tatboy said:
Yes… the MSM is known for going easy on righties.

You mean breitbart of course. Most fringe right wing types won’t bother to wonder what he’s doing scouring the internet for nude Weiner pics? You simply want to view the pics. Everyone needs a hobby I suppose.

All of this stuff is just sad. I feel bad for his family. I know the guy is a public figure, but to have everyone talk about this and laugh and dig around in this stuff, I think its all kind of sick. Im really not sure all of this instant media is very good for us as a society, in fact im leaning towards the fact that it isn’t.

Sam M. said:
You mean breitbart of course. Most fringe right wing types won’t bother to wonder what he’s doing scouring the internet for nude Weiner pics? You simply want to view the pics. Everyone needs a hobby I suppose.

You lie like a Weiner! You know someone sent the info to the awesome lib-punking Mr. Andrew Breitbart. I think AB should investigate you, you Weinerphile.

catfishjuggling said:
I have no idea. Nor do I care. Maybe Beck should check back in with Weiner after he has a couple of years to get out of the dirtbag hole like Glenn is constantly telling everyone he did. Jumping Wiener today would kind of be like jumping Beck’s case the day he left his wife and kids in New Haven and moved to Tampa. I imagine it wasn’t his best day that day, huh? Maybe that was a day to ask Glenn is he had no shame?

You can’t even hazard a guess? It seems clear to me that if were it not for the press dogging him, he would not have admitted to the sin. He lied and he has shown himself to be a not trustworthy person. This is a congressman we’re talking about, not a radio host. He represents his constituients, and should resign.

Glenn had to move to Tampa because it was his big opportunity. He then made up his mind that whether he suceeded or failed, he and his new wife would move closer to his girls.

Yep he lied Calvin. They all do some get caught others don’t. Its the nature of the beast.

insideguy said:
Yep he lied Calvin. They all do some get caught others don’t. Its the nature of the beast.

Its the coverup that gets you in trouble.

It seems that Glenn Beck wasn’t able to “restore honor” in Anthony Weiner. It wasn’t for the lack of trying though.

Calvin said:
You can’t even hazard a guess? It seems clear to me that if were it not for the press dogging him, he would not have admitted to the sin. He lied and he has shown himself to be a not trustworthy person. This is a congressman we’re talking about, not a radio host. He represents his constituients, and should resign. Glenn had to move to Tampa because it was his big opportunity. He then made up his mind that whether he suceeded or failed, he and his new wife would move closer to his girls.

I really don’t care about Weiner. I imagine he’d have kept doing what he did if no one busted him.

And I am actually fine with Glenn taking glee on a personal level for Weiner’s fall. Those two had been running at each other for a while. I get that part.

I just get bugged seeing someone like him who has constantly screwed up himself acting as if this is some sort of huge moral moment for the nation or whatever. Don’t give me the moral crap when you walked out on your family in a drug fueled haze. Get off the self-righteous perch, Glenn. Weiner’s deal is the personal failing of a dreadful guy. That’s it.

He who laughs last……laughs best.

Thats for sure, ah well I don’t have much to say on this cept its all disturbing to me. I look around on a daily basis at us as human beings everyone is always looking at their phones or computers there is so much of this going on as we speak right now, millions of images of people being sent, flirtations that are happening that in the old days would never occur, people bored with what they have and looking for something more exciting, then when we get caught ITS like a Scarlet A sewn onto your shirt for the rest of your life. These things never go away recorded for life and your childrens life. Kinda depressing to me. I asked a divorce lawyer recently what was the leading cause of divorce( i figured abuse or money problems). He told me without a doubt FACEBOOK.

Sam M. said:
You mean breitbart of course. Most fringe right wing types won’t bother to wonder what he’s doing scouring the internet for nude Weiner pics? You simply want to view the pics. Everyone needs a hobby I suppose.

Well I guess Andrews is busting lying Dems and Liberals. Mine are woodworking, restoring classic OWWM, fishing, hunting, and travel, car restoration, home remodeling, gardening and Call of Duty.

DavidKramer said:
I am glad you are backing a two state option here in the US. I will put you down as a fellow secessionist. LOL only kidding.

already sent bebe an e-mail.

catfishjuggling said:
Don’t give me the moral crap when you walked out on your family in a drug fueled haze.

He didn’t walk out on his family. His wife divorced him, and he was separated from his daughters. Yes, it was because of his mistakes, but he sobered up by his own decision. He recognized his mistakes without somebody telling him to. He took his licks. I think if Beck were in Weiner’s place, I think he’d resign. So no, I don’t think he’s being hyypocritical here. Beck took his licks for his mistakes, Weiner won’t resign for his. Beck is not saying that he’s been a perfect person, he’s never said that. He’s saying that resigning is the proper thing for Weiner to do, because Weiner lied.

Calvin said:
He didn’t walk out on his family. His wife divorced him, and he was separated from his daughters. Yes, it was because of his mistakes, but he sobered up by his own decision. He recognized his mistakes without somebody telling him to. He took his licks.

After this, it would’ve been shorter to just have the last sentence:

Calvin said:
He’s saying that resigning is the proper thing for Weiner to do, because Weiner lied.

Like I said before, it’s the cover-up.

tatboy said:
Well I guess Andrews is busting lying Dems and Liberals. Mine are woodworking, restoring classic OWWM, fishing, hunting, and travel, car restoration, home remodeling, gardening and Call of Duty.

And viewing pics of naked congressmen. Suppose it goes hand in hand with Call of Duty.

Calvin said:
He didn’t walk out on his family. His wife divorced him, and he was separated from his daughters. Yes, it was because of his mistakes, but he sobered up by his own decision. He recognized his mistakes without somebody telling him to. He took his licks. I think if Beck were in Weiner’s place, I think he’d resign. So no, I don’t think he’s being hyypocritical here. Beck took his licks for his mistakes, Weiner won’t resign for his. Beck is not saying that he’s been a perfect person, he’s never said that. He’s saying that resigning is the proper thing for Weiner to do, because Weiner lied.

That is some serious parsing of Glenn’s history. If he’s in such a drug haze that she divorced him, then he walked out on his family.

Today is just the first day. I am pretty sure Weiner is gone soon enough. I am also pretty sure Glenn didn’t fix himself the first day of his fall.

We agree on one thing though: Wiener is horrible.

Perfect example of hypocrisy here. Maybe Weiner should resign. It was irresponsible, immoral behavior. But, then again maybe Glenn Beck should have resigned after calling the president a racist or after he’s making jokes about killing democrats or the Holocaust. Weiner should be held to a higher standard as a public official, but unfortunately many people view talk show hosts as authoritative figures. As a result, talk show hosts have responsibility and code of ethics they should observe in front of millions of people. Glenn Beck is the absolute last person in America to claim the moral high ground by attacking the integrity and character of Anthony Weiner.

Sam M. said:
And viewing pics of naked congressmen. Suppose it goes hand in hand with Call of Duty.

So is it your hobby since you’ve seen the pic as much as me? And don’t be bad mouthing COD till you try it.

I agree with you on this WiLLP, but don’t you think that guys like Beck, or Hannity, or whomever in the media kinda get sucked into this dirt as well? Some of them probably don’t want to or are not comfortable covering these subjects, but due to the fact that they are in the media kinda have to? It is this gigantic story and im sure not everyone of these guys is like oh boy I have a show to do today cant wait to rip on wiener for an hour. If its anything like my job Im sure they are like oh jesus I don’t want to do this but i guess I have to.

catfishjuggling said:
That is some serious parsing of Glenn’s history. If he’s in such a drug haze that she divorced him, then he walked out on his family.

Well he didn’t say “screw you family, I’m leaving you,” which is the impression I get when you say “walked out on” but he did screw up majorly. No arguing about that.

catfishjuggling said:
Today is just the first day. I am pretty sure Weiner is gone soon enough. I am also pretty sure Glenn didn’t fix himself the first day of his fall.

I hope so. Again, though, it’s not because he screwed up that he should resign, it’s because he screwed up and lied about it. Although, Weiner following young girls and women and acting pervy is about enought to maybe justify a resignation.

catfishjuggling said:
We agree on one thing though: Wiener is horrible.

Yep.

tatboy said:
So is it your hobby since you’ve seen the pic as much as me? And don’t be bad mouthing COD till you try it.

No, I haven’t seen it as much as you. Don’t think anyone besides brietbart has. COD if I’m not mistaken is a game that many teenagers play and has lots of …men. I take it you really enjoy it. Remember, they are just pixels.

Beck had a great day today….
I bet O’Reilly gonna have one too….
Irony anyone?
These two really have short-term memory……

catfishjuggling said:
Weiner’s deal is the personal failing of a dreadful guy. That’s it.

Sorry, but that guy happens to be a Member of the House of Representatives. I really don’t care if my DJ’s personal life is a disaster. My Congressman is another matter.

insideguy said:
I agree with you on this WiLLP, but don’t you think that guys like Beck, or Hannity, or whomever in the media kinda get sucked into this dirt as well? Some of them probably don’t want to or are not comfortable covering these subjects, but due to the fact that they are in the media kinda have to? It is this gigantic story and im sure not everyone of these guys is like oh boy I have a show to do today cant wait to rip on wiener for an hour. If its anything like my job Im sure they are like oh jesus I don’t want to do this but i guess I have to.

Yeah, they hate doing it with Weiner. They LOVE doing it with Sarah Palin, and she hasn’t even tweeted her crotch. I wonder why that is.

I can not wait until Beck runs for a public office because not only is he always speaking the truths but he has so much support from so many people who come to his rallies and go to the TV whenever his show is on. Beck should run for Wiener Man’s old position because the people in Blue York City need to hear what he is cooking (with apologies to the Rock). People like Beck and Palin are our only chances to change our country back to its fundamental freedoms and I hope Americans are smart enough to make the right choices to bring back american exceptionalism. Thank you.

Remember when Beck said the same stuff about Ensign?

Oh wait…

…Says the Shameless man that very few people respect.

So Vitter should go too?

Pablo said:
Yeah, they hate doing it with Weiner. They LOVE doing it with Sarah Palin, and she hasn’t even tweeted her crotch. I wonder why that is.

I assume because it’s in Roger Ailes’s wallet.

Sam M. said:
No, I haven’t seen it as much as you. Don’t think anyone besides brietbart has. COD if I’m not mistaken is a game that many teenagers play and has lots of …men. I take it you really enjoy it. Remember, they are just pixels.

Yep.. but FUN pixels. And it’s the #1 on-line game in the world. So a few folks play it. And no… I guarantee we’ve seen it about the same amount as we’re BOTH on this site. As big a butt-munch as Weiner is, I still think it’s mostly just funny.

Pablo said:
Sorry, but that guy happens to be a Member of the House of Representatives. I really don’t care if my DJ’s personal life is a disaster. My Congressman is another matter.

I’d suggest you not vote for him then.

Nacho said:
…Says the Shameless man that very few people respect.

http://www.mormontimes.com/article/143/Beck-admired-more-than-Pope-and-other-media-stories

Bill Huggins said:
Remember when Beck said the same stuff about Ensign? Oh wait…

When one politician won’t lie about another politician, you know bad things are about to happen. It’s unbelievable; yet another in the long list of dirtbag politicians: Ensign, John “Cheat on My Cancerous Wife” Edwards, Spitzer, Larry “Wide Stance” Craig, Vitter, Foley, McGreevy, Clinton, Condit.

For the love of Pete, they should create a Fidelity Monument in D.C. because apparently it’s quite an accomplishment to serve and be faithful.

One decent person — that’s all I want —- one! One politician who doesn’t hold up morality with one hand while undoing the zipper with the other.

I don’t care what you do in your personal life as long as it’s not deceitful. How do I trust you if you are lying to your loved ones?

And conservatives, don’t give me the “But Glenn, he’s good on fiscal policy” argument.

In the ’90s, I believed character mattered. I wanted President Clinton out because he lied to the American people and because he was a dirtbag. Governor Sanford, you voted to impeach Clinton and said he should step aside, citing the need for “moral legitimacy.”

I wonder, do you still feel the same way today? I know I do.

Stop asking me to trust you — I don’t. I’ve never really trusted politicians, but given the incredible stupidity lately — combined with Governor Sanford’s mess — I really, really don’t trust politicians.

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/27247/

Wait. “One of Beck’s most embarrassing televised moments” is when a disgraced congressman proved himself to be an absolutely unscrupulous liar within the time span of two days? Interesting take some people have. Beck’s interview was based on a publicly aired allegation the congressman steadfastly refused to substantiate the very next day. That makes Eric Massa *the* stereotypical impeachable source newsmen are supposed to disdain. So how is it Massa’s interview has been turned around in the text of this article to be a mark against Beck?

Let’s get all over Weiner, but let Gingrich run for president!!!

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Bill Huggins said:
Let’s get all over Weiner, but let Gingrich run for president!!!

Don’t worry Weiner, Newt proves that if you wait15 years, you can be a Presidential frontrunner!!

Newt resigned from Congress as a direct result of his scandals. Nice try.

insideguy said:
I agree with you on this WiLLP, but don’t you think that guys like Beck, or Hannity, or whomever in the media kinda get sucked into this dirt as well? Some of them probably don’t want to or are not comfortable covering these subjects, but due to the fact that they are in the media kinda have to? It is this gigantic story and im sure not everyone of these guys is like oh boy I have a show to do today cant wait to rip on wiener for an hour. If its anything like my job Im sure they are like oh jesus I don’t want to do this but i guess I have to.

I would like to believe that this is a difficult story for anyone in the news to cover. It should be. It is repulsive and demoralizing on many levels. The truth however is just the opposite. The press LOVES salacious stories especially involving public officials. As for the two media figures you named I am questionable over how they really feel about the story. In particular, Beck is a highly compromised individual who has proven that he will say or do anything over the past two years for attention and ratings. This is not the case with Hannity. Hannity like O’Reilly has boundaries and morals that transcend politics.

catfishjuggling said:
I assume because it’s in Roger Ailes’s wallet.

That’s a very interesting theory, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

catfishjuggling said:
I’d suggest you not vote for him then.

Look, until recently, my Congressman was Patrick Kennedy. Need I say more? Now, my Congressman is the former Mayor Vasilline, the man who bankrupted Providence. John Laughlin nailed it, and my dumbass neighbors elected Cicilline anyway. You just can’t rattle me like that.

I agree WiLLP I think the media as a whole loves these kinds of stories it keeps the money rolling in. But the individuals who cover them im not so sure. I know I personally would hate to cover this crap. You know Bill O or some of these other guys are like oh man this is a fine line for me I don’t really want to go here and interview talking heads about this for hours. I cant Imagine they actually enjoy this aspect of their jobs. When you are in journalism school I cant believe this is the type of story you want to cover. I know Bill O Beck and Hannity aren’t journalist or most of the people on msnbc aren’t either, but im just trying to put myself in their position. They get orders from the top this is what brings in the ratings and thats what they have to do. With maybe the exception of Beck , he could probably get away without covering it cause hell he leaves in 3 weeks. I know the congressman did this to himself and its sad, but like I said its already bad enough his family doesn’t deserve this, the story is out ,I hope its over but iI fear its going to become even uglier. I guess my point is weiner is destroyed because of this does the media really have to drag it out and subject this mans family to humiliation for weeks and months? I don’t know I think its a sad fact that apparently this is what we as the public wants. His only hope is that another scandal gets this off the news, kinda like this one pushed the terminators to the backburner.

WillP said:
I would like to believe that this is a difficult story for anyone in the news to cover. It should be. It is repulsive and demoralizing on many levels. The truth however is just the opposite. The press LOVES salacious stories especially involving public officials. As for the two media figures you named I am questionable over how they really feel about the story. In particular, Beck is a highly compromised individual who has proven that he will say or do anything over the past two years for attention and ratings. This is not the case with Hannity. Hannity like O’Reilly has boundaries and morals that transcend politics.

Beck, a highly compromised individual? Not hardly. Proven, even? Must have missed that court case. Something tells me your judgement on Beck is somewhat askew – probably based on your politics. Just a guess.

insideguy said:
I agree WiLLP I think the media as a whole loves these kinds of stories it keeps the money rolling in. But the individuals who cover them im not so sure. I know I personally would hate to cover this crap. You know Bill O or some of these other guys are like oh man this is a fine line for me I don’t really want to go here and interview talking heads about this for hours. I cant Imagine they actually enjoy this aspect of their jobs. When you are in journalism school I cant believe this is the type of story you want to cover. I know Bill O Beck and Hannity aren’t journalist or most of the people on msnbc aren’t either, but im just trying to put myself in their position. They get orders from the top this is what brings in the ratings and thats what they have to do. With maybe the exception of Beck , he could probably get away without covering it cause hell he leaves in 3 weeks. I know the congressman did this to himself and its sad, but like I said its already bad enough his family doesn’t deserve this, the story is out ,I hope its over but iI fear its going to become even uglier. I guess my point is weiner is destroyed because of this does the media really have to drag it out and subject this mans family to humiliation for weeks and months? I don’t know I think its a sad fact that apparently this is what we as the public wants. His only hope is that another scandal gets this off the news, kinda like this one pushed the terminators to the backburner.

O’Reily *is* a journalist. Who are the people that disseminate facts and/or opinions and what credentials they hold is a basic fact every denizen of a media orientated site ought to know.

Not sure if you got my point Paleo but thats cool.

As to your larger point, I think you hold too much respect for media as individuals. They’re not in the main moralists, though they may play one on TV. They innately realize stories such as these will garner them far more attention than will a story about some convoluted corruption that doesn’t affect a great many people’s lives or dry analysis of statistical data. As industry insiders they have a selfish motive to apply higher value to such a story knowing that here careers are literally made. To be sure, some might have, or even speak to, vague feelings of discomfort to have to get into the sorted details depending on their sense of decorum, but almost to a man they’ll say in other venues (C-span is a great resource for this) that the story is worthy. And it is, of course; not to the point of his humiliation but it’s important whenever a person in a position of power is caught in a lie. A lie about sex is not only salacious, it’s raises the specter of blackmail or subsidiary corruption. (But mostly, it’s the salaciousness which drives the coverage) Even so, the attention span of the media is a fickle thing and for as much value as it currently has, whether the story will still have legs next week depends only on the value of the news in the intervening days.

Cant argue with that Paleo. And your right there is a question of public corruption and blackmail. And your spot on I don’t truly believe that the media is concerned to much with that aspect, more so the salacious nature of the subject that drives the ratings. If they were truly concerned with public corruption they would have investigative reporters deep into all the areas of power and reporting constantly on what goes on. They know this is not in their intrests however because it would make viewers eyes glaze over and limit any access they have to these areas of power.

Sorry Glenn. There is no shame in DC, at least on the Left. Mark Foley, Senator Ensign and Rep Lee all resigned. Barney Frank, President Clinton and Rep Weiner didn’t.

It is extremely hard to believe, but I actually agree with Beck. Mr. Weiner should resign.

insideguy said:
All of this stuff is just sad. I feel bad for his family. I know the guy is a public figure, but to have everyone talk about this and laugh and dig around in this stuff, I think its all kind of sick. Im really not sure all of this instant media is very good for us as a society, in fact im leaning towards the fact that it isn’t.

I respectfully disagree: I believe we need more exposure to shameful acts perpetrated by our elected servants. I am happy there are watchdogs in our country to fearlessly report malfeasance in DC.