A teary U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., addresses a news conference in New York, Monday, June 6, 2011. After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman and admitted to “inappropriate” exchanges with six women before and after getting married. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The American people have elected many fine members of Congress over the centuries. But we also have elected some members who have proved, by their own actions, to be not only stupid but immoral.
Rep. Anthony Weiner, a 46-year-old New York Democrat, is giving us one current example of sophomoric immorality and abominably bad judgment.
The married congressman has publicly admitted to “inappropriate” behavior – to say the least. He sent a disgusting personal photo to a young woman and exchanged questionable messages with six women both before and after his marriage.
He carefully declared that he had not used government computers in his misdeeds, as though that somehow made his actions tolerable.
“This was me doing a dumb thing and doing it repeatedly and lying about it,” he said.