Weiner resignation and open thread
I’m at the computer tonight but I keep getting sidetracked by some stuff I’m trying to do—reinstalling software, recovering old files from a crash, attempting to persuade Windows that I really am the owner/admin/user of my computer and it’s okay for me to have access to my own files, etc. So I don’t have a nice pithy post to offer; just this lousy open thread.
22 Responses to “Weiner resignation and open thread”
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myiq2xu says:
Larry Flynt offered Weiner a job.
You can’t make this sh*t up
June 17th, 2011 at 12:53 am EST -
Violet Socks says:
Pft. I hope he and Huma have some money saved up.
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m Andrea says:
Hey an open thread!
Hi Violet, just wanted to apologize for being rude to you a long while back, during a thread where I got all bent out of shape when you insisted upon having your own opinion. (The nerve! lol) Considering all the work you put into this blog and how helpful your perspective is, my rudeness was seriously very thoughtless and disrespectful; and I’ve always regretted it, as well as not apologizing sooner.
Hopefully you’ve forgotten all about it but I haven’t. Apologies again.
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ugsome says:
Now onto the future: electing women.
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SYD says:
Granju is correct. The chances of Weiner changing his ways are next to nil….
http://blogs.babble.com/home-w.....ma-abedin/
Huma needs to look out for herself. And her baby.
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Nessum says:
“Lousy”? Never. I for one savor – for as long as it takes, before you “vanish” to your secret place again – to be able to come here and read great posts and comments. Saved my sanity (“Am I actually wrong?” “Does my views actually make me a prude?”) more than once.
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Alison says:
They will be fine financially. Weiner has a pension and Huma can be the breadwinner while Weiner helps out with the first year of childcare for their new baby. After that, Weiner will be employed by MSNBC and all will be forgotten.
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Unree says:
Weiner’s pension is a much sweeter deal than most Americans get (something like $25-$32K per year, most of which he didn’t contribute to out of his salary) but I believe it doesn’t start until he is 56, ten years from now.
On one hand I love the idea of this abrasive, domineering d00d having to yes-sir a boss for the first time in many years. On the other hand, his boss will be some kind of male supremacist like MSNBC. Weiner’s going to become even more sexist than he already is, and he’ll have less sway over legislation about abortion and health care.
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propertius says:
Am I the only one who finds the Weiner scandal vaguely reminiscent of the Jack Ryan episode in Illinois? For the last week, I’ve been wondering if this wasn’t payback for Weiner’s single-payer advocacy during the Congressional Health Care Follies. Breitbart claims not to know who sent him the dirt on Weiner – what if he’s telling the truth?
Maybe I’m just getting paranoid in my old age ;-).
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Carmonn says:
He’d be a great fit with Flynt, he doesn’t really do anything in Congress except talk, so he can rant into a webcam every week and collect a cheque. Play to your strengths.
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Violet Socks says:
Thank you, m Andrea. I vaguely remember that there was something, I think, but actually I’m not sure what it was about or when. Probably it’s best if you don’t remind me!
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myiq2xu says:
From the Netroots convention:
Pfeiffer later continued, “The president’s position on gay marriage — and I will say it — is that he has been against it, but he said the country has been evolving on this, and he is evolving on it.”
Pfeiffer added Obama has been evolving on the marriage because he “has friends, staffers who are in committed gay partnerships who are great people, great partners, great friends, great parents their children — and he is evolving on that.”
Additionally, Pfeiffer said he couldn’t say “when that evolution will continue,” but added there are “people in this room have pushed him on this, and he believes should continue to push him on it.”
If everyone pushes Obama really, really hard he might come out in favor of gay marriage in 2017
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Sameol says:
Most people realize their friends are great people even before they become friends, it takes Obama 7 years, 230 focus groups, 840 polls and the right audience.
But he’s getting there.
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Nell says:
I see that Darren Hutchinson of Dissenting Justice (see Vi’s blog roll) has returned after a three-month hiatus with a metric fuckton of fail on Weinergate. Seems poor little Anthony was forced to resign because (1) Americans are prudes and (2) Democrats are wimps. And for good measure he plays the race and gay cards, because, you know, racism and homophobia trump sexism every. damn. time.
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Three Wickets says:
@Nell: Fair warning that I will be borrowing/stealing “metric fuckton of fail” for possible future use on facebook and twitter. Please consult with them if you have any issues with that.
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Cyn says:
Nell, just where over there to read the post. Your comment was a thing of beauty.
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Sameol says:
Hutchinson’s entire argument is that if Gennette Cordova weren’t white (or female), no one would be dissolving in horror over a “co-ed” receiving a crotch shot (as if her delicate eyes were the damn problem and not the fact that it’s coming unsolicited from a Congresman). I think maybe he should take a quick look at her photo before continuing to make himself look foolish.
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Violet Socks says:
That’s a classic anti-feminist argument. Back in the old days, that was the standard line: that “strong” “adult” women could handle harassment, flashing, groping, discrimination, anything—and that feminism was “infantalizing” women by trying to protect them from normal male behavior. Many women themselves took this line, especially women who had managed to succeed in a man’s world. This is why women like Kate Hepburn and Meg Greenfield and so on were anti-feminists: they’d managed to deal and win, so obviously other women were just weak.
It’s classic anti-feminism. And certain Third Wavers’ adoption of it just closes the circle. As I’ve said god knows how many times, much of the Third Wave is simply rebranded patriarchy. It’s the feminist equivalent of Exxon rebranding itself as environmentalist.
Interestingly, you don’t often see the argument that “strong” “adult” black people are perfectly capable of dealing with harassment, insults, discrimination, etc., and that the Civil Rights movement just infantalized black people by trying to protect them from normal white behavior.
(Also: Darren really doesn’t know that Gennette Cordova is a black woman? Way to opine on a topic you clearly know thing about, dude.)
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Carmonn says:
He also, astonishingly, compares Weiner’s struggle to the struggle for LGBT rights. The next phase in civil rights will apparently be politician-flashers who don’t want to behave respectfully in professional areas and feel oppressed by being asked to keep sex private. Is Wilbur Mills available to form the vanguard of this important movement? Maybe we can put a commemorative monument in the tidal basin where the movement (so to speak) against persecution began.
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Sweet Sue says:
Carmonn,
Wilbur Mills shuffled off his mortal coil quite a while ago, but Gary Hart might be available. -
julia says:
I know I’ve written about this before, but here goes again – DemocracyNow does a piece today on why Weiner’s being ‘targeted’ and why what he did is ‘no big deal’……
Why is the country’s biggest independent news show run by a woman still upholding men?
And this, on the day when the Supreme Court threw out the Walmart class action suit. There goes everything we fought for thrity years ago. Women in the United States are now officially slaves.
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monchichipox says:
“This is why women like Kate Hepburn and Meg Greenfield and so on were anti-feminists: they’d managed to deal and win, so obviously other women were just weak. ”
Ugh. I’m so guilty of this sometimes. It takes work to catch yourself doing it. There were times I would get a lot more angry at the “weak” woman than the man for being a pig. We all have things to work on I guess.
