Weiner Walks Away With Head Held High

Anthony Weiner, the unnecessarily harassed former Congressman from New York, today announced his resignation from the House of Representatives. The announcement comes after Weiner admitted sending inappropriate images to fans of his, including one that appeared to be his bulging underpants.

Weiner had taken a leave of absence from the House, presumably to clear his head and confer with his wife, who had been overseas. She returned yesterday and Weiner announced his resignation today. It is not immediately clear who will replace Weiner in the House, though the seat is considered a virtual lock for the Democrats.

As I said before, Weiner will rise again. What he is alleged to have done is stupid, harmful to his marriage, and the mark of someone who has some sort of personality flaw. What the media and the Republicans did in savagely beating Weiner into submission is far worse than anything Weiner did.

Consider the things that other folks have done and they remained in office:

Bill Clinton: America's horniest president banged an intern, lied about it in court, got impeached (but not convicted) and kept his seat.