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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:42 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are we hypocrites if we say Weiner should not resign? |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why should he resign? It's up to the people of his district |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Let me refresh your memory |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. We didn't say he should resign. We just laughed at their hypocritical morality. |
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Blaq Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Agree. At this point, who gives a .... |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Nobody demanded anything - he was a so-con |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I don't need my memory refreshed. It was his choice to resign |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. I don't think Lee should have resigned |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I have to agree. Weiner has never been one to push these so-called 'Family Values' |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. He introduced a bill to keep the internet free of sexual predators - |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Was he doing this with underage girls |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Er uh...THAT is why he should resign!? SERIES!?!?! |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. was Weiner presenting himself as an unmarried man on a dating site? |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'll second that...... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Depends on what you said for Edwards/Vitter/Spitzer - etc. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. My feeling was that Vitter should have and still should resign and Spitzer did what |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. No. Because we're not The Anti-Sex Party. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Precisely. If he had championed anti-sex legislation, then I'd call for his resignation. |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Ding ding! As I said in another thread... |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Was there anything illegal in what Weiner did? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I don't think so... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Is "not a criminal" your litmus test for elected office? |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. This is between Weiner and his wife-it has nothing to do with his job. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Nothing to do with his job? |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. He did NOT have an affair..get over yourself! |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Ok... so now the standard is... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Weiner has delivered many, many "shreds of honesty." |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. what exactly do you think Weiner did? Share national secrets with these women? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I don't have the foggiest idea. |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Did he lie? When? |
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ChrisBorg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. June 1 CBS news |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. It sounds to me liked he was hacked. The picture was his, but he didn't send it out on twitter. |
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ChrisBorg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. He has admitted to taking and sending the photos. He had a 1 hr long presser. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Here's how that obviously went down. |
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ChrisBorg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. You forgot the sarcasm thingy. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. "Everything"? So where is the Lindberg baby? Uh, and welcome to DU. n/t |
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ChrisBorg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. His ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. His exact location is impossible to say now. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
73. I imagine judging individuals on their sexual proclivities |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wanted Vitter and Craig to resign because they were hypocritical assholes. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, only the GOP demands that Dems resign for this kind of thing. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think I'd push him to resign |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Honest to God i don't get this |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. No. As some other DUer said, he didn't shoot someone in the face. n/t |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. We are not the prude conservatives! |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. IF you said that Lee should resign, and that Weiner should not, then you are a hypocrite. |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. No |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. Was what he did illegal? |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Appearances do matter |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Mark Sanford didn't resign. But he improperly used state funds to fly to Argentina. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Weiner hasn't resigned either |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Well unfortunately, he's opened himself to a lot of ridicule. Especially with his name. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Yeah. Why on earth would he pick a name like that? |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. After all look what Clinton did and he survived...so why should |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. And Clinton had actual contact with a woman... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. i have never said anyone in sex scandal should resign. so no. i am not. pissed at immaturity |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. No. He wasn't preaching "family values" while hiring hookers... |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. No. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. SOB. . . Resign for flirting LOL! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. lol |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. My "this is my business" threshold is very clear. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. We? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes. Totally. In particular given that a progressive democrat can easily |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
49. So it's ok for someone to randomly tweet a pic of their turgidness to you? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Random? |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. does "targetted" work better for you? n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. "upon request" works better. n/t |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. No, because we don't all share a history |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. If he had fessed up initially I would say no |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. Tell me one time he spoke as a moral conservative, |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
59. I say he should not resign. And I'm not a hypocrite. (n/t) |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. Did Bill Clinton resign? Or, JFK? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
63. No, I never say people should resign for something like this. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
69. YES. The Pukes used Clinton's lying about Monical as an excuse to impeach him. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
71. Yes. I don't like people who lie to me. He is a lier. nt |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Then with those high standards, every republican in office would have to resign. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Sounds good to me. nt |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Deleted |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
72. Who do you mean by "we"? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
74. Did he abuse his office? |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
78. Why would we be? AW's one of the good guys...forgive and forget. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. I don't give a loose shit about TeaPubliKlan sex or sex related bullmess either. |
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