And I’m so glad that U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner has the stuff.
So, so glad.
Here’s Patterico’s analysis of Rep. Weiner’s relationships with his underage cyber-companions. It makes, I must warn you, for depressing reading.
Call me naive, but I honestly did think that this guy was just blowing off a bit of steam with a few adult women who kind of knew what was what, and were indulging him a bit. That’s what I thought from the very beginning, but . . . this is exploitation of the rankest sort. If the situation is as it appears, a few of these girls weren’t just fans–they were underage fans in the throes of infatuation.
Ugh. I need a cyber-shower.
Awful, awful.
UPDATE: Ace:
You don’t have to think something criminal happened here to say that a 46 year old man should not be seeking this type of “frivolity” and romantic validation from a starstruck 17 year old girl.
Just perfectly innocent. A married 46 year old Congressman private messaging a smitten, hero-worshipping, bad-girl-talking 17 year old girl who “loved” him.
What could be more innocent than that?
What. Indeed.
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“Ethel (who rendered her Twitter account private after I published part 2) has been on Twitter since 2009.”
Speaking of no self-awareness.
It’s kind of sick that you cheer on these fringe right freaks as they harass little girls, LMA.