A Bold Assumption
To this point, I have stayed away from the scandal come to be known in the media as "Weinergate" not because I didn't see it as a worthy story, but largely because I frankly don't care what Anthony Weiner is doing in his spare time. The reason for this is because I see the Congressman for what he truly is. If you are a liberal, chances are you like the guy. If you are a conservative, than not so much. Anthony Weiner is to the left what Sarah Palin is to the right. He is not some policy guy who will draw up the next big piece of legislation. He is not an idea guy who will solve a looming crisis. He is simply a cheerleader for the liberal agenda. Where Pelosi and Boehner are workhorses, Palin and Weiner are show-horses. Since he isn't a threat ideologically, it is frankly irrelevant if he stays or goes.
I only decided to weigh in on the controversy when I saw reports like the one quoted below surfacing on the web.
Has Anthony Weiner's Twitter mishap prompted other members of Congress to watch what they tweet? According to data gathered by TweetCongress, tweets from our nation's representatives dropped by almost 30 percent in the wake of the Weiner scandal.
TweetCongress noticed a 27 percent drop in the number of tweets from Republicans and a 29 percent drop in the number of tweets from Democrats between the week of May 23 and the week of May 30. Weinergate broke on May 27, and he held his bizarre, tearful press conference on June 6.
Isn't this a bit of an assumption? With all of the new pictures that are surfacing, perhaps Anthony's weiner pics accounted for 29 percent of the tweets going out from Congress. Just a thought.
Yet there is another lesson to be learned from this scandal. Previously, I had always assumed that once one achieved a certain status, he would receive certain "perks" without the customary reciprocation. Who knew a Congressman wouldn't be high enough on the food chain to get a pic without having to send one? In that case, what is the point of even being a Congressman? Even the Capitol Hill janitors can get quid quo pro pics.
On a serious note, I hope this whole thing wraps up quickly so we can get on to more important things like reading Sarah Palin's emails.
