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I forgot his wife is pregnant. Anybody know who the father is?
Hillary!
Excellent commentary on the Social Media Enabled Narcissism Angle of Weinergate:
In this sense, his tweeted chest shots are more telling than the explicitly pornographic photos that followed. There was a time when fame and influence were supposed to liberate men from such adolescent insecurity. When Henry Kissinger boasted about power being the ultimate aphrodisiac, the whole point was that he didnt have to worry about his pecs and glutes while, say, wooing the former Bond girl Jill St. John.
Not so in the age of social media. In a culture increasingly defined by what Christine Rosen describes as the constant demands to collect (friends and status), and perform (by marketing ourselves), just being a United States congressman isnt enough. You have to hit the House gym and look good coming out of the shower, and then find a Twitter follower whos willing to tell you just how big you really are.
Writing in the late 70s, Lasch distinguished modern narcissism from old-fashioned egotism. The contemporary narcissist, he wrote, differs from an earlier type of American individualist in the tenuous quality of his selfhood. Despite his occasional illusions of omnipotence, the narcissist depends on others to validate his self-esteem. His innate insecurity can only be overcome by seeing his grandiose self reflected in the attentions of others, or by attaching himself to those who radiate celebrity, power and charisma.
This is a depressingly accurate anticipation of both the relationship between Weiner and his female followers, and the broader look at me! look at meeeee! culture of online social media, in which nearly all of us participate to some degree or another.
Facebook and Twitter did not forge the culture of narcissism. But they serve as a hall of mirrors in which it flourishes as never before a vast virtual gallery, as Rosen has written, whose self-portraits mainly testify to the timeless human desire for attention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/opinion/13douthat.html?ref=opinion
Ummm...Marc...what about the dems that are SCREAMING for him to step down?
He's awfully dug in here. He refuses to take the suggestions from his own colleagues. So why are you spending so much time deflecting it to the right? Or is it possible that this is just posturing by the left to make it look like they are outraged when in fact they aren't. It makes them look "responsible" to their own constituents by saying "enough is enough" but behind closed doors they are telling him to just shrug it off and let it die down and time will be on his side.
Would you have the same opinion of defending him if he had been tweeting your 17 year old daughter? Just a question that I hope you will think about.
Let's see if your point has any merit.
Can you tell me when was the last time the RepubliCON$ got together in lockstep to suggest that one of their own step down from a sex scandal?
The answer says a LOT about the RepubliCON$.
That doll is missing a straight jacket then it would be perfect. Or it could be holding a mirror.
Good News! Before Weiner can leave on a rehab vacation, that action will have to be voted on, on the Senate floor. This just gets better and better!
If anyone hears when that'll be PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE post it!
