Peter Scheer gets the absurdity of the Anthony Weiner scandal right — Weiner was arrogant and probably should have resigned, but what he did is nothing compared to the ongoing and too-often legal corruption we witness from Congress, the White House and the state houses and legislatures.
Weiner (along with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer) had been strong progressive voices, aggressive in their defense of workers’ rights, consumer rights and the like, but they both got caught with their pants’ down and paid what I think was an appropriate cost.
Charles Rangel, however, remains in office despite his well-publicized financial shenanigans. Bush and Cheney avoided impeachment despite the various illegalities engaged in by their administration. And the list goes on.
Business as usual in Washington is the real scandal.
In the end, we have to ask ourselves what’s worse — Weiner’s tweets or a presidential administration’s illegal spying. I know the answer. Too bad, the press corps seems not to.
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