I've been watching this latest "Weinergate" unfold and I alternate between tearing my hair out the people involved or weeping for the women who are involved in this situation.
Let's take a look at some of them shall we?
Huma Abedin, the long suffering wife of Mr. Weiner. It's not bad enough that she was humiliated the first time back in 2011 when his original scandal broke, but here we are...again...with her husband caught with his pants down around his ankles. And his advisers decide that it would be in his best political interests to parade her out to stand next to him at yesterdays news conference. My thoughts to his advisers are "have you no shame?". If I had Ms. Abedin sitting at a table with me, I would reach over and hold her hand and ask her, "Is this what you signed up for?". I would hope she would say no and take steps to rectify the situation. But if what I suspect is true, she has fallen victim to her husbands narcissistic tendencies and put her needs on the back burner. If that is the case then I would gently tell her that her husband is NOT Bill Clinton and she is not the wife of the President of the United States. But she is the wife of a former senator who resigned over sexting allegations and is trying to make a comeback by saying he is a changed man...he's not and we all know that. I have the greatest compassion for her because I feel like she is a pawn in the political aspirations of her husband.
Syndey Leathers, oh you cheeky little minx! But I would say that in all this "exposure" you've gotten that you have probably learned a few things about politics. First is that the wife always trumps the sexting partner. Always. Second is that you should be careful of who your friends are. See what your friend Colagiovanni said about you here? He's not your friend but a guy looking for a scoop he can sell. Lastly...be honest about your ambitions and how you plan on getting there. Did you see a politically related job in your future? Sex appeal is a woman's greatest weapon and should never be used to advance a career. It never turns out well and people will never, EVER take you seriously. In my opinion, you disrespected the Sisterhood. Shame on YOU!
You stated that you felt "manipulated" but you weren't manipulated were you? Sending Mr. Weiner over 30 pics is not someone who is being "manipulated" but is proof that you were a willing accomplice to his sexual predilections. We have this word that has been around for a very long time...perhaps you have heard of it? NO. A simple two letter word that carries a lot of weight. NO. Go ahead...try it. Used in conjunction with non-action ("No, I'm not sending anymore pics" and then not sending more pics) is empowering to a young lady such as yourself. In today's society, especially where nothing is secret anymore, you can't do stuff like that and then say you were misled or manipulated. Ms. Leathers, you are wearing more clothes than credibility at this point.
And lastly...Mr. Weiner. Oh you naughty, naughty man you!! Most relationship therapists would say that you were actively engaged in extramarital affairs. Honestly, I really don't care that you sent naked pics of your genitals to anyone. Let your freak flag fly! But let's be honest here, someone who has political aspirations should be slightly paranoid that at some point someone is going to out him for this behavior. And they did. I would have thought you would have learned your lesson the first time but it doesn't appear that way at all. If you can't learn a lesson from this, then how can the voters expect you to learn anything from them? I think the biggest shame of all is that you are dragging your wife through this all over again. It's not enough that you publicly humiliated her the first go round, but you do it again. I think your spouse should sit down and have a chat with Jenny Sanford.
Honestly, no one cares what Mr. Weiner does in the privacy of his own home or within the confines of his marriage. Thousands of people do this exact same thing everyday and no one gives a flying whoopee cushion that they do.
It's no ones business and I suspect that our fascination with this whole issue is the hypocrisy of Mr. Weiner in stating that he's not sexting anyone anymore but then admits to anywhere from 6-10 since he resigned from Congress. If he will not be completely honest with his own spouse, then how honest can we the voters expect him to be?
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