The Anthony Weiner story is the gift that keeps on giving.
Rep. Weiner (D-NY) tweeted/sexted a co-ed and first, pushed the wrong button so it went public, then provided a grateful public with the most delightfully idiotic verbal gyrations as he tries to get out of being caught red… handed without telling lies he could be held legally accountable for. (Such as submitting a false police report.)
I know, I know, “innocent until proven guilty,” it seems like everyone is prefacing their remarks with that these days. Oh puh-lease, he probably hasn’t done anything illegal, at least nothing seriously illegal. He’s just made an…. a fool of himself in public.
Unlike his equally idiotic but less arrogant Republican colleague Rep. Christopher Lee (D-NY) he’s not admitting anything, apologizing for anything, or indicating he’s even thinking of resigning.
Heavy sigh, what are we going to do with these big playful boys who run this country (usually into the ground.)
A while back I suggested my personal plan for term limits.
You altruistic public servants can have three consecutive terms in office.
After one, you have to spend at least an equal amount of time making an honest living before you run for any public office again.
Or, you can have two terms in office. After which you spend an equal amount of time in jail.
Or, you can have three consecutive terms in office, after which we take you out and shoot your sorry ass because you’re hopeless.
I now see I didn’t really go far enough. What we need in this country is a governing class given autocratic power for life, like the enlightened rulers of China that New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman endlessly gushes about.
So here’s my revised proposal. We announce that as of the next national election, the winning candidates will serve for life, with no constitutional limits on their powers.
THEN we take them out and shoot them the day they are sworn in – and for good measure, anybody who sought the nominations too.
Notice we’d be keeping the promise – election for life. We don’t have to mention how long that life will be…
After all, a great nation keeps its promises.
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