What I find revealing (it’s hard not to word play without even
trying, here) in the Anthony Weiner episode is not his actions - other
politicians have done much worse to harm the American people and they
still are in Congress.
What I find revealing is that on one night he categorically denied
culpability, declared himself a victim of a prank, and went after his
innocent accuser. I watched his eyes and other body language and became
convinced that he more than likely was telling the truth. He appeared
to believe what he was saying was the truth.
It’s easy to pick up your friend’s Internet phone and post something
embarrassing on his Facebook or Twitter. I’ve seen it happen. From his
comments, I was sure that was what happened, although it was not
exactly a friend of his.
After the evidence became overwhelming that it was Weiner, himself,
that was guilty, he admitted to lying (a lot) to America on many TV news
interviews, and did not consider it cause for resignation. He simply
stood up there and apologized expecting us all to believe that he was
lying to us yesterday, but telling us the truth today and expected us to
believe today as well as we did yesterday.
After all, although it is illegal to lie to the government, it is not
against the law for the government to lie to us. Since no laws were
broken, there is no compulsion to quit. The shame for Weiner was in the
pictures he sent, not the lies he told America.
Weiner is the face of government. He is the personification of what
we call Congress, today. I am not condemning them all - good people
exist there. But when you are the only one telling the truth you don’t
have a chance against people who can lie straight-faced to their country
and believe it is the right thing to do.
Keep this in mind when a politician speaks. I’ve learned my lesson.
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