Most of Weiner’s escapades were undoubtably when he was single.  So short of him really being a pig or a stalker, consenting sex between adults under those circumstances is not a news story.   

But engaging in shenanigans a year into a marriage is a very bad sign on a personal level and is a strong evidence of a complete lack of judgment on a professional level.   And given his wife has a professional profile, that lack of judgment is just doubled. 

Joe, I married at age 29 after what you might call an “active bachelorhood.” And I know that the psychological adjustment to marital monogamy can be quite difficult.

Weiner was a bachelor until he was 44 or 45. How much more difficult must that adjustment be for him?

Furthermore, if you will read the the 2001 Vanity Fair article (it’s linked in the Daily Caller item), you’ll see that Weiner had a particular style in regard to approaching women — a quite assertive, persistent style.

Well, OK. Different guys, different styles. My own style — that is to say, my best style, once I was in my 20s and had my game down — was a sort of “stick-and-move” approach: Flirt a little bit, back off, evaluate the reaction and, if the signs were good, flirt some more. Also, I used more of a “shotgun” than a “rifle” approach, flirting with lots of different women in a bar or at a party, rather than zooming in to focus on just one. The thing I learned to avoid was to “crowd” a girl and put the pressure on, because that high-pressure approach makes girls feel uncomfortable.

Whereas, if we take that Vanity Fair story at face value, Weiner didn’t hesitate to focus on one target and use the high-pressure approach. As I say, different guys, different styles, and if that worked for him, OK. However, if we extend this whole hypothetical speculation thing a bit further, we might wonder if Weiner’s asssertive style reflects a certain personality type, and further wonder how that might be implicated in this whole situation.

Just sayin’ . . .

I found that the high pressure approach never worked, that the stick and move approach you describe (I called it keeping one’s options open and paying attentiont to signals that the girl might actually like you) worked best.  I also made the transition around the same time you did and I dated my wife exclusively for several years before we married, so there was a transition. 

But getting back to Weiner.  Whatever his dating bachelor style–Cowboy Weiner should not be breaking out the spurs on maverick mares.   I have no idea if their marriage is real or not (I will assume it is real)–but this is a very bad sign.  This behavior by Weiner is never acceptable in any marriage, but Huma Abedin is a serious high profile person and certainly not one who got married to Anthony Weiner to be made a fool of.   The public humiliation factor only makes the implications of all of this worse. 

Bill Clinton was always the awkward kid in big boy jeans.  It seemed he needed conquest as some sort of affirmation.  From that twitter-facebook picture, I am guessing Anthony Weiner is still that awkward 13 year old bar mitvah boy hoping to get laid with the hot girl.  It does not seem he is serious about making a life with Huma. 

Unfortunately, Tiger’s transgressions only affected himself, his family and his sponsors.  Wags Weiner’s embarrassments, on the other hand, reflect on the judgment and character of a man who thinks he should have a say in running the country or at least NYC…

…or of the  congressman who is trying to get rid of medicare, who is bein broadsided by opposition from the religious community.

He (as well as many fellow republicans) are being challenged to read the Bible:

Paul Ryan’s Ayn Rand Problem

Mid-way down the article is a video ad being run in Congressman Ryan’s district — which no doubt will go viral on the internet.

After the video the ‘next’ video offered is a 3 part interview Mike Wallace did with Ayn Rand back in 1959. Very interesting!

Finally, the republicans who have for 30 years co-oped the Bible as their authoriity for action and values are being challenged to face their contraditions based on their support of Ayn Rand’s ‘philosophy of self-ishness’.

It will be interesting to see what follows.

But alas, RSM doesn’t find this news worthy or a topic of interest yet.

When any Leftist can find me the verse where Jesus recommends coopting Caesar’s troops to steal money from all and sundry at spear or gunpoint so that alms can be distributed with great fanfare to the Roman mob, I might be interested in their religious opinion.

Until then, I’ll go with what He actually said, which is that charity is an act of personal religious faith, best accomplished anonymously.

Incidentally, Mrs SDN, the yeshiva educated daughter of a Conservative rabbi, agrees that that injunction to private charity is in accordance with Jewish understanding as well.

Anamika you are almost cute in your lame attempt to steer the conversation.  Almost. 

You obsession with Weiner’s penis is going into dangerous underwear sniffing territory.

Re. SDN

They are relgious leaders/common christians, not card carrying leftists or right wing christsian fundies.

More here:

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2011/06/paul-ryan-and-bible-it-must-be.html

My grandfather was a cheerfully amoral man. And even he pulled me onto his knee when I was little, looked me dead in the eyes, and gave me what he said would be the only piece of life advice he would ever give me:

“Nothing in writing, Libby. No, really, look at me: Nothing. In. Writing. Don’t just give people evidence on a plate.” 

(This was before the internet.)

How freaking hard *is* that?

Why? Weiner has probably spilled his brains into condoms many times, so who’s to say one of them couldn’t come to life and talk bullshit?

Anamika, why are you here? You clearly don’t respect the way the conversation is going, you don’t agree with the ethos and you constantly want to change it.

If you’re constantly contradicting people because you see yourself as being, like, totally necessary, because we all just *need* to have your oh so necessary viewpoint, then that makes you a troll.

I do read leftist blogs. I just don’t go on threads about a topic they’re enjoying and start trolling, like you do. “Oh, yeah, well what about the deficit…pathetic rambling…4,000 words of the same…whine…moan…oh god I’m such a loser…” In all seriousness, you need to start asking why you’re trolling a site and people you admit you neither like nor respect.

Again, stop being so pathetic. Why not start your own blog, if you have so many necessary things to say? Oh, right, because that would involve trying to get your views out there without piggybacking on someone else’s hard work.

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/06/05/060511-news-weiner-1-4/

Weiner’s story starting to unravel. 

Anamika will try to bury it in lengthy boring posts. 

The question should be, “Is He the New Tiger’s Woody?”  

I doubt that the little Weiner could putt a golf ball very far.

Poor, poor Anamika.  The stress of simultaneously trying to prove a lack of penis obsession AND distract people from Weiner’s self-inflicted wounds has resulted in terminal cognitive dissonance. 

What a shame, such an intellect crashing to the ground, and burning up like the Hindenburg.  Oh, the humanity!

Oho!  Anamika, penis obsessed Weiner supporter, accuses others of penis obsession!

Methinks I doth smell projection, and projection, thy name is Anamika.

Anamika, if you just follow Weiner on Twitter, and maybe send him some intimate photos, you’ll get the attention that you truly crave.

PGlenn, the fact is, Anamika doesn’t want us to discuss the all-too-apparent faults of Democrat politicians, period.  Weiner is merely the most recent, and most blatantly self-serving, example of that. 

And given how far down in the toilet the ratings for Obama and his flying monkeys are, anything that demonstrates the basic fecklessness and cluelessness of the Democratic Party these days, Weinergate is doing them no favors.

Seriously.  Weiner is one the most ardent defenders of Obamacare, a major cheerleader of the most destructive piece of legislation ever grunted out by Congress.  And here he is, melting down on national TV because he has been exposed as a virtual weinie wagger by his own, ummmmm, digit. 

Whatever Weiner does reflects onto the Democrats.  Which is why they want this to end.  He’s dragging them down with him.

Just like the other lefties in Congress: Pelosi, Franks, Wasserman-Schultz, Reid, etc.  At least they try to stay on the Party Message.  And at least the Party Message specifically excludes cracking crotch jokes with reporters.  So, at least, they’re united in their idiocy.  United idiots, which, somehow, appeals to the leftie mindset.  Mind boggling, of course, but, then, I’m not a lefties.

Weiner has invented his own brand of idiocy, and hence is not a team player.  He exposes the Democrats as the hypocrites and frauds that they are.  Which is the basic reason why Anamika keeps on trying to change the subject.

Sad  commentary on our culture when a twerp like Weiner, , drawing attention to his tallywhacker, can elicit anything but laughter as a response.

I didn’t wonder about it until I saw you carrying on an argument with yourself in another thread.

Why won’t you confirm it with Wombat if it was me?  Oh, wait a sec, he might be as clueless as you.

Why won’t you confirm it with Wombat if it was me?

Because I don’t care who are you. I know what you are. You are a Wiener Lover.