Posted on 06/10/2011 6:23:11 AM PDT by Libloather
Top Democratic women dodge tough call on Weiner
By LAURIE KELLMAN
The Associated Press
updated 6/9/2011 7:19:48 PM ET
WASHINGTON — Pursed lips. Frosty glares. Polite demurrals. Icy silence.
Women in politics are grappling with the distinctly unfunny choice of restraining themselves or letting rip what they really think about Rep. Anthony Weiner's X-rated online conduct and whether he belongs in Congress.
They'll be vexed by the question awhile longer because the 46-year-old Democrat from New York City told the New York Post on Thursday he won't resign.
The scandal presents a maddening choice for these female leaders, none shy, between speaking out or keeping quiet about behavior that, at best, is disrespectful of women.
"You're right, I don't like" questions about Weiner, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said with a smile.
Feinstein, D-Calif., was elected in 1992, known as "the Year of the Woman." She said she's shocked and saddened by the matter, which grew worse as the week went on, and she wished she could say something lighthearted about it.
Does she think Weiner should resign? "I'm not getting into that," she demurred.
It was an apt illustration of the bind in which female lawmakers, particularly Democrats, find themselves as Weiner's tawdry saga unfolds. They represent a party trying to position itself as the best choice for women in the lead-up to the 2012 congressional and presidential elections, yet the most senior among them have not called outright for Weiner's resignation.
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Not a peep about Weiner on the NOW website, but they’re crowing about how Dominique Strauss-Kahn had to resign shortly after a NOW-organized protest .... with Democrat Weiner, though, no organized protest, just crickets ....
I’m NOT shocked, I tell you ....
“Tough call”...WHAT?
You know that democrats are a corrupt power hungry collection of fools when THIS is a TOUGH CALL.
Hypocrit Democrat women. Not a surprise.
Headline fix:
” LAURIE KELLMAN of MSNBC helps Top Democratic women dodge tough call on Weiner “
Keeping the Democrat image pristine... the media’s #1 job!
Another suggested slogan, in Weiner's district, if he,
Weiner, makes it that far and runs again.
Bill and Hillary approved a Weiner!
Weiner knew darn well that supporting abortion on demand and the laundry list of radical feminist issues would serve him well in his quest to demean and sexually abuse as many women as he possibly could. He knew he’d get a second chance from all the rad-fem hypocrites who regard abortion as a sacrament.
ON FOOD STAMPS
You are right about that. There is a registered sex offender a few miles from our house. He was fishing and decided to take a leak into the lake. Some lady with her kids saw it, got his boat number and filed it with the state.
if Weiner goes away it will be because the Democrat power broker intelligentsia fears he will hurt the entire ticket next fall with their precious Independents. Dyed in the wool Dems will have no issues with him.
Its a question that should be asked of all dem women: Are you prepared to blow Weiner off?
Hypocrite, thy name is Democrat.
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