Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Congressman Weiner

should resign. On Fox news, June 6, columnist Juan Williams said Weiner should NOT resign... that his occupying a seat in congress is the business of voters in his district.

That would be fine, Juan, if Weiner's (or any Congressman's) decisions affected only the voters in his district. But that is not the case. A congressman represents those voters in his/her district. His votes, on the other hand, affect all Americans along with our children and grandchildren. Indeed, America herself and her allies may be affected.

Another columnist, Dr. Thomas Sowell, wrote yesterday:

"In the course of any given year, Congress votes on taxes, medical care, military spending, foreign aid, agriculture, labor, international trade, airlines, housing, insurance, courts, natural resources, and much more.

There are professionals who have spent their entire adult lives specializing in just one of these fields. The idea that Congress can be competent in all these areas simultaneously is staggering. Yet, far from pulling back-- as banks or other private enterprises must, if they don't want to be ruined financially by operating beyond the range of their competence-- Congress is constantly expanding further into more fields."

One may argue that while members of congress may lack competence in these fields, they hear from expert witnesses and serve as something like a jury to reach a reasonable conclusion of the facts.

But, would you accept a juror who is a deliberate, aggressive liar, as Weiner has admitted to being? Much less being some sort of narcissistic pervert?

Anthony Weiner is patently unfit to participate in any deliberation, the outcome of which is important to America, Americans or our allies. If he does not resign, he should be thrown out of office and prohibited from ever seeking political office again.

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