Weinergate: Anthony Weiner used the Congressional gym to take semi-nude pictures of himself

  One of the under-reported–or non-reported–angles of Weinergate is the issue of whether or not the Congress “member” used Congressional resources to indulge himself during his online escapades. It had previously been reported that Anthony Weiner used his Congressional phone during working hours to engage in “steamy phone sex” with at least one woman, yet that story has not gained the momentum in the mainstream media that such an abuse of authority should garner.

  While his defenders claim that this is a personal matter and does not take away from his ability to represent his constituents, and while they defend him by claiming that he is a sick man who is now seeking help, they neglect the fact that Anthony Weiner might not have been repserenting his constituents to the best of his ability because he may have been too busy using his office to solicit young women when he should have been doing the people’s business. If he was using Congressional resources than this goes beyond being a simple personal matter and becomes a matter of possible Congressional ethics violations which must be investigated.

  Just when you thought that the news couldn’t get any worse for the embattled Congress “member” word comes out that he used the Congressional gym as the setting for many of the pictures he took of himself to send to these girls who were half his age. This leads to more questions about whether Anthony Weiner used Congressional resources to conduct his lewd online affairs and should lead to renewed calls for his resignation.

  The arrogance and the narcissism of Anthony Weiner is on full display here (in more than one way) and it led him to believe that young women desired to see his half clothed body and took many, many pictures of himself in front of a mirror because he felt he was all that–these are the actions of a man who is so full with himself and drunk with power that he honestly felt he could get away with anything.

  The evidence of the fact that Anthony Weiner used Congressional resources for his sexcapades is growing and this is now becoming an issue of Congressional ethics; simply checking himself into rehab should not be enough to deflect the blame away from his actions. But that is exactly what he is trying to do, he is claiming that he couldn’t help himself, that he is sick and needs help. And even if that were true than the best prescription for him would be to relinquish what enabled him in the first place–his seat in the Congress.