After five days of lying, Representative Anthony Weiner finally came clean in a tearful press conference yesterday. Yes, he said, he was the one who sent that lewd photo to a college student. Yes, the photo was of him.
Weiner then confessed to having many similar exchanges with other women over the years, including several in the year that he has been married.
Weiner said that he wasn't going to resign, and if he told the full truth yesterday, he might not have to. But already, there are indications that he might not have told the full truth, especially about not using "government resources" to carry on his sex chats.
(A Las Vegas blackjack dealer who says she sexted with Weiner says they also had phone sex -- when he was in his office. And a porn star reportedly says he emailed with her and told her to lie to the press.)
Whether or not Weiner survives these transgressions seems a less important question than asking why on earth an otherwise responsible adult could be so shockingly stupid -- and then, when busted, blatantly lie about it for five days, blaming a "hacker."
While I don't condone any of this, it is mostly a private matter between him, his wife, and his God--unless public resources were used. Then it becomes another matter. I am not going to jump on him now while everyone else is piling on. I have long expressed my viewsabout his politics which are un-American, to be kind. this merely confirms what I've beens saying--that he is a liar.