"What's going on with politicians theses days?" As usual Al asks and answers the tough questions; the ones you are all thinking but are afraid to utter, the ones the media turns a blind eye to.
The true character of a leader is based on his work ethic and decision making ability. Lets look at decision making first.
When one who has built a tremendous career is faced with an immoral choice, one that today or someday in the future may ruin that career, we should no longer expect them to do the "right thing," but we should at least demand that our leaders are bright enough to make choices that are worth the humiliation, embarrassment and destruction to their families, friends and futures. I know, I know many of you may think NOTHING is worth the risk and Al agrees, yet still we see scandal after scandal. So lets put our disagreements aside and come to common ground on this: this decision:
When one who has built a tremendous career is faced with an immoral choice, one that today or someday in the future may ruin that career, we should no longer expect them to do the "right thing," but we should at least demand that our leaders are bright enough to make choices that are worth the humiliation, embarrassment and destruction to their families, friends and futures. I know, I know many of you may think NOTHING is worth the risk and Al agrees, yet still we see scandal after scandal. So lets put our disagreements aside and come to common ground on this: this decision:
and this one:
Were certainly not worth the price tags.
Former Govenator Schwarzenegger now faces an investigation as to whether he used campaign and / or state funds to cover up his affair and love child and former presidential candidate John Edwards has been indicted for similar allegations. Be this as it may the scandals surrounding these men are quaint in comparison to Anthony Weiner's sexting. Arnie and John met persons of the opposite sex, consummated their relationships, had children out of wedlock, and their original marriages dissolved. How old school!
Weiner charted new waters having perpetrated the first virtual political scandal. He managed to create the appearance of sexual impropriety without the sex! This is may sound boring but once you move beyond his pathetic pack of denials you arrive at a place that is as revealing as it is bizarre. There are those who have opined that Weiner is gay but the facts are his breathless love was not for another man but alas...
... for himself.
Even the intended recipient women were mere prompts for his male preening. And while our other philanderers certainly possessed no shortage of entitlement, super - optimism and self appreciation they did have a warm body at the other end of their rainbows...
no matter how hideous.
The road out of Weiner's mess has now become vertical for the Congressman. He is well known as a vicious attack dog for the Democratic Party but in the words of a great man, Mr. Blond: "Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
Inside Congress Weiner is recognized for his mouth not his muscle. Colleagues paint him as someone who does little political heavy lifting, yet is always there to bask in the glory. If he does not survive, Al suspects this as the true cause.
Weiner should have taken a page out of this guy's playbook:
a man who proved you could get bombed, leave a young woman to die and not report it to the fuzz until they find your car... her coffin.
But if you work hard enough, have the connections, get things done, make them happen, all will be forgot and you will be forgiven.
So put the camera down Anthony and get some fucking work done because after all, who gives a shit about this:
after the country had to endure this:
The road out of Weiner's mess has now become vertical for the Congressman. He is well known as a vicious attack dog for the Democratic Party but in the words of a great man, Mr. Blond: "Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
Weiner should have taken a page out of this guy's playbook:
BRILLIANT!!
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