We should be grateful for the Anthony Weiners of this world. They give us something to talk about. Comedians should actually be sending him royalties. Are we having fun yet?
Then there are those of us who are shocked, shaking our
heads. Disgusting! How can this be? How can this slug have the audacity to
present himself for public office? Here’s where we get to feel just a little
superior. We’d never do anything like what he did.
Look -- of course he should know better than to seriously present
himself for office with that kind of an admission. But can’t we take a minute to feel sad for
the waste of an otherwise talented individual who has been and might again have
been an effective legislator, were it not for his little problem? This would be
especially true if you’re a Democrat.
Remember that this isn’t the first public official to be in
this kind of boat, though maybe this is the 21st century version of
it. We allow sexual peccadilloes up to a point, but we are not a forgiving lot when it comes to this
stuff, especially if it goes over the kink line.
Here’s the really hard one: Can we take another minute to
say to ourselves, “There, but for the grace of God (or whatever force you choose)
go I?” And be grateful, for just one nanosecond, that we are not subject to Anthony
Weiner’s particular brand of compulsion?
Or at least be grateful that whatever compulsion we are
subject to, it’s a socially acceptable one?
Just wondering…
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