Weiner Rehab

Of course.

Anthony Weiner is going to rehab.

From the New York Daily News:

Lusty lawmaker Anthony Weiner will be checking into a treatment center - just as two of the country's most powerful Democrats simultaneously called for him to quit.

Weiner will seek help in the sexting scandal that has put his career on life-support, according to political sources.

"Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person," according to a statment released by his office late Saturday afternoon.

"In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well."

Weiner isn't a bad guy. He's ill and needs treatment. Poor, poor DEMOCRAT Weiner.

What a crock!

This is another instance of the medicalization of behaving badly.

The move - which Weiner resisted in the early days of the scandal - comes as Nancy Pelosi, the House Minority leader, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chair, each said the lawmaker needs to go.

"It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign," said Congresswoman Schultz of Florida, calling the scandal a "sordid affair."

"The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable," she said.

Pelosi, who earlier this week called for a House Ethics Committee investigation into Weiner's behavior, also pleaded for the lawmaker to step aside.

"Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the recognition that he needs help," said Weiner [sic]. "I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a Member of Congress."

Pelosi and Wasserman Schultz are engaged in CYA.

If the Democrats and Obama wanted Weiner out of the House, he'd be out.

I suppose DEMOCRAT Weiner may be negotiating for a position in the administration or the party, after a stint in rehab and a respectable leave of absence from public service, if he agrees to resign. That could account for his threats to hold on to his seat.

Actually, it's better for conservatives if DEMOCRAT Weiner hangs around.

It would be great for Obama and his comrades to have to run under the cloud of DEMOCRAT corruption and scandal.

If Democrats are so powerless they can't get one of their own to step aside for the good of the party, they look incredibly incompetent.

Stay, DEMOCRAT Weiner. Stay.
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