Rep. Anthony Weiner Set to Resign

Rep. Weiner (D-N.Y.) has decided to call it quits, what with his junk floating all over the Internet and Twitter.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) will resign from his seat in Congress, heeding calls from President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and dozens of other congressional Democrats, sources confirm to POLITICO. The resignation ends nearly three weeks of tumultuous political controversy since the New York congressman sent a lewd picture of himself over Twitter which he claimed at first was a result of a hack, and later admitted he had sent himself.

According to two sources, Weiner made up his mind to resign Wednesday night, and shortly after began making calls to inform them of his decision. Weiner called DCCC chair Steve Israel — who had also called for his resignation — on Wednesday night at the White House picnic to inform him and Pelosi that he had decided to resign on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57116.html#ixzz1PRtAQ6tl

This is the right move by the representative, who needed to pull the trigger on this about two weeks ago.  You can’t keep your job once you put racy pictures of yourself on the Internet. 

This is also a good move for the Democrats, you know that they forced this joker to resign.  Everyone and their dog was calling for his resignation.  Don’t expect this move to help the Democrats in the polls anytime soon, they will still have an up hill battle with the elections next year.

Public figures need to realize that their actions have consequences and that they need to own up to them.  The fact that this man tried to keep his position by going to rehab is ridiculous.  With the position comes responsiblity.  If you want your life to be private you shouldn’t be in the lime light.

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Top 10 Most Polarizing Political Figures in U.S. Politics

I created this list based on reactions I hear from various people when one of these names is dropped in a conversation. Most people with any political savvy should know who these figures are.

Top 10 Most Polarizing Political Figures in U.S. Politics

10. President George W. Bush

9. President Barack Obama

8. Arlen Specter

7. Harry Reid

6. Nancy Pelosi

5. Barney Frank

4. Billary (Bill and Hillary) Clinton

3. Sarah Palin

2. Al Sharpton

1. Rush Limbaugh

Honorable mention: Howard Dean, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, Al Gore (he did invent the internet and global warming).

If there is anyone I have left off this list let me know, feel free to leave me a comment.