Many readers are echoing this one:
How can you call Weiner's resignation unprecedented? Christopher Lee did nothing more than send a shirtless picture of himself to a woman who had posted to the "women seeking men" section of Craigslist. He didn't have sex, he didn't solicit prostitution, he didn't break any laws. So what is unprecedented about Weiner resigning?
Good point. I guess he fled my consciousness – and that of many others – because he resigned so quickly there was no extended discussion of the issue, and his pic was nowhere near as graphic as some of Weiner's. But I stand by my point. Lee had long had an adultery question, it appears from this report, and he had a hypocrisy issue. His pet cause had been Internet security for kids:
"Private information and images can so easily be transmitted to friends and strangers alike," he warned in an op-ed in 2009, two years before his shirtless self-portrait was splashed everywhere.
Weiner didn't commit adultery, and wasn't a hypocrite. He was targeted for purely partisan reasons.
(Photo: U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) enters to announce his resignation on June 16, 2011 in Brooklyn, New York. The resignation comes ten days after the congressman admitted to sending lewd photos of himself on Twitter to multiple women. By Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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