America Loves Weiner

Here's the video of Congressman Weiner resigning today. It gets pretty funny in the middle when a heckler yells out, "Was it 7 inches?"

For the past few weeks, Congressman Weiner's weiner has been in the spotlight in America. He sent pictures of his privates to a girl on Twitter, proceeded to say that his account had been hacked, and ultimately confessed that it was him. This was followed by the release of other photos of Weiner that he had sent to additional women. The photos were of Weiner's body taken in a Congressional gym (I wonder how many dirty things happen in there).

From the get-go, Weiner said he is not going to resign. Obama initially didn't condone it either, but the story got so popular and mainstream, that he later deemed it as a major "distraction" and called for his resignation. He resigned today.

But here's the thing....America NEEDS distractions. We strive off of them. So many politicians have been in the center of sex scandals that have constantly made headlines. Doesn't our government have the power to prohibit the public release of these stories? Can't they only exist among the few people involved, including a secret resignation? You can say that these stories are just examples of transparency that the government tries to practice, but why is sex scandal transparency given priority over war, oil prices, or things that should actually matter?

We live in a country where people can name all eight members of the Kardashian Family, but not the name of our Vice President. So Congressman Weiner, thanks for contributing an adult "sexting" story that we can all be distracted by, your country thanks you.