Weiners and Tigers, Oh My!

I seriously have no idea why some of people in the public eye do such dumb things. It seems that every other month there is a new sex scandal involving a high level politician. Why is it that when someone has some sort of power in office it turns into egotism? Further, it turns some people in to arrogant narcissists. 

Anthony Weiner was probably the worst of the recent bunch. He admitted to sending graphic pictures in various poses and states of undress. None on the recipients wanted those pictures. Even a porn star went on the record to say she was sent pictures and texts messages that she did not want. He was so egocentric, arrogant, pompous, and self-important for weeks when he was denying the allegations. He even went on a national television show to tell his side of the story. He said he had been hacked. He then changed the words to “had been pranked” when he was informed that hacking was a federal offense and he should have the F.B.I. investigate. He knew he had sent those and that there was no hacking of his accounts.  He went on to admit everything on a live news conference.

David Wu a democratic representative from Oregon was perhaps less like Weiner only in that he was quick to resign and admit his wrong-doing. Wu is accused of having unwanted sexual contact with a woman had just graduated from high school. This was not Wu’s first trespass. He has a record of this sort of thing dating back to the 1970’s. That’s bad enough, but there is more. He, for unknown reasons, sent his staff pictures of him dressed in a tiger costume. This latter issue isn’t illegal, but it sure is not professional. After receiving the picture some of his staff resigned. 

I am sure they aren’t the last, but just the latest. There will surely be more. I don’t care what people do behind closed door in their private lives, but they should keep it to themselves. In this technology driven age there are very few secrets. Once the media gets a hold of anything like this you can bet there is only one outcome: total exposure of their whole life. The only way to avoid being found out is to not have anything to hide.

Hugo