Exit The Weiner.

Our political press unleashes its kung fu on an unsuspecting populace.

So Weiner resigned today.

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the multiple levels of idiocy.

First, Weiner's idiocy.  He was a rising attack dog in a party that needed one.  And then... did he not know how the internet works?  You can't erase this crap.  There are no secrets.

But then, what the hell happened?

OK, Weiner's a cad.  That term may seem too tame, but it really fits him to a tee.  Maybe there was information about him having ACTUAL sex with someone out there, but I never saw it.  Josh Marshall thinks it was precisely because he was a rising young star whom Pelosi trusted that he had to go down.  Maybe.

But David Vitter actually, you know, BROKE THE LAW.  He frequented prostitutes, one of whom apparently diapered him like a baby.  He's still in the Senate!  Ensign lasted for months after his sex scandal and BRIBERY scandal.

Pardon the pun, but Weiner's a dick.  Still, I think he should run again in 2012.

If it doesn't involve breaking the law, the decision about whether a politician's personal foibles are important should be left to the electorate.  Not the pearl clutching mandarins of DC high society.