As Weiner begrudgingly heads off for an extended rehab stay, his New York district's constituents will be left without representation. That doesn't concern Democrat congressional leaders, who are too busy arranging job transfers for his 19 staffers. Never mind that these staffers, writes John Hayward, gave "the pathetic man-child" plenty of time in his busy schedule to make a complete fool of himself.
There’s no doubt that the massive, deficit-fueled federal leviathan can whip up 19 new jobs out of thin air. That’s part of the problem in America today. Even as businesses are tightening their belts, laying off employees, and canceling expansion plans, the federal government grows without limit... Bouncing a group of loyal staffers onto the streets of D.C., just because their jobs are about to disappear, is unthinkable. That sort of thing only happens to the poor slobs out in the private sector.From Stolberg's perspective, the lucky staffers will be those who find refuge in congresswomen's offices, where sex scandals are rare:
"Research points to a substantial gender gap in the way women and men approach running for office. Women have different reasons for running, are more reluctant to do so and, because there are so few of them in politics, are acutely aware of the scrutiny they draw — all of which seems to lead to differences in the way they handle their jobs once elected.The headline of Stolberg's story alone, "Naked Hubris: When It Comes to Scandal, Girls Won't Be Boys," must make radical feminists wince. They've spent the last half century trying to persuade women to behave sexually as badly or irresponsibly as men. Isn't that the blatant point of feminists' much beloved college play, "Vagina Monologues" - to convince women that they, like Weiner, should 'think' with their private parts rather than their minds?
“The shorthand of it is that women run for office to do something, and men run for office to be somebody,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University."
Yet we're shocked -- Shocked! -- that the thinking circulating in the Gray Lady's halls might possibly be that the two genders are intrinsically different after all. If the Gray Lady isn't careful, she may soon find herself agreeing with Clare Boothe Luce, who said:
You have only to give women the same opportunities as men, and you will soon find out what it is – or is not – in their nature. What is women’s nature to do they will do, and you won’t be able to stop them. But you will also find, and so will they, that what is not in their nature – even if given every opportunity – they will not do and you won’t be able to make them do it.
