tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post8985228389327914463..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: What Kind of Void?Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-66311237894664601902011-06-07T19:39:16.231-05:002011-06-07T19:39:16.231-05:00The best pun I saw was, as always, from the NY Pos...The best pun I saw was, as always, from the NY Post: "Erections have Consequences". Oh NY Post, you almost make News Corp worth it.The Foolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-8148753677495803442011-06-07T16:44:41.296-05:002011-06-07T16:44:41.296-05:00These are all great points, but I think we may be ...These are all great points, but I think we may be over-thinking this a little:<br /><br />A congressman named WEINER tweeted (TWEETED!) pictures of his penis. This is almost as good as Larry Craig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-23466437201132608542011-06-07T11:58:48.330-05:002011-06-07T11:58:48.330-05:00"...he's filling a hole."
Unfortuna..."...he's filling a hole."<br /><br />Unfortunate.<br /><br />Anyway, I think your explanation does part of the job, but this stuff would be news if we excised a couple of cable news networks. And the fact that this scandal is explicitly 21st-century helps. Old scandal + new technology = big story. In part because it helps establish the ethical ground rules for the new technology. Not that we can't usually guess them.<br /><br />I think the brazenness of most of it is a big deal, too. Politicians lie in very subtle ways very often, but it still feels pretty rare that they lie so obviously and confess so quickly afterwards, in ways that can't be spun. So there are quite a few things, I think, that made this such a big story.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582577871751271892noreply@blogger.com