Could Weiner make a comeback? – CNN.com

blah, blah, blah.
when did we become such a bunch of prying, snooping, gleefully revelling in other’s sexual peccadillos ninnies?

the only sentient state in the article or in any of the coverage I’ve seen is this

Others caught in scandal have ridden out the rest of their terms; for instance, the FBI found $90,000 in former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson’s freezer in a probe of bribery and corruption, and he ended up convicted on those charges, but Democrats didn’t call for his head as they did with Weiner. Similarly, Louisiana Sen. David Vitter was implicated in a prostitution-ring scandal, and not only didn’t resign but ended up getting re-elected to the Senate.