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Weiner Admits Improper Tweets

After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman and admitted to "inappropriate" exchanges with six women before and after getting married. He apologized for lying but said he would not resign. A conservative website that last week started a furor over a lewd photo sent from Weiner's Twitter account posted new photos Monday purportedly from a second woman who said she received shirtless shots of the congressman. At a news conference Monday, Weiner called the initial underpants photo a joke and a "hugely regrettable mistake"/Beth Fouhy, AP. More here. (AP file photo of Anthony Weiner)

Question: Is the extreme poor judgment of Rep. Anthony Weiner in the same league as former U.S. senator Larry Craig's toe-tapping misstep? Should Weiner resign?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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