PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHARACTER & THE ENDURANCE OF THE REPUBLIC

◼ This bizarre notion that we should separate our public officials’ private behavior from their public lives gained alarming credibility during the Clinton years, when the president’s enablers adamantly insisted that all of his improper behavior was private and of no concern to the public. - David Limbaugh/Human Events

...Anthony Weiner aside, when we have a president of the United States who daily demonstrates his disrespect for our founding principles and routinely flouts the rule of law, it is devastating to our liberties.

When Barack Obama acts unilaterally outside the scope of his constitutional authority to issue executive orders to implement provisions of the DREAM Act or environmental rules over Congress’ objection or to delay implementation of Obamacare and then scoffs dismissively when asked whether he consulted lawyers on his authority to do so, he is out of control.

If we care about the republic, we have to care about the character of its public officials.

Do not get lost in the sordid aspects of the Weiner affair and allow them to obscure your focus on the larger issues of character and respect threatening our republic today.

◼ Weiner: I'm Not Sure If I'm Still Sexting Anyone Right Now - Katie Pavlich/Townhall

During an interview with the New York Daily News, Weiner was asked directly by Denis Hamill:

Q. There is no one you are sexting now?

A. You can quibble about beginnings, middles and ends but what we're talking about is over a year ago.

◼ LIBERALISM MAKES IT EASIER TO BE BAD - Dennis Prager/Human Events