The original
Jack Ryan has a piece in
The Huffington Post defending Rep. Weiner against everyone
piling on top of his personal crisis. Here's Alec Baldwin, the realist:
[Wiener] needs something to take the edge off. For some people, regardless of occupation, that could mean booze, drugs, gambling, food or shopping. For high functioning men like Weiner and other officials who have lived through such scandals, who are constantly on the go, that leaves one tried and true source of a reliable high. The affirmation that comes when someone lets you know they want to sleep with you. Or even cyber-sleep with you.
The bottom line is this:
people cheat because they can. And of course, because they want to. As Baldwin puts it:
Appointment sex with your spouse doesn't always arrive when you need it most. A modern cell phone, loaded with contacts of willing fellow players [is] ready for you at virtually any time.
People, and men in particular, have sexual needs. I remain skeptical that those needs can be met within the confines of a monogamous marriage. The Weiner affair (pun intended) is just one more piece in a rather large pile of evidence.
