He doesn't have to quit because he's a liar. Which he is. He said he didn't sext his junk. Then, he said his account was hacked. Then, he said he did it. When I was a kid going to catholic school, Sister Corinne told me that that was a lie. I've been going by that my whole life, so I will stick to it. It's not a skill that most of us, despite what we know about politics, actually want our leaders to have. But that's not why he should quit.
He doesn't have to quit because he's stupid. Which he is. When you get painfully and publicly caught doing something wrong, and you're given a second chance, and then you do it again...you're stupid. It's not a hard and fast rule, but it's pretty basic. Pavlov's dogs learned that one...so do most children when they are being taught discipline. So, if you are an adult, and you can't master something fourth graders and dogs can do, you pretty much are too stupid to be the Mayor of New York City. But that's not why he should quit.
He doesn't have to quit because he lacks character, or because he's kind of sleazy, or simply because he would bring shame on the City of New York. All of which is probably true. But, there is only ONE REASON that he seriously has to quit.
#weiner
Or, if he needs it translated to english, "hashtag weiner."
Plug it into Twitter, Facebook, Google...it doesn't matter. Pick a social site or search engine, add '#weiner', and click enter. See what comes up. If you are his Public Relations spokesman (or, God help you, his spokesWOMAN), and if you have any sense at all there is only one thing you can tell your client, and I will help you with it.
Here is what I would tell him.
"Dude...YOU are #weiner. #weiner is now a massive punchline. When this is how you are perceived by the world as well as your general electorate, you have to quit. You are NOT winning. It's done. You are a public relations worst nightmare."
"You can't ignore it. It's like Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Werner Von Braun got together and formed the theory, built an atomic bomb with your name on it, and built a rocket to deliver it directly to your campaign. But instead of seeing that whole situation for what it is, you are looking at them and pretending to see the Three Stooges. You are closing your eyes to the reality that your campaign is ground zero pal, thanks to you."
"Hey, I empathize. My parents called me Dick. But I went in the other direction, I tried to work around it. Not you. Your name is Weiner and you get caught sexting your junk. You have effectively turned yourself into a porn star...and that's not easy to do when you don't actually work in the industry. But, that's how you are seen by people."
"No one is coming to your rescue. If Joey Chestnut won another hot dog eating championship between now and November, you might have a shot at jettisoning #weiner. But, as of this writing, there is no way out. You own it. It's you."
"The only respectable and responsible thing you can do is quit and let someone else in your party, with a decent shot, run. But, I have this feeling that your sociopathic tendencies will not allow any semblance of a conscience to creep in and do the right thing.
"You did manage to do a few things successfully. You wasted a lot of people's donated money, you humiliated your wife in public, and you created a social media frenzy around a social media standard."
"#weiner"
"Congratulations. You dope."
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