(Vince) Foster went upstairs. Taking a pen and a piece of yellow legal paper, he wrote down a series of thoughts about the previous few months, including his belief that no one in the White House had violated any laws in the travel-office firings. (The piece of paper would later be found in his briefcase, ripped into scraps.) The last item said, "I was not meant for the job or the spotlight of public life in Washington. Here ruining people is considered sport."
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/... Unfortunately, nothing in Washington has changed since 1993, when Vince Foster penned those words. Shouldering the stress of dealing with a myriad of problems ranging from Whitewater to Travelgate, Vince Foster’s inability to cope led him to seek the ultimate escape. Just another victim of the Washington political hunt, he took his own life in July 1993.
Vince Foster certainly was not the first to become a target of Washington’s so-called Blood Sport, and he would not be the last. Just ask Bill Clinton. A fresh hunting season starts whenever the local participants get a whiff of scandal or controversy wafting over the Washington swamp.
Our most recent target we see is Representative Anthony Weiner. A man of human frailties as are we all made the mistake of inadvertently displaying his weakness on a public social networking site. His transgression immediately revealed to the public, Anthony Weiner further mired his vulnerability in his flight from fright by publicly and privately attempting to lie his way out of the controversy. Today we learned he has requested a short leave of absence as pressure from his colleagues to resign mounts. He will seek treatment to become a healthier person.
Family values proponents along with those on the religious right set aside the lesson contained in the Gospel of John of let he (or she) who is without sin cast the first stone and immediately commenced with the word pummeling. It is as if Anthony Weiner’s multitude of apologies is meaningless. Are we not suppose to be better than that?
Resolving the issues that truly threaten our national economic and healthy well being should be the focus of our collective good fight.
Anthony Weiner did not commit the Unforgivable Sin. Remembering the lesson Vince Foster left us with, just call off the hunt. Weiner should be given the same opportunity Vince Foster’s boss Bill Clinton was given to become another Comeback Kid.
Call Off the Dogs 
