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By Lauren | July 24, 2013

Every once in a while, life surpasses art in its ability to generate disbelieving laughter.? When former Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned from his post two years ago over a ?sexting? incident, late night comedians went wild with glee, generating one unfortunate pun on his last name after another.? Nonetheless, Weiner apologized to his constituents, left the public stage promising to seek treatment and change his behavior, and might reasonably have been expected never to be heard from again.

Not so fast, folks.

Anthony Weiner recently announced his candidacy for Mayor of New York, apparently convinced that he?d stayed on the sidelines long enough for people to forget what drove him from office in the first place (not likely in this Internet age, but one has to admire his optimism).? It seemed that New Yorkers might be open-minded enough to give him another chance, at least until yesterday.? Word leaked out that the former Congressman had continued to send sexual images and texts to women for more than a year after his resignation from Congress.? His long-suffering and astonishingly tolerant wife claims to have forgiven him.? The question remains, though, whether New York voters will do the same.

Personally, I doubt it.? For an apology to??succeed it has to be sincere, and nothing undercuts the sincerity of an apology like blatant disingenuousness paired with the failure to do better thereafter.? When he resigned in disgrace the first time, Anthony Weiner led voters to believe that he was done with ?sexting? and would get professional help, but then continued his nasty ways.? He subsequently presented himself back to the public as if he?d immediately cleaned up his act when, apparently, that wasn?t true.? Even as he tries to apologize yet again, New Yorkers will have every reason to doubt his sincerity, question his integrity, and pick a more credible candidate for Mayor.? You should have told the whole truth the first time, Mr. Weiner ? it would have made you a whole lot more trustworthy now.

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