Rush Limbaugh urges Weiner to 'stand firm'

PALM BEACH, Fla. – While there have been calls for U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner to quit Congress for tweeting lewd photographs of his private parts to a woman online, America's top-rated radio host is urging the New York Democrat to "stand firm."

U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.

"I hope Anthony Weiner never resigns. I hope Weiner is never forced to resign," Rush Limbaugh said this afternoon. "We want Weiner there. We want this guy as the poster boy of the Democrat culture of erection and corruption."

Limbaugh's hard line in favor of keeping Weiner in Congress goes against the likes of House Republican Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, who became the first top lawmaker to call for Weiner's departure.

"I think he should resign," Cantor said today. "We've got a lot of serious challenges going on in this country and a lot of work for Congress to do. The last thing we need is to be immersed in discussion about Congressman Weiner and his Twitter activities."

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Weiner, who's married to an aide of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, admits he sent lewd images of himself and had inappropriate online relationships with several women. But he also has insisted he broke no law, and therefore will not leave his elected position.

Limbaugh continued his analysis of the Weiner case, saying, "He is wrong on policy. He is an admitted liar. He used his office in Congress to conduct his lurid e-perversions. The guy's got it all, and I wholeheartedly endorse the fact that's not going to resign. He and his wife have been married less than a year, he said they've been through a lot together, in less than a year. Tony Weiner is the Democrat Party writ small. We want Weiner to stand firm here and not quit."

Limbaugh also challenged some reports in press suggesting the Democrat was a Playboy-style magnet for women, noting: "Here you have the classic dictionary definition of a nerd, the classic dictionary definition of a pencil-necked geek, and they are telling us that this guy would walk into a bar and women would fall all over themselves to be near the guy. This guy was Playboy numero uno. He was a womanizer par excellence. This guy, he's such a ladies man that he had to do all of this womanizing anonymously, sexting.

"You know, with phone sex at least there's a voice on the other end. Texting is just absurd. You'd never catch Hugh Hefner doing this. Hugh Hefner put his pajamas on, had 'em over to the mansion to go at it for real. Hugh Hefner wouldn't show 'em a picture; he'd show 'em the real thing. They're trying to tell us that Weiner's some kind of Playboy, some kind of God's gift to women. Sorry, I'm not buying it at all."

Audio of Limbaugh's comments on Weiner can be heard in this YouTube video, beginning at the 5-minute mark:

As WND reported last night, Weiner's own congressional website declares him to be a champion for children, protecting them from online dangers.

"Sadly, the Internet is the predator's venue of choice today," Weiner said in a news release from January 2007. "We need to update our strategies and our laws to stop these offenders who are a mere click away from our children."