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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\n\nThe self-congratulatory circle jerk of philandering New York City politicians lost its core members last night, as mayoral candidate and career sexter Anthony Weiner (pictured above, in a sporty tie designed by Dr. Seuss) conceded his loss in the heated primary, while former governor and hooker enthusiast Eliot Spitzer lost the race for city comptroller. The only woman in the mayor's race, Christine Quinn, finished at third place. In a perfect world, this would mark the end of a particularly egregious \"Boys will be boys\" era in politics, where no matter how many dick pics were tweeted, no matter how many call girls were called, no matter how many infidelities were occurred, the men responsible could always come back and claim their seat at the table. (Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford pulled off that trick after he was busted visiting his Argentinian mistress.) Patriarchy, y'all! Still, strategically, Weiner and Spitzer differed dramatically. After scandal tarnished his gubernatorial image a five years ago, Spitzer lost the support of his now-estranged wife Silda Wall Spitzer; she didn't campaign for him, but holed up in the Hudson Valley to tend to a newborn calf (seriously). His campaign for city comptroller was also self-financed. Weiner had broader support initially, but took a string of increasingly humiliating hits as a result of his propensity for sexting, tweeting, and exchanging distinctly ungentlemanly emails with various lady paramours. Even as his wife, Huma Abedin, stood by his side (amidst wide criticism), there was no recovering his dignity. (He went out with a bang after defeat in the primary, as former sexting partner Sydney Leathers crashed his party and he was photographed giving a middle finger to a reporter, which sort of hammered the point home.)If either men had great policies and platforms, they were ultimately overshadowed by their personal demons. That's a good lesson for future politicians. If you have a checkered past, voters might indulge you through a campaign \u2014 but when push comes to shove? We want someone whose sexual proclivities haven't been splashed through the headlines. Goodbye, Carlos Danger. We hardly knew you. Photo via Getty ImagesFollow Sam on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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