US congressman and misuse of technology

In both of the articles it describes two US congressmen and there fall from grace. Anthony Weiner a representative from lower New York was caught sending revealing images of himself to women over Twitter and Facebook. While another congressman from New York State one Christopher Lee was found to have sent shirtless pictures of him to a woman he met over Craigslist. In the end both of the congressmen resigned from their positions.

            These articles remind me that our elected officials are people with flaws much like ourselves, and that is why we have a democracy. We vote in those who we hope will do the best job of governing but unfortunately not all of them are qualified. And the truly sad part about both of these cases was that they did not have to vacate office because of serious political misconduct or going against their constituents and being voted out. Hopefully in the future our elected officials will show a little more discretion and self restraint especially in the digital age when almost everything you put out there can be found.