Yep, Anthony Weiner finally came clean.

Weiner originally represented parts of Brooklyn - my territory - and now also represents parts of the borough of Queens. I guess I'm more than a little ticked off for personal as well as political reasons.

Will he stay in office? Well, he won't be resigning, if that's what was meant. But, will he be re-elected? Honestly, I can't even hazard a guess at this point. I'm sure if we looked skyward today, we might see his political enemies circling overhead like buzzards. Over the last few days, Weiner's weasely evasiveness and confrontational attitude didn't help any, that's for sure. If today's admissions and apologies don't salvage his politcal career, I don't think anything will.

On the news today, the reaction from people on the streets was mixed.

"In the Congress,
The mighty Congress,
The liar Tweets tonight..."

Perhaps we should retitle this thread Erection 2011?

Signor V.

Well, I'm glad he told the truth. He should stay in office and if the people have any sense they will not judge him for this. I've done the same thing a thousand times and it's all in good fun. Harmless fun.

Or as Jon Stewart called it last week, "The Big Wang Theory."


TIS

Bad enough for this scandal BUT with his last name, it makes him even more of a target for great headlines. Huffington Post entitles it's story:

"Wiener Let's It All Hang Out"


TIS

So it was you. I was going to expose you.
I know. So I chose to expose myself
Please! There are ladies present!!!

The fact that this man's name is Weiner is absolutely priceless. I'm almost hoping there's more juicy stories about to be told here. I'll never forget the time when the Lewinsky story broke. The articles contained material that was too explicit for Hustler. I was buying Kleenex with every newspaper.

Another married pig. How stupid are these people? Do they never learn?? Why do they keep lying? Do they really think they're not going to get caught? Weiner let the Little Weiner take charge. That's always a mistake.

Ha ha ha!! Ain't that the truth. I'm glad he didn't have his wife standing beside him, like that clown from (S.C.??), Mark Sanford...the one that said he was hiking in the Appalachians, when they couldn't find him but was actually with his mistress. His wife was standing beside him as he apologized to the public and you could see the dread on her face. She had to have been majorly pissed.


I really think a good part of this kind of thing is so many don't realize how easy it is to get busted via the internet. Plus it's new to a lot of people. According to Wiener he accidentally tweeted it and then quickly deleted. I'll bet before the next election there will be a lot more people busted for on-line "antics."

TIS

Facebook is every cheater's worst nightmare. If you're gonna be a cheater then the last thing you need is Facebook or Twitter. You get rid of these things and nobody's ever gonna know what the hell you're doing. It ain't anyone's business anyway. Now all the women are calling Weiner a pig lol. He never even met these women. His speech was pretty graceful I must say. I'm really starting to like Anthony Weiner.

Is there something in the water in the Capitol?

I think it's the water in Queens .

Weiner strikes me as a guy who was probably really shy in high school and never got any girls. Then when he found himself a suddenly powerful man, with women falling all over him, he just went nuts. I guess that's not really politically correct, but it's honestly how I see it.

The staff at Fox has a little egg on it's face:

"Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin is so good that it apparently continues to fool producers at Fox News, where the former Alaska governor is a paid contributor.

As The Cutline's Dylan Stableford reports, the network accidentally aired a photo of Fey impersonating Palin on "Saturday Night Live" during a report Sunday on the ex-governor's potential 2012 presidential bid."

Stephen Colbert re-enacts Sarah Palin's version of Paul Revere's midnight ride.

Ha ha ha ha ha!! I saw that earlier. Between that story and Wienergate, I think every comedian in the world has their material for at least the next couple weeks.



TIS

Except...he was not 'suddenly' a powerful man when he did these things. Weiner has been a U.S. Congressman for 13 years and has seen many a colleague fall because of stupid behavior related to sex. You would think he'd have learned from the likes of Tiger Woods among others that photos/messages like this do not go away and can someday come back to haunt. Not only that, but phone sex in his office at the Capital and offering to use his office to help Ginger Whatshername handle the press. Blatantly attempting to ruin the reputation of others while denying what he knew was true, until there were suddenly too many pics out there. Weiner is an idiot. Always has been, but has now managed to top himself. Let him keep refusing to resign; we'll see how seriously he is taken in Congress and how his constituents feel in November 2012...if he can last that long. Let's see him try to run for NYC Mayor in 2013. If he really believes he can come back from this, then let's see him try.

Unless of course, he cannot bring himself to give up that 'power' he's held for 6 consecutive terms. It's probably easy to get used to. I pity him if he did not prepare himself for life after politics.

According to the Census, NY has to give up two seats in Congress next year. I bet we can guess which ONE of them will be....

Yes, and like those other two clowns, Jim McGreevy & Elliot Spitzer.

Imagine having to stand by your husband, as he resigns his office as Governor, because he a) gave his unqualified male lover a high security position within his administration, or b) paid prostitutes for sexual services, the very thing he went after with a vengence in his former position as Attorney General.

Of course, there was really no need for Mrs. Weiner to stand with her own husband, since he (so far) is refusing to resign.

Who knows what the future may have held.
It could have been Mayor Weiner------> Senator Weiner----->President Weiner

Now he's just gonna be the subject of plenty of bad puns.
No one wants to touch Weiner now.
Weiner started out as Chuck Schumer's strong right hand.
But after the roasting he's gotten I think Weiner has spent himself as a force in NY politics.
Across the US, politicians are washing their hands of Weiner.

You might be on to something, PB.

I was a high school loser never made it with a lady til the boys told me something I missed
-Anthony Weiner (uncredited co-author of "Walk This Way")

When I logged onto AOL this morning, I was greeted with this news headline:

The Simple Typo That Exposed Weiner

And remember, my friends, in this life there are few things more embarrassing than an exposed Weiner!

Signor V.

On the radio this morning the big "call-in" joke was, "Who has the best Weiner?" Of course people would actually call in with who had the best hot dog.

I look for more and more to come from more and more politicians. The Internet (Facebook/Twitter, etc) is all so new that a lot of people don't know what they are doing and will inevitably get busted for something or another. The days of keeping secrets or being discreet where politicians are concerned may well be over.

TIS

Especially if it is cold.

It's over for anyone stupid enough to post those types of pictures or "sexts" on the Internet. Not just politicians.

Even if Weiner wasn't a politician, or even if he was just a kid: I'm sorry, but being young and stupid isn't a good enough excuse to post nude pics or "sexts" online.

My kids are 23, 19 and 15. And I promise you, they all know better. I'd choke the fucking life out of them if they didn't .

Oh sure, it applies to everyone. We notice now because of the political arena. I mean when you hear a politician swear to one thing and then YouTube pops up showing him/her saying the exact opposite a couple years ago, could be a tad embarrassing. I don't think many realize just yet that must watch what they say.

TIS

I can't take much more Weiner.

That's not what I heard.

You think so huh...I'm not trying to be a smart-ass here, but here is what I want you to do tonight. As your kids come home....take away their cell phone or whatever they use and just pop thru their pictures and downloads. Even you, as well as you think you know your kids, may be surprised what you may find on them! Mark my words!
The parents are always the last ones to know!

Whatever you heard, IT'S A LIE!!!

First Democrat in Congress Demands Weiner Resign

By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON June 8, 2011 (AP)

Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania is the first Democratic member of Congress to call on Anthony Weiner to resign for sending a lewd photo of himself to a woman via Twitter.

The congresswoman said in a statement released Wednesday that Weiner's behavior was offensive, and that having the respect of constituents is fundamental for a member of Congress.

Democrats in general have been unwilling to call for Weiner to give up his seat, although they've made it clear they wish he would quit.

The seven-term New Yorker has made no comment since saying at a news conference on Monday that he was not resigning.

Weiner said at the news conference he exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years.