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  • Jun 2, 2011, 01:17 PM
    smoothy
    Weinergate
    Or how politicians need to keep their pants on.

    Weinergate-married-congressmans-twitter-account-shares-lewd-photo


    New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner's Twitter account produced a shocking photograph Friday night. In a tweet directed to a Washington State woman, the married congressman linked to a photo of a man in underwear with a visible erection.

    Big Government first reported that the congressman, who is believed to be interested in running for New York City mayor, tweeted the link to his Twitter-connected Yfrog account.

    Four minutes after the tweet, Weiner complained that his Tivo had mis-recorded a hockey game.

    Weiner then deleted the lewd tweet and wrote, “Tivo shot. FB hacked. Is my blender going to attack me next? #TheToasterIsVeryLoyal.” There are no indications that the congressman's Facebook account was tampered with.

    The woman who the tweet was directed at deleted her account, and was not originally identified by Big Government. However, the tweet was located independently by other bloggers, who identified the Twitter handle of the woman.

    The blog Ironic Surrealism found a second account believed to be the same woman. She is a journalism student at Whatcom Community College in Washington State.

    The woman's original account tweeted to Weiner on April 9, “I wonder what my boyfriend @RepWeiner is up to right now,” according to a screenshot taken from Topsy by Ironic Surrealism. The account's cached contents were cleared Saturday.

    Weiner was married less than one year ago to Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton.

    If the photo turns out to be the congressman, it would come following revelations this year that former New York Republican Rep. Chris Lee sent photos of himself to women found on Craigslist, possibly including transgender women.

    Fellow Twitter users have dubbed the episode #Weinergate. The congressman has yet to confirm whether he is pictured in the photograph.

    Read more: #Weinergate | Anthony Weiner | Twitter Yfrog Photo | The Daily Caller
  • Jun 2, 2011, 03:49 PM
    RickJ

    Hey, someone hacked into his account and someone (maybe someone else) hacked into his pants.

    Give the guy a break, he's just a victim.

    :o
  • Jun 2, 2011, 05:03 PM
    paraclete
    It wouldn't be a sensation if the guy didn't have a convenient name
  • Jun 2, 2011, 05:51 PM
    tomder55

    Yeah because normally a Dem pulling a stunt like this isn't no big thang.
  • Jun 2, 2011, 07:03 PM
    tomder55

    Krystal Ball ,a contributor for Atlantic Mag and former Dem who got caught in a photo scandal herself suggests Weiner" bare it all and come clean "
  • Jun 2, 2011, 07:17 PM
    smoothy

    Problem is... when it's a Republican doing something stupid like that... they scream for their resignation... when it's a democrat... they scream he was set up.

    They being the main stream media.


    But damn... the guy have an almost perfect name... it would have been perfect had his parents named him Richard. With that last name in this scandal, man the things THAT would open up.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 04:24 AM
    tomder55

    House rules say that if an account used by a Representative gets hacked ,that Rep. must report it to the Capitol police . He has not done so yet .

    Evidently it is possible to put a picture on someone else's Twitter acct without technically "hacking " . Not sure how it works ,but it has something to do with knowing Weiner's yfrog acct. password (if he even has one).
    Still ;if someone other than Weiner posted the picture I would think the House rules would still apply just for the security aspects alone.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 07:23 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    yeah because normally a Dem pulling a stunt like this aint no big thang.

    Reportedly, that's why he won't commit to whether it was him.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 07:29 AM
    smoothy

    I hear Bill Clinton is coaching him to say it depends on what the definition of wiener actually is. And to deny that was him in those underpants even if they were his.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 10:22 AM
    speechlesstx

    Anthony Weiner's Skeeziness

    Weiner's dirty laundry

    Wow, even the media are turning on him.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 10:40 AM
    smoothy

    Yeah... but not as fast or as vicious as they did when it was a republican that did it. But it is a step in the right direction.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 10:51 AM
    speechlesstx

    Hey, I give them credit when they deserve it.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 10:52 AM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Hey, I give them credit when they deserve it.

    Yes... and I am giving them credit for not brushing it aside completely.
  • Jun 3, 2011, 11:19 AM
    tomder55

    He's toast... he lost Ed Koch's support .
  • Jun 3, 2011, 11:30 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    he's toast ...he lost Ed Koch's support .

    So the Weiner has been cooked and tossed on a bun...
  • Jun 3, 2011, 11:59 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    he's toast ...he lost Ed Koch's support .

    Hello:

    So, Ed KOCH is talking about Anthony WIENER. I want to hear from D*ck Cheney.

    excon
  • Jun 3, 2011, 02:17 PM
    tomder55
    Seriously... Koch is a big deal here.
    They just named the 59th St
    Bridge (of Simon and Garfunkel fame) after Koch. He was the one who advised Bubba to tough out the Monica L crisis.

    He's also just about had it with the President too .


    Ummm that was Koch not Krotch
  • Jun 6, 2011, 10:49 AM
    speechlesstx

    Weinergate not going away...

    Weinergate Grows: Another Woman Provides Sex Messages From His Account
  • Jun 6, 2011, 10:55 AM
    tomder55

    It's an expanding scandal.
  • Jun 6, 2011, 11:15 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    It's an expanding scandal.

    News on Viagra.
  • Jun 6, 2011, 02:13 PM
    speechlesstx

    New York congressman: 'The picture was of me, I sent it'

    Quote:

    WASHINGTON — After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman. "The picture was of me, I sent it," he told a room full of reporters in Manhattan.

    Weiner said he intended to send the picture as a joke, but "I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked."

    A conservative website that last week started a furor over that lewd image posted new photos Monday purportedly from a second woman who said she received shirtless shots of the congressman.

    Weiner, who said he has no intentions of resigning, also admitted to additional, questionable online behavior.

    Weiner said he has had "several inappropriate conversations with women I have met online," he approximated that there had been "about six women over the past three years." He said many of the exchanges took place before his marriage, but others happened more recently.

    Weiner insisted the relationships never moved beyond online interactions. "I have never met any of these women ... I've never had sex outside of my marriage."

    The lawmaker said he does not believe that he used government property or congressional time to send these online messages. "I don’t believe I did anything here that violates any law or violates my oath to my constituents."
    Just another Democrat pervert to celebrate. Oh, and didn't someone say Breitbart never tells the truth?
  • Jun 6, 2011, 02:21 PM
    speechlesstx

    Update: Reportedly the last question shouted at Weiner at his press conference was (and I am not joking), “Were you fully erect, Congressman?”
  • Jun 6, 2011, 02:29 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Just another Democrat pervert to celebrate.

    Along with these --

    Republican Sex Scandals - dKosopedia

    I'm still clueless as to why men think women want to see something other than dreamy eyes or a well-oiled chest. Guess I'm not the only clueless one. Reminds me of the silly male monkeys strutting around on the rocks on Monkey Island at Brookfield Zoo.
  • Jun 6, 2011, 02:38 PM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Along with these --

    Republicans don't celebrate their perverts.
  • Jun 6, 2011, 02:55 PM
    speechlesstx

    Huffpo blogger Lee Stranahan pointed out the left's strategy from here on:

    Quote:

    The strategy going forward will be make Weiner the victim, Breitbart the villain... guaranteed
    Poor little Weiner.
  • Jun 6, 2011, 02:57 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Republicans don't celebrate their perverts.

    I already put him on Monkey Island. (And I'm a Republican.)
  • Jun 6, 2011, 03:47 PM
    excon

    Hello again,

    One thing is clear. The Republicans will keep the Wiener story alive drip by drip..

    excon
  • Jun 6, 2011, 04:23 PM
    tomder55

    One thing is clear . Weiner will not be compelled to resign. Don't hold your breath waiting for the Dems to force his hand .
  • Jun 6, 2011, 04:31 PM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Don't hold your breath waiting for the Dems to force his hand .

    Hello again, tom:

    Like the Republicans forced Vitter or Ensign to resign... Yeah, you guys are pure, but those nasty Democrats...

    excon
  • Jun 6, 2011, 05:08 PM
    tomder55

    We know there will be no special election in NY 9th .
  • Jun 6, 2011, 05:16 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    We know there will be no special election in NY 9th .

    I'll start a letter-writing campaign to get him out. The man is beyond disgusting (juvenile?), more for the lies than even the original offense. (Did you see his bare-chest photo? *gack*)
  • Jun 6, 2011, 05:30 PM
    tomder55

    Lol . Good luck with that . Charles Rangel is still serving and what he did costs taxpayers big bucks.
  • Jun 7, 2011, 07:26 AM
    speechlesstx

    Oh my, Weiner asked his porn star friend to lie about their relationship and offered his legal team for some PR help, and Pelosi has called for an ethics investigation.

    Also, the headline of the day. LOL.
  • Jun 7, 2011, 07:41 AM
    tomder55

    Michelle Bachman just hired Ed Rollins as campaign manager . Now it's time to pick on the other Republican woman "too dumb to be President "
  • Jun 7, 2011, 07:47 AM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Michelle Bachman just hired Ed Rollins as campaign manager . Now it's time to pick on the other Republican woman "too dumb to be President "

    She does indeed represent republicans well.
  • Jun 7, 2011, 09:44 AM
    spitvenom

    Married, taking a picture of your jawn, then sending it over twitter, you have to go!
  • Jun 8, 2011, 04:23 PM
    excon

    Hello, again:

    We're a carnal lot. Having said that, I suspect there are SOME people out there who are pure...

    For the record, I DON'T want them running ANYTHING!

    excon
  • Jun 8, 2011, 07:53 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello, again:

    We're a carnal lot. Having said that, I suspect there are SOME people out there who are pure...

    For the record, I DON'T want them running ANYTHING!

    excon

    You would rather have the prolateriate of the unprincipled, ex?
  • Jun 8, 2011, 08:39 PM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    you would rather have the prolateriate of the unprincipled, ex?

    Hello again, clete:

    The problem is, NOBODY is pure. There are only those that have the balls to SAY they're pure. Like I said above, I don't want those hypocrites running anything.

    Now, if there really IS anyone who has never had a carnal thought, they are so weird, they ought to be studied - not put in charge.

    excon
  • Jun 9, 2011, 02:18 AM
    tomder55

    And anyone so reckless as to photo his package in a room in the Capitol is too irresponsible to be handed a position of public trust . Chris Lee resigned within an hour after getting caught sending a bare chested photo to CraigsList.
    Why is Weiner still serving ?

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