# Anthony Weiner: douchebag extrordinaire **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 23, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335 "2013-07-23T23:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/161 "2013-07-30T16:49:40Z")
I wouldn’t count Weiner out just yet. I recall a 60 Minutes interview with Bill & Hillary that revived his first presidential campaign. The scandals broke and The Comeback Kid pulled it off… Weiner has dug a much, much deeper hole for himself. He’s probably ruined his chances. But voters sometimes surprise us. You just never know. This is make or break for his political future. If he’s rejected then it’s time to apply somewhere for a regular job. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/162 "2013-07-30T16:58:31Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wouldn’t count Weiner out just yet. I recall a 60 Minutes interview with Bill & Hillary that revived his first presidential campaign. The scandals broke and The Comeback Kid pulled it off. Clinton had an actual track record of accomplishments he could point to. Weiner really doesn’t have that. He talks a good game - again, shades of John Edwards - but he hasn’t done much for anybody. Also, Clinton didn’t show the whole world pictures of his penis. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/163 "2013-07-30T17:04:32Z")
Thank goodness Paula Jones didn’t have a smart phone or the Internet. 😉 Yeah, I know Weiner’s chances are slim to none. I just don’t want him being forced out. Let the voters decide. He’s dug his own grave. Let the voters bury him in it. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/164 "2013-07-30T17:08:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Also, Clinton didn’t show the whole world pictures of his penis. That’s why he told Al to invent the interwebz. _Just kidding._ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/165 "2013-07-30T17:10:14Z")
If he drops out it’ll be because polls show the voters aren’t interested in him. It’s not like he has some kind of right to run on the Democratic ticket. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/166 "2013-07-30T17:16:08Z")
BTW, what is at issue in this election apart from Weiner’s weiner? I have heard nothing about the policies or platform he or any other candidate is running on. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/167 "2013-07-30T17:18:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Quinn isn’t the only alternative. > [@Marley23](#): > > _There are four other candidates._ Quinn, the city council speaker who is generally seen as Bloomberg’s protege; DiBlasio, the public advocate; Thompson, who was the city comptroller and ran unsuccessfully in 2009; Weiner; and Liu, the current comptroller who has been dealing with ethics investigations since he took office. (See, we could do worse than Weiner.) And that’s just among the Democrats. There are 9 candidates, noone is going to take this in the primary. There is going to be a run-off and Weiner was supposed to win in a runoff against Quinn because he was second choice for a lot of people while Quinn is viewed as being less appealing beyond her base. Now folks like DiBlasio (who beat Weiner in the Democratic primary for mayor a while back, before losing to Bloomberg) think they are the second choice for a lot of people and only need to get into the run-off. The polling suggests that with Weiner out of the race, a lot of people who might have come out to vote for Weiner as a second choice will just stay home rather than come out and vote between a group of largely unremarkable candidates. With all that said, I think Weiner is probably toast even if he could make it to the runoff. And he might lose to a no name Republican which means 20+ years of NYC without Democratic mayor. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/168 "2013-07-30T18:06:20Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > BTW, what is at issue in this election apart from Weiner’s weiner? I have heard nothing about the policies or platform he or any other candidate is running on. I should read up some more on everybody’s policies myself. But the police’s stop and frisk policies come to mind - they’re very controversial. There’s the state of the schools and the city in general. And the rent is… I’m not gonna say it. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/169 "2013-07-30T21:08:15Z")
Overpriced for what you get? I’m sick of Weiner. I don’t really care about what he did, I’m just sick of the NYC version of the Beltway obsession of the media. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/170 "2013-07-30T21:09:26Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Overpriced for what you get? I was thinking of something pithier. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/171 "2013-07-30T22:12:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I was thinking of something pithier. 😛 Just so long as it didn’t come from Weiner’s pither. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/172 "2013-07-30T22:14:27Z")
Damn, it seems like the dick-joke potential of this story will **never** be exhausted! 😃 (Unlike Weiner’s dick.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/173 "2013-07-31T01:51:10Z")
[Things are getting uglier and uglier for Weiner, and no, it’s not because someone else saw his penis.](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/top-weiner-aide-trashes-intern.php) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/174 "2013-07-31T02:34:29Z")
I could see him winning, and hope he does. This is no one’s business. He evidently has a medusa of a wife and went on the internet for a wank. That’s what it’s for. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/175 "2013-07-31T02:39:16Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I could see him winning, and hope he does. Because you think he’d do a good job, or just to show those people who think his stupid behavior is a red flag? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/176 "2013-07-31T02:56:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Because you think he’d do a good job, or just to show those people who think his stupid behavior is a red flag? Doesn’t sound like the other candidates are any better, and Weiner is taking all the ribbing and trying to move on. That’s commendable. Wanking off on the internet is a red flag for what? He didn’t bang an intern or hire a prostitute, he sexted and send crotch cams. Welcome to the 21st century. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/177 "2013-07-31T05:17:56Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Things are getting uglier and uglier for Weiner…](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/top-weiner-aide-trashes-intern.php) From that link: > [@](#): > > … called Weiner’s communications director Barbara Morgan to discuss an unrelated story Tuesday and she went off on a curse-filled rant about Nuzzi, describing her as a fame hungry “bitch” who “sucked” at her job. Morgan also called Nuzzi a “slutbag,” “twat,” and “cunt” while threatening to sue her. That’s some fine communication - sure speaks of quality personnel and a smooth-running campaign. What could possibly go wrong if this guy becomes mayor? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/178 "2013-07-31T06:09:47Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Doesn’t sound like the other candidates are any better, and Weiner is taking all the ribbing and trying to move on. That’s commendable. > > Wanking off on the internet is a red flag for what? He didn’t bang an intern or hire a prostitute, he sexted and send crotch cams. Welcome to the 21st century. 🙂 But he might have a much harder time living down this other thing. Liberals can tolerate a bit of sexual excess, but not such overt disrespect to women. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/179 "2013-07-31T14:11:47Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Doesn’t sound like the other candidates are any better I don’t think that’s true. What’s the basis for that? > [@](#): > > Wanking off on the internet is a red flag for what? If nothing else, being an impulsive moron who can’t learn from experience. And it recently came out that when he was claiming his Twitter was hacked, he spent tens of thousands on a P.I. to “investigate” the case. That doesn’t inspire much confidence in his management skills. And I will continue to bring this up: you can’t play the “hey, at least he’s being honest about it” card because he was not honest about this. Until last week he’d taken care to suggest he’d stopped doing this when he left Congress, and now we know that was a lie. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335/180 "2013-07-31T14:20:54Z")
On the Today show they were just speculating on when Weiner was going to “pull out”. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-douchebag-extrordinaire/664335.md?page=10)