# Anthony Weiner may be in serious trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571 "2016-09-22T11:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/141 "2018-10-10T10:39:11Z")
He should consider running for president in 2020. After all, the bar is pretty low now. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/142 "2018-10-10T11:36:48Z")
Good behavior? He didn’t have access to a cellphone or a child, of course his behavior was good. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/143 "2018-10-10T13:29:47Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Rather than gratify himself over social media, he might try having some actual sex with a lady. > > I suggest he hire a prostitute, because most women wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole. Most women wouldn’t touch his pole with a 100 foot pole. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/144 "2018-10-10T14:21:41Z")
In honor of the occasion… Here is a link to Bill Maher and Jane Lynch doing a dramatic reading of the text exchange between Anthony Weiner and Lisa the Blackjack Dealer from Las Vegas. Enjoy! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ahqPSxROWsk/hqdefault.jpg "Bill Maher Reads Anthony Weiner's Emails") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqPSxROWsk) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/145 "2018-10-10T14:45:58Z")
Weiner is out eh? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/146 "2018-10-10T16:11:34Z")
I had completely forgotten about this guy. :mad: Oh well. It’ll be fun to watch him crash and burn all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/147 "2018-10-10T16:31:02Z")
Three months off from 21 months is…18, after all. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/148 "2018-10-10T16:49:28Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > He should consider running for president in 2020. After all, the bar is pretty low now. The bar has been low since 1960. > **[JFK, Monster](https://newrepublic.com/article/100566/jfk-monster)** > > I knew that John F. Kennedy was a compulsive, even pathological adulterer, given to taking outlandish risks after he entered the White House. I knew he treated women like whores. And I knew he had more than a few issues with his father about... ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/149 "2018-10-10T17:28:26Z")
But will he get back together with Huma–for the sake of the kid? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/150 "2018-10-10T19:09:00Z")
What’s really sad is that he was, from what I recall, a good, effective representative. If only his activities had involved of age, consenting adults, instead of minors, he could run for President and \*still \*be a far, far better choice than pretty much every member of the current administration, a good half of the legislative membership, and our most recent Supreme Court Justice. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/151 "2018-10-11T14:33:07Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > What’s really sad is that he was, from what I recall, a good, effective representative. I live in the former NY 9th Congressional District, which was Mr. Weiner’s district. He was…adequate. He was my representative when I relocated to the district, having replaced Chuck Shumer when Mr. Shumer went to the Senate. I have never liked Mr. Shumer (though he’s always been the better option), so based on my dislike of Mr. Shumer, I’d say Mr. Weiner was better, but Mr. Shumer was never _my_ House representative. He was replaced by Bob Turner, who sucked donkey balls, maybe literally. But the 9th was eliminated in 2012 and Mr. Turner no longer holds public office. My current representative, Grace Meng, is better than Shumer, Weiner, and Turner combined. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/152 "2018-10-11T16:28:37Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > What’s really sad is that he was, from what I recall, a good, effective representative. If only his activities had involved of age, consenting adults, instead of minors, he could run for President and \*still \*be a far, far better choice than pretty much every member of the current administration, a good half of the legislative membership, and our most recent Supreme Court Justice. If a frog had wings, it wouldn’t bump his ass a-hoppin’. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/153 "2018-10-11T18:09:59Z")
So, Weiner is getting off prematurely? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/154 "2018-10-11T20:39:49Z")
Doesn’t sound like such a stiff sentence, tbh. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/155 "2019-02-17T21:46:13Z")
Updating this thread: > [@](#): > > Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison and is serving out the rest of his sentence in a halfway house, records show. > The former Democratic congressman from New York was originally sentenced in 2017 to 21 months in prison for sexting with a minor. > Weiner served about 15 months in the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Massachusetts, until he was transferred to a residential re-entry center in Brooklyn, New York, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website… > > The ex-congressman is set for a full release on May 14 this year. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/17/politics/anthony-weiner-prison-release-reentry/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/17/politics/anthony-weiner-prison-release-reentry/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/156 "2019-02-18T00:22:09Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > So, Weiner is getting off prematurely? Moved to a Half-way House today, three months early for ‘Good Behavior’. CNN reports "Scheduled for a **‘Full Release’** May 14th. 😃 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/157 "2024-12-11T01:47:19Z")
> **[Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, jailed for sexting child, eyes political comeback in...](https://apnews.com/article/anthony-weiner-nyc-city-council-893bb904e4a82e8aff53fd396805bc88)** > > Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has filed to run for a seat on the New York City Council, launching a potential political comeback after his once-promising career was destroyed by sexting scandals and a criminal conviction for having illicit online... Surely New Yorkers will forgive? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/158 "2024-12-11T01:49:30Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Has anyone else here _not_ gotten a dick pic from him? > > I’m feeling singled-out, neglected. ☹ Not to worry. When he’s done dicking around, he’ll get it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/159 "2024-12-11T03:20:35Z")
I’m hoping that his parole stipulates that he not have possession of a smartphone with a working camera. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/160 "2024-12-11T19:58:36Z")
I doubt that will be the case. I have personal experience with a federally convicted and incarcerated prisoner that was allowed a smartphone days after release into a federal halfway house. Prisoned for child pornography. Blew my mind that it was allowed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571.md?page=9)