# Congressman Anthony Weiner: My Twitter account was hacked! The weiner photo is not mine! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853 "2011-05-31T14:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/201 "2011-06-06T21:48:09Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > **Dio** , are you serious? Are you so biased that you still believe anything Weiner says now that he’s admitted he’s been lying through his teeth for a week? > > While some other pictures that surfaced today may have predated his marriage, Weiner admitted that the infamous crotch photo is from just a week or two ago. > > If this wasn’t a big deal, why did he decide to cover it up instead of just admitting to it at the beginning? As is said, “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup.” As you point out, his actual actions are rather innocuous by rational standards, but by deciding to lie about it rather than take responsibility he’s made things 1000 times worse. The coverup reflects far more poorly on his character than the actual photos. You (and your conservative cohort) _really really_ want this to become a big deal. What a pity for you that nothing of the sort is going to happen. He will win his re-election handily and there will be no fallout for the Democratic party over this. Even if the GOP, disingenuous as ever, fulminates about the “lies! lies! LIES!” Feel free to harp on it if you like though, it’s no skin of my ass (nor, I suppose, off **Dio** ’s) if the Republicans want to devote themselves to a fool’s errand. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/202 "2011-06-06T21:52:56Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Like he said in his press conference, he was embarrassed. I understand your partsian desperation to make it into the crime of the century, but this whole story is absolutely nothing. You think I’m biased _against_ Democrats? That’s laughable. In any case, I find idiotic, irrational behavior and lying to be equally unacceptable in politicians from both parties. And I’m not willing to accept or overlook such behavior from a politician because I agree with his political positions. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/203 "2011-06-06T21:56:22Z")
There are two scandals here: 1. Lewd photos sent between consenting adults 2. Lies and coverups The lewd photos? Meh. I don’t really care. What bothers me are the bold lies and coverups. He wasn’t just saying wishy-washy denials. He came out and actually said “I did not send that photo to that woman.” To me that is the true moral failing. I don’t think he should be ousted for the photos. I think he should be ousted for looking everyone in the face and outright lying. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/204 "2011-06-06T21:57:07Z")
Well, last I checked, Jesus isn’t running for elected office, so we have to accept who we get. As long as votes the right way, who cares? ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/205 "2011-06-06T22:16:19Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I haven’t made any accusations that require evidentiary support. But you several times stated Weiner was the victim of a crime. You advanced no evidence for this - simply stated it as fact. It turns out there was no such evidence and it was not a fact. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/206 "2011-06-06T22:16:24Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > You (and your conservative cohort) _really really_ want this to become a big deal. What a pity for you that nothing of the sort is going to happen. He will win his re-election handily and there will be no fallout for the Democratic party over this. Even if the GOP, disingenuous as ever, fulminates about the “lies! lies! LIES!” > > Feel free to harp on it if you like though, it’s no skin of my ass (nor, I suppose, off **Dio** ’s) if the Republicans want to devote themselves to a fool’s errand. I don’t think this is the crime of the century or anything, but neither do I agree it’s disingenuous to mention the fact that Mr. Weiner did tell a lie or two. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/207 "2011-06-06T22:20:05Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > But you several times stated Weiner was the victim of a crime. You advanced no evidence for this - simply stated it as fact. It’s pretty hard for me to believe that a poster as esteemed and admired for his intellectual honesty and integrity would actually do something like this… Are you sure you are not thinking of someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/208 "2011-06-06T22:24:10Z")
**Diogenes** : In this thread, you claimed several times that Weiner was the victim of a crime: > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m asking how it’s your business _why_ he chose to go that route instead involving the FBI. He’s the victim, he can take it as seriously as he wants to. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The victim of a crime is not obliged to answer questions about it in the media. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > What mess? That the media won’t stop harassing him for being the victim of a crime? > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > She’s a muckraking jackal who needs to mind her own business instead of harrassing crime victims. That was incorrect, wasn’t it? We now know why he didn’t involve the FBI, don’t we? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/209 "2011-06-06T22:29:24Z")
Weiner said he doesn’t intend to resign, and I’m guessing he wouldn’t say that if he didn’t figure he had enough support from House Democrats to hang on. Whether he can run for mayor in a couple of years, who knows. If he was just sending pictures of himself over the 'net, that’s extremely stupid, but if he didn’t cheat it’s about 3% better than I thought. Even if he really and truly didn’t sleep with anyone else, I wouldn’t engage in this kind of ‘is this cheating or not?’ behavior if I was married to a woman who has Hillary Clinton on speed dial. One way or another I suspect he’s going to pay and I almost feel a little sorry for him. But not really. He did something dumb, got caught, lied about it, tried to bullshit his way out of it, and got nailed even worse. He’s pretty fortunate if he still has a political career. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/210 "2011-06-06T22:34:04Z")
I don’t think Weiner will have to quit. Don’t the Republicans still have that Senator who screwed prostitutes and wore diapers? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/211 "2011-06-06T22:46:50Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > But you several times stated Weiner was the victim of a crime. I accused nobody in particular, and I said that I was simply taking Weiner at his word for the sake of decency, as we should always do. ---
**Author:** ![Submerged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Submerged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Submerged)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/212 "2011-06-06T22:58:33Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I haven’t made any accusations that require evidentiary support. You certainly have. You claimed that the CBS reporter was “hauled off” by the police. Post the evidence that she was forcibly “hauled” a single inch by anyone that night. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/213 "2011-06-06T23:02:21Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I accused nobody in particular, and I said that I was simply taking Weiner at his word for the sake of decency, as we should always do. I challenge you to produce a post on this board where you have extended the same courtesy to a Republican politician. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/214 "2011-06-06T23:05:42Z")
When did a Republican politician claim to be a crime victim? ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/215 "2011-06-06T23:29:25Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > When did a Republican politician claim to be a crime victim? I will be satisfied, nay, amazed, if you can produce any instance of a Republican politician lying about something and you initially accepting their explanation at face value and defending them (for the sake of decency, as we should always do). EDIT: Bonus points if you call members of the media attempting to determine the truth “a bunch of jackals”, assholes, hyenas, animals, crazies, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/216 "2011-06-06T23:30:52Z")
If they’re not claiming to be crime victims, then “the sake of decency” does not apply. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/217 "2011-06-06T23:40:17Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > If they’re not claiming to be crime victims, then “the sake of decency” does not apply. I am unsurprised that you are unable to produce such an example. So claiming to be the victim of a crime is the key to securing your support? All a politician has to do to cover up any scandal is claim that it is a defamatory (and thus criminal) falsehood promulgated by his enemies, and you will jump to his defense for the sake of decency and viciously denounce any media attempts to determine the truth? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/218 "2011-06-06T23:46:26Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > I am unsurprised that you are unable to produce such an example. I never said there _were_ any examples. YOU did. You are the one alleging a double standard, you back it up. > [@](#): > > So claiming to be the victim of a crime is the key to securing your support? I’ll take them at their word until proven otherwise, yes. Why shouldn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/219 "2011-06-06T23:46:49Z")
Weiner’s misdeed remains “responding badly to a PR problem.” I hope it does not cost him his seat in Congress. So long as no coercion is involved, I’m not bothered by his flirtations. A matter for him and his wife and the flirtees. And the standards ARE different for Democrats, because they do not typically campaign on the basis of sexual puritanism. I think he’ll be able to hang onto his seat if he wants to … and I hope he continues to give the Republicans hell. Some days he seems to have ALL the spine in the Democratic party. Or maybe it’s balls … ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/220 "2011-06-06T23:52:16Z")
I wish you would all look on the plus side. The world is about to be gifted with about a thousand NEW weiner jokes. That is work all the hassle and then some. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853.md?page=12)