# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/241 "2011-06-07T03:01:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > And the voters will be persuaded because of what? Because they hate infidelity so much? Giuliani cheated on his wife for years, got re-elected, and served out his term. Being a cheat or an embarrassment does not always cost you your job in politics (or anyplace else). Why are you picking a fight with me about this? I made a prediction. Maybe people are more able to accept the abstract notion of infidelity, but get squicked out when they actually _see_ the guy’s erect penis. Giulliani’s political career fared fine, whereas Elliott Spitzer’s didn’t. But what the hell do I know? You seem to be the definitive authority. Do you _need_ to be right about this? Okay, you’re right and I’m wrong. Feel better? > [@CitizenPained](#): > > “Present” is akin to “pleading the 5th”. You don’t incriminate yourself. He was an elected official who abstained from voting. > > There’s no ‘allegation’ about it. No one wants to vote for something before they vote against it. You. Are. Wrong. Flat. Out. Dead. Wrong. And on this, given that it’s a **factual** matter and not merely an opinion based on a guess, don’t think for a second that I will concede. You’re. WRONG. Period. [You Are Wrong](http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=274863). ---
**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 7, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/242 "2011-06-07T03:07:23Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > . . . Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi . . . Hevesi’s dad used to be the Comptroller of the State of New York. But now he’s not. Hmm, why is that, I wonder? So there’s one person whose not going to make a lot of political hay over a dick pic. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/243 "2011-06-07T03:14:54Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > You seem to be the definitive authority. Do you _need_ to be right about this? Okay, you’re right and I’m wrong. Feel better? You. Are. Wrong. Flat. Out. Dead. Wrong. And on this, given that it’s a **factual** matter and not merely an opinion based on a guess, don’t think for a second that I will concede. You’re. WRONG. Period. > > [You Are Wrong](http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=274863). I’m not wrong. > [@](#): > > State Sen. John Cullerton (D) calls the “present” vote “a no vote with an explanation.” Legally, there’s not much difference between the two votes, but practically, it can let the sponsors or other legislators know of problems with the bill that should be corrected. No doubt voting ‘present’ can be [politically expedient](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20obama.html). ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/244 "2011-06-07T03:44:47Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > How in the fuck is lying about your sex life worse than lying to your wife? > > This is about as stupid as Clinton ‘not having sexual relations with that woman’. > > Who _cares_?! I don’t! I don’t care if Republicans are playing footsie in the men’s bathroom and I don’t care who’s sending crotch shots. > > I really, really don’t. > > Anyway, Clinton got a blow job by a Jewess on Easter (probably while eating pizza, too) and he seems to be doing just fine. > > _shrug_ > > I agree with whomever said that all the new weiner jokes were worth it, though. I think it’s a shame when we concede that we expect our elected officials to lie, regardless of political affiliation. If you’d lie to protect your marriage, would you lie to protect your seat in congress? But no outrage here, lying is just the status quo anymore. So go for it congressman Weiner, the American people apparently just don’t care. I predict a handily won reelection for this trustworthy member of congress, or election to whatever other office he seeks. He has the credentials to go far in American politics. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/245 "2011-06-07T04:08:25Z")
Weiner’s troubles continue: [Nancy Pelosi calls for Anthony Weiner ethics inquiry](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56365.html). ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/246 "2011-06-07T04:29:49Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Say no to Weiner. Vote Johnson in '12." I see what you did there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/247 "2011-06-07T06:19:55Z")
He should lose his job on sheer stupidity alone. Who the hell thinks that, as Congressman whom millions know, he can send such pictures via email/twitter and not have them come out one day? I can see some random Joe doing this, since nobody knows them enough to care about their shirtless pics and crotch shots, but a Congressman? Even if we exclude any considerations about him “cheating” on his wife, or lying to the country, the sheer stupidity of what he did means that he is not fit to have his job. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/248 "2011-06-07T07:53:08Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > I think it’s a shame when we concede that we expect our elected officials to lie, regardless of political affiliation. > > If you’d lie to protect your marriage, would you lie to protect your seat in congress? > > But no outrage here, lying is just the status quo anymore. > > So go for it congressman Weiner, the American people apparently just don’t care. > > I predict a handily won reelection for this trustworthy member of congress, or election to whatever other office he seeks. He has the credentials to go far in American politics. If we held all politicians up to crazy moral standards, we’d have so much moral legislation that it would be like Republicans were running the place. I’m OK if my Congressman is just a _tad_ above the rest of us in terms of smarts but isn’t a freaking demigod. > [@Polerius](#): > > He should lose his job on sheer stupidity alone. > > Who the hell thinks that, as Congressman whom millions know, he can send such pictures via email/twitter and not have them come out one day? > > I can see some random Joe doing this, since nobody knows them enough to care about their shirtless pics and crotch shots, but a Congressman? > > Even if we exclude any considerations about him “cheating” on his wife, or lying to the country, the sheer stupidity of what he did means that he is not fit to have his job. He shared pictures of his dick, not state department secrets. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/249 "2011-06-07T11:46:57Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Why are you picking a fight with me about this? I’m not picking a fight. I was trying to discuss whether or not the guy has any kind of political future, and I don’t think it’s impossible that he might. An ethics inquiry would be a blow because it keeps the story alive. The idea that he violated Congressional ethics rules by perhaps making a phone call from his office is sort of picayune but he doesn’t need any more embarrassments. I guess his support is less certain than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/250 "2011-06-07T12:47:55Z")
If I’m remembering correctly, according to Rachel Maddow, there’s an excellent chance that Weiner’s seat is going to be gerrymandered out of existence anyway. I have no idea whether or not Weiner has a shot at mayor after all this, but I must say that if I were an NYC resident, I would be a bit less likely to vote for him because of his blatant and stupid lies. This whole thing would have been nothing if he hadn’t lied so publicly about it in the first place. But, guys, in general, maybe I’m old-fashioned, but throughout my many years of dating, I can think of few ways to guarantee that I would have nothing to do with you better than sending me a picture of your junk, and I doubt that I’m the only woman who feels that way. I know you’re proud of it, but seriously, it’s just not very attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/251 "2011-06-07T13:00:25Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > But, guys, in general, maybe I’m old-fashioned, but throughout my many years of dating, I can think of few ways to guarantee that I would have nothing to do with you better than sending me a picture of your junk, and I doubt that I’m the only woman who feels that way. I know you’re proud of it, but seriously, it’s just not very attractive. I’m not sure he was sending the pictures unbidden. But you have to figure at least one of the recipients was unhappy or she wouldn’t have cooperated with Breitbart- which is only one of the many, many good reasons not to do something like this. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/252 "2011-06-07T13:02:34Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > You. Are. Wrong. Flat. Out. Dead. Wrong. And on this, given that it’s a **factual** matter and not merely an opinion based on a guess, don’t think for a second that I will concede. You’re. WRONG. Period. > > [You Are Wrong](http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=274863). Um…she may or may not be wrong, but your link points to a more-or-less fluff article which has whole bunch of other lawmakers saying that voting present is either a pretty weenie move or that it’s no big deal and everyone does it or that it’s a fine, upstanding tradition. This is hardly “factual”. It’s a bunch of conflicting and contradictory opinions. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/253 "2011-06-07T13:19:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not sure he was sending the pictures unbidden. But you have to figure at least one of the recipients was unhappy or she wouldn’t have cooperated with Breitbart- which is only one of the many, many good reasons not to do something like this. My comment was intended more generally than this. Admittedly, if a woman asked for a picture of one’s equipment, presumably it would not be a turn-off for her to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/254 "2011-06-07T13:58:44Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > This whole thing would have been nothing if he hadn’t lied so publicly about it in the first place. Probably not nothing, but a lot less that it became. Some people would surely have wondered why a seemingly responsible Congressman is engaging in skeevy, risky, juvenile behavior. Plenty of others would have said, sure, but at least when he was found out he had the guts to stand up and admit to behavior that’s inappropriate but not illegal. As he decided to play it, the lying has become the big issue. Few (other than Dio) will be quick to brush that off. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/255 "2011-06-07T14:00:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Who’s going to primary a six-term Congressman just because he’s guilty of thinking with his dick (but didn’t actually have sex with anyone)? I can see the campaign ad now: “Sure Anthony Weiner has been a strong advocate for your interests in Congress and brought home the bacon for a decade, which is going to end if you elect me because I won’t have any seniority, but on the other hand, he tweeted some shirtless pictures! Say no to Weiner. Vote Johnson in '12.” This assumes the “strong advocate” part. By all indications Weiner is far more interested in the strong rhetoric he can display on the cable TV gabfests than in the gruntwork that actually gets things done on the Hill. This was a calculated move to build his recognition citywide at relatively little expense or effort, but it came at the cost of his relations with congresscritters of both parties. Why do you think Nancy Pelosi is showing no particular hangups in hanging him out to dry now, when she has gone to the mat for other representatives in trouble in the past? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/256 "2011-06-07T14:09:48Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > This was a calculated move to build his recognition citywide at relatively little expense or effort, but it came at the cost of his relations with congresscritters of both parties. What was a calculated move? You mean getting himself on TV? > [@](#): > > Why do you think Nancy Pelosi is showing no particular hangups in hanging him out to dry now, when she has gone to the mat for other representatives in trouble in the past? I think it has more to do with her judgment about how much harm the scandal could do to the party’s agenda and not so much her personal relationship with Weiner. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/257 "2011-06-07T14:30:25Z")
I’m waiting for a Fox operative to call Pelosi’s move a ‘vast left-wing conspiracy created to cover up the **real** issues [that Obama is responsible for]’. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/258 "2011-06-07T14:36:31Z")
Weiner is a schmuck! And a putz! ETA: Man, I just love the Internet and wiki: [Lists of scandals with “-gate” suffix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix). And, yes, it now includes Weinergate. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/259 "2011-06-07T14:43:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Say no to Weiner. Vote Johnson in '12." Frankly the choice between Weiner and Johnson depends on one’s preferred euphemism. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/260 "2011-06-07T14:45:34Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Weiner is a schmuck! And a putz! Esatblishing that seems to have been the one thing he effectively did with his questionable emails. :rolleyes: Again, guys, I cannot emphasize enough: no dick pics! If we women want to see, we’ll ask. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853.md?page=14)