# 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:** 14
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/261 "2011-06-07T14:52:52Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Weiner is a schmuck! Today’s actual New York Post headline: _Yeah, I’m a schmuck_. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/262 "2011-06-07T14:59:12Z")
> [@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)? Lots of folks. Anyone that can air 30 seconds worth of this: [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/flashback-weiners-web-lies-13776485](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/flashback-weiners-web-lies-13776485) Anyone that hasn’t seen it, it’s remarkable video filmed last week, but just released yesterday, of Weiner vehemently defending himself and attacking anyone that would dare impugn him. If you watch that video, knowing what you know know, and think he’s fit for any kind of position of trust … well, we are very different people. ---
**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, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/263 "2011-06-07T15:00:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > 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. > [@](#): > > Anthony Weiner has never been a favorite of Nancy Pelosi’s, and the Democratic leadership is, I’m told, not thrilled with a media blitz this afternoon that has dominated the news without answering questions about the notorious Weiner tweet. [Reported June 1st.](http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0611/Weiner_show_alarms_Democrats.html) ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/264 "2011-06-07T15:05:30Z")
He seems a little more of a jerk for calling the cops on that CBS reporter. ---
**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, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/265 "2011-06-07T15:20:18Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > [Reported June 1st.](http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0611/Weiner_show_alarms_Democrats.html) OK, that makes sense to me. Yes, he made the thing an even bigger story by going all over the news and vociferously (and confusingly) trying to deny he’d done anything. They always think they’re going to keep it a secret, don’t they? > [@furt](#): > > If you watch that video, knowing what you know know, and think he’s fit for any kind of position of trust … well, we are very different people. I’d be wary of trusting anything he says, but “fit for any position of trust” sounds like more of a moral judgment. Weiner wanted to be the next mayor of NYC and he flirted with a bunch of women online. The current mayor decided he was doing such a good job he deserved another term, so he and the city council made a special exemption in the term limit laws so he could run again without the voters getting involved. Bloomberg isn’t running again, but if we’re going to get into who is trustworthy, then I wouldn’t start with Anthony Weiner, as much of an idiot as he is. ---
**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, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/266 "2011-06-07T15:40:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > OK, that makes sense to me. Yes, he made the thing an even bigger story by going all over the news and vociferously (and confusingly) trying to deny he’d done anything. They always think they’re going to keep it a secret, don’t they? > I’d be wary of trusting anything he says, but “fit for any position of trust” sounds like more of a moral judgment. Weiner wanted to be the next mayor of NYC and he flirted with a bunch of women online. The current mayor decided he was doing such a good job he deserved another term, so he and the city council made a special exemption in the term limit laws so he could run again without the voters getting involved. Bloomberg isn’t running again, but if we’re going to get into who is trustworthy, then I wouldn’t start with Anthony Weiner, as much of an idiot as he is. The thing is, all the Puritans are going to overplay their hand a la Ken Starr. People are capable of distinguishing fibs told to parry conservative muckrackers and their sexxxy pics versus lies about, say, national policy. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/267 "2011-06-07T15:47:29Z")
I found this: [Anthony Weiner’s Apology Speech (Presented By Guilty Looking Dachshunds)](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/anthony-weiners-apology-speech-presented-by-guil) I laughed my ass off, especially at “I have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends and supporters, and the media.” ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/268 "2011-06-07T16:02:18Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’d be wary of trusting anything he says, but “fit for any position of trust” sounds like more of a moral judgment. Of course it is. And like it or not, most voters think that people entrusted with the power of office need to have a certain moral character. Not that they need to be saints, but that their moral failings be somewhat more akin to the average person’s – e.g. “It could have been me.” I think most people who look at that video are going to see less of “a good guy who made a mistake, and is desperately trying to get out of it, just like I would,” and more of “someone who is really good at lying, and utterly without a conscience.” ---
**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 7, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/269 "2011-06-07T16:11:00Z")
We’re talking about Weiner, not Gingrich. ---
**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 7, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/270 "2011-06-07T16:16:49Z")
Weiner is likable when he’s not being a sex-crazed idiot. Gingrich is disgusting. Good point! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/271 "2011-06-07T16:23:09Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Today’s actual New York Post headline: _Yeah, I’m a schmuck_. You know what? I think that sums it up. A creepy _schmuck_, not a criminal, just a creep. ---
**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 7, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/272 "2011-06-07T16:25:33Z")
I think Weiner also actually feels bad. Gingrich is utterly remorseless and did things a lot more cruel. Lest anyone think I’m partsian, I would also say that I don’t think Clinton was particularly sorry (though he wasn’t as cruel as Gingrich), and that I think McCain _did_ feel bad about his first marriage. Weiner didn’t seem cold or insincere to me yesterday. He seemed humiliated. He looked a like a teenager who got caught with his dad’s stash of Playboys. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/273 "2011-06-07T16:34:02Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Lest anyone think I’m partsian, … Bwhaaaaa… holy shit but that made me laugh. So is there a load of Weiner jokes floating around in one of the threads? I have great confidence in the ability of dopers to incite a riot. ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/274 "2011-06-07T16:55:07Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I found this: [Anthony Weiner’s Apology Speech (Presented By Guilty Looking Dachshunds)](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/anthony-weiners-apology-speech-presented-by-guil) > > I laughed my ass off, especially at “I have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends and supporters, and the media.” That is so funny. Well worth the wait for the time it take to download it. For those of you not upon your Yiddish “schmuck” and “putz” are both considered vulgar wors, meaning (a) penis, and (b)vulgar term for prick (like our term asshole). ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/275 "2011-06-07T17:07:22Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > You should care because it gives Andrew Breitbart credibility he doesn’t deserve. You should care because a strong prgressive voice in Congress just got a little quieter. Whether you care or not about what he did on a personal marlity level, doesn’t change the fact that his actions and lies have made the things you care about just that much more difficult to achieve. Sorry, but this needs to be said again, and I hate those stupid “This” comments. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/276 "2011-06-07T17:16:42Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Lest anyone think I’m partsian… Oh, I figured _that_ was the case when you said “as long as he votes the right way, who cares.” And if he doesn’t vote the right way, you do care? Does that apply just to lying about nude photos for you or does it apply to other personal foibles as well? I’ll admit I didn’t exactly have a ton of respect for you before hand, but now that I’ll have to view everything you post through the filter of “he’s a self-admitted partisan apologist” there’s probably not much I can take away from your contributions to this board at all. My biggest disappointment with Weiner is the lying. As soon as he refused to deny the photos were of him it was clear that yeah, there were photos he shouldn’t have taken, and that was dumb, but I was holding out hope that that’s all it was;\* that \*I wouldn’t have held against him. (I don’t think Chris Lee should have resigned based on the Craigslist thing either, FTR.) Given Breitbart’s track record and the demonstrated ease of posting photos to someone else’s feed, it was even plausible that he hadn’t posted that stuff. Instead, he had to lie about it and for crap’s sake he made that Breitbart clown look like he might even have a smidge of credibility. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/277 "2011-06-07T17:20:08Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Weiner didn’t seem cold or insincere to me yesterday. He seemed humiliated. He looked a like a teenager who got caught with his dad’s stash of Playboys. > [@Bricker](#): > > **Diogenes** : > > In this thread, you claimed several times that Weiner was the victim of a crime: > > That was incorrect, wasn’t it? We now know why he didn’t involve the FBI, don’t we? Well? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/278 "2011-06-07T17:22:43Z")
Forget it, **Bricker**. It’s **Diogenes**. ---
**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 7, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/279 "2011-06-07T17:30:45Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Oh, I figured _that_ was the case when you said “as long as he votes the right way, who cares.” And if he doesn’t vote the right way, you do care? Does that apply just to lying about nude photos for you or does it apply to other personal foibles as well? I’ll admit I didn’t exactly have a ton of respect for you before hand, but now that I’ll have to view everything you post through the filter of “he’s a self-admitted partisan apologist” there’s probably not much I can take away from your contributions to this board at all. You would only have a point if I thought the sex stuff mattered for Republicans. I always defend Republicans against having to resign for this stuff either. I’m not partisan in how I view the relevance of sex scandals. I don’t care either way. In the specific context of the post you were quoting, I was saying that partsianship doesn’t affect my perception of whether or not a politician is sincere in making an apology. ---
**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 7, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853/280 "2011-06-07T17:32:14Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Well? I’ve already answered this question. I said (and I said before the confession), that I was taking him at his word for the sake of decency. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853.md?page=15)