# Re Anthony Weiner's latest 3rd strike texting antics. Is he mentally unhinged? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416 "2016-08-29T17:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/1 "2016-08-29T17:19:40Z")
A Weiner is once more back in the texting & sexy pics fray as if he had never lost his political career, damaged his marriage and made himself a national laughingstock with his prior pics and texts. We’re kind of beyond hand on the hot stove point here. The compulsion to have his body and his genitals be admired and attended to must absolutely consume him. [Anthony Weiner sexted busty brunette while his son was in bed with him](http://nypost.com/2016/08/28/anthony-weiner-sexted-busty-brunette-while-his-son-was-in-bed-with-him/) ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/2 "2016-08-29T17:33:40Z")
I just watched the documentary filmed during Weiner’s NYC mayoral race. His arrogance and narcissism is really quite jaw-dropping. Armchair psychologist opinion is that he has an addiction that he can’t even acknowledge. He seems to think the sexting is completely separate from his career and family, even though it’s destroyed both. Huma Abedin finally announced she’s dumping him today. That was a looong time coming. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/3 "2016-08-29T17:49:16Z")
Dude’s just creepy & pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/4 "2016-08-29T17:59:45Z")
Hey, I found Anthonys theme song. [Weiner, Weiner, Weiner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzC2DRgEo4) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/5 "2016-08-29T18:42:54Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Dude’s just creepy & pathetic. [Barry Kripke] “We’re all creepy and pathetic and can’t get girls…” Maybe he should try fighting wobots. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/6 "2016-08-29T18:47:16Z")
I loath this guy. What sweet, sweet schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/7 "2016-08-29T19:13:25Z")
Damn I guess some people never learn. What a douche. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/8 "2016-08-29T19:26:15Z")
Isn’t there some saying about leopards and unchanging spots? I thought so. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/9 "2016-08-29T20:59:33Z")
Modern hair color products can help a leopard who doesn’t want to be spotted. Anthony Wiener is another animal. Some arrogance and narcissism is to be expected in a politician. By definition, a politician has to believe he can solve things you and I can’t. However, sexting is astoundingly stupid behavior. I’ve never met him, and I’m not his doctor, so I can’t say whether he’s mentally unhinged. I can tell you I would never vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/10 "2016-08-29T21:10:59Z")
He should go to prison for this incident, because he got his kid involved this time. :eek: :mad: > **[Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin to Separate After His Latest Sexting Scandal...](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sexting-huma-abedin.html)** > > The former congressman was said to have exchanged sexual messages with a woman last year, four years after a similar scandal cost him his political career. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/11 "2016-08-29T21:20:51Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > He should go to prison for this incident, because he got his kid involved this time. :eek: :mad: > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sexting-huma-abedin.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sexting-huma-abedin.html) What crime did he commit? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/12 "2016-08-29T21:41:15Z")
> [@NY Post](#): > > The object of Weiner’s affections is his polar opposite politically: a self-avowed supporter of Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association who’s used Twitter to bash both President Obama and Clinton. And who presumably knows that Weiner’s (soon-to-be-ex) wife is a top aide to Hillary Clinton. It might lead one to wonder just how “the Post has learned” all that was sent between them. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/13 "2016-08-29T21:46:06Z")
[At least Huma has dumped his ass. And his weiner.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sexting-huma-abedin.html) ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/14 "2016-08-29T21:46:11Z")
It’s a mess all around. From what I read and understand, they haven’t been living together for a number of months. I’d guess they had an understanding that she’d file for divorce after the election. She’s off playing major politics, doing what he’d rather be doing, but instead he’s home playing Mr. Mom. He go tired of that, and either though boredom or being pissed at being left behind or both, started up again, not really caring if he got caught. He did, and she said “what the hell, I just got a free divorce card, I don’t have to wait” and dropped the divorce hammer ahead of schedule. He’s a looser, no doubt. But this guy is an attention whore of the first magnitude. She had to know leaving him behind while she is playing in the big leagues was a recipe for disaster. At least she’s free. Seems like that kid is screwed either way. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/15 "2016-08-29T23:56:57Z")
GROSS!! That poor kid. And what’s wrong with these _women_?? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/16 "2016-08-30T01:14:10Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > He should go to prison for this incident, because he got his kid involved this time. :eek: :mad: > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sexting-huma-abedin.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sexting-huma-abedin.html) Do you have any interest in identifying a specific crime, or should he just go for being an awful person? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/17 "2016-08-30T01:35:04Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Do you have any interest in identifying a specific crime, or should he just go for being an awful person? Can we do that now? Oh, who am I kidding. If the Justice Department really wants one in jail, they’ll find something, then threaten to simply outspend you until one cops a plea. We’re just doing a shitty job at aiming the JD at the right targets. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/18 "2016-08-30T02:57:17Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Can we do that now? > > Oh, who am I kidding. If the Justice Department really wants one in jail, they’ll find something, then threaten to simply outspend you until one cops a plea. We’re just doing a shitty job at aiming the JD at the right targets. That’s not true. I don’t say that it never happens, but in general people that take pleas do so because they are factually guilty. It would be unusual to find someone who was factually innocent, targeted by the Justice Department for made-up crimes, and then plead out rather than going to trial. Here, Weiner is guilty of douchbaggery, but that’s not a crime the legal system is equipped to address. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/19 "2016-08-30T04:44:47Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Here, Weiner is guilty of douchbaggery, but that’s not a crime the legal system is equipped to address. And thank god for that or there would be no one left the run the economy. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416/20 "2016-08-30T10:48:35Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > That’s not true. > > I don’t say that it never happens, but in general people that take pleas do so because they are factually guilty. > > It would be unusual to find someone who was factually innocent, targeted by the Justice Department for made-up crimes, and then plead out rather than going to trial. > . …All have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God… …and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags… Which is to say that is unusual to find someone who is an innocent. But I would say (from my time observing the courts and talking to people), something slightly different than you did: …That in general people that take pleas do so because they are factually guilty of something… …It would be usual to find someone who is guilty of something targeted by the Justice Department for made-up crimes, and then plead out rather than going to trial. Actually, I’d say that’s pretty much a characteristic of an adversial court system, never mind the pleading. The defence makes up a story consistent with the evicdence, the prosecution makes up another story consitent with the evidence, they put their stories to the court, the judge/jury makes up a third story inspired by the first two stories, and that’s your result. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-anthony-weiners-latest-3rd-strike-texting-antics-is-he-mentally-unhinged/764416.md?page=2)