# Weiner comes clean! This is not intended to be a bad pun. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545 "2011-06-06T20:32:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/221 "2011-06-10T00:31:50Z")
Perhaps as revenge, the wife should tweet her twat? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/222 "2011-06-10T03:03:34Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > Could y’all please go fight about Clinton somewhere else? Right. I didn’t mean to hijack the thread, but just to point out that taking Clinton’s version of the Lewinsky scandal as true, what he did is FAR, FAR worse than what Weiner did, but no Dems asked for his resignation. I just find it shocking that hitting on anonymous women on the internet (yes, complete with x rated photos) compares with getting a BJ in the oval office from a White House staffer. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/223 "2011-06-10T03:17:03Z")
It takes us to subtle distinctions between the trivial and the insignificant. ---
**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 10, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/224 "2011-06-10T03:42:58Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Right. I didn’t mean to hijack the thread, but just to point out that taking Clinton’s version of the Lewinsky scandal as true, what he did is FAR, FAR worse than what > Weiner did, but no Dems asked for his resignation. I just find it shocking that hitting on anonymous women on the internet (yes, complete with x rated photos) compares with getting a BJ in the oval office from a White House staffer. What’s wrong with getting a BJ from an intern? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/225 "2011-06-10T03:53:01Z")
You have to have the very, very best health plan for that. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/226 "2011-06-10T04:57:46Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > What’s wrong with getting a BJ from an intern? Depends on whether she inhales or not. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/227 "2011-06-10T06:52:13Z")
OK So Anthony Weiner was sexting with six women over the internet. And ALL of them have turned out to be women? Actual women? Not lonely 53 year old men with a couple of photos from a model site? Six actual women were sexting with him? Anthony Weiner is a GOLDEN GOD! ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/228 "2011-06-10T12:16:52Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > What’s wrong with getting a BJ from an intern? What’s wrong with having sexual conversation and sending adult pictures through Facebook? If you would say “nothing” to both, then at least that is consistent. I don’t want to further hijack the thread by arguing Clinton/Lewinsky again. What I am wondering about people who thought that the former was okay and the latter is terrible and that Weiner needs to resign. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/229 "2011-06-10T12:30:15Z")
Good God, man, think of the victims here! Haven’t you seen the videos, with them weeping over the horror and brutality visited upon them by this textual predator? OK, neither have I, but still… ---
**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 10, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/230 "2011-06-10T17:44:32Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > What’s wrong with having sexual conversation and sending adult pictures through Facebook? > > If you would say “nothing” to both, then at least that is consistent. I don’t want to further hijack the thread by arguing Clinton/Lewinsky again. > > What I am wondering about people who thought that the former was okay and the latter is terrible and that Weiner needs to resign. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with either of them - at least not anything that needs to be explained to anyone but their wives. I also thought the smae thing about Mark Sanford on the Appalachian Trail, and Larry Craig wanting to blow a cop at the Minneapolis airport (though the latter was technically illegal). ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/231 "2011-06-10T18:01:41Z")
Weiner was immature . So far ,that is not a crime. He acted stupidly. If that were a crime, the house would be emptied. His biggest problem may be explaining it to his wife.There are polls saying the majority of his constituents want him to stay. He screwed up any future elections. He is paying a price. The Repubs smell blood and will stay on his case. I hope they fail to oust him. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/232 "2011-06-12T09:49:52Z")
Uh oh. According to unnamed sources, [Weiner told Democratic Congressional leaders behind the scenes, “oh, it was a hack, this is all nothing.”](http://www.washingtonpost.com/greg-sargent/2011/02/24/ABvj85M_page.html) If true, I’m not surprised they’re majorly pissed now. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/233 "2011-06-13T00:57:51Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > You’re a fucking retard. As much as I dislike Dio, he wasn’t \*blaming \*the republicans for anything. He was pointing out the apparent hypocrisy of decrying lying so loudly and at great length, when historically the republicans don’t have the cleanest record when it comes to telling the truth either. So, he wasn’t \*blaming \*the republicans…he was just…pointing out what they did wrong… Best wishes, hh ---
**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 13, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/234 "2011-06-13T03:34:41Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > So, he wasn’t \*blaming \*the republicans…he was just…pointing out what they did wrong… Do you know what the word “blame” means? Did I say that Weiner’s behavior was the Republican’s _fault_? No. Pointing out their hypocrisy in pretending to be offended by Weiner’s behavior is not the same thing as blaming them for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545.md?page=11)