# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/101 "2011-06-07T12:30:33Z")
_sings_ You might be a hot dog, but you better not treat her meaner, Tony Weiner! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/102 "2011-06-07T12:52:25Z")
> [@FarmerChuck](#): > > when it comes 2 sex congress people usualy step down.. charlie wrangel got in trouble and lost his comitee seat which is a big deal 2 him. chris lee, and eric tickle fight massa both did weiner will 2. It will be intresting 2 see how fast the left side of the media lets go of this tho… then i will enjoy pointing out the objous bias. i hope im wrong the hes a scum bag He’s probably fare a LOT better if he represented Rangel’s district, rather than his own. OK, he’s a New York City congressman which equates to liberal Democrat, but his district is probably one of the least liberal in the city, it consists of old established mostly white middle class neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, many with large Italian and Jewish populations…the kind of people who might really frown on sending wienie pics to young ladies. I don’t much care because he’s not my congressperson, but I was a little cheesed off because I felt sorry for him that first day, mostly because someone attempted to hack my facebook account on the same day…of course then his story fell apart. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/103 "2011-06-07T14:30:26Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I pretty much always defend Republiocans in sex scandals, as long as they didn’t do anything illegal. I consistently don’t think it matters (though I might point out hypocrisy if it exists). The hypocrisy here is not that Weiner wanted people to think he was holier than thou. The hypocrisy here is that he wanted people to think he wasn’t a 16 year old boy. It makes you doubt his maturity at least a little bit. Oh yeah, and blaming it on hackers? Anonymous should get into his website and start streaming porn or something. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/104 "2011-06-07T14:33:07Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Charles Rangel got re-elected. I don’t Anthony has anything to worry about. Yes, but Weiner wants to be Mayor of NYC and then possibly senator. ---
**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, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/105 "2011-06-07T14:34:13Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > OK, he’s a New York City congressman which equates to liberal Democrat :dubious: ---
**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, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/106 "2011-06-07T14:49:13Z")
I have to admit, I would have totally bought Weiner’s line … the whole package, in fact … except for his ridiculous claim that he could not say whether or not that was his object d’underwear in the photo. It’s one of the stupidest claims I’ve ever heard. And thank God, I posted to that effect! Dodged a Weiner on that one! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/107 "2011-06-07T15:20:11Z")
Why is this story being spun as something that “puts Dems on defensive” and that “Weiner now a political liability” to quote the YahooNews headlines?! 😕 Were any prominent Democrats, in Congress or out, openly supporting him, or even doing the “let’s wait and see” thing, after the story broke but before he confessed? If not, and if he didn’t run on a “family values” platform, I don’t see how this incident is a liability for anyone but Weiner himself in his district with his voters and financial supporters. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/108 "2011-06-07T15:35:07Z")
I see in the article that his wife is named Huma. Huma Abedin. I can see why she didn’t take his last name. This whole thing is like a bad comedy routine. A politician can survive almost anything but being the butt of so many good jokes is going to make it difficult. ---
**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, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/109 "2011-06-07T15:48:51Z")
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:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/110 "2011-06-07T15:52:42Z")
It was immature and stupid. How the hell he could do something like that in an age that everything you do comes out, beats me. There are no secrets, especially on line. How could have have been so stupid? He should be well aware the Repubs are investigating every inch of Dems lives. So he gives them plenty of fuel for a huge fire. He has no defense. He can only hope a big story comes along and pushes him off the front pages. That must have been an extremely tough press conference to hold. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/111 "2011-06-07T15:58:04Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I have to admit, I would have totally bought Weiner’s line … the whole package, in fact … except for his ridiculous claim that he could not say whether or not that was his object d’underwear in the photo. It’s one of the stupidest claims I’ve ever heard. And thank God, I posted to that effect! Dodged a Weiner on that one! That was the odd thing last week, when he was still claiming that he had been hacked. That he wouldn’t say if the photo was really of him. I mean, it looked clearly like a self-portrait (as opposed to one secretly taken by someone else in a locker room), and as Bill Maher pointed out, most of us know already how many crotch shots we’ve taken. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/112 "2011-06-07T16:04:50Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Has there been a better scandal/name combo since Bob Packwood? It wasn’t a sexual imbroglio, but I was somewhat less than shocked when [Pat Swindall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Swindall) ended up on the wrong side of the law… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/113 "2011-06-07T17:42:39Z")
I wonder if [Danny Pudi](http://images.nymag.com/images/2/daily/2009/12/20091210_pudi_250x375.jpg) has been signed to play [Weiner](http://www.newsrealblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/rep_anthony_weiner.jpg) in the movie yet. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/114 "2011-06-07T18:10:36Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Dude, “lie” is only a three letter word. Learn how to fucking spell. Hey, fucking spelling nazi bitch if your going to get all spelling nazi-ish on someone why not go after all the people who have misspelled shit in their posts instead of just the new guy. The Almighty Dio has misspelled words in two of his posts that were posted before this FarmerChuck guy posted yet you didn’t go after him. Why not spelling nazi bitch? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/115 "2011-06-07T18:16:57Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Hey, fucking spelling nazi bitch if your going to get all spelling nazi-ish on someone why not go after all the people who have misspelled shit in their posts instead of just the new guy. The Almighty Dio has misspelled words in two of his posts that were posted before this FarmerChuck guy posted yet you didn’t go after him. Why not spelling nazi bitch? u mad bro? ---
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/116 "2011-06-07T18:18:29Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Hey, fucking spelling nazi bitch if your going to get all spelling nazi-ish on someone why not go after all the people who have misspelled shit in their posts instead of just the new guy. The Almighty Dio has misspelled words in two of his posts that were posted before this FarmerChuck guy posted yet you didn’t go after him. Why not spelling nazi bitch? I think you mean to say _you’re_ instead of _your_. Dude. Calm down. We don’t engage in name-calling here. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/117 "2011-06-07T18:20:56Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > … We don’t engage in name-calling here. “We”? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/118 "2011-06-07T18:24:14Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > u mad bro? LOL. C u l8r. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/119 "2011-06-07T18:58:17Z")
> [@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.” This looks like a job for Wiener Dogs! ---
**Author:** ![blueskiesfrompain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@blueskiesfrompain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueskiesfrompain)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545/120 "2011-06-07T19:13:47Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Republicans are the morons who pretend to be holier-than-thou. Yeah, that’s what I thought all week while Weiner kept digging himself into a deeper hole: _At least he’s not acting like a Republican._ > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > To be fair, if this were happening to a Republican congressman, there would be partisan posters spewing drivel on his behalf and blaming the Democrats. True. It’s the _Our Creeps are less Creepy than your Creeps Syndrome._ /carry on [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-comes-clean-this-is-not-intended-to-be-a-bad-pun/584545.md?page=7)