Besides, if he was a Republican, he’d probably have been sending pictures of his underpants to men over the Internet.
It’s kind of amusing seeing all the media conservatives who are now feigning outrage at "the lying. Their policy on lying seems to have shifted since a certain somebody totally fabricated a story about a certain country having certain weapons.
He’s fucked.
Even if it blows over by Thursday, the internet is quick click away and that shit don’t go away. He couldn’t propose a bill in favor of fluffy bunnies and cute kitty cats without Republican’s standing up and shouting, “Liar! What about the weiner, Weiner?”
Only slightly more stupid that shooting pics of his junk to internet-honies was fucking lying about it. If he admitted right off the bat, it might have slid off the campaign videos. He has cemented his name on the right’s shit-list – and probably rightly so.
But of course, I’ve already proved I’m not above school-boy humor, so I’d also like to ridicule his apology:
Quoth Weiner: “To be clear, the picture was of me, and I sent it. I’m deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife, and our family, my constituents, my friends, my supporters and my staff …”
Yes, his staff did look it might have been in pain in that picture.
You two are so predictable. Anytime a Dem fucks up, you’re there with the spin machine spewing some drivel about how it’s really a Republican’s fault.
:rolleyes:
And once again, it looks like faulty intelligence is to blame…
In all honesty, this is a non-story. Or at least it should have been and would have been if he didn’t make up some ridiculous story to begin with.
Should he resign? I don’t think so. He didn’t do anything illegal or anything to compromise his ability to perform the job given to him. Whatever happens now is really between him and his wife.
Edit: I do believe Democrats were also on the WMD boat, so try not to fool yourself, okay?
Wiener is in a tight spot here. Definitely a sticky situation.
OH NOES!!!
You mean Democratic politicians, and Rep. Weiner in particular, are going to have to continue getting elected and passing legislation while Republicans can only offer lame dick jokes?!?!
WE’RE TOTALLY SCREWED!! How will we ever get by in this new era of Republican childishness? We better just totally capitulate to them on everything now.
HAHAHA. J/K. But keep it coming, folks. What I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall when the GOP realizes they’re not going to get any mileage out of this. I imagine it will look like what I like to think all sad conservative comeuppances look like: Boo hoo hoo, wishful thinking GOPtards!
He can run for office here.
Plenty of those in Congress, just not the kind you’re thinking of.
I’d like to see him stay in office but I don’t see how that’s possible. Pelosi just announced there would be an ethics probe to see if Weiner “used any congressional resources” in his cyber-sexcapade, and I just read the following statement from one of his facebook ladies that was interviewed by ABC:
“Then I asked him to pick up the phone and call me. I had to hang up because of something that was happening on my end, but then I called back and heard a voice saying, “Congressman Anthony Weiner’s office,” so I hung up.”
Seems like pretty clear cut (if anecdotal) evidence that resources were used.
Just had to mention that on the cbsnews.com webpage detailing the Weiner admission was an ad headlined “Shocking discovery for joint relief”.
Is that what they’re calling it now?
Dammit, beat me to it.
If it turns out some of the recipients were under age - he’s toast in short order
Yeah, his career will peter out pretty quickly if that’s the case!
Why didn’t he just do it on chatroulette like normal people do?
Well, you know what they say…“Spare the rod and…”
I don’t really have much of a horse in this race, but I do want to add this comment: I’m glad that this fell apart for him, not only for the lying thing (which irks me when -anyone- does it), but also because it’s an example of “Oh, I got hacked! The ebil ebil haxxors!” thing that just didn’t stand. As a culture, we’re getting more internet savvy, and the quicker that boogieman gets tossed aside the better.
(I’m not saying hacking doesn’t happen, but I dislike people who just point at the internet, say, ‘hackers!’ and expect everyone to just nod their heads sadly and believe that the mysterious ‘them’ of hackers did whatever bad thing happened.)
When Sen. Vitter (R-LA) gets up to address the Senate, do his colleagues say, “Hey, someone change Diaperboy! He’s cranky!”?
If not, then I think Weinerboy will be okay. Sending junk shots is way more respectable than paying a prostitute to change your diaper.
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.
Apparently not.