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The Spectacle Blog
Following Andrew Breitbart to the podium of what was supposed to be his press conference, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) admitted that he took and sent the picture that has ensnared him in scandal for the better part of the last week. Weiner apologized to his wife, constituents, the media, and, after being asked by reporters, even Breitbart.
I’m not sure what else can be said of this surreal event. Weiner just said “to the best of my knowledge” the women he communicated with online were adults.
UPDATE: I hope this is the last press conference where I ever hear a reporter shout to a member of Congress, “Were you fully erect?”
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Tina Trent | 6.6.11 @ 4:52PM
Guy admits exhibitionism problem by talking about his exhibitionism problem for a really, really long time in excruciating detail, in front of a bunch of excited reporters, in a room full of cameras pointed at him.
That's a problem.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 6.6.11 @ 4:59PM
That press conference was so "F"ing funny!! The guy says he's not going to resign after all this, but he will (I guarantee it), because if he doesn't this is just going to follow him for years to come. And it couldn't happen to a nicer P.O.S.!! His new Wife is going to take him to the cleaners, which is why he started crying when he mentioned her. Ha, ha!!
I can't wait for the next interview between him and Megyn Kelly!!
USSAlabama| 6.6.11 @ 5:54PM
Follow it will - all the way to the NY Mayors office where he aspires to be.
NoLib| 6.6.11 @ 8:48PM
Weiner won't go near Megyn Kelly again. She'd shred him.
Thom| 6.6.11 @ 4:59PM
The first impluse of a Democrat is to lie....his first lie, that he was "hacked" would have got him jail time if he carried through with it, his second lie that he didn't do it would have got him his second liar Merit Badge if he had got away with it. If he wins reelection next year he still gets away with it....
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 6.6.11 @ 5:13PM
It's unclear at this point if some of the females who received the photos were underage. If they were Weiner should be indicted. He's a sex pervert.
This incident also proves how hollow Nancy Pelosi't promise to drain the swamp has become. The Democrats are harboring tax cheats and sex perverts. What's next?
Con Chef (NB) | 6.6.11 @ 5:31PM
Poor Weenie. His "flacid" response to these accusations last week was pathetic at best. Now we know for sure that at least ONE member of the Democrat party admits to having his schlong in his hands for most of the time. Like we didin't guess that about most of them to begin with.
Karl | 6.6.11 @ 5:37PM
I wonder if anyone will ever again be able to talk about "the members of Congress" without snickering.
irish19| 6.6.11 @ 11:30PM
I know I'll snicker. I'm snickering even as I type this.
irish19| 6.6.11 @ 11:30PM
Or perhaps it's really chortling or chuckling.
Gold BC| 6.6.11 @ 5:40PM
Without a resignation this putrid politician will continue to spread his destructive liberal policies. The GOP led House needs to show some guts and launch an investigation to get out every last sordid thing this man has tweeted to force him out. But don't hold your breath the Republicans are afraid to take on a Jewish Democrat in a highly publicized way.
Seek| 6.6.11 @ 6:14PM
So what does this guy being Jewish have anything to do with the issue at hand? Barney Frank is Jewish and I didn't see fellow House members shrinking (ha-ha, pun) from reprimanding him some 20 years ago.
Al Adab| 6.6.11 @ 6:18PM
At least we learned that Weiner is a schmuck.
NoLib| 6.6.11 @ 8:49PM
That little flaming liberal? I knew he was a creep a long time ago.
Occam's Tool| 6.6.11 @ 9:17PM
And a putz, Al.
albert constantine jr.| 6.7.11 @ 8:25AM
Putz, Schmuck, Schlemiel, Schmendrick; I believe a kosher glossary might be useful to avoid misusing the Yiddish vernacular for the Semitically challenged.
My Girl Friday| 6.6.11 @ 5:41PM
Where is Sandman Sims when we need him. Someone anyone needed to pull out "the hook" on this very long and bad act that Weiner gave....Phewwwwww glad thats over.
simon templar| 6.6.11 @ 5:47PM
While were at it, I want an apology from all the crazed, liberal socialist trolls out here that attacked me and defended their good old boy.
No..just kidding..it would be a cold day in hell when a liberal actually tells the truth without being caught in a lie.
Now, has anyone remembered that a congressmen claiming that his account has been hacked when it has not is actually a crime. Falsely accusing and slandering people is also a criminal offense. Oh, I see we are no longer a nation of laws..we are more interested in the titilation and adolescent jokes. Little food for thought and a million dollar question...what do you think would be happening right now if this was a republican congressmen?
Occam's Tool| 6.6.11 @ 9:18PM
Well, Simon, you're still a saint.
Siegfried X| 6.6.11 @ 5:53PM
If a congresswoman posed nude, and sent pictures of herself to 20 men, no one would care. In fact they'd say "You go, girl!"
My Girl Friday| 6.6.11 @ 6:06PM
Not if the woman in question is a Republican.
simon templar| 6.6.11 @ 6:11PM
NOW would be there congratulating and roaring woman power! Unless, it was Sarah Palin. Then deportation, treason, resignations, and criminal charges would be demanded.
Trinacria| 6.6.11 @ 7:56PM
Please SX - don't encourage them! I've got enough freakin' problems without having to worry about the horror of seeing Nancy Pelosi nude!
On second thought, it might be a suitable alternative to water boarding terror suspects...
irish19| 6.6.11 @ 11:32PM
"Nancy Pelosi nude!"
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! My eyes!!!!
Now where did I put that bleach?
darudz| 6.6.11 @ 5:58PM
I would like to hear from some of the girls he sent the photos to.(sorry I ended in a preposition)
Wayne | 6.6.11 @ 6:17PM
He is the nerd who found that being a congressman comes with perks. He married way beyond his own looks and drags her down to his own low life level. But I expect nothing more from him. He should have been named Weasel
Babu Bhatt| 6.6.11 @ 6:51PM
"Anthony Weiner is a bad man. A very, very bad man. "
bluecollarbytes| 6.6.11 @ 7:37PM
Tony Dick is a political exhibitionist- a nasty protuberance of partisan bile, so it should surprise no one that he luvs in the same manner.
NoLib| 6.6.11 @ 8:12PM
Interesting that his name is A. Weiner.
Tom Osterman| 6.6.11 @ 9:21PM
You would think anyone with a name like that would do anything to avoid a sex scandal. Not that he has any future in politics, but if he did he'd have to change it.
Too bad "Frank" is taken
albert constantine jr.| 6.7.11 @ 8:30AM
As I recall the lyrics to an Oscar Mayer jingle played often on TV when I was a lad:
"You can call me a Wiener,
You can call me a Frank"
I never realized that they were calling roll in a future democratic congressional caucus.
Jason White| 6.7.11 @ 6:08AM
If she does, then Rush Limbaugh should sue the ENTIRE media for lying about HIM and taking his words "out of context" as well!!
http://skinnyfiberreviewsgetfr.....press.com/
LC Jack | 6.7.11 @ 1:29PM
SPAM Alert-----Don't follow the link.
Ryan| 6.7.11 @ 8:32AM
Here's my take - Weiner got caught. It wouldn't surprise me if 75%+ of Reps and Senators were unfaithful to their marriage vows.
LC Jack | 6.7.11 @ 1:28PM
Well.....I'm with Mr. O in part on this one. He accepted FULL responsibility for this putrid incident, but that appears as nothing more than taking flack from the press corps for half an hour. No resignation and no direct apology to Brietbart. He'll survive this one, he's the Dems's favorite mad-dog. Even MORE disturbing, is the possibility, probably a GOOD possibility is that the voters in his district will re-elect the dirt bag. I know that area and they would vote for a used condom if it has a "D" after the name. Think Charlie Rangel and Barney's Frank.
Billy| 6.8.11 @ 3:28PM
You don't take full responsibility until you accept the consequences of your actions. Weiner must go.