Wienergate

[Edie Lindsey]

I tune in for the first time in a while,--not for wanting to-- figuring you guys would be talking about this latest news involving a twit doing a tweetering.  So I will be the first to touch this wiener thing, frankly speaking.  I like Ann Coulter's take on it, but what's yours.

 

Weiner's Penis Photo Dispute To Be Settled In Small Claims Court

by Ann Coulter
06/01/2011

Sometimes I wonder if Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., is too nice for his own good.

An evil swine hacks into Weiner's Twitter account and posts an embarrassing photo of spindly legs topped by a small erect penis draped in dingy gray briefs no male over the age of 11 would wear -- and Anthony just wants to forget the whole thing!

Instead of angrily demanding an investigation like anyone else would, Anthony has gone all St. Francis of Assisi on us.

He doesn't want an investigation! How big-hearted is that? Talk about a forgiving nature! He's almost too magnanimous. I wish I had that kind of forbearance.

Maybe he's ready to live and let live, but speaking as one of Anthony's biggest Twitter followers, I am not. Otherwise, Weiner's hacker is just going to go out and hack and hack again.

So while I admire Anthony's selfless refusal to be "distracted" by this issue, I would urge him to reconsider.

Only a full and complete investigation will show that he had absolutely nothing to do with that humiliating photo of the tiny stub of a male organ sent to a 21-year-old coed from his Twitter address last Friday night.

Anthony needs to remember that hacking is a serious crime. In fact, there probably will have to be a federal investigation whether or not our gentle Anthony requests one.

Another example of Anthony's amazing forbearance is how he has not retaliated against CNN for its malicious editing of Weiner's press conference on Tuesday.

CNN obviously sabotaged the tape to make it look as if he was refusing to answer the simplest, most direct questions. (I confess I did not see the entire conference live; I was too busy sending private messages to the hundreds of college coeds I follow on Twitter, just like Anthony.)

Through sheer trickery, CNN made it appear as if Anthony kept lurching back to the same irrelevant story about a heckler in an audience of 45,000 people.

Anyone could see there was something off about the video because no matter what reporters asked him, CNN kept looping back to that clip of Anthony telling his long, pointless parable about a heckler in an audience and how he'd respond and then demanding that he be allowed to finish, when he obviously had already finished.

This falsely suggested that he was stonewalling reporters. Perhaps the CNN tape was hacked, too.

It's time for Anthony to stand up for himself, if you'll pardon the expres -- Hey, wait a minute! Now my column is being hacked!!! -- and demand an investigation of both the hacker and CNN.

You don't need to apologize for anything, congressman. Your only problem is, you're just too damn nice.

But knowing Anthony, he'll probably forgive CNN. There's a reason why, year in and year out, Anthony Weiner has been voted Congress' most forgiving person.

I try to be a good Christian, but it took Anthony Weiner to show me what true mercy is. I salute you, congressman! ...

The preceding several paragraphs are what we call "irony," i.e. saying one thing while meaning the opposite.

What I meant to say is: OF COURSE ANTHONY WEINER DOESN'T WANT AN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE IT WOULD SHOW THAT HE HIMSELF POSTED THE PHOTO OF HIS SMALL ERECT PENIS.

The reason the congressman is so eager to forgive the hacker is that there is no hacker. He cannot have an investigation for the simple reason that it will show that he posted the photograph himself.

In a panic when he saw he had hit the wrong button and sent a private tweet of his pecker to his entire Twitter following, Weiner blurted out the hacker defense, quickly typing: "FB hacked. Is my blender gonna attack me next?"

Unfortunately, there was no lawyer in the room to tell him: "Don't say that! They'll have to investigate!"

On Sunday, his staff followed up with a press release, saying: "Anthony's accounts were obviously hacked."

So he can't now claim he didn't say it.

After hiring a lawyer, Weiner quickly backpedaled from the "hacker" claim and began insisting, in another press release: "This was a prank. We are loath to treat it as more."
If it was a prank, then why did he hire a lawyer?

Weiner isn't a celebrity: He's a CONGRESSMAN. Whoever can hack into his Twitter account may be able to hack into other congressmen's accounts -- or into Weiner's briefing files from, say, the Department of Defense.

(Indeed, unless the alleged hacker is arrested, who knows how many Anthony Weiner penis shots could start circulating on Twitter?)

But when one of Weiner's colleagues, Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., requested a congressional investigation into cybersecurity based on Weiner's self-proclaimed computer attack on his Twitter account, Weiner denounced and insulted Stearns.

The best Weiner can do now is try to take his utterly humiliating penis photo out of the realm of criminal law by eliding "hacked" into "pranked." Legally, it's not clear what the difference is.

He's stuck angrily announcing that he wants to move on, there's important work to be done, and calling a CNN reporter a "jackass" merely for asking if Weiner sent the penis photo or not.

For a guy who's suddenly taking the position that this was all just a harmless prank, he seemed pretty bent out of shape at that CNN press conference. If that condition persists for more than four hours, congressman, consult your doctor.

[Lisa O'Brien]

Sad to say but I don't think so....

[masonco]

NOPE

 

[Dave]

OMG... I'm trying to stop laughing.... just when you think this story couldn't get any sillier, Wiener tops himself and admits it was all him. Amazing how big of an idiot the guy is. Sadly, the worst part of this story will most likely be that his issues with the truth will cause him no trouble when he goes into his next election and will more then likely be elected without much problem.

[Sweater Cows!]

what's wrong with sending nude pics of yourself to those who request/desire them? Nothing. It's called sexting I believe. You guys seem really old sometimes, LOL.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sexting

 

[Lisa O'Brien]

Your right there is nothing wrong per-say about sending nude pics to those who want them. The problem is...  he's a married politician, and the dumb a$$ posted them to his main twitter page for all his followers.

[Willy]

Lando

Your kidding, right? First of all, what you send on the internet is out there possibly forever. Secondly, why would anyone want to send nude photos of themselves, especially women [don't be stupid ladies]? Thirdly, what do you think family, friends or even current or future employers would think if those photos were to appear on the open internet? Lastly, Why is it that people think this is exceptable behavior for anyone? I personally think it stupid, short sighted, go along behavior.

[Sweater Cows!]

Nope, not kidding. it just shows he is keeping up with pop culture and the way things are done now days.

 

If the media left the story alone it wouldn't even be a story. Which it shouldn't be, because , I have no problem with anyone sending nudie pics to those who want them.

 

If the pics were not meant to be sent to his wife then the issue is between him and her and it is not anyone elses business. The problem is that people think they need to snoop into everyones personal lives and the media wants high ratings so they find the most entertaining stories, which if they were left the way they should be this would just be an issue between husband and wife.

 

As far as nude pics living on for time eternal on the internet, so what! Why is it that people are so 'offended' by naked bodies? Our society here needs to get over itself and its prudish judgemental ways.

 

In Europe it is common for politicians to have affairs and nobody says a word or even cares. They have nude beaches too. Of course here in the US people freak out like this stuff is some big deal. US is behind the times in some ways, at least the younger generations have overcome this stuff and have no issues sending there bf/gf's naked pics. Thing is, people are so afraid of admitting they are human and sexual creatures that they freak out about those who can accept it as a part of being a human(or any other reproducing species.)

[Willy]

Lando

That's the way things are done these days? And you see nothing wrong with it. What if your daughter wants to post nude photos of herself on the internet. You do understand that rapist and murderers also use the internet. The media couldn't leave it alone because he is a high ranking official in the federal government. What if a terrorist orginazation had gotten hold of those photos and tried to blackmail the Congressman? What pressure might have been put on him to alter his thinking in Congress? I don't think your looking at this situation realistically. Nobody I know is offended by the human body but someone who puts photos of themselves out there for every pervert and rapist to see definately has some issues. It is not being judgmental, it is called using good judgement and common sense and not acting like a hormone imbalanced teenager. You also think it's OK for people to cheat on their spouses? What kind of life do you live and what are you teaching your children?

[Max]

As a libertarian I believe that people (in the private sector) should be free to do whatever they want, including "sexting".  As a great man once put it, it "neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket".  But, one should be ready to accept the consequences of their actions.

 

In the case of a public official however, actions like this can potentially "break my leg or pick my pocket".

[Sweater Cows!]

1. I am a polygamist, pimp, pron star, gang member, mobster, brothel madam, human trafficker, mafia don-ette  WAIT>>>>>>>>POLITICIAN who is running for public office. lololol just kidding.
2. But really, I don't get why people care. There are so many horrible things going on in the world that this is mundane/boring at best. Well, except for the comedy factor.

[Dave]

I think its more the comedy factor then anything else really. I mean how can you not have fun with a guy named Wiener who is now going to be forever known as the guy who tried to send a Wiener pic. Like I say, all the puns and silly quips are going to be a source of comedy for quite sometime.

[masonco]

Willie well spoken