Anthony Weiner Apologizes: ‘This Is Entirely Behind Me’

[onehandle]

Source: TPM

New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner on Tuesday apologized for new allegations of sexually explicit chats between him and a 22-year-old woman, clarifying that some of the exchanges, published by the gossip site TheDirty.com, occurred after his resignation from Congress.

"Some of these things happened before my resignation, some of them happened after, but the fact is that that was also the time that my wife and I were working through some things in our marriage," Weiner said at a press conference in New York. "I'm glad these things are behind us. I know that this was a very public thing that we had happen to us. But by no means does it change the fundamentals of my feelings here, and that is that I want to bring my vision to the people of the city of New York. I hope they're willing to still continue to give me a second chance."

"This is entirely behind me," he added.

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/anthony-weiner-apologizes-this-is-entirely-behind-me

[Roselma]

1. He continued AFTER his resignation from Congress.

He's toast. You couldn't pay me to vote for him.

[Faygo Kid]

13. I think that finishes him. You're right, he's toast.

Folks are forgiving, but his regrets were clearly only because he got caught.

Then he kept doing it.

Stick a fork in him, he's done.

[matthews]

57. According to Andy Borowitz...

Weiner Continues Sexting During Apology



After seeing the candidate snap a photo of the pants region and then send a text, reporters bombarded Mr. Weiner with questions, asking him if he had in fact just sexted.

“Yes, I did, but I swear this was the last time,” he said. “This behavior is now behind me.”

Mr. Weiner then concluded his press conference by removing his shirt and snapping a quick shot of his naked torso.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/07/anthony-weiner-continues-sexting-during-apology.html?mbid=nl_Borowitz%20%28154%29

[BootinUp]

63. lol nt

[tblue37]

94. Look at her body language. This marriage is over. nt

[matthews]

96. That's what I was thinking but then I wondered, why would she put

herself through all this if she was going to dump him.

Then I thought, look who she works for. Look at what Honduras Hils has put up with. So who knows?

[Ilsa]

101. All I can figure is that the Mrs. Vitter act will

insure she gets custody of the little Weiner and better-than-excellent child support without a fight if he can continue his political career.

Yeah, that one moment captured might be more revealing than anything they are saying.

[Ash_F]

97. OUCH

That picture...

[Purveyor]

2. Only thing that should be 'behind you' Anthony is the boot in your ass kicking you out of NYC

politics.

[ZRT2209]

4. his wife should boot him in the ass

how many more times is he going to publicly humiliate her? Geez.

[DURHAM D]

8. She does not seem humiliated to me.

I think that must be your issue.

[ZRT2209]

10. he is not showing respect for her by continuing to engage in this behavior

[AtheistCrusader]

40. In your view.

Perhaps she doesn't care about his proclivities.

Some people don't.

[The Stranger]

78. That isn't very credible.

I mean, come on.

[AtheistCrusader]

80. I have no idea the internal mechanics of their marriage.

I know people who took the step to get married, yet have an open relationship. Not many, but some.

Not for me to assume what her feelings are on this matter.

[The Stranger]

77. No, she seems humiliated.

Let's not pretend otherwise.

[CTyankee]

86. In that pic she looks like she'd rather be ANYWHERE but there!

[u4ic]

100. "It took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where I could forgive Anthony

it was not an easy choice in any way".

Doesn't sound like she was okay with his behaviour.

[tavernier]

74. As I told my hubby this morning

If she's not willing to leave him knowing he's a perv, perhaps she prefers a perv with a job.
😄

[LuckyLib]

98. Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

Anyone who makes such ridiculously poor judgments has two issues: (1) he can't keep it in his pants; and (2) he should be nowhere NEAR important decision-making required to govern.

[BainsBane]

3. He's lying

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If resignation didn't prompt him to quit, why should we believe he has now. Also he shows no understanding of how serious of a compulsion he has. "This is entirely behind me." Ever know of a recovering alcoholic who says that? If they do, it's a sure sign they'll soon be back to drinking.

[Blasphemer]

88. I agree...

He may not have control over his lies due to his addiction but I don't believe he has fully addressed his issues. When the story first broke, I had no experience with sex addiction but since then I've come to know two sex addicts. Based on the stories I've heard, I truly believe that he's an addict and I don't think he's had sufficient time to rehab. I don't think he should be back in an elected office just yet. Though I do have far more compassion and understanding than I had previously, I just don't think he is ready.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. riight

once a narcissistic POS, always a narcissistic POS

Never liked the little self-serving prick and glad to see him make fool of himself again.

[7962]

6. Actually, Anthony, its in FRONT of you.

But I bet he still does well, just watch and see.
And again he has to drag his poor wife out to stand by her man. I know its her choice, but still. It sux.

[Coyotl]

90. An overly obvious poor choice of words in his context, I'm sure

he's beside himself too

[7962]

99. HA!

[onenote]

7. He is a habitual liar.

When he was caught the first time, he lied about it and tried to get others to lie about it.

When he resigned, he said he had made a "mistake" and was "seeking treatment".

Now it comes out that for six months after resigning, he continued to engage in similar behavior to what he had himself characterized as a mistake. Are there more tweets/texts? From how long ago? Does anyone have any confidence that he might not have engaged in this behavior yesterday or won't engage in it tomorrow? What "treatment" did he get?

He's done. He should be done.

I'm no prude and if a private citizen engages in this behavior it should be no one's business. But he is a former public official seeking to reenter public life. He is held to a different standard and should be. And the fact that some (not all) repubs get away with their own indiscretions is not a reason to look the other way when a Democrat does it. Forgive him once? Sure. If when he announced he was running he had acknowledge up front not only that more texts/pictures would come out but that his "recovery" had been a struggle and that for a time after resigning he could not resist engaging in that behavior but that with help from "treatment" he had been "clean" for X months, he might have been able to weather the storm. But with it coming out this way, he's toast.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

15. Mark Sanford. . .case closed.

[Katashi_itto]

39. Mark Sanford got elected

[Redford]

65. He wouldn't of been elected if he was tweeting dick shots. Eom

[Katashi_itto]

70. Just running off with his mistress using taxpayer money

vs tweets. Gotcha

[geek tragedy]

9. "This is entirely behind me . . . and I mean it this time. Text me if you

have any questions, and want to praise my abs."

[last1standing]

11. I neither believe him nor care if he does it again.

If his wife does, then they should discuss that.

[Link Speed]

12. Maybe he's referring to....

a chick with a strap-on.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

14. who cares? Does this negate all the work he does for the progressive cause?

Christ, they elected the Hiker Sanford and re-elected diaper hooker lover Vitter. So Weiner likes to sext. . .Big fucking deail!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

18. what work? He has no legislative accomplishments to his name

He just has a Bachmann-esque knack for getting in front of cameras and showing off.
In reality, he was a rightwing dick who launched his career on race-baiting and milked anti-arab sentiment for any gain he could get.

[Bonduel]

79. Now he's a right winger. It's amazing what some on this board will say

[geek tragedy]

19. The effect would be the same, since he has done no work for the progressive cause

but rather used progressive causes to get himself attention.

[Mz Pip]

20. No

But it pretty much negates his chances of continuing it in the future.

Sanford and Vitter are creeps. So is Weiner.

[24601]

21. That's the beauty of the USA. Each voter gets to decide independently what's important to her/him

and doesn't have to rely on anybody else to make that determination.

I'll predict NYC voters have had enough Former Representative Weiner and will judge that they can do better. It's not about anybody else whose not a candidate for NYC mayor and I don't see Sanford or Vitter on the ballot, especially not in the Democratic primary.

[NYC Liberal]

23. And you think electing Sanford and Vitter was a good thing?

Doing stuff like this is a reflection of a person's judgment, and he clearly has poor judgment.

I don't think people should have to resign over these issues (or be impeached for that matter), but when we're still in the primary stage and have a field of candidates to choose from then I think a person's judgment is worth considering. But if he gets the nomination, then yes I will vote for him in the election.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

25. Even FDR had a mistress. I don't see the problem here.

So Weiner likes to Sext. . .that's an issue for him and his wife. . .not the electing public.

If he were one of the pious, holier than thou assholes then it would be an issue of being a hypocrite. . .but he's not. So, again I ask, who cares?

[MotherPetrie]

36. Because it shows incredibly poor judgment on his part. He already had to resign from Congress

for being caught lying about tweeting an inappropriate photo of himself to a young woman.

An experience which apparently taught him nothing.

I'm as liberal and progressive as they come, and I wouldn't vote for this no-impulse-control fool. If he got elected, odds are too good that he'd just end up having to resign again.

I don't give a shit if he sabotages himself, but sabotaging the people who vote for him is inexcusable.

[karynnj]

56. Knowing that it is very hard to know who anyone really is on the internet,

could he in the past or future send one of these lovely photos to someone under 18?

[Squinch]

31. Those are Republicans. We have better people to choose from.

[devils chaplain]

38. The issue isn't the infidelity, it's that he's a pervo creeper....

I'd vote for Spitzer, but something is not right with this man. "Carlos Danger"... 22 year old girls... Really? It's a free country, and he can sext whomever he likes, but that's not the personality profile I'd want for someone with an enormous degree of power and responsibility.

Mr. Danger should first try 60 days in an inpatient rehab for sex addiction and then do a few years in a 12 step program, then maybe we can talk elected office again.

[karynnj]

55. He was a Clinton style Democrat until he saw the media he could get

playing to the left. It doesn't match his voting records. Put this with the obvious lie that he saw that kind of behavior as a mistake and he was getting treatment - now knowing he was STILL doing it.

Listing bad Republicans elected does not mean we can trust Weiner.

[connecticut yankee]

16. This guy is sick

and anyone who votes for him is nuts!

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Yep. Your political life is totally over.

What a complete jerk this guy turned out to be....

[Lunabelle]

22. OMG,he is a disgusting pervert

And his wife is a disgusting enabler, ugh!!!

[Nanjing to Seoul]

26. I went through my dead grandmother's love letters from my grandfather when he was`

in the navy in WW2 after she died as I went through her effects in her home. I guess it's not sexting, but it was pretty jarring. . .I guess, by your standard, my grandfather is just as much a disgusting pervert. And my grandmother is a disgusting enabler

[onpatrol98]

32. Ahhh...Weiner wasn't sexting to his wife...

The equivalent would be if you went through someone else's effects and found steamy letters from your grandfather to another woman while married to your grandmother AS they were trying to get through a rough patch caused by your grandfather in a totally different steamy situation than even that woman.

It's just not the same.

In your case, your grandfather was simply away from his wife and missing his wife...in all the great ways a couple can miss each other...but, decided to put it on paper.

In the second case...the guy would be a perv.

[Squinch]

34. You think Weiner's sexting is akin to your grandparents love letters? Do you like your grandparents?

[Lunabelle]

43. He wasnt sexting his wife

Some other woman. disgusting pervert sticks.

[azurnoir]

24. well I think most remember what was 'in front' of him

however while I'm not from NYC or even NY State I would hate to see this IMO progressive poseur back in politics

[hrmjustin]

27. At this point I don't think he can win. He might get to the runoff but Quinn will beat him in the

runoff. It has always been anybody but Quinn for me.

[michigandem58]

28. I've lost all respect for his wife

She's an enabler.

[99th_Monkey]

30. She might be in on the kink

one never knows.

In which case, I have no judgement of her either way.

[99th_Monkey]

29. Well, Anthony has learned at least one thing from all this

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"This is entirely behind me" <-- Exhibit A

How to create a sound bite that doesn't have some wierd sexual double-meaning,
showing his Freudian slip. Exhibit A is a big improvement over:

Wiener "won't pull out"

"Weiner 'comes clean'"

"Weiner makes hard choice"

[DCBob]

33. Somehow I doubt that.

This guy has a serious sexual addiction and unfortunately Huma will likely suffer more humiliations in the future.

[Gin]

35. Been thinking about the wife making comments and how odd that really is...so...

This crossed my mind that this was HER first political speech...for HER future campaignes...

Supposedly she is politically savvy......time will tell. IMO

[Hulk]

37. Good luck with that one.

Ever thought of going into sales?

[onpatrol98]

41. I do feel sorry for his wife....

Really sorry for his wife...

Anthony did not have a legislative resume. He was a big mouth looking for a camera. He was not supported by major democrats behind the scenes because he wasn't considered a worker. He was a show boater. He lived for the camera. And, his current woes are part and parcel of the same problem. He's narcissistic.

He didn't think about his wife, when he was sexting. He didn't think about the voters as he was sending pictures of himself in his undies. Anthony thinks of Anthony.

I say, give him the Mayor's post, if you like him. But, if you're thinking Anthony is thinking of getting into the trenches, pulling up his sleeves, and fighting for the good people of New York, there just isn't anything on his current resume that suggests it's his top priority. Anthony is Anthony's top priority.

Being Mayor of New York...looks good on a resume. If he's elected, I guarantee you'll see his image on buses and billboards IMMEDIATELY. His ego is huge. Expect kickbacks and corruption...again, symptoms of his ego.

But, the stress from the spotlight he craves, will cause his risky behavior to get more intense. He needs professional help. And, no reasonable counseling would have suggested this return to the spotlight, so soon. He needs an intervention. To trust him with the lives of so many...foolhardy.

What is startling is that Weiner is supposedly one of the best New York has to offer. I used to have such high regard for this city. Now, I'm astounded. My how the mighty city has fallen...if he's a serious candidate. It's a shame.

[KittyWampus]

67. Hello, I think your post is very insightful. And I do think a counselor would probably suggest

a bit more time to get things straight.

But as you said, Anthony's top priority is Anthony.

[Garion_55]

42. i wouldnt vote for him

the first revelations were enough for me to turn me against him.

[kwassa]

44. I am a liberal Democrat who will never vote for Anthony Weiner.

Bad judgment is incurable. Sexual compulsion, maybe.

[ShooterMG]

45. If Mark Sanford can be "forgiven" by South Carolinans

for spending taxpayer dollars on trip to Argentina so he could be with his mistress and divorce his wife, surely Anthony Wiener can be "forgiven" for something totally private and not your business.

[bahrbearian]

50. Or Vitter

[Squinch]

46. He would have been bad for the schools. We can't have more years

with someone trying to dismantle the schools and working against the unions. I'm glad this came out.

[Yavin4]

48. How can anyone cheat on her?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

49. Who knows they may have an agreement.

Power couples do things differently. I wouldn't vote him.

[iandhr]

51. What a moron

[Divernan]

52. The details in this UK article reveal a very sick, sexually obsessed, out-of-control man.

And a woman/wife who accepts his demeaning ridicule of her Muslim family and his negative comparisons of her genitalia to that of his girlfriend's truly reflects the destructive impact on a woman's self-esteem and sense of self-worth from being raised in Saudi Arabia. Choosing to stay with him apparently alienated her from her family, and she is a sad example of an abused wife who stays with her abuser. What a terrible situation in which to raise her son.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047846/Anthony-Weiner-called-wife-Huma-Abedins-parents-backwards.html

This article is from 2011. I never bothered to read any of the details of the original scandal back then, but they really are necessary to understand the extent and significance of his continuing sexting/infidelity.

It's pathetic that some try to excuse his behavior by comparing him to Roosevelt, who had a mistress. FDR also behaved with class and discretion. Weiner, by contrast, tweets about masturbating in the Capitol men's room. This kind of sexual addiction, like that of sexually abusing children, does not lend itself to a cure. Neither does the level of it remain static. He will get more out of control as time progresses. And if he were to be elected Mayor, he would use the power of that office to attract and manipulate even more needy women for his satisfaction. I believe mental illness to be contagious. If you maintain an intimate relationship with an addicted person, you have to divorce yourself from reality in order to excuse and enable him.

[Alameda]

72. Nice insightful post.

I really feel sorry for his wife and child. How horrible it must be for her. By marrying him she has alienated her family, making getting out of the situation even more difficult. Then, she is having a child with him, so she will never really be free of him.

It's sad to see such lack of compassion for her here.

[azbillyboy]

53. Jesus H Christ....

Those moral purists within the Democratic Party who are so quick to condemn Weiner are just plain idiots.

Fine. Purge the party of anyone who accomplishes anything for the plebes...

Run with your HRC/BO-types who only use the rank and file to get elected and then proceed to crap all over the prolls...

Keep the effing Party nice and pure and continue to lose because so many elected Dems have acute testicular shrinkage...

But Oh no... The Repukes embrace serial fuck-ups who have done a lot worse than Weiner.

Christ no wonder we're on the short end of a long stick....

[matthews]

59. Intesting. I live in Nebraska. What HAS Carlos done? Thanks. nt

[tblue]

60. Dear azbillyboy,

I don't jump on bandwagons and I sure don't relish a Democrat's demise, unless he's closet neoliberal or a Blue Dog, in which case, bring it on.

[AtheistCrusader]

85. Ultimately this is between him and his wife.

He made a mistake resigning the first time, I think.

Doing something illegal? No.
Doing something immoral? Maybe, depending on his wife's position on the matter.

Which makes it not my problem.

[cali]

91. oh fer fook's sake. Weiner just a self-promoting sleaze ball with a centrist's voting record

I was never fooled by that anti-Palestinian bigot shit stain.

[azbillyboy]

104. For God's sake....

Don't hold back. Tell us how you REALLY feel!

[appacom]

58. Less concerned about Weiner's infidelity than I am that he gets his kicks exhibiting

his weiner online. This is sick, and says a lot about his propensity for exhibitionism and his lack of self control. He and his wife are suspect to me. I think he is running for office because he knew the new sexting stuff would come out and he gets off on that.

I don't care to know anything about politician's personal/sexual histories except when their behavior indicates narcissism, and recklessness, and untrustworthiness . . . .

[BootinUp]

61. Pay no attention to his actions, just his words, lol. nt

[They_Live]

62. Dear Anthony, if you were wondering why I haven't donated to your campaign

I think you might have just discovered the reason!

Sometimes I hate being right about human behavior. Oh, also, I told you so. And I knew this would happen.

[BootinUp]

64. At least I got another laugh thanks to the Wiener. nt

[Bo]

66. Please leave forever......Please

[CaptCaribbean]

68. Spare me

Anthony, Back home in Brooklyn we have a name for guys like you, and that moniker is DOUCHEBAG! You've betrayed everyone's trust including your old lady. Obviously, you have neither pride nor shame. Give it UP.

[Historic NY]

69. Weiners little head thinking for the big head again..

WTF is wrong with him? He obviously needs some sort of physchological counseling. His fetish behavior is overtaking him. Who the hell signs up under their proper name on internet sites like these sounds like he has a need to be a voyeur and to be caught.

[VPStoltz]

71. Get the hell out and stop embarrassing yourself and your Party.

[KurtNYC]

73. You changed the headline -- He did NOT apologize. Simply told us all to get over it.

Actual headline: "Anthony Weiner: Explicit Exchanges Continued After I Resigned"

Takes no responsibility for his actions. Says instead "these things happened..."

What is "behind us" is any chance he had to run for office successfully.

[mopinko]

75. only ass shots from now on.

he is gonna show his asshole side now.

it's all behind him.

[JoePhilly]

76. I was going to post ... "And then he tweeted a pic of his ass."

[mopinko]

81. couldn't believe the thread got this far without that joke.

we are slipping around here.

[JoePhilly]

83. Me too ... I was excited as I read down the list ... I was going to be the smart one.

And then YOU screwed it up.

[yellowcanine]

87. Yes, a very unfortunate choice of words on his part....."Freudian slip," perhaps?

[Evasporque]

82. The pictures of his ass that is....nt

[abelenkpe]

84. Has a politician's wife ever not stood behind her lying husband? nt

[tblue37]

95. Mark Sanford's wife didn't. nt

[Ilsa]

102. Very true. I think she even had to get a

Restraining order to keep him out of her house.

[PaulKersey]

89. Think its time

to leave the race.

[UTUSN]

92. "entirely behind me" sounds like this joke Kathie Lee told a couple of weeks ago

Over in the Riviera or S. France or whatever, where the women sunbathe topless and the rich old men wear speedos, this rich old man paraded up and down the beach and got *nothing*.

So he asked an old fisherman at the pier, "What happened, I got nothing!1" And the old fisherman at the pier said, "There's a market over there, buy a potato and put it down your speedo." So the rich old dude did it and paraded up and down the beach, and now everybody RAN AWAY!1

So the rich old dude said to the old fisherman, "I did everything you told me to and now everybody ran way!1"

And the old man said, "Put it in FRONT!1"

[tblue37]

93. This is obviously addictive behavior. He cannot stop himself,

and if by some miracle he were to get elected, he would continue this behavior, ultimately getting caught and being forced to resign.

If he had it in him at all to think about the well-being of others and not just about what he wants, he would never have entered the race in the first place, knowing that these more recent sext messages were out there.

There is something seriously wrong with that man. I am surprised that his wife hasn't dumped him already.

[Lint Head]

103. I thought it was in front of him but what do I know.