I stand with Anthony Weiner

[devilgrrl]

eom

[no_hypocrisy]

1. + 1000

[formernaderite]

68. he's almost fifty

a little too old for this sort of thing. It's embarrassing. Sexting? really?

And to think I actually told someone yesterday that he was being set up and framed. I'm an old fart... you'd think I'd know better.

[AlbertCat]

108. a little too old for this sort of thing.

Why is that?

[DontTreadOnMe]

135. Because at a certain age you realize

that you do not jeopardize your entire career and personal integrity with an extramarital affair.

Seriously, at what age do you determine the definition of integrity?

[awoke_in_2003]

116. Larry Craig...

was even older when he was arrested for soliciting oral sex in a bathroom. Yet, he got to finish his term out (even if he was a major hypocrite- family values, "The Gays are gonna get you" kind of guy). It is the hypocrisy that stinks, not the act.

[me b zola]

210. Yes

And i would have defended Craig if it weren't for his anti-gay legislation. I really don't give a rat's ass about people's personal lives as long as they aren't beating everyone over the head with their fake moralism

[awoke_in_2003]

261. Same here...

it was the hypocrisy that did it for me.

[whathehell]

221. The act is stupid as well....and since he's a public figure I can only

wonder if he's not an adrenaline junkie who likes taking risks.

Very childish, very stupid.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but have you ever notice that all these scandals

involve men?....What grown woman would risk losing her office over adolescent shit like this?


It's jack assery at its highest level.

[lark]

223. Nicki Haley

nuff said

[whathehell]

245. Never proven.

It will be "nuff said" when she gets up in front of the media

and admits her "mistake" like the rest of the penile brigade.

[smirkymonkey]

226. +1000

Stupid. That's my problem with it. Same w/ all these politicians, and those are just the one's who get caught. You know they are all up to something that could bring their careers down. Why are they so self-destructive? Personally, I think it would be kind of funny if it wasn't such a serious blow to his career. But why risk everything just to get your jollies?

It's like their egos are so inflated that they just don't think that anybody or anything can take them down - that goes for Republicans and Democrats alike. Still, I live in NYC and I would still probably vote for him even though I'd like to kick him in the ass.

[whathehell]

237. Yep....I get you.

If I lived in NYC, I'd probably vote for him too, but this idiocy has

got to stop...There are others, probably just as competent,

who are capable of self-restraint.

[BobbyBoring]

252. According to Mr Limpballs

Craig "was only tapping his foot in the mens room".:argh:

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

161. I think it is alot more common among "adults" than people might think,

I was sexted (word?) by a 40-something and married Fortune 500 "C Level" executive, I wasn't terribly impressed by that - being both attached and it having been sent to my office phone. God only knows what the fuck she was thinking. And even within the company I work for there have been two embarrassing episodes where one woman was found to have an extremely explicit myspace page detailing her "cougar lifestyle" and a profile picture which was her, sitting in her car wearing only a yellow bra. And another fiasco had a couple who had an online photo album that could be found by goggling their names which I am told was very explicit.

Years later we (and she) still get crap about the myspace page which was circulated industry wide. I'm told her facebook page isn't much better.

[neoralme]

202. I also was fooled. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice....

[MikeMc]

271. 46 like me. I'm very offended. You just made my joints creak.

And I'm a Catholic. (Roman)

[BonnieJW]

175. I think he's been an excellent congressman; however,

he's another stupid man who doesn't have the good sense God gave a flea. In this day and age, how can anyone send any kind of email or text and think it's private? He is newly married to a lovely, brilliant woman and this is what he does in his spare time? Is this how a good husband acts in Rep. Weiner's world? Well, I guess since he doesn't beat his wife...

[aquart]

247. Then Mitt Romney is your man. Or Dick Nixon.

THERE IS NO SEXUAL PURITY TEST IN THE US CONSTITUTION.

Ireland lost Parnell because of sex. We would have lost Jefferson, Franklin, FDR, JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Some of the best men on the planet politically were dick idiots.

Try not to be a political idiot.

[Dawson Leery]

2. +1

[HipChick]

3. Me too! When flirting becomes a crime..let me know

[Johonny]

22. +1

[pnwmom]

104. He's been lying to his Democratic caucus members and to the public.

That might not be a crime, but it could make it hard for them to work with him.

[midnight]

109. Come on.... Are you kidding.... Look at who is in Congress...

[JDPriestly]

118. People lie about things conduct are ashamed of.

Weiner did not assault anyone. He did not cheat on his wife.

He sent really silly photos. How long has Weiner been married? A year?

[pnwmom]

137. I'd feel completely different about him if he came clean in the couple days after this.

But he let this go on way too long. If he can overcome this, fine. But I'm skeptical he will.

[JDPriestly]

139. His first comments were not really denials. In fact, people noted

that on DU. And his accusation that someone hacked his account is probably true. I would not be surprised if that has been affirmed.

When I really think about it, I misunderstood Weiner's statement that his account had been hacked. I thought he meant that someone had sent something in his name that he had not sent. Now that I think about it, he meant he sent a private message and someone intercepted it. Both acts would probably constitute hacking.

I wonder when our Congress members will finally realize that they have no privacy on the internet or in their personal phone conversations.

We have been warned that the government is interpreting the Patriot Act in ways that would surprise us. I question whether they are hacking all of our communications. They would be pretty bored with mine. No nude or even suggestive pictures of any sort.

But how do people's phone conversations, personal Twitter posts and other personal data entrusted to electronic media become so public so quickly? Isn't it illegal to snoop like that if you are a private person? And shouldn't Congress make it illegal for the government to snoop like that without probable cause to suspect criminal activity?

[pnwmom]

152. I agree, the government shouldn't be allowed to snoop like that.

But I haven't heard that the government was snooping -- I thought it was those Breitbart people. And they didn't have to work too hard at it, because Weiner was blasting his tweets to the world. As I understand it, he meant to send a private message but made a mistake and sent it to everyone on this list. And that list included some creeps.

[JDPriestly]

153. I was wrong. My husband advised me about what really happened.

Here is the story.

Rep. Anthony Weiner showed an understanding of the new age of privacy during a press conference on Weinergate this afternoon. Weiner subjected himself to a half-hour whacking by journalists, during which he admitted to lying about his Twitter account being hacked, saying that he did send a photo of his little member of Congress to a Seattle college student “as a joke.” He had intended to send it privately as a direct message, but messed up. On Twitter, this is called a “#DM Fail.” It happens fairly often — it’s the equivalent of the inadvertent “Reply All” of email — and is a good reason NOT to use Twitter as a forum for sending racy photos of yourself.

http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/06/06/anthony-weiner-comes-clean-about-dirty-photos-and-phone-calls/

[neoralme]

201. Why would anyone use Twitter or Facebook at all?

dddd

[JDPriestly]

230. I agree. The minute I heard about them, I thought, how stupid.

[MikeMc]

272. I always thought you were a self-identified male person, JDP.

My mistake. And the original message is a good reason not to carry around a cell-phone, to boot.

"My mistake" added, on edit.

[GOTV]

168. Weiner said he sent the tweet himself but intended it to be a DM ...

... when he realized it was actually tweeted publicly he deleted it.

I'm pretty sure he no longer claims to have been hacked.

[BlueCaliDem]

212. Yes, he deleted it immediately, so now the question is, how did Breitbart "intercept" it?

Shouldn't that be the question of the day? How did he, and his snubbed reporter-friend at ABC, get all those photographs? Getting one, I understand, but he's got them ALL.

Why isn't anyone asking this bottom-feeding scumbag rightwinger that question?

[GOTV]

220. Hundreds of his followers may have seen his tweet

He has thousands of followers. Once he deletes the tweet, it doesn't disappear from other follower's screens. Any one of them could have screen captured the tweet and sent it to breitbart.

[BlueCaliDem]

222. Um...didn't he send it in a PM? I don't believe he just publicly tweeted

the pics, but he sent it via the PM option, so that "hundreds of his followers may have seen it" doesn't fly.

Another DUer said he must've accidentally send the PM in a way that does a sort of Tweet-blast, like an e-mail blast. If that's the case, he did this 6-10 times? That's the amount of pics Breitbart says he's got.

I dunno. Sounds fishy.

[GOTV]

244. No. He said he MEANT to send it as a DM and deleted it as soon as he recognized his mistake

The other pictures, in my understanding, were volunteered to Breitbart by the recipient.

[BlueCaliDem]

297. Volunteered by the recipient to Brainfart? I smell a mole.

At least it's becoming clearer and clearer that this was a set-up, and that Brainfart is behind it. Anyone else who doesn't see it is being willfully ignorant.

[BlueCaliDem]

211. I've been informed by a hater on HuffPost that the tweet had been intercepted

and so have the others Breitbart has in his possession.

How in the HELL do you intercept tweets?? Unless, of course, you're lying in wait in the "bushes" watching Rep. Weiner closely.

Be that as it may, this whole affair reeks...and I'm not talking about Rep. Weiner's flirting, either. I'm talking about how this scumbag Breitbart, who has never apologized for what he's done to Shirly Sherrod, got her to resign, but who now DEMANDED an apology from Rep. Weiner, got his slimy fingers on those photographs that were NOT meant for him.

Tbat's what I'd like to know.

Also, I hope Rep. Weiner does NOT resign. That would give Breitbart TWO victories against TWO Progressives, and he'll be a huge star on Fux News Channel.

[MikeMc]

273. Go, BCD! Have you met Suffragette, Defend and Protect, and Sabrina 1, by chance {question mark inop

erative} NT

[BlueCaliDem]

295. lol I don't know! I have over 1300 followers on HuffPost (not a lot for the time I've been there)

and it could be that they're one of them.

[Raschel]

242. I agree. And AFAIC most of them lie. It's like not expecting a car salesman to lie.

I mean, c'mon, how long has this stuff been going on? It's just more apt to be exposed (no pun intended) now.

[FighttheFuture]

225. Oh no!!!! Oh My!!!! OMG!!! FUCK!!!

You mean he didn't tell all his buds in Congress about his phone sexting and flirting! How could he not because you know, politicians never, ever lie to each other when they are cutting their deals with lobbyist and corporations on how they will fuck you.

[orion007]

184. Flirting?

Get real and stop making frivolous excuses.

He's in way to deep with this issue

ex·hi·bi·tion·ism
noun \-ˈbi-shə-ˌni-zəm\
Definition of EXHIBITIONISM
1
a : a perversion in which sexual gratification is obtained from the indecent exposure of one's genitals (as to a stranger) b : an act of such exposure
2
: the act or practice of behaving so as to attract attention to oneself

[FighttheFuture]

239. Uhhh... these weren't strangers.

Try again.

[roxiejules]

197. WAY beyond the subtle act of flirting....

Flirting is a playful, romantic or sexual overture by one person to another subtly indicating an interest in a deeper relationship with the other person. Flirting usually involves speaking and behaving in a way that suggests a mildly greater intimacy than the actual relationship between the parties would justify, though within the rules of social etiquette, which generally disapproves of a direct expression of sexual interest.

[orion007]

259. Exactly, and I wonder if many of the woman here at DU who are

defending his behavior and calling it a stunt or flirting would feel the same way if it was their husbands?
I doubt it very much.

[neoralme]

198. Flirting?

Surely, you jest. Lewd pictures is not flirting. I wish the man well, but I am done with him politically.

[Balderdash]

218. Flirting!?!?!

That's what passes for flirting these days?

[styersc]

258. When did flirting become phone sex and e-mailing photos of

your genitals?

[Inchworm]

4. As do I

.

[monmouth]

5. Me too. Just because he's intelligent doesn't mean he's smart...n/t

[Dreamer Tatum]

6. Might be with you if he didn't baldface fucking lie last week. nt

[LynneSin]

I'm kinda having a tough time with that too

I think as a politician he's one of the best

But that was just damn stupid.

All politicians need to recognize that doing stupid stuff like cheating on their spouses or sending provactive photos will eventually come to light. You're a famous person, people want the dirt on you.

I always thought that Rep Weiner was smarter than that.

[guruoo]

112. High performance people tend to make high performance mistakes. nt

[devilgrrl]

26. I so hear you - I'd rather he lie us into another war.

eom

[vssmith]

82. Old saying in politics, "When in doubt, get it out."

[roxiejules]

199. Plus encourage others to lie...

Rep. Anthony Weiner encouraged a porn star to lie about their on-line relationship and offered her the help of his public relations team, according to a report on Tuesday.

Weiner sent emails to former X-rated performer Ginger Lee – to whom he’d previously acknowledged sending innocuous messages via Twitter – coaching her to deny that they had been communicating, reported TMZ, which obtained the messages and says the two had exchanged “scores of sexual emails over a long period of time.”



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56395.html#ixzz1ObCPtKnv

[MrScorpio]

7. So do I nt

[Common Sense Party]

205. Still think he was baiting Breitbart? nt

[MrScorpio]

231. No, I was wrong

C'est la vie!

[Common Sense Party]

254. Así es la vida.

It sure would have been nice if you'd been right and Breitbart had gotten pie in his face.

[democrat_patriot]

8. He did a very dumb thing. He's apologized. It's now between him and his wife.

Oh and Fuck that muckraking Andrew Breitbart.

[Orsino]

72. He did many dumb things, repeatedly.

One of which is to get Breitbart a permanent timeslot on CNN.

I won't even speculate on Weiner's relationship with his wife...but at the very least he has made her look nearly as foolish as her husband, in the eyes of American prudery.

[Go2Peace]

141. Stupid people and corrupt media got Breitbart the exposure.

That man should have been a laughing stock by now. The corrupt media just looks for opportunities to give people like him and Palin face time, while they almost entirely ignore the brilliant minds of our generations.

[Orsino]

180. With Weiner's help.

The American prudery I mentioned wasn't invented when he took office. It's the political climate he rose to power in, and he cannot claim not to have participated in his own neutering.

[styersc]

260. Amongst Weiner's "sins" is he made Breitbart correct and legit.

Weiner is a pig and he is dead to me.

[SemperEadem]

171. [phone]

if you don't live in his district and cannot cast a legal vote for him or against him, then what you think doesn't matter.

[MikeMc]

274. Nope. Donated $120 to the Dccc since the story broke. NT.

[truth2power]

200. I agree with all those points. Weiner did a stupid, stupid thing...

He should have known better. But it isn't the end of the world.

I'm amazed at those on this thread who are piling on Weiner, when the difference between him and Craig, Vitter et. al. is that Weiner doesn't go around banging on his bible and bleating about "family values" while promoting legislation that deprives people of their rights. It's the HYPROCRISY, stupid! I don't know how many times that needs to be said.

As to the lying about a personal, albeit stupid, action, I would urge those that take issue with this to get back to me when they've stopped twisting themselves into pretzels trying to justify the serial lying of those in the higher echelons of our government about things that really affect our lives.

Oh, and you're correct. Breitbart is a malevolent little troll. :puke:



edit> spelled Breitbart wrong, I guess..

[hack89]

217. And the voters? nt

[Logical]

9. You stand with a liar and a bad husband! and a joke now!

[nolabear]

20. Well, I'll stick with a good politician and give the lying hound dog a second chance.

But not a third.

[dana_b]

21. and a human being who made a bad mistake

politicians are human, just like us. I suspect that a lot of us here are liars and have been bad husbands/wives/boyfriends/girlfriends in our time. Weiner is, however, a good congressman.

[Logical]

25. Who I no longer can believe! n-t

[dana_b]

31. okay. to each his/her own. n/t

[MikeMc]

275. You progressive women have this site all locked up, d_b.

+ 100, on your side.

[devilgrrl]

40. Oh, I know - I hate when people lie about their personal lives.

What an evil fuck.

[Logical]

49. Lie in PUBLIC to their supporters!

[pipi_k]

56. AND accused other people of having hacked/committed crimes...

One thing to lie...

completely another to wrongly accuse others....


He's a slimebag.

Also, something I'm sure many here would probably be saying if this were a Republican we're talking about...

If he would lie about something MINOR, he would lie about something MAJOR.

[devilgrrl]

57. KILL HIM NOW!!!!!!!

[pipi_k]

62. Oh my...

First sign of having lost an argument...being reduced to childishness and vulgarity.

[devilgrrl]

64. That may well be but it still won't make me agree with you.

Seeing that you're perfect and everything.

[pipi_k]

65. Perfect???

Never said I was, dear.

I don't think any of us has managed to avoid telling a lie here and there.

You know what sucks? Telling a lie and then accusing someone else of having committed a wrong...or an outright crime.

Have you ever done that? I never have.

Weiner did.


You don't need to agree with me. Just act like a rational adult human being when someone doesn't agree with you.

[devilgrrl]

66. Fine. I will.

I couldn't disagree with you more.

[pipi_k]

71. OK....now...

What do you disagree with, and why?

[pipi_k]

190. Crickets. Crickets. Crickets....no reply?

OK, I was hoping to have some sort of constructive discussion. I mean, I really did want to know what you disagree with me on, and why.

[devilgrrl]

296. Anthony Weiner broke no laws...

he's guilty of being a cad.

Now, if he lied about WMD's in Iraq - I'd call for his head.

:hi:

[MikeMc]

299. Sorry to get in too late for it to hit your board, p_k , but I have a reply for you

Check your post 56. I'll understand if you don't reply. You're unaware of our controversial feud, cause DU's time on the issue has expired.

On edit, 13 down page from this post, currently. Nice web design, DU.

[dorksied]

194. I disagree, for this reason

Yeah, he lied about this. He made a really stupid mistake. Very stupid.

But there isn't another democrat in congress who fights harder. Who will stand up and yell 'Deal with it!' to the Republipigs like he will. His political career has a good track record.

So, yes, he made a terrible mistake. But, he's come clean, and it is quite obvious to anyone who watched it that he really hates what he did, and is sorry. So, as a forgiving person, I am willing to allow for his mistake.

In the larger scope of things, in a country where politicians are bought by corporations, who lie about being for the people when they're really voting for their donors, all while espousing 'family values' and Christian values while clinging to ideologies and beliefs that go completely against Christian values (Ayn Rand), I'd say that a small sex scandal shouldn't even be newsworthy.

I'd vote for him, based off his record for actually fighting for his constituents. Wish I lived in his district.

[pipi_k]

206. So the only part you're disagreeing with

is that he's a slimebag?




Quoted from my first post in this topic...


One thing to lie...

completely another to wrongly accuse others....


He's a slimebag.

Also, something I'm sure many here would probably be saying if this were a Republican we're talking about...

If he would lie about something MINOR, he would lie about something MAJOR.

[BlueCaliDem]

214. I totally agree. PLUS I don't want Breitbart to have the satisfaction of taking down

another hard-core Progressive. That would make him a hero in Rightwing World, and being a huge hero will net him millions, contracts, and a bigger platform to spew his bile into the world.

Is that what we want?

Progressives and Democrats should STOP demanding Rep. Weiner resign. We need to stop pretending our pols are "better'n them!". They're not. They're pols. Let's stop playing defense and go on the offense.

Why should we be helping this bottom-feeder, Breitbart, gain notoriety in Rightwing World? Why should we open the door to another Glen Beck? Is that what we want? If not, then we should stand behind Rep. Weiner and tell all those other fuckers to fuck off, just like ALL the Republicans stand by Paul "KillMedicare" Ryan and tell us all to fuck off, too.

Were Ryan a Democrat, I doubt he'd get the support he's getting from his fellow Republicans as we speak. And that, in and of itself, is a sad state of affairs for our party and our causes.

[JDPriestly]

125. Weiner lied. The person who obtained the photo may have hacked

Weiner's Twitter account to get the photo. So don't be so quick to say no one hacked the account. How else did they get the photo?

[pipi_k]

188. He admitted he was the one who sent it...

How it got from the person he sent it to, to Breitbart, I have no idea.

But Weiner's account wasn't hacked.

[GOTV]

195. He accidentally tweeted it publicly. Any of his followers could have seen it ...

... before he deleted it.

[pipi_k]

216. Yep. I've done the same...

Not sent it...saved it.

One of the things I saved was a threat against my son on Facebook before the person was able to delete it.

[awoke_in_2003]

120. He outlined his penis in his underpants....

surely that is worse than continuing the non-ending war in Afghanistan. I mean, come on- penis vs. billions of dollars. Imagine the harm that could come from said penis. :sarcasm:

[avaistheone1]

133. Crime of the century.

Actually more like a tempest in a teapot.

[amyrose2712]

173. HA!(in my best Tweety voice) Where did you get that icon!? Love it!

[JDPriestly]

124. Someone did hack into his personal Twitter account apparently.

If the picture was Weiner's then someone really did hack his account to get his personal correspondence on Twitter.

[MikeMc]

279. Double + good. NT

[MikeMc]

298. Completely right, p_k.

I'm really glad he apologized to that 'Typhoid-Mary' of Syphilis, Andrew Breitbart, at that presser (I forget if it was Weiner or Breitbart's press conference). If Weiner hadn't apologized, people might start to doubt Breitbart's veracity.

[devilgrrl]

24. Two words

David Vitter

:hi:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Is that the two wrongs make a right theory?nt

[devilgrrl]

36. What's illegal about sending topless pictures?

:popcorn:

[Plucketeer]

114. I'm with you!

What's that religious line about who gets to cast the first stone??? I ain't religious, but there's lotsa folks who claim to be that'll be wagging their forfinger at Weiner.

[angstlessk]

47. two more words...Bill Clinton..he survived and did worse!

[pipi_k]

89. I agree, but it's not about the sex or the photos...

It's about the fact that a lot of people so vehemently defended Weiner. Even to the point of being NASTY to people who doubted him.


I was one of those doubters, and I was probably vilified by the more rabid believers. I wouldn't know, really...I gave my opinions and then just didn't go back, preferring not to deal with any of the shit that I was sure might be thrown at me for not going along with the crowd.


Anyway, I don't know about anyone else, but in my world, if I defend you, you had damned well better be telling the truth.


It's not about the sex. It's about trusting and having one's trust dragged through the dirt.

[Odin2005]

95. The pukes claimed they were impeaching Clinton because he LIED about the affair.

So if you condemn Weiner and yet absolve Clinton you are a hypocrite.

[JDPriestly]

119. I don't absolve either of them, but with so many of these famous

politicians lying about sex, I have, since Clinton, come to the conclusion that men lie about sex that is embarrassing to them. Why they do these stupid things in the first place is a mystery to me. But there is such a long list of men who did something stupid of a sexual nature and then lied about it that I can't be too harsh when yet another one is caught.

I have to add that it is not as if Weiner actually had extramarital sex. The picture that Jon Stewart showed was almost more a joke than anything else.

[awoke_in_2003]

122. all while Newt Gingrich...

was having an affair himself. My lord, it is sex- we need to stop being so puritanical about it and accept the fact that it happens.

[pipi_k]

187. I don't absolve Clinton

He lied to the American people and he lied to Congress.

I lost a lot of respect for the man after that.



I don't have much respect for anyone who only tells the truth when he's backed into a corner.

[JDPriestly]

126. I apologize if I was one of them.

But honestly, I would never have believed that Weiner could be so foolish as to send such a stupid picture to someone.

But then, I'm not a man. Seems there is an epidemic of sexual indiscretions in the D.C. crowd.

[pipi_k]

183. Well, let me put it this way...

I stated my opinions in the various threads, then left after one or two posts and didn't return.

So if you did give me a hard time, I didn't see it.

And if I didn't see it, it never happened. ;)

[onenote]

102. twelve words

Christopher Lee, Bob Livingston, Mark Sanford, Larry Craig, Mark Foley, John Ensign

That's a list of repubs who got caught in sex scandals. In Ensign's case there was clearly some criminality involved. The other cases -- less clear. But let's stop with the phony claim that repubs never resign and Democrats always do.

[sweetloukillbot]

156. On the opposite side add Barney Frank

He was involved in a pretty significant sex scandal and did not resign either.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. I agree Logical. We are in the minority probably. But doing what

he did shows a serious character flaw and lack of judgement and just sheer stupidity. I do have to give him
credit for being seemingly forthright and open now though.

[vssmith]

83. operative word, "seemingly"

[butterfly77]

50. Its his dick ...

he can play with it if he wants too. at least he had on some grown man drawers and a grown man dick,no diapers please :rofl: Now back to the floor weiner and back to kick some more REPUBLICON ASS!!!
:rofl:

[MikeMc]

276. + + + + and NT

[wickerwoman]

60. I'm not his wife, so I don't give a shit about the bad husband bit.

As for liar, the press had no right to ask him about it in the first place but unfortunately American politicians aren't allowed to tell reporters to fuck off and mind their own business when it comes to this kind of thing. More's the pity.

I feel the same way about this that I felt about the whole Clinton thing. When can we start governing again? Cause it's not like we're so completely on top of the economy and the wars that our number one priority should be shirtless e-mails.

[Lorien]

75. Oh mercy me!

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJzNdbYIKWCWKVCxEwEiB6nUQLOQS9zei61qERgve3Z1f76nzPXw&t=1

Yet there has been less outrage by the general public over ALL of the deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade that were caused by a lie. Priorities, anyone?

[Odin2005]

94. That's a private problem between him and his wife.

I guess you were for impeaching Clinton, too?

[sweetloukillbot]

157. Politicians don't have private lives...

Especially if they post pics of their junk on a social network.

[MikeMc]

277. Love Rain Dogs and Waits, hate the post..

[RBInMaine]

164. And Clinton would have been re-elected a third time. Yeah, BAD judgement, but NOT criminal, and

private behavior. I do agree, DUMB judgement.

[elocs]

186. Anything posted online, including here at DU, is no longer private.

I see the "criminal" aspect thrown up about this time and again but I don't believe I've actually read of Weiner committing a crime. Is that so bad judgment and lying do not seem as bad if they are not criminal?

How about lying? Is that simply bad judgment as well?

Where would this all be if he had simply admitted that the pictures were his at the start?

[aquart]

250. WTF has that to do with his politics or his job?

The man who gave us Social Security was a lousy husband. And his children weren't too thrilled either.

Meanwhile, you have been made into a tool of the right wing whose goal is to destroy effective liberal assets. Congratulations, DUPE.

[slackmaster]

10. Post some pics

This should be interesting.

[devilgrrl]

30. here's one.

Nice pic don't you think?

[slackmaster]

61. I see a really big pic of a really big douchebag with a nice smile

:hi:

[dana_b]

11. me too!!

I intend on writing and telling him so too.

[annabanana]

12. I think he'll keep his seat.. . .n/t

[donheld]

101. I just hope something will be covering his seat.

:eyes::hide:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. nope. hopefully another non-pervert dem out there.

[Very_Boring_Name]

14. K+R

[nolabear]

15. I do too, as long as he cleans out ALL those skeletons and learns something.

People do dumb things and I won't cross stupid in one area with incompetent or dishonest in another. But he's got to do this right.

[Stevenmarc]

16. His public good outweighs his private failings

[Orsino]

181. Yes, IMO.

Ultimately, his work will be negated. That was probably going to happen anyway, our corporate fascism being what it is, but it'll happen a little sooner with the help of this scandal.

[femrap]

17. They're all

fucking alike....sick lying perverts.

[Puglover]

18. Me too!

But boy he is gonna have some splaining to do when he gets home! This is between he and his wife. NOONE else. He stepped up. Admitted he lied and apologized.

Anyone who feels "let down" should seriously take a look at their relationships with people they don't actually know.

[metalbot]

192. Partly

Behavior that borders on marital infidelity is between him and his wife.

Lying to his wife is between him and his wife.

Lying to the public is between him and the public.

[libmom74]

240. It's none of the public's damn business.

Can we please grow up and get over other people's sex lives and focus on things that are slightly more important like the 2 (or 3 if you count Libya) WARS, our destroyed economy oh and that little problem of global warming that is causing giant tornadoes and floods as well as crop failures.

[whathehell]

246. He's a public servant...and he lied to the public, including his voting base..It is their business

He was reckless and stupid...That's all.:shrug:

[FarLeftFist]

19. +1

[Sky Masterson]

23. Me too!

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[Logical]

46. +1000

[B Calm]

59. At one time or another we're all guilty of flirting!

[Greybnk48]

28. 100%, no reservations.

[JI7]

29. i care more about his lying and making US Defend his ass than what he actually did

what he did was more embarrassing than something really bad. it seems like he was trying to get approval or something. like i'm still hot or some shit. like the young girls who usually do those type of pics.

on a grown man it's just stupid and embarrassing.

[JDPriestly]

127. I think he was trying to get a laugh and that is about it.

What else could he have thought that picture would elicit. It was absolutely juvenile.

[sasha031]

32. K/R

[SalviaBlue]

35. He is a good representative for Democrats.

I hope he keeps doing his good work.

[defendandprotect]

37. Weiner is over -- and will be surprised if he doesn't resign immediately --

[devilgrrl]

41. Doesn't sound like that will happen

thankfully. :-)

[defendandprotect]

76. How will you be able to trust anything he says again... and how will he possibly

be able to continue to attack the PERVERT Thomas -- ????


I'm all for effective Dems in Congress -- but as far as I can see Weiner

is a goner all over the map!

[MikeMc]

281. Come on back to S 1's Thomas and Weiner post.

Our country needs you, d&p.

[JDPriestly]

128. I don't think so. He is from New York.

If he were from Ohio or Michigan, the problem would be far more serious. But he is in a pretty safe district, and he otherwise does an excellent job.

So who do we have left? Bernie Sanders stands alone, I think.

[neoralme]

204. Me too, B. Have you noticed a plethora of double standards here

suddenly?

[MikeMc]

282. Yeah. Coz I'm a repug feminist. That's why I'm backing Palin. NT

[neoralme]

284. You've lasted a long time here. Are you a lawyer?

[MikeMc]

285. Well, dang. You're way up there 104 posts above me.

I wish I was a lawyer. Electrician in a union town. Pittsburgh, PA. We are Proudly feminine, as blue-collar construction workers. Kind a like when Bart Simpson went to the gay steel mill. Get it {q mark inoperative}

And Fuc all the repugs.

[MikeMc]

287. On re-reply, I'm sorry neor.

I honestly don't want to fight with any Dem womyn on the site. You people are around 50 deep.

You know what, though, I could a been a lawyer, if I was rich like that russian emigre Ayn Rand.

[neoralme]

288. I am a male, but not an Alpha-male. I think with my brain, not little

Henry. I started out as an electrician.

[MikeMc]

291. How many hertz [q mark inoperative] NT

Sorry. Text is 'little henry (q mark inoperative) LOL.

[madokie]

38. I really like a person who can admit mistakes

I'm on his mailing list because I like him and I'll continue to receive his emails as long as he sends them to me. I'm not one of his constituents but nevertheless I like him for what he does because it matters what all 535 of these congress critters do irregardless of the state they're in or the state I'm in.

[pipi_k]

63. I like a person who

can admit mistakes without having to be backed into a corner first.


Oh well

:shrug:

[Vanje]

85. +++ nt

[sufrommich]

39. Me too. I love his big righteous mouth and political fearlessness,

Would I want to marry the guy? No.

[Rosco T.]

42. Hell yes, he showed backbone and intregity... show me a 'thug that has done likewise. n/m

[pintobean]

69. "backbone and intregity"??

He'd still be "investigating the hack" if it weren't for a 2nd shoe dropping on his lies. I have no problem with forgiving him, but lets not pretend that he's something he's not.

[Vanje]

86. Back bone?

Nah, He only has Bone.

[S_E_Fudd]

43. He apologized...

As far as I am concerned...that's it!

[seabeyond]

44. stupid, arrogant, immature and pisses me off. he lost the high ground

something we really needed in a dem, any dem and he threw it away for this crap

no respect. and totally disappointed in his immaturity to get off for a little bet with anonymous women.

[Stardust]

110. That's just how I felt about Clinton, too. In my book, if you don't have the truth,

you have nothing. All this makes his grandstanding look like...grandstanding. Nothing more.

[ljm2002]

45. So do I.

Wish I was in his district, I'd not only vote for him but I'd canvass for him as well.

He was a naughty boy, really really dumb. Oh well, as I have said previously, we all have feet of clay.

The thing that makes me the maddest is that he has now given that asshole Andrew Breitbart credibility with the D.C. press corps.

[Zookeeper]

48. He's not preaching "family values" while diddling around....

unlike the Rethugs. So, it's between he and his wife.

[B Calm]

58. BINGO!

[onpatrol98]

106. Family Values...

I don't really get the distinction. I mean, is it okay, because he didn't say he believes in family values? I'm sure his wife thought he did, even if he didn't say it. I think the people who voted for him, also believed it to a degree...even if he never voiced it.

I'm not sure he should resign. I think this will fade away as long as this is the worst that happens. But, some other DUers have made a good point. If he is weakened because of what's floating beneath the surface waiting to pop up, I think he should step down, before it does.

The mainstream media (MSNBC) Lawrence O'Donnell show is now floating that he was a talker (sure), but not much of a doer. But, because he was very vocal and basically good in front of a camera, other democrats in office were willing to let him share in the credit. If that's the case, I doubt he'll get much support, behind the scenes. They made a good point. Barney Frank has been in some interesting binds. But, he's vocal AND a really hard worker behind the scenes. They implied, Anthony was just vocal...and not much of a worker.

[JDPriestly]

129. So far, we haven't been told that he had sex with anyone.

He sent a stupid picture. He has only been married a year. If he sent other pictures before he was married, no one's family values should be at risk.

[Zookeeper]

134. I don't think it's ok, because he's married. However, it's...

really none of my business, unless he was being a hypocrite about it like the "socially conservative" Rethugs that keep getting busted.

[Dennis Donovan]

51. 100% behind Rep Weiner!

:thumbsup:

[Rhiannon12866]

54. +5000!

:patriot:

BTW, congrats on your milestone... :woohoo: :hi:

[Dennis Donovan]

73. well, I'll be damned...

;-) :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

74. Lets hope not, LOL.

Since newyawker99's not here, I figured it was up to me... ;) :hi:

[MikeMc]

307. +1 nt

[Waiting For Everyman]

52. Me too.

I'm surprised he did something that dumb, but he isn't the first.

[kestrel91316]

53. Me, too. Only his wife has any reason to be angry with him.

[Raffi Ella]

55. Hear, Hear.

Rep. Weiner has my full support.

[Orangepeel]

67. I don't. He's an asshole.

He's just an idiot for sending those pictures, but he's an asshole for lying about it.

[MikeMc]

70. I'm still on board with Weiner's politics.

And just sent the DCCC some money from a Weiner e-mail request to me, to boot.

Let the punishment fit the crime. Not tweeting or video games for Anthony, until he crushes this repug assault on Medicare, and forces Clarence Thomas to recuse himself.

Outside of that, it's up to his wife to decide if she wants to knee him in the yarbles for this.

To satisfy the people who feel so betrayed and upset by Weiner lying, we can punish Weiner like we punish the syphilitic serial-liar Breitbart. We'll make Weiner spend hours of time in front of mass media sources, promoting the Democrats' political agenda.

[Lorien]

77. We all know why the MSM made it an issue in the first place: because he stood up to

the Owners. If a politician doesn't toe the corporate elite's line then their human "failings" will be exposed...and if they have none to expose, well then they'll have a very bad ride in a private plane or an open car in Texas.

[jimlup]

78. I stand by Weiner politically but I wish he hadn't denied it at first...

Because it was true and we put our necks out to defend him. His initial denial is my problem. Otherwise, this is between he and his wife.

[philly_bob]

79. I stand against Clarence Thomas. So does Weiner. (nt)

[libmom74]

248. +1

[tavalon]

80. I do too

But I no longer stand by my assertion that he will be president one day. That is really sad.

[MikeMc]

270. A Jewish Prez (q mark inoperative) NT

[AC_Mem]

81. I do too, but GEEZ

Comon! Now more than ever our congressmen need to not do stupid stuff like this! For the love of God, everything is being exposed (no pun intended..) with the speed of the internet and if we as Democrats are going to be the people who are doing the right thing for our country then DO THE RIGHT THING and don't do stupid ignorant stuff like this.

We need AW, he comes out and tells the truth when the GOP tells the lies. WHY would he put himself in this type of a situation?

Men. It always comes down to the weiner ;)

Annette (getting closer to 1000!!!)

[Cherchez la Femme]

84. I dunno

Sure he has a right to his, and his dick's, private life (what IS it with so many men & their dicks? Srsly! Crazy as he was, Applegate saw that his dick, his drive, only lead to trouble; hence he got snipped.)

BUT

for a man in his position, he shoulda known better.
If he were a private citizen, it could have done no harm; but not for a Congressman.

This was all just a plain, outright stupid thing.
He should have kept it in his pants -- the outer pair! :eyes:


I'm mixed on this, so no Rec

but no UnRec either. :shrug:
The latter would actually make more sense, as the idiot actually gave Breitbart credibility -- which is simply incredible!

[pettypace]

87. You're cool with ball-faced liars?

I'm so very much confused.

[devilgrrl]

88. You're cool being here for the moment...

:hi:

:popcorn:

[name not needed]

91. Ball-faced, eh? He should really see a doctor about that.

[pettypace]

92. not so subtle entendre

I love this thread though.

[badtoworse]

90. He's become a joke, like something out of Porkys

Sorry, he's got to go.

[mdmc]

96. I say let the voters decide

therefore, he stays..

[badtoworse]

97. When? In 2012?

You'd be OK with this shit going on until then? He couldn't be elected dog catcher the way things are going. He's an embarrassment to the Democratice Party - you want to put up with that for 17 months? That's crazy.

[JDPriestly]

130. This was a silly thing to do, but there are more important things in the world

like Medicare and Social Security and Clarence Thomas's lies about his wife's income. Now there is a real lie for you.

Weiner's "lies" are more of a joke or personal indiscretion. And someone did hack Weiner's Twitter account. That is how they got the picture.

[eridani]

158. He couldn't get elected dogcatcher in Mississippi

New york is a very different matter.

[mdmc]

172. There are far greater things to be embarrassed about imho

the DLC love for war, the drug war, outsourcing.. These things are killing us..
A 40 something actin a fool is no biggie in my book..

What 'shit' will be going on? Press calling for him to resign? When the diaper dude and the gay bathroom dude resign, then ...
Bigdog didn't resign..

[Odin2005]

93. Me too!

[MzShellG]

98. Those who don't stand by Rep Weiner.......

Are you a Bill Clinton supporter? Clinton, who gave the repukes so much legal leverage by lying "under oath" that they impeached him? And by the way....was our PRESIDENT! Is there a double standard or what? Weiner stood with the dems so I'm standing with him. He and his wife can figure out the 'inappropriate communications' between themselves. I refuse to get caught up this media hoopla.

[MikeMc]

278. Call them repugs. Repukes is so vulgar

[JoeyT]

99. Same here.

If we demand the head of every politician that lied about something, I don't think we'd have any left. I'm much less concerned with one that lies about the details of their private life that isn't actually anyone's business than one that lies about policy.

[Liquorice]

100. I don't, but I'm not particularly against him either. I hope he gets help. It

seems like something might be wrong with him. JMO

[tekisui]

103. I do still. And. I found this thread late.

I really hope he finds a way to stay.

[gtar100]

105. Repugs are like rabid dogs with a bone. I'd like to see Weiner turn this around on them.

Because he's not a fucking hypocrite like Vitter and all the other family-value sex-scandal repugs.

This is going to take some perseverance on Weiner's part. God's speed to him. Lord knows he's a fighter.

[veganlush]

107. flirting, online or otherwise,

is nobody else s business. period.

[mckara]

111. Weiner Turned Out to Be a Dick!!!

I can't see him a national leadership position until he proves that he has grown up!

[Demonaut]

113. I kick-stand with Andrew Weiner..nt

[JDPriestly]

115. I also stand with him, but I'm so sorry he did this. It is going to mean

that every time he stands before the public and makes one of his brilliant statements, people like Breitbart will allude to these stupid mistakes. That will make Weiner a less effective spokesman.

Someone suggested that he make public service announcement videos warning people to think carefully about what they do and say on the internet. I think that is a good idea. That would help him earn back a little good karma.

[wundermaus]

117. Just like I stood with John Edwards...

until he socked those who supported him in the gut.
We were suckers.

[JDPriestly]

131. I'm standing with Edwards now because I think that prosecuting him

for alleged campaign fund violations is not appropriate at all. It's kicking a man when he is down. First prosecute the torturers and the bankers and mortgage fraudsters who caused the economic meltdown and then if the resources are still there, prosecute Edwards.

[harmonicon]

121. where and why? would you like a chair? I have several nice folding chairs. nt.

[DeadEyeDyck]

123. if you werw his wife?

whart advice?

[JDPriestly]

132. Honey, keep your eyes on the road. That would be my advice to Weiner

if I were his wife.

[Lindsey]

136. For some reason I'm so f'in sick of these perverts who can't

keep their dicks in their pants (Dems & Repugs). And how friggin' STUPID??????????????? And then he lied to everybody. I'm sorry that I disagree w/you but I called his voice mails earlier and sent an email telling him I think he should resign. People won't forget this and IMHO, it's bad for the Democrats. Once again, I don't know why his behavior has outraged me so much but it has. My sis and I are both political junkies and consider ourselves liberals. But this is disgusting to the both of us. I feel the same way about Edwards. When he was first running in '08, he was who I supported. I sent a little money to his campaign. I WANT MY MONEY BACK! And of course, the pathetic behavior of the Repugs (like Ensign, Newt, and too many others to even mention) makes me even sicker because they do things like live in "Christian" houses in D.C. I've posted so many times tonight on this Weiner issue. WHAT IN THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE MEN????????????????????

[mackerel]

138. Well put Lindsey.

[colinmom71]

232. What advice?

Hire a damn good pit-bull of a divorce attorney. The guy was fishing to cheat within just months of being newly-wed to a quite lovely woman. He's a predator and clearly not marriage material.

Though politically (and at this point), I suppose we should just be grateful he didn't send the photos/solicitations to underage boys...

[inna]

140. his foreign policy positions suck btw

[onestepforward]

142. Me too.

[6000eliot]

143. I'll take our human frailty over their sociopathy anytime.

[Lucian]

144. But he took a picture of his genitals...ouside his underwear.

Seriously. I don't see anything wrong with what he did. He didn't lie about going to war. He didn't lie about anything major (only his wife will think this is major). It's between him and her, and those involved. That's all.

Now, can we talk about the important issues?

[deacon]

145. Ugg, He should resign.

[mackerel]

146. Weiner stands alone as

the guy crippled by a sex scandal that involved no actual sex. Weiner you're a moron!

[madmax]

147. If he lives to fight another day

He will be the one I send all my donations to.


Anthony, if you're reading this. YOU DUMB ASS! Get your shit together WE NEED YOU. Do not fuck up again, ya putz.

:banghead:


:mad:

[MikeMc]

283. +++ mm. NT

[Raine]

148. I'll pass ... STUPID and LIAR is not something that I'll stand with. nt

[mackerel]

150. Agreed!

Dudes for the record chicks don't want to see your manjunk by text. Seriously creepy.

[Scottybeamer70]

149. Thank you, devilgrrl............

I've seen nothing but mostly outrage on this site tonight.........over something that is no one's business but his.
Five US soldiers died in Iraq today..........any outrage over that? didn't think so
I didn't see the dems so upset when they voted for the lies that started wars that are still killing our men and
women and has killed untold thousands of Iraqi citizens. I don't see the dems trying to do anything about bringing
to justice all the people who told all those lies to start wars.
This insane outrage over a photo is way beyond out of place.
Six people were shot to death in Arizona this past Friday. Didn't see any outrage over that either.
Guess they aren't important if they aren't "important."

[mackerel]

151. So it's ok then to send out unwarranted pics of

what most consider to be a very private and intimate body part?

It's o.k. for elected officials to do this?

Ignore the women on the receiving end, women ought not get any consideration.

[EFerrari]

154. Just stay out of the frame.

[Bluesbreaker]

155. I agree with Matt Taibbi's assessment

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/on-anthony-weiners-hobbies-20110603

[MikeMc]

292. Isn't he the new PJ O'Rourke, or Hunter S {Q Mark Inoperative}

I'd like to hear from G.B. Trudeau or Jane Pauley, instead. Will settle for Ellen Goodman, though.

[colorado_ufo]

159. The truly sad part is,

I think he has been married for less than a year - practically still on the honeymoon, so to speak. And married to a woman Hillary Clinton speaks of as a "second daughter."

He still has to face Hillary, and that penance alone should grant him forgiveness!

[bobburgster]

160. Even good guys can be stupid.....

especially when it involves ego and sex.

[Harriety]

162. The Repugs are having a field day with this. Every dog will have his day...

[Hubert Flottz]

163. Me too...

If you got it, flaunt it!

[hwmnbn]

165. K&R

[leveymg]

166. We need to embrace the concept that some things are none of our business. It's called privacy -

Congressmen and Congresswomen should be allowed to have their fair share.

Clarence Thomas' lying on a sworn government form is not private. It's a crime. I wish that got the same intensity of attention in the MSM, and here.

[axollot]

167. knr

[Sienna86]

169. Poor judgement: personal life/work life???

Does it extend into his work? I would recommend a good therapist to start.

[MrMickeysMom]

170. Not that this needs to be said...

... because it's a non-issue turned political from a personal interest in someone's junk... but, who cares?

I don't care if some is jealous of Tony's sharp mind, so they take an interest in his junk, do you?

The same mental midget mentality tried that with Bill Clinton. Nay, had Bright Fart technology existed in the 1940's, we would have seen a sepia photo of tossed down crutches along side a naked rub down towel with Roosevelt initials on it, accompanied by rumors of Eleanor's girlfriends.

Who the fuck do these "Republican Leaders" think they are in keeping close company with the jackals outside their cock-us rooms?

THIS is news? The fuck it is....

[sellitman]

174. The cover up is the problem. There was no crime.

He is an embarrassment to our party. I'd like to see him resign.

If this idiot was a Repub everyone on this site would be calling for his head. he's a Dem, so you stand with him?

Fuck no!

[disillusioned73]

176. k&r

[Faith No More]

177. I am sick of this shit !!!!!!

What in hell is the matter with these people we send to Washington? There is absolutely NO excuse for stupidity like this. As far as I'm concerned, they're ALL just a bunch of pervs. And these are the people who are supposed to represent us and lead by example. Goddamn, this country is screwed up !!!!

[barbtries]

178. i'm pissed off at him

but i love that guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O_GRkMZJn4
this is also Anthony Weiner. we need him in this country.

[oldbanjo]

179. I thought lying was a requirement to be a politican or on Fox News.

[paparush]

182. Citizens of the United States, shocking though it may seem, people do have consentual sex.

Don't be frightened. You will not be harmed.

[kuthek]

185. Then you are going to be lonely

all alone over there with this pervert.

[fascisthunter]

196. lol... you call that perverted? Damn...

Hey everyone, the new slander is pervert... I've already seen this repeated 3 times this morning. Thanks for the tip.

[kuthek]

207. What would you call it?

A 46 year old man sitting at a computer screen sending naked pictures to young women. That's pretty much the definition of a pervert in this day and age.

[pipi_k]

215. Not defending him (as my posts above can attest to) but...

if he's sending pics of himself in various stages of undress to adult women, then it's certainly creepy, at the very least.

[MikeMc]

293. Some people can't be trusted as far as you can

spit a rat. Apropos of nothing, pip. No offense intended to you. Forget about the whole thing, please.

I just wish some wise woman Democrat would tombstone me now, and put me out of my misery.

[pipi_k]

301. Hah...actually it's pretty funny

because I had quite forgotten about it once the topic rolled off onto far away pages...


:+

[MikeMc]

303. Not me, pip. It's go time...

Come on back. Break, break.

[MikeMc]

304. Besides, on my computer, this keeps on jumping to the top of Gen. Discussion

Once I re-post. I own the forum, present company excepted.

[MikeMc]

305. # 298 was my original reply to you, pip.

Nt

[MikeMc]

306. I'd prefer to argue based on our 1:00 pm of June 9th disagreement, and

post 298, not our 8:00 pm June 9th disagreement, though.

On edit, changed date and time, due to DU's sorry web-programming. Har! Har!


I will out argue any repug on the site. I'm also available under Kaufmann's Clock in Pgh., PA. Fridays at Noon.

[MikeMc]

308. Crickets. Crickets, .... ? NT

[MikeMc]

302. You know, repugs are very intolerant of perverts, unless they're useful to repug goals. NT

[dotymed]

189. Me too.

But not with his wiener.., sorry.:rofl:

[NorthCarolina]

191. I'm not a voter in his district so my opinion is worthless, but I'd still vote for him. nt

[guardian]

193. I wish we had 434 more like him in Congress. n/t

[ejbr]

203. He is often the only one standing by us...n/t

[Left coast liberal]

208. Me too. :-)

Colossally stupid? Yes. Totally.

But it was stupid, not illegal.

I hope he doesn't go down and can recover from this. Sure there will be Weiner jokes but there already were!

Sad, sad, sad.

[Left coast liberal]

209. Me too. :-)

Colossally stupid? Yes. Totally.

But it was stupid, not illegal.

I hope he doesn't go down and can recover from this. Sure there will be Weiner jokes but there already were!

Sad, sad, sad.

[kestrel91316]

213. Indeed. No crime here, nor hypocritical moralizing. Move along.

[robcon]

219. It's not the sexting. It's the lying.

Weiner is dead to me.

[aquart]

251. So you are a successful right wing patsy.

Congratulate yourself.

Try this: EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LIE ABOUT SEX.

And I'm pretty sure everyone has.

Now go hunt Bill Clinton. My guess is small details like identity or oaths are utterly lost on you.

[SharonRB]

224. Me, too.

He did a stupid thing and then lied about it, also stupid, but the value of having him in Congress outweighs the stupidity.

[Rebubula]

229. Roman Polanski

Many people in Hollywood gave him a pass for drugging and raping a 15 year old since he was a great director.

I guess as long as he is OUR asshole, we are cool with it?


Sheesh...

[colinmom71]

235. Amen! I agree with you...

in principle. I just have to interject though, in Polanski's case, the girl was 13. And yes, I agree with his fugitive status in California.

[ItNerd4life]

227. And if he was a Republican would you also? I doubt it.

I get so frustrated at the double standards. I expect it from Republicans, not from Liberals.

[harun]

228. None of my business what goes on in his private life, nor do I care.

[RayStar]

233. STAY

Do not resign.

[usrname]

234. Here's my serious suggestion

Anthony Weiner should go on Howard Stern's show, do some funny stuff that Howard can think up, be forthright about things, disclose other things which Howard can easily deflect with some sophomore-level humor and now it's all out in the open. Can't be held to extortion by Breitbart or anyone else. And, Howard can make him look like a cute teddy bear at the end, and a stud too.

[Enthusiast]

236. I'm more disappointed in Pelosi

for calling for an investigation. You know, in light of the fact that "impeachment is off the table" and we had to "look forward" in regard to Bush malfeasance. This is a pure bullshit nation and it's up around our knees.

[libmom74]

241. No kidding! Why do we only look

"backward" when Democrats do something wrong?

[EFerrari]

243. It may have been a pre-emptive move on her part. n/t

[Enthusiast]

265. She should have fought it all the way.

Just my take. I tire of Democrats being pushed around.

[EFerrari]

266. Nancy is up to her eyeballs in the political establishment.

She's never going to fight anything all the way.

[Enthusiast]

268. I guess that's why

I always find myself so angry with her.

[EFerrari]

269. It's why I do, for sure. n/t

[mlevans]

238. I as well.

He may have done something stupid, but he knows the proper way to speak to Republicans (i.e. uncompromisingly). And we so need people like that. I'm certainly sorry the vessel has a wee flaw, but my thought is that it still holds water.

[SacoMaine61]

249. Just proves none of us is perfect. He could have done far worse.

God forbid if some of my past antics ever make it to the Web. Let he whose past is pristine come before us for he shall be...extremely dull.

[grahamhgreen]

253. as long as it was all consensual, I have no issues.

[AngryAmish]

255. I stand at full attention with Antony Weiner.

A rigid pose.

[Veracious]

256. WEINER gets A PASS!!

Goofballs want to win in 2012, or you want to make a mole hill into a mountain?

Drop the Weiner crap.

[rainlillie]

257. I do too..

What happened is between him, his wife and of course the women who received the pictures. The only time I'd think differently is if the politician who was running, ran on "family values", preached about the "sanctity of marriage" and was opposed to same sex marriage. I'd also have a very different view if the photo's were sent to young women who were underage.

I find the whole story nauseating and hope that the press will move on and cover things that will impact the lives of the American people. I've had the same reaction to republicans who were caught up in affairs and such if they didn't pretend to be "holier than thou." I still think Weiner is good at his job and I'm glad he didn't step down. This is just a sideshow and quite frankly a waste of time. He's not the first politician and he won't be the last who gets caught doing something foolish. He's a flawed human being as are we all.

[Mudoria]

262. If the sexter had been a rethug these boards would have self-imploded

from all the calls for him/her to resign. Since it's Weiner "hey, it's no big deal!". He should have resigned yesterday. And he shouldnt have been a bald faced liar from day one.

[rainlillie]

263. My stance has remained the same regarding cheating politicians,

whether they're republican or Democrat. The only issue I have, as I've stated in my post is if, the politician was running around preaching about family values, opposed to same sex marriage and behaving as though, he is holier than thou. I like Wiener as a Congressman and I hope that other New Yorkers feel the same.

[itsrobert]

264. But just not as Erect

ugh

[hedgehog]

267. Works for me!

[DCBob]

280. You must be one of his "twitter grrls".

[and-justice-for-all]

286. me too...nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

289. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

[bluestate10]

290. Look around. other people that stood with you are walking away.

For good reasons.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

294. I don't care if he posts money shots, as long as he keeps fighting...

to protect Social Security and Medicare.

[MikeMc]

300. DU programmers:

As a layperson in web-tec terms, here's a modest suggestion: Split screen, once you're in the discussion. Left side is the post folders (Maybe a third of the screen). Right side is the posts, both comments and rebuttals. You'd combine the best representations of your Democratic postings with the best of Buzzflash's. (They always fail by letting verbose people put columns of text in, late in the game.) It would be easier to follow DU's discussions this way. Screw the fame, of being on top of the General Discussion forum, with flames coming off the icon.

Last suggestion is: add a 'bottom' beside the 'top', on the 'reply edit top' line. And put a (an) one-line space between bracketed discussions that move inward to the right. A professor that I had at U. Cal. S. C. told me to read and write so that the last para re-iterates the first, the second last re-iterates the second first, and inward & onward. Spacing will allow people to ignore bracketed discussions that hold no interest for them.

'Onward or inward' is the same as 'upward and outward'. Yin yang type of thing. This may confuse the zwinky DU ad-bot, but such is life.