Pelosi Calls for Ethics Committee Investigation of Congressman Weiner

[oberliner]

Source: CBS News (Twitter Feed)

So far just the Twitter post:

CBS News
Pelosi Calls for Ethics Committee Investigation of Congressman Weiner


Read more: http://twitter.com/#!/CBSNews

[Autumn]

1. Well how about that.

Let's call for an Ethics Committee Investigation into all of them.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Well, of course, because nobody else does anything sleazy

or stupid (or both) in Washington, right?

[City Lights]

3. Wow.

Just :wow:.

[Puglover]

4. Oh that's right Nance.

Quick step up to eat your own before a sleazoid Republican can. :eyes:

[oberliner]

5. Nancy Pelosi calls for Anthony Weiner ethics inquiry (more details)

From Politico:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are calling for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of sexually explicit conservations and lewd photos he exchanged with a half-dozen women during the last several years.

“I am deeply disappointed and saddened about this situation; for Anthony’s wife, Huma, his family, his staff and his constituents,” Pelosi said in a statement released on Monday night.

“I am calling for an Ethics Committee investigation to determine whether any official resources were used or any other violation of House rules occurred.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56365.html#ixzz1OXIwJjuz

[tularetom]

12. I'm deeply saddened that Pelosi isn't smart enough to see through this bullshit

I really thought she was above falling for these creepy tactics.

Maybe she'll wake up when they start in on her.

[choie]

6. son of a bitch

But you couldn't call for impeachment for an illegal war, huh Nancy?

[Inchworm]

7. Argh...

:banghead:

[KingFlorez]

8. I don't know what that would really do

He didn't lie under oath and nothing he did was illegal, plus the correspondence seems to have come from his own personal equipment.

[kelly1mm]

13. Ethics investigations don't have to show illegal activity. One possible

ethics problem is use of government funded equipment or services to send the messages. Some of the pictures also apparently were taken from his capital hill office. Then you have the series of interviews he gave from his office, admitedly lying about the incident. The ethics rules are pretty strict, at least on paper.

[FLPanhandle]

17. Probably to confirm that it did come from his personal equipment

I suspect it'll be a fast investigation to confirm no government computers were used, then it'll be dropped.

[Sheepshank]

20. ooops...dupe

[Sheepshank]

21. I was thinking the same thing too n/t

[hughee99]

26. Yes, they usually have investigations for this sort of thing

and not much comes of it. It will probably look worse if they refuse to investigate, rather than if they just give him the requisite slap on the wrist.

[here_is_to_hope]

25. 'personal equipment'....

I see what you did there...



:spank:

[KingFlorez]

28. That was unintentional

But it's very funny, I love implying things without even trying :rofl:

[NYC Liberal]

9. Yet impeachment was "off the table" when Bush was

admitting to breaking the law on national TV.

[City Lights]

23. Bingo!

All I can do is :puke:

[RandomThoughts]

10. Someone hacked her Twitter account and sent that.

:)
(humor)

Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8cDmi7-U8

[Johnny Harpo]

11. Pelosi Had Her Day In The Sun And Did Nothing With It.....

go back to your office Nancy.

[ljm2002]

14. Probably doing it as a pre-emptive move...

...before the hue and cry starts.

Hopefully they'll find out that his naughty behavior was limited to what he has admitted, he did not misuse Congressional accounts or equipment, and the women were all of age. Then they will put a reprimand in his file, and that will be the end of it.

[DFab420]

15. Email I just sent Ms. Pelosi

Dear Madam,

Just a few moments ago you mentioned via your Twitter feed that you were looking for the Ethics Committee Investigation into Congressmen Anthony Wiener's behavior of late. And I have written to ask you to explain yourself. With all due respect Ms. Pelosi, I find it in incredibly poor taste to draw this into the Ethics Committee. He has broken no laws, and in all honesty has done almost nothing wrong other then be a salacious flirt. He's actions in congress are nothing but exemplary and he is a firebrand for our causes. I find it even more troubling that you would seek to be a leader of our party, yet attack a member over such a inconsequential slight. Had he taken money from donors to pay for any cover up? Has he paid a mistress off for years? Or had a child out of wedlock? NO! Please Madam Speaker, do not sic the hounds on Rep. Wiener, it is unbecoming of a party leader to burn our own at the stake. If you continue along this course of action, in which you seek to attack and invalidate Democratic congressional reps. I would be remiss if I continued to support you with the vigor and spirit that I currently hold. Leaders know when to discipline, and when to let it go. Please, back down from Rep. Wiener. Or if you choose not to then explain why now you seek disciplinary actions, yet refused to look at eight years of criminal activity from the previous administration.
Thank you very much for your time.

[Donnachaidh]

16. are you f*cking kidding me?

Nancy -- pull your head out of your ass and STFU.

[K8-EEE]

18. SHE IS RIGHT! Any Dem having to apologize to Breitbart

Cannot be an effective rep anymore.

[K8-EEE]

19. I just had to admit to a BUNCH of RWers I know that they were right

And that BREITBART was right.....I really really REALLY liked Rep Weiner but he fucked this up so many ways, I feel like I don't trust him anymore.

[Safetykitten]

22. Nancy, give it a fucking rest.

[BadGimp]

24. so Nancy wants to take a deeper look at Weiner's weiner?

The jokes write themselves don't they?

If David Vitter can stay in, Weiner should too.

But seriously how stupid can a man be to think doing that kinda crap won't come back to mite a big piece of your ass off?

BAD Weiner, BAD BAD Weiner! see what I mean? :)

[Octafish]

27. The guy shoulda lied America into starting a war.

Charges would be off the table by now.

[AtomicKitten]

29. I would hope Democrats have better things to do.

[BuelahWitch]

30. Impeachment for war crimes is off the table

but public humiliation for stupidity off hours deserves an investigation...:eyes:

[harvey007]

31. What a waste of time and money

Forget the wars and the collapsing economy....Let's investigate Weiner's penis for the next few weeks!

[PhillySane]

32. Nice

we need to spend the taxpayer's dollars to see if dick pix were sent on the public dime. blow me.

[scheming daemons]

33. Really no other action she can take... she has to do this