Weiner's pattern: Political admirers became online pursuits

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It was nearly 9 p.m. on a Friday when Cordova, who was preparing to head out for the night with a friend, logged onto Twitter and discovered that Rep. Anthony Weiner had sent her a suggestive photo of himself in gray boxer briefs.

"It didn't make any sense," Cordova, a 21-year-old college student in northwestern Washington state, said in her first extensive interview since Weiner confessed in a news conference Monday to sending her the photo. "I figured it must have been a fake."

Cordova's experience with Weiner appears to fit a pattern: In rapid and reckless fashion, he sought to transform informal online conversations about politics and policy into sexually charged exchanges, often laced with racy language and explicit images.

Cordova, who had text-messaged with Weiner, a New York Democrat, about their shared concern over his conservative critics, said she had never sent Weiner anything provocative. Asked if she was taken aback by Weiner's decision to send the photo, she responded, "Oh gosh, yes."


http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18234352?nclick_check=1

Geez it could have been any one of us.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. Now I know why the talking heads were calling them "victims"

So much for consensual adults having a sexy time with each other...

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2. I wonder how many get "propositioned" before he finds someone who will engage in dirty talk.

Can you imagine thinking you are talking policy and getting something like this? I mean if someone PMd you a pic like that here wouldn't they be banned?

[Bluebear]

5. .

[Nye Bevan]

3. Hmmmm. How did Weiner go from "she likes my position on Israel"

to "I should tweet her a picture of my erect penis"?

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4. What a leap huh?

How is this not like the guy who jumps out from behind the bush and shows you whats under his trench coat?