Saturday Massacre: Pelosi, Israel, Wasserman Schultz call for Weiner to resign

[Lunar]

Oy

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0511/The_Weiner_tweet.html

http://www.capitaltonight.com/2011/05/weinergate/

[courts]

Weiner looks like he's been caught in a real boner.

[tpfkaw]

From the looks of it, Weiner doesn't have very much of a weiner.

[Lief 🗽]

I seriously doubt Weiner has ever actually logged on to his twitter or facebook account. Probably his press secretary or some press intern is in charge of that.

[courts]

I seriously doubt Weiner has ever actually logged on to his twitter or facebook account. Probably his press secretary or some press intern is in charge of that.

I'm sure they're in charge of a lot of things.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wow, he got a hot wife.

[Lunar]

I seriously doubt Weiner has ever actually logged on to his twitter or facebook account. Probably his press secretary or some press intern is in charge of that.

Pretty sure Weiner is one of the few (along with some others like Claire McCaskill) that actually does his own tweets.

[King]

THE GENTLEMEN IS CORRECT IN SITTING.

[Meeker]

I seriously doubt Weiner has ever actually logged on to his twitter or facebook account. Probably his press secretary or some press intern is in charge of that.

Nah, he's got a feed that's pretty clear he does it himself. The boring feeds featuring numerous tweets like "Check out this new video update about my farm bill!" are the ones run by staffers.

[Mr. Morden]

Not as epic as Grassley's tweets.  PantsBurnLegWound.

[minionofmidas]

Only if you can't spell wiener, can't pronounce Weiner, and thus ought to be sent up to Rikers Island for the next ten years on a charge of criminal cluelessness.

[Lunar]

Only if you can't spell wiener, can't pronounce Weiner, and thus ought to be sent up to Rikers Island for the next ten years on a charge of criminal cluelessness.

He actually pronounces it "wiener" so that it rhymes with "cleaner", not the normal German "EI" pronunciation

[Holmes]

If that's really his, the size is so-so, but still would.

[minionofmidas]

Only if you can't spell wiener, can't pronounce Weiner, and thus ought to be sent up to Rikers Island for the next ten years on a charge of criminal cluelessness.

He actually pronounces it "wiener" so that it rhymes with "cleaner", not the normal German "EI" pronunciation

He's a member of congress. Of course he belongs on Rikers Island.

Besides, "Whiner" is hardly a better name for a politician than "Wiener".

[milhouse24]

He's probably heard all of the jokes all his life, lol. 
He's only been married one year, his wife has a special relationship with hillary, he doesn't have to be monogamous. 

[Lunar]

Coverage has increased

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/nyregion/congressman-says-hacker-sent-lewd-photos-from-his-account.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/29/2011-05-29_student_who_got_lewd_pic_from_rep_anthony_weiners_twitter_account_denies_shes_hi.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/29/2011-05-29_statement_from_gennette_cordova_student_who_was_sent_lewd_twitter_photo_from_rep.html


But where is Matt Drudge?  This is a Breitbart production originally (SIRENS!) and the conservative blogosphere has been running after this hardcore:

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/05/complete-weinergate-timeline-crack.html
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/316845.php
http://patterico.com/2011/05/28/woman-who-got-photo-in-weinergate-story-wrote-newspaper-article-on-meetings-stars-via-twitter/
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=24966
http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/05/29/weinergate-update-coed-being-scrubbed-from-google/

[RogueBeaver]

He should resign. A married congressman using government property to send porn to a college student less than half his age. It is quite clear the account was not hacked: no change in "Account Verified", no investigation by law enforcement, taking control 4 minutes after the image was posted, a long trail of messages where she refers to him as her "boyfriend", and her online presence being methodically scrubbed and the Maddow appearance reference in Seattle time to a woman in Seattle. Chris Lee sent a shirtless photo to a woman his own age and had to resign, why shouldn't Weiner for sending his junk to someone half his age? The media should get on this Tuesday.

Put it this way: if you were his wife and you knew all this information, would you believe him? "Honey, I swear that picture of my junk received by that Seattle girl half my age wasn't tweeted by me. Even though (insert list of evidence indicating otherwise)" Plus his wife, unlike anyone else, will know whether that picture looks like him or not.

[Lief 🗽]

I'd a tweet a lewd picture of myself to her, if you know what I mean.

[Lunar]

There's no way that this could ever amount to anything as hilarious as this.

[Bull Moose Base]

I don't think it will be very long before Weiner will be forced to resign his job as congressman.  It is completely inappropriate for a sitting congressman to also be mayor of New York and as soon as New Yorkers see him sworn in as mayor, his career as a congressman is kaput.  As for the party of Andrew Breitbart, Ashley Todd, Donald Trump, and Nikki Haley fans, keep up the good work.

[Meeker]

The girl issues a statement:

The last 36 hours have been the most confusing, anxiety-ridden hours of my life. I've watched in sheer disbelief as my name, age, location, links to any social networking site I've ever used, my old phone numbers and pictures have been passed along from stranger to stranger....

I have seen myself labeled as the "Femme Fatale of Weinergate," "Anthony Weiner's 21-year-old coed mistress" and "the self-proclaimed girlfriend of Anthony Weiner."...

I am a 21-year-old college student from Seattle. I have never met Congressman Weiner, though I am a fan. I go to school in Bellingham where I spend all of my time; I've never been to New York or to DC. The point I am trying to make is that, contrary to the impression that I apparently gave from my tweet, I am not his girlfriend. Nor am I the wife, girlfriend or mistress of Barack Obama, Ray Allen or Cristiano Ronaldo, despite the fact that I have made similar assertions about them via Twitter.

There have never been any inappropriate exchanges between Anthony Weiner and myself, including the tweet/picture in question, which had apparently been deleted before it reached me. I cannot answer the questions that I do not have the answers to. I am not sure whether or not this letter will alleviate any future harassment. I also do not have a clear understanding as to how or why exactly I am involved in this fiasco. I do know that my life has been seriously impacted by speculation and faulty allegations. My reputation has been called into question by those who lack the character to report the facts.

[Lunar]

I agree with this assessment: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0511/A_statement_on_a_tweet.html

[Lief 🗽]

Which member of New York's congressional delegation will post a lewd picture of themselves on the internet next, do you guys reckon? It's too bad old Vito Fossella got run out of office before twitter really took off.

[Lunar]

Which member of New York's congressional delegation will post a lewd picture of themselves on the internet next, do you guys reckon? It's too bad old Vito Fossella got run out of office before twitter really took off.

Don't forget the great tickler, that was pretty recent as well.  When you throw in Spitzer, Fossella, and Carl Kruger for good measure, we begin to look a bit silly

[milhouse24]

This is how you hack into a Twitter or Facebook account:

Use "firesheep" a hacking app for Firefox

If he used an open wireless connection without HttpS - then its guaranteed someone sharing that network at a coffeeshop or where-ever found his password.

Unfortunately, I think more and more people will use firesheep for harm now.