WeinerGate RIP

[snyprrr]

Trust, but verify.

Y'know, 'they' can 'un'Delete that Post,... can't...'they'? I mean, just to totally clear his name of course, cause he didn't... do anyo...thing...

There's one very creepy sneer/smile in the Bret Baier interview,... but that's beside the point...

Did Andrew Jackson have... peccadillos?


If he did it, no harm will be done to him? Because...



I was watching that Dana Bash public interview yesterday, and I think this was at the time when everyone pretty well believed that the 'hacking' thing might be the answer, AND THEN!! ,... you'll have to forgive me,... did anyone else see this exchange? Is there a body language, guilty/not-guilty expert out there, cause it seemed to me like Weiner was certainly ACTING like someone who had just done a baaaad thing,... and every interview since is ever more cringe worthy. He just seems to working every single Play-by-Play from the Scheming Schyster's Handbook... so forgive me if I question the veracity of the words coming from his lips. Doesn't he know how to act innocent?

Didn't some guy just resign for... what?


"I did not have sex with that woman..."

yeah, yeah

[snyprrr]

I was really a pic of Hillary's shorts!!

[The new erato]

What is this thread about?? Would anybody care to translate?

[mc ukrneal]

What is this thread about?? Would anybody care to translate?

A picture of a politician was sent from his twitter account. He says the account was hacked. He's not answering questions directly, though he has hired a private firm to look into it. It is not clear if the person to whom he sent the picture knew him. The picture was of him in his underwear. That's the short version and I'm sure you are now wishing you hadn't asked! 

[The new erato]

A picture of a politician was sent from his twitter account. He says the account was hacked. He's not answering questions directly, though he has hired a private firm to look into it. It is not clear if the person to whom he sent the picture knew him. The picture was of him in his underwear. That's the short version and I'm sure you are now wishing you hadn't asked! 

Usually I'm grateful that I don't understand snips' posts, but this was so damn confusing I simply couldn't disregard the possibility that there simply had to be something there, but; I should have known better. Now away to do something useful, I have some newly painted walls were I need to watch the paint dry.

Edit: If it included underwear; shouldn't it be Wienergate?

[Wendell_E]

Edit: If it included underwear; shouldn't it be Wienergate?

The politician's name is Anthony Weiner, but it is pronounced like "wiener".

[drogulus]

     Why is this guy acting guilty? I don't think he sent the picture to the woman who received it, but the picture is him, and that embarrasses him. He should have said "That's me, but I didn't send it to her. Someone is screwing with me." The story would be over. It's the old Watergate lesson again: the cover-up gets you, and it gets you just as bad if it's something else you're covering up.

     It does seem unfair that Weiner should be made vulnerable to the pestilential Andrew Breitbart. Unfair but also unnecessary. It pains me to see someone so smart acting so dumb.

[snyprrr]

     Why is this guy acting guilty? I don't think he sent the picture to the woman who received it, but the picture is him, and that embarrasses him. He should have said "That's me, but I didn't send it to her. Someone is screwing with me." The story would be over. It's the old Watergate lesson again: the cover-up gets you, and it gets you just as bad if it's something else you're covering up.

     It does seem unfair that Weiner should be made vulnerable to the pestilential Andrew Breitbart. Unfair but also unnecessary. It pains me to see someone so smart acting so dumb ("stupid is as stupid does").

Oh c'mon,.. is he really Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?

If...if...if there was every an honest politician,... and, did I say "if"?,... then, I am just so sure, there would be a militia of Character Assassins assigned to this person, to figure out some chink in the amour, some weak spot, so that they could set up,... oh, let's say a sexual tryst,... and then blackmail that politician,... no?

What do 'they' have on Peter King, that he acts the way he does? I wouldn't be surprised to find BoyLove lurking somewhere deep dark in them thar Shadows.


Look, seriously, if it's not the money/power, then it's gonna be the sex. Isn't that a fact of the universe?


I mean, look at Gingrich's wife,... you rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreally think he's down wit dat? Really?? Of course,... look at Newt, haha!!


Perhaps Wiener's marriage is a political one (Huma + Hillary sittin in a tree?),... I know, I know, you're gonna say something, but,... haven't stranger things happened?

Haven't stranger things happened?

Why do we always act like "oh no, it can't be so,... not with MY guy"?

C'mon,... really? It's just becoming painfully clear that in order to 'work' in the higher ups of the guv, you've GOT to have yer Freak Creds. Bohemian Grove, et al. (oh, please don't pull the Conspiracy Card on that one).


Maybe I just understand WHY he would do something like this. If I, at my puny level, in my life, have had... well, let's just say I haven't, to my shame, lived my life as a prude,... then, since Power Corrupts, I can only imagine what someone with 'aspirations',... and the MEANS,... could accomplish from their imagination.


I tire of the "How could they ever keep such a secret secret?" line,... secrets can be kept, at least to the point where no one cares anymore. Arnie's thing was kept secret until HE told his wife, no? I don't remember seeing LoveChild rumors in the Inquirer in the last 10 years.


Question: Why do we believe what people in power say,... ever?Sure, maybe just by coincidence, some things they say just may happen to be true, but,.... really,.... c'mon.

At this point, it seems moot as to whether or not he did ANYTHING. His reaction, and "guilty acting" has shown him up to be quite creepy in its own right,... sorry, I believe Bad Acting IS a fireable offence.

[Herman]

He just seems to working every single Play-by-Play from the Scheming Schyster's Handbook... so forgive me if I question the veracity of the words coming from his lips. Doesn't he know how to act innocent?

Good to see some healthy anti-semitism here.

Snips, tell me. Do you put bandaids on your knuckles before going out?

[drogulus]

Oh c'mon,.. is he really Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?

     No, he isn't. He doesn't have to be either. I don't think we should try to convict politicians (or anyone else) of whatever they're ashamed of.

     

[ibanezmonster]

WienerGate = Watergate

Clever.
Was it his just his underwear or...? 

[Scarpia]

Forget Weinergate.  Who was the 'under-the-table' contributor who was willing to provide $925,000 to pay for the cover-up of John Edwards' mistress?  Must have been a true idealist.   

[snyprrr]

Trust, but verify.

Y'know, 'they' can 'un'Delete that Post,... can't...'they'? I mean, just to totally clear his name of course, cause he didn't... do anyo...thing...

There's one very creepy sneer/smile in the Bret Baier interview,... but that's beside the point...

Did Andrew Jackson have... peccadillos?


If he did it, no harm will be done to him? Because...



I was watching that Dana Bash public interview yesterday, and I think this was at the time when everyone pretty well believed that the 'hacking' thing might be the answer, AND THEN!! ,... you'll have to forgive me,... did anyone else see this exchange? Is there a body language, guilty/not-guilty expert out there, cause it seemed to me like Weiner was certainly ACTING like someone who had just done a baaaad thing,... and every interview since is ever more cringe worthy. He just seems to working every single Play-by-Play from the Scheming Schyster's Handbook... so forgive me if I question the veracity of the words coming from his lips. Doesn't he know how to act innocent?

Didn't some guy just resign for... what?


"I did not have sex with that woman..."

yeah, yeah

I'm just sayin'


I'd like to hear from anyone who believed AW last week. What was your motivation for belief? It just seemed so open and shut. I need to know. I am not a partisan on either side,... I just really believe the ALL lie (even Ron Paul). Why don't you (whoever you are)? Have they not proved it over and over and over again?


THEY ALL LIE!! ALL ALL ALL

[Scarpia]

I'm just sayin'


I'd like to hear from anyone who believed AW last week. What was your motivation for belief? It just seemed so open and shut. I need to know. I am not a partisan on either side,... I just really believe the ALL lie (even Ron Paul). Why don't you (whoever you are)? Have they not proved it over and over and over again?


THEY ALL LIE!! ALL ALL ALL

I'm not sure anyone believed him, but some people were not interested, and may continue not to be interested.  He could have kept more people in that category by telling the truth to begin with.

[Brian]

Of course, a solution even simpler than telling the truth would have been to turn off the webcam and go have sex with his wife.

[eyeresist]

Only in America. In Australia, this guy would be gaining votes. "Yeah, alright, he's a stud!"

We had a candidate for Prime Minister here a few years ago who I'm sure only gained credibility from once punching out a cabby. Of course, he did turn out later to be nuts...

Sadly, the Right here are doing their best to make Australian politics more American, with more hysterical hate-mongering and outright lies.

Has any politician tried the "outright truth" gimmick of late? Like, "Sorry this answer isn't making more sense, but I was out drinking last night" kind of truth?

[snyprrr]

Good to see some healthy anti-semitism here.

Snips, tell me. Do you put bandaids on your knuckles before going out?

Not at all, my dear Herman:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyster

It is by mere coincidence that Weiner is a Jewish lawyer (if he is a lawyer?)!

Also, keep in mind that Arabs are of Semitic origin too. I know that that minor fact gets in the way of Zionist victim posturing, but hey, into every life a little rain must fall. And let's not get into who is an Edomite and who isn't. I know for a fact this is the only topic on planet earth one is not allowed to question or discuss or anything. Remember, last week Netanyahu, to the whole world, said he spoke for all Jews, i.e., if you do not tow MY line, you are either an anti-semite, or a self loathing jew. So, what, are my creds moot? Who's the anti-semite?

Oy vey, Herman, why don't we just start the Jewish Question Thread and just be done with the hinting? yeesh!!

I'm sorry if I'm not one of those "everything's anti-semitism" Jews. All sex is rape, btw. Only the devil has blue eyes, etc.,...


Hey, I'm sorry, I just couldn't think of the goy word for shyster. What is it, for future reference?


In a way, this reminds me of what it was like talking to certain female lovers of mine in the past. If I related a story of my day, and there happened to be a person (or animal) with a vagina in the story, well, let me tell you, all of a sudden I was cheating,... so, I learned to turn everyone in my stories into a male. So, I'm sorry I used a 'bad' word, Herman, and just remember that, if you ever hear me tell a story in the future, you'll never know now if the person I'm talking about is a jew or not. I do this to protect you, Herman, from,... is it?... YOUR antisemitism? Is it antisemetic for a jew to use the word shyster??

I only go on, because these days, calling out someone as an 'antisemite' seems to be the worst thing you can possibly say about someone (unless of course it's an "antisemitic pedophiliac"). Is it antiseme to criticize ANY aspect of the State of Israel?? Some certainly believe so.

Shall I change the Thread Title, Herman, and get us all barred??

anti-semitism, indeed.

Weiner's a weiner, pffft. For once, just let a jew fall without calling anyone The Name (is it Hashem, or AntiSem?).

RANT: off

[Lethevich]

my brain aches

[Lethevich]

Having seen the other pictures just now on the news - I must say that it's nice to know that a few politicians actually have okay bodies. Although the "showbusiness for ugly people" wittery still seems to predominate.

[Todd]

In Australia, this guy would be gaining votes. "Yeah, alright, he's a stud!"

I'm not sure this is something to celebrate. 

I would have thought politicians were, or should be, elected at least partly based on their judgment.  Mr Weiner's actions do not show good judgment, nor does his response to the situation.  I would think that the Democrats may want to field a new candidate for his seat in 2012.  They probably should.