Anthony Weiner And The Non-Denial Denials

It's time for Weinergate!

Just to dive in in the middle, I especially like the statement from coed in question, (a journalism major who loathes the news process) which denies a few tangential points and ducks the good stuff:

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.

Well, were Barack Oama, Ray Allen or Cristiano Ronaldo following her on Twitter?  Anthony Weiner was, back when the busy Congresman was following a mere 91 people from among his 45,000 fans.

As to whether any exchanges were "inappropriate", let's take a step back - were she and the Congressman cyber-buddies engaging in idle chit-chat and having appropriate exchanges from time to time on the Twitter private service?  Is it possible that a third party might consider some of those private exchanges to be a bit flirty?  I am not sure a twenty-one year old who wants this whole thing to go away is the most reliable judge of what might have been appropriate.  And let's add that Rep. Weiner apparently chatted up a high school girl on Twitter earlier this year.

RS McCain adds this:

All righty then: Define “inappropriate,” Ms. Cordova.

By your own admission, you publicly described a married congressman as your “boyfriend,” which some people might consider inappropriate.

Meanwhile, law enforcement does not seem to have been brought in.  Their apparent absence speaks volumes.

And while we wait for the police dog to bark, Ace notes this:

Despite the fact that this is a Verified Twitter account, supposedly vetted by Twitter to insure that the named individual is in fact the account's user, we have had no incident report from Twitter on the "hack," or notice of a failure in its security, or cautions as to how to prevent the same "hack" from occurring to us.

Well, a highly publicized hack would normally draw some sort of public response, yes?  More should come clear on Tuesday with the holiday behind us.

My Bold Prediction for where this is headed - Congressman Weiner won't be filing a police report.  One might think that hacking a Congressman's account to smear him and sexually harass his Twitter followers is a big deal, but it's not like he is the governor of Alaska or anything.  After a bit of scrambling Weiner will explain the absence of law enforcement by offering up a brother or cousin or college roommate who will claim to have crept onto the account and played this prank simply because Weiner jokes never get old.  Har de har. 

As to the truth, well, Weiner's an "Anything Goes" Democrat and the girl was 21, so move on.

UPDATE:  Weiner has now done what anyone else would do after their account was hacked and a lewd photo was sent out in their name - he hired a lawyer to advise him as to “what civil or criminal actions should be taken”.  He still won't say whether he has notified the police, which pretty much means he hasn't.

CATERWAULING:  Jese Taylor at Pandagon is a hero on the left because of his ability to leap to illogical conclusions in a single bound.  He excerpts my point that "I am not sure a twenty-one year old who wants this whole thing to go away is the most reliable judge of what might have been appropriate" and heads into the abyss:

This makes a great deal of sense - the proper people to determine whether exchanges that didn't take place were appropriate are a group of slavering middle-aged conservative men who should be allowed to go through every e-mail and Facebook photo the woman's ever been a part of and comment on how much cleavage she's showing. 

Geez, I thought my point of view as to who should be checking this out was made pretty clear by my comments on the lack of police involvement.  

But since we are on the subject of reading comprehension, let's bring Jesse up to speed on a more important point.  He says this:

Weiner and the woman involved are both contending that the tweet and picture were a result of someone breaking in to Weiner's account.  The woman suspects that it was a user who had been harassing her for weeks based on the fact that Weiner was following her account.  

Well, the Daily News was not kind to her, but she has since taken to Twitter to post a clarification:

Expressed my dissatisfaction to NYDN over their implication that I backed the hacking theory.

The News offered this:

Friday evening I logged onto Twitter to find that I had about a dozen new mentions in less than an hour, which is a rare occurrence. When I checked one of the posts that I had been tagged in I saw that it was a picture that had supposedly been tweeted to me by Congressman Anthony Weiner.

The account that these tweets were sent from was familiar to me; this person had harassed me many times after the Congressman followed me on Twitter a month or so ago. Since I had dealt with this person and his cohorts before I assumed that the tweet and the picture were their latest attempts at defaming the Congressman and harassing his supporters.

Annoyed, I responded with something along the lines of "are you f***ing kidding me?" and "I've never seen this. You people are sick." I blocked their accounts, made my page private, and let the matter drop, expecting them to eventually do the same.

Within about an hour, however, I realized that I had grossly underestimated the severity of the situation that I had somehow become a part of.

Jesse is just one of many to misunderstand that.

Comments

[bgates]

Weiner's an "Anything Goes" Democrat

Sure, when it suits him. On the other hand, his website proudly announced:

05.07.04
WEINER INTRODUCES BILL TO STOP SEXUAL HARRASSMENT ON CAMPUS
REQUIRES COLLEGES TO PUBLISH CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR

[Jack is Back!]

Didn't the whole Tiger Woods business start with some bimbo denying she was Tiger's girlfriend and then everything went to carp?

I say this has legs - giant stilt walker legs.

[Ignatz]

I look forward to a couple of pages of puns and double, triple and quadruple entendres on this thread.

But consider this one fact, if your last name was "Weiner" and you were bound and determined not to change it, what kind of a humorless twit would name their kid "Anthony" instead of "Oscar"?
That would be like having the last name "Frank" and naming your kid "Barney" instead of "Ballpark".

[Rocco]

Don't you think a hacker would have used a more graphic photo? If someone were going to set him up, I think they would have used a full monty...no?

[Army of Davids]

ObamaCare's Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)...Sarah Palin's "death panel"?

This thing polls horribly and as Joe Biden would say..."it's a big Fn deal". Why does it get zero MSM attention?

[Danube of Thought]

Hell, they could have named him Peter. Or Dick.

[Gmax]

That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Well the appropriate test here is "would your wife buy this story if you laid it on her?" While some of us might have extremely gullible spouses, I can tell you that story would get swatted away pretty damn quick at my house. And me.

[anduril]

"I say this has legs"

yeees.

From the NYT:

U.S. Announces Sanctions Against Israeli Company

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Published: May 26, 2011

JERUSALEM — Even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was praising the United States in a speech on Tuesday for imposing tougher sanctions on Iran for its nuclear activities, the State Department announced that it was imposing sanctions on a leading Israeli company, Ofer Brothers Group, for activities supporting Iran’s energy sector.

But instead of thanking the US, the Israeli Government complained:

“Nobody wants to over-interpret the choice of timing,” said an Israeli official who was speaking on the condition of anonymity for diplomatic reasons, “but there was no objective reason for the State Department to come out with the announcement on that precise day.”

...

According to the State Department, the Ofer Brothers Group and its Singapore-based subsidiary, Tanker Pacific, are being sanctioned along with Associated Shipbroking of Monaco for their roles in a September 2010 transaction that provided a tanker valued at $8.65 million to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.

The shipping company has been cited by the United States and the European Union for its role in supporting Iran’s proliferation activities. Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg told reporters in Washington that “Iran uses revenues from its energy sector to fund its nuclear program, as well as to mask procurement of dual-use items.”

And from the Guardian:

David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund

David Cameron has stepped down as a patron of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in a move pro-Palestinian campaigners claim is a result of pressure but which Downing Street insists is part of a general review of the prime minister's charity connections.

The JNF was only one of a number of charities from which Cameron stepped down, said Downing St. His predecessors Gordon Brown and Tony Blair continued to be JNF patrons throughout their tenure.

The JNF was originally set up to buy land in Palestine to establish Jewish settlements before the creation of the state of Israel. Now it is a global charity which describes itself as the "caretakers of the land and people of Israel", specialising in planting forests. Critics say it expropriated land belonging to Palestinians and has obliterated pre-1948 Arab villages by planting forests and parks. The JNF is involved in the demolition of Bedouin villages in the Negev desert as part of an afforestation plan.

[Rocco]

As to the truth, well, Weiner's an "Anything Goes" Democrat and the girl was 21, so move on.

Not so fast, seems Weiner has a history with this sort of thing.

Furthermore, Weiner is also reported to have actually followed back yet another young girl, this time, a Twitter groupie by the name of Maggie Henning, who is only in high school! This seems to indicate a cradle-robbing inclination by the congressman, and following two young girls on Twitter is certainly suspicious and creepy.

[anduril]

Umph. Sorry for the formatting mistake. The bit from the Guardian is supposed to be separate from the NYT stuff.

[Danube of Thought]

It would seem he's been caught in a lie. My joy knows no bounds.

[Gmax]

Headline unlikely for us to read:

Weiner Grilled for Inappropriate Contact with Coed

[glenda]

Well, Weiner does look like Horshack, so acting like he's 13 yrs old is expected; not accepted... but this whole twit mess just makes me lose my appetite (which could be a good thing..)

of course BO at the Tomb of the Unknowns also made me nauseous..maybe, I've got a virus :)

[MayBee]

Mark Foley was brought down by an email to a page which basically said, it was nice to meet you. That email was saved for months before it was unleashed by Rahm in a campaign against him.

It's too bad he didn't have Twitter. Where congressmen following and messaging high school students apparently completely acceptable.

Or was that not about Twitter, but about how uncomfortable people, even liberals, really are about gay men vs. straight men?

[DrJ]

How about:

Weiner Grilled for Relish of Inappropriate Buns?

[Gmax]

Pickle Pics land Weiner in the Brine

[Captain Hate]

Or was that not about Twitter, but about how uncomfortable people, even liberals, really are about gay men vs. straight men?

I think you mean "especially liberals".

[Jack is Back!]

Since it is still Memorial Day - a powerful speech by Admiral Stavridis our Commander of EuroCom. LUN

/Keenexes at hand, please!

[Danube of Thought]

It is 71 degrees and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. I am seated in our shade garden, enjoying a pre-lunch Martini with my 87-year-old mother-in-law (a.k.a. The Vile Banshee), a WWII veetran Army nurse whose late husband went ashore at Normandy on D+1 and was wounded in France.

I am also enjoying a cigar, which she declined.

A fine day to be alive.

[Danube of Thought]

JiB, after watching the Ken Burns Civil War series for the first time I ordered a copy of the Sullivan Ballou letter and had it framed and put it in my office. To this day I can't get through the whole thing with a dry eye. Can't link (iPad), but I recommend Googling it and reading the whole thing.

[Carol.Herman]

Okay. So what would you use: "Schmuck?" Or "Putz."

When you "twitter" privately ... do you send pictures?

We talk on the Internet, here, and have no idea what someone else looks like.

But a shot of a man in his underwear? Maybe, his camera dropped? You know, you can't both look at what you're "shooting" ... and, at the same time snap a picture.

Yes? No?

Maybe, a guy named "Weiner" ... shouldn't be subject to "Wiener" jokes? Didn't he grow up hearing them? Wouldn't he have been aware of how he felt about such jokes?

I pick "putz."

[narciso]

Here' you go, Danube:

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/ballou_letter.html

[Carol.Herman]

A "schmuck" is what Monica saw.

[peter]

One thing is for sure--that Weiner in the photo leans to the left.

[Old Dad]

Nancy Pelosi urges Congress to keep hands off Weiner.

[Jane]

But consider this one fact, if your last name was "Weiner" and you were bound and determined not to change it, what kind of a humorless twit would name their kid "Anthony" instead of "Oscar"?
That would be like having the last name "Frank" and naming your kid "Barney" instead of "Ballpark".

Actually I think those 2 should get married - so we could have Barney Weiner-Frank and Tony Frank-Weiner.

[Jack]

Hey, Anduril.

All this talk about a Jewish wiener got your crazed mind spinning, eh? But you're not an anti-semite, no siree!

[DrJ]

Weiner Nix Dicks for Prick Pics

[Threadkiller]

--"that Weiner in the photo leans to the left."--

Legal guys, was that a brief in support of motion?

[JM Hanes]

To be fair, anduril apparently loathes Muslims as much as Jews. Alas, the good old days of medieval Latin and Torquemada are long gone.

[Threadkiller]

Rereading this has become a Memorial Day tradition.

The Democrats' genius front runner continued his non-stop gaffe parade yesterday. Famously he hailed America's "fallen heroes" noting he saw some in the audience.

On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.

Less famously he placed his uncle then serving in the US military at the liberation of Auschwitz :

In World War Two we didn't have the concept of post traumatic stress syndrome. People had to basically handle it on their own," he said. Referring to an uncle who had been one of the first U.S. troops into Auschwitz, the concentration camp, Obama said: "The story in the family is he came home and just went up in the attic."

Historians would have told him Auschwitz was not liberated by U.S. troops but by those of the Soviet Union.

Seems like more than his uncle belongs in the family attic.

I am sure the words got in the way.

[Danube of Thought]

Cponsider Weenie-man's dilemmhe's somewhat bewildered by what has happened thus far, but going forward he is exquisitely mindful of the fact that lying to the FBI equals a federal indictment.

If he does not affirm within the next 72 hours that he has reported this event to the FBI the world will know he is a liar.

[Rocco]

Oh I wish I weren't a Democrat like Weiner

That is what I truly hate to be

Cause if I weren't a Democrat like Weiner

Everyone might not make fun of me

[Sue]

According to Ace, Weiner has retained counsel "to explore the proper next steps and to advise us on what civil or criminal actions should be taken". I must say, Weiner is taking this rather well, not wanting a "prank" to be treated as something more. Okay, he did it or knows who did it.

[Threadkiller]

--"If he does not affirm within the next 72 hours"--

A firm is what got him into this.

[Jane]

Well I just bet Weiner and wife are having a fab Memorial Day. You have to pay dearly to retain a lawyer on a holiday.

[Rocco]

I can't wait for Hallow-Weinie this year! I'm wearing an Anthony mask!

[windansea]

by the way, in another thread Weiner's type of underwear was discussed, briefs or boxers

these appear to be boxer briefs, which are a combo.

wonder if the wife picked these out for him.

[MayBee]

LUN for Gateway pundit on Weiner's selected follows on Twitter.

[Danube of Thought]

You're a US Congressman. You publicly assert that you are the victim of a federal crime. But before you report that crime to the FBI you have to lawyer up?

[Sue]

If Weiner isn't guilty, he is writing the book on how to look guilty when you aren't.

[Jack is Back!]

Het Rocco;)

Reminds me of when I was up in Marquette, Michigan on a project and I use to go to the Northern Nichigan football games. The year they won the Division II title under Steve Mariucci as QB and Buck Neilsen as line coach (gratuitous name dropping for PD and harryjf). The student body sat in the raucous north stands across from the well healed alumni and townspeople on the south side. As tradition before the game they played their alma mater which the students sang using the Oscar Mayer lyrics since the melody was the same. A real hoot especially since it was probably snowing and minus 15 at the time. But thats the UP for you, eh?

[Jack is Back!]

All errors on above post courtesy of Apple iPad:)

[Danube of Thought]

For National Geographic fans, don't miss The Honey Badger.

Priceless.

[Dave (in MA)]

And here I was all this time thinking that Huma might be his beard, and that he was Hillary's. Surprising.

[daddy]

Maybe we should get CNN's Richard (Dick) Quest to do a Dick Quest on Anthony's Weiner?

CNN fans will recall that Dick Quest got busted in Central Park for "...drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot...", so who better in the NY Newsbiz to get his hands around Weinergate than a reporter from "America's Most Impotent Network?"

If nothing else I'm sure Dick could take a great Poll.

[Jack is Back!]

DoT,

The most disgustingly funny vid I have ever seen. The narrator was perfect. From now on that's my new tag-line "the honey badger doesn't give a s**t".

[Danube of Thought]

Submitted for Memorial Day consideration:

      John Wayne's 104 birthday.
        HOW JOHN WAYNE SAVED THE MARINES
        Thursday, May 26, 2011

        Today is John Wayne’s 104th birthday. He was born on May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa, as Marion Morrison, weighing 13 pounds. His birthplace is a museum.  There is a guest book, opened to a page with the entry, in the entrant’s handwriting, Name: Ronald Reagan. Address: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington DC.

        To celebrate the birthday of a truly great American, let me tell you how John Wayne saved the Marine Corps. In the aftermath of World War II, the psychological letdown after years of war and bloodshed, the huge demobilization of servicemen, the desire to slash military spending, and the antipathy towards the military by left-wingers in the Democrat Party all combined in a call by a number of Senators and Congressmen to abolish the Marine Corps.

        In this, they were supported by the Doolittle Board, created by Harry Truman, which called for the Marine Corps to be “disbanded” as a separate military force, and “unified” with the Army (yes, the board was headed by an Air Force general, Jimmy Doolittle).

        A group of enterprising Marines – you can always depend on Marines to be enterprising – with Hollywood connections, thought a movie made around the most famous photograph of World War II, Joe Rosenthal’s of the Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, could help sway public opinion against their disbandment.

        They approached legendary director Allan Dwan, who agreed to commission a script. The movie was to be called “The Sands of Iwo Jima,” and everybody agreed there was only one man who could play the lead role of Sergeant Stryker: John Wayne.

        To their great surprise, Wayne turned it down. He didn’t like the script, and he wasn’t enamored of the character of Stryker. The Marines came to the rescue again. The Marine Corps Commandant, General Clifton B. Cates, got on an airplane and flew from Washington to California to personally request Wayne make the picture. When General Cates explained the stakes involved – the very existence of the Marine Corps – Wayne immediately changed his mind, promising the general he would do everything in his power to have the movie be a success.

        The Sands of Iwo Jima was released in 1949 and quickly became a runaway blockbuster, with millions of moviegoers packing every theatre showing it. Wayne was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, establishing him as Hollywood’s Number One box-office star. The Doolittle Board folded its tent, and no politician on Capitol Hill ever again said a word about disbanding the Marines.

        So let’s all say “Semper Fi” to the memory of John Wayne.

        To further celebrate his birthday, here’s a treat and some advice. The treat is this link: A biography of John Wayne written by Ronald Reagan, in the October 1979 Reader’s Digest.

        The advice is this: Don’t ever trust a man who doesn’t like John Wayne. A man’s opinion of John Wayne is a good rule-of-thumb test of his character and moral values. To admire John Wayne is to admire the heroic and the morally noble. To sneer at John Wayne is to admire the opposite. It’s revealing that you find very few liberals among the former, and very few conservatives among the latter.

[MayBee]

Ha, DoT. Glenn Greenwald wrote a book about American hypocrites, and John Wayne was hypocrite numero uno. Apparently, he supported WWII and the military, but didn't try hard enough to enlist after he was rejected for being too old.

So I agree with your rule-of-thumb.

[daddy]

"by the way, in another thread Weiner's type of underwear was discussed, briefs or boxers

these appear to be boxer briefs, which are a combo.

wonder if the wife picked these out for him."

Windansea,

Well since Weiner's wife worked for Hillary, and since Hillary as the Arkansas Governor's wife used to donate Billy's used Boxer's to the Salvation Army and claim $4.50 or so in Tax Deductions for them, I think we need to get Hillary's take on your question, and also her input on the current Tax Deduction value of Weiner's stained undies, what with inflation and all. Soon as she finishes her speech congratulating Islam for their contributions to NASA is when I'd pop that question to her.

[Rocco]

Oh Boy...I'm going to be in the confessional a long time this week!

[Jane]

So how long before Weiner steps down? I assume he has to run again in '12 and can decide he won't run again = and then take a job at CNN.

[daddy]

Clarice,

If you scroll down to the 6th picture here I think you will spy Sarah Palin making time with your boyfriend Alan West:)

And look at her saying "Hey" to this Vet in picture 4 here.

Wow. Is she photogenic or what!

[PD]

Back from Door County now. It was a nice trip. Not nearly as much rain as had been forecast (though we did get a little hail last evening). Had some good meals, visited a couple coffee shops, got a lot of reading done. Time spent together with my sweetie ... I'm happy.

[Extraneus]

And here I was all this time thinking that Huma might be his beard, and that he was Hillary's. Surprising.

Apparently I have to get my gaydar recalibrated as well, although my bidar was never that good to begin with.

[daddy]

MayBee,

Your link with photo's to who Weiner was following on Twitter was very revealing so I'm posting it again in case folks scrolled on by. Link. And that doesn't even include the Porn Star he was tweeting.

Obviously nothing to see here folks. Move along.

[Extraneus]

I never realized it, but she's pretty tall.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

I just saw the pic in question over at Ace's. It looks like one of those pics you accidentally shoot with your cell phone (it was taken on a Blackberry). I have discarded many pictures of my knees and feet over the years. In fact, in setting up my brand new phone a few days ago, I managed to shoot both my knees and feet more than once as I learned how to use the various features of the camera. The touch on the new phone is much more sensitive than my Blackberry and it took some getting used to.

[pagar]

"the world will know he is a liar."
He is a Democrat. Why would you think he wasn't?

[MayBee]

Oops. I accidentally took a picture of my erect penis. I really only meant to use the vibrate function.

[MayBee]

Thanks, daddy!!

[daddy]

Religion O' Peace update:

Muslim girl, 19, 'stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest.

[Threadkiller]

--"I assume he has to run again in '12"--

He may already know how take 12 by the seat of the pants.

[narciso]

What does one do with such foolishness:

http://www.alternet.org/story/151008/why_the_right-wing%27s_approach_to_reading_the_constitution_is_destroying_this_country?page=entire

[Extraneus]

I really only meant to use the vibrate function.

Heh.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Maybee: Is there more than one pic? The only one I see is one of his thigh and a half shot of his boxer-brief. If you didn't know what it is supposed to be, you wouldn't know what it is.

[narciso]

'All is well' no seriously:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144604

[MayBee]

I bet Weiner would cry if he heard you say that, Sara.

[Ignatz]

Off the top of my head I can only think of two Dems who would have been bigger disasters for the Dems than that superlative bubblehead Debbie Wasserman Schulz as DNC chair; Kucinich or Sheila Jackwon Lee.
Any others in the running? Wiener, Maxine Waters?

[Captain Hate]

daddy, the Terps fell short against Katie Couric's Hoos today in the LAX championship. On the positive side, it was coach Tilman's first year and he did a lot with the guys he inherited. On the negative side, we're 0-7 in championship games in the last 36 years which is pretty unacceptable for a LAX hotbed.

Being a Maryland fan isn't for the easily discouraged.

[Jack is Back!]

She is so in their heads its almost sadistic to watch their brethless indignation and tsk, tsking. And that shot of her with West should go viral with the header, "Is This The GOP Ticket For 2012?".

I love watching liberal heads explode.

[Captain Hate]

I can't think of a better pawn job on Weiner than what Sara just inadvertently nailed him with. It might even make Huma laugh. Maybe...

[Captain Hate]

Iggy, I think you id'd the only two that would've been worse. She looks horrible, sounds illiterate and probably smells really bad. A total assault on the senses.

[Jack is Back!]

CH,

According to friends on the hill her nickname is "Old Blinky". She was appointed DNC chair for one reason - her district is next to West's and outside of Palin the insiders in DNC fear most is West. They wanted someone close enough with operatives, volunteers to eventually do the donkey dance of slander, dirty tricks and such on him. Mark my words, you will see a full frontal assault when Palin announces.

[pagar]

Daddy, you can add this to the long list of events that not many seem to care about.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/05/norway-all-rapes-in-past-5-years-committed-by-muslimsnon-western-immigrants.html

"My G-d, they have given over their wives and daughters so as ..... not to offend Muslims"

[Captain Hate]

Thanks JiB but that sounds like potentially disastrous strategery to send such an obviously offensive person as Debbie Washmyhair-Scruntz in a high exposure position because of the fear of one potential candidate. Kind of like running Kerry for President with Silky Pony.

[PD]

these appear to be boxer briefs, which are a combo.

wonder if the wife picked these out for him

She probably has him in a chastity belt now.

[Threadkiller]

Fruit of the Loon.

[narciso]

They have their own branch of Duke and Duke, it seems, Captain, how else to explain how they put this Edwards person up against West,
'removing all doubt'

[Jack is Back!]

Oh, and that WH photog that caught her full sized coming down the stairs of AF1 with Barry, well he is now assigned to photos of the First Kennel and Garden. You never show Debbie below the waist.

[Sue]

I bet Weiner would cry if he heard you say that, Sara.

LOL.

[Dave (in MA)]

Separated at birth

[Threadkiller]

It is not her fault, JiB. She walked through the WH vegetable garden during it's rapid growth session.

[Captain Hate]

narc, I doubt that Duke and Duke could ever come up with the equivalent of Bob Shrum; although I wouldn't want to tempt them.

[Threadkiller]

--"You never show Debbie below the waist."--

I wish the same were true for Weiner.

[Jack]

JM writes:

"To be fair, anduril apparently loathes Muslims as much as Jews. Alas, the good old days of medieval Latin and Torquemada are long gone."

Doubt it. He is hard core conspiratorialist/religionist obsessed with original sin. Those types commonly obsess about every detail of Israel, and how they collectively condemn Israel (or the Jews). The idea of "collective guilt" excites his weiner.

[Keep on, Keepin' on]

Weiner has retained the services of Willie, Wood, Johnson & Schwanz as legal counsel....

stole that from a commenter at BG :)

seriously, they seem to have shifted from being hacked to being pranked

time to trot out a low level staffer who takes the fall?

[Captain Hate]

Jack, I agree with JMH; having observed anduril's comments for a while, he would prefer the rock worshipers to be expelled in a bit of historical role reversal. That's not to discount his obvious "issues" with Jews, which usually manifests itself in Israel bashing.

[Jack is Back!]

And when Tom Rooney introduced legislation making attacks against serving members of the military here is what Debbie The Skank had to say:

"I'm from a state, as Mr. Rooney is, that includes and represents the districts that include real victims. I represent a very large -- one of the largest gay populations in the United States of America. One of the largest Jewish populations in the United States of America. My region -- our region has a very large African-American population. It really is belittling of the respect that we should have for these groups to suggest that members of the armed services have somehow systematically been the victims of hate crimes."

Sums this scum bag up in a nutshell. She makes all us Gator fans puke.

[Sue]

The consensus amongst lefty commenters is this is a right-wing plot to bring down Weiner. Which makes absolutely no sense since Weiner is claiming it is a prank and needs a lawyer to determine whether or not he should file a complaint. If Weiner really thought someone was trying to bring him down, he would have already been on tv, front and center, crying foul and calling for an investigation.

[Captain Hate]

Sue, enough about Weiner's weiner. Go Mavs!!

[Sue]

Go Rangers, tonight. I'm loving the top of the 3rd.

Go Mavs indeed. I want to know which basketball god was in charge of this year's NBA finals? And why, given the number of teams in the East, we had to have another go-round with the Heat? ::sigh:: I called the last one in 5. I'm still trying to determine if it will be 6 or 7 on this one. Mavs winning of course.

[Sue]

I really, really, really want to call Mavs in 5. Winning the 1st in Miami and all 3 in Dallas. Whadda ya think Capt'n? Should I call it in 5?

[PD]

CH, I assume you're not exactly in mourning over Tressel's resignation?

[Threadkiller]

Sadly CH, talking about Weiners is the most on topic I have seen a thread in a while.

[Jane]

Apparently I have to get my gaydar recalibrated

I wonder if Tony is now happy that no one thinks he is gay.

Of course he could announce he is gay to make this whole thing go away. I wonder if his wife would agree, for the good of the country and all that.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Daddy won't talk the BC because of the threat of Clarice's pistolas. If this thread turns into basketball and hockey again, it isn't Clarice's pistolas that will be coming out, it will be my BLUNDERBUSS

[PD]

In light of Sara's comment, I'm glad my most recent was about football.

[Jack]

Thanks for the straightening out, Captain Hate.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

I read a couple of days ago about a poll that indicates that the public thinks gays make up about 25% of the general pop. when the figure is really only about 3%. The poster asked why such an overestimate?

Does anyone else wonder why, when the gay issue is pushed in our faces every day? Last night, 3 different network drama shows revolved around a gay issue. We see stories in the news and on the Net every day. It is treated as a new badge of honor.