I want to believe Congressman Weiner and truthfully don't care if he is tweeting 50 pictures of his

[jezebel]

peepee a day, and I can't stand that piece of shit Brietbart, BUT:

1) He looks guilty in that ambush piece CNN did today. I just honestly don't see how that helps him and I want to believe this is a Brietbart set up..but his responses today make it hard.

2) Who gives a shit if he tweeted it to some willing person. Answer, the media. They now smell blood in the water and will not give this up.

3)Why are men such idiots? Don't take a picture you don't want to see on the front page of the newspaper if you are a politician.

Okay bash away.

[Snoutport]

1. Why would he send it to someone he'd never met?

Just some stranger and from his known tweet account? That doesn't make sense either.

I am hoping he is just waiting while he gets a legal team ready to go for the jugular. At least I hope cause he's one of my favorite politicians!

[jezebel]

3. Yeah, that doesn't make sense unless he was having some sort of social media "relationship" with her

I can't figure it out and I am trying to give him the benefit of the doubt because of Breitbart, but that CNN piece was bad for him.

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[jezebel]

8. wow, I guess I'm simple minded. Thanks. nt

[Hamlette]

45. what was on the CNN piece?

all i saw was what Stewart played (and destroyed) about him not calling in the cops to check out if he'd been hacked. Was there more?

[mysuzuki2]

2. personally, I don't believe I know any man who

would email or tweet a picture of his dick. I certainly wouldn't. And if he did, I don't understand why anyone would care very much.

[jezebel]

6. I don't care if he did, but this is catnip to the media. nt

[KittyWampus]

7. And you're helping them out.

[mysuzuki2]

28. Yep, writing about Weiner's Wiener is much more important

than any other news story. For all the attention it's been getting, it must really be some wiener.

[Fla_Democrat]

42. Yea, me neither, wait, there's a call coming in, I gotta

take this.

Hello, Brett Farve, how's it hanging?

:evilgrin:






:smoke:

[KittyWampus]

4. "Have you stopped beating your kids?" is an old tactic. If you don't get why your post is so

ignorant and plays into the oppositions hands, you need to really to do some self-searching.

How many times must Weiner deny something?

Why not inform yourself about the situation?

[jezebel]

9. If he denied sending the picture and I missed it, then I am misinformed. I heard him not answer that

question repeatedly. I am aware the office put out a statement saying he had been hacked. Does it explicitly say he didn't send the picture?

[Cid_B]

11. That is the point...

Let's just say that all the information is out there on blogs, twitter and a multitude of other sources. They aren't international TV.

All Weiner has to say is "I've already denied these ludicrous accusations and have opened an investigation into who has perpetrated this outrageous criminal act"

Instead he acts like a spoiled child with something to hide. Not everyone is going to go out and dig for every little nugget you want them to.

[JDPriestly]

16. The girl said the whole thing was nonsense, absolutely untrue.

There was something wrong with the way Breitbart did it.

[tblue37]

41. This is the long-form birth certificate BS all over again.

RWers were always asking why Obama didn't just show the long-form birth certificate--and as soon as he did, they started claiming it was a fake.

[DJ13]

10. I seriously doubt it was his

That wasnt a NY Weiner, that was a Philly Cheese Steak.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. i dont think he did it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. i dont think he did it.

[Warren Stupidity]

14. How many times are people going to get played by Breitbart?

You don't want to believe Weiner at all. in fact you have found him guilty because "he looks guilty" in an interview. All that despite the long track record of bullshit smears from Breitbart.

[napi21]

15. I believe him. The more we pay attention to this story the more

the media willl hype it! I don't know if it's Breightbart or someone like him, but I suspect Anthony's lawyer will find out. ANYTHING that is put online is traceable!

[LLStarks]

17. I'm with Weiner until concrete evidence shows up that the weiner was his. nt

[stevedeshazer]

18. Do yourself a favor and read this:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/29/980400/-Breitbarts-

Then, let's talk. Read the entire story before you form an opinion.

Thanks in advance.

[jezebel]

21. I've read it. I agree it seems beyond fishy. But explain Weiner's CNN interview today. How hard is

it to say,

1) I didn't send the tweet.
2) I am or am not reporting this to the FBI because of xyz
3) Now that I have answered that I am moving on.

[stevedeshazer]

24. Well, what the hell do you expect at this point?

Respectfully, this is going to result in both sides lawyering up. No surprise there.

I'm not buying what you're selling here.

He'd be an idiot to say any of those three points.

[jezebel]

27. Why would he be an idiot to deny sending it if he didn't send it? What am I missing?

[tblue37]

40. Why, oh why won't Obama just show his long-form birth certficate?"

That's all the crazed rightwingers ever wanted.

Of course, when he did show it, they immediately began to call it a fake.

And no matter what Weiner says, the RW will find a way to twist it. Why should he allow them to derail the public discussion of real issues?

Lyndon Johnson once said he wanted to put out a story that his opponent screwed pigs. When one of his aides said, "But that isn't true," Johnson replied, "I know it isn't, but I want him to have to publicly deny that he screws pigs!"

This is typical Rovian/Breitbartian dirty tricks.

Give it a rest.

[Bluebear]

49. +

[blogslut]

19. Perhaps because you arrived late in the drama?

This "thing" started after midnight on Friday. Congressman Weiner addressed it right after and stated his account had been hacked. The young woman in question released a statement stating she has never met the congressman, does not have a relationship with him, did not see the image that was supposedly sent to her Twitter account and has been consistently harassed by the wingnut that claims to have discovered this YFROG image. All of that took place before the CNN ambush.

The questioning by Dana Bash and her reporter cohort was no more than an attempt to create drama where there is none and a furthering of the disreputable instigator that is Andy Breitbart.

[jezebel]

22. I hope you are 100% right. I hope I'm wrong. nt

[w4rma]

36. blogslut is right. You are wrong, jezebel.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/29/980400/-Breitbarts-#TwitterHoaxHow-It-Went-Down-%28updated-wsmoking-gun%29">Breitbart's #TwitterHoax - How It Went Down (updated w/ smoking gun)

[Dawson Leery]

20. Breitbart is NEVER to be trusted.

[quiller4]

23. I believe Weiner and I believe the female recipient when BOTH say this

was a right wing hack attack. The recipient is an active Young Dem and frequently posts progressive comments on a variety of blogs as well as tweeting progressive messages. She says that she has been subject to multiple rightwing hack attacks and that she passed on the name of the individual she suspects is responsible to the Congressman's staff. It is right and appropriate for Weiner to consult a tech savy attorney to investigate further and see if he can take civil action against the individual.

[H2O Man]

25. oh

[JI7]

26. Have you ever seen Weiner do other Interviews, his attitude is the same here , he has always come

off this way. if he thinks the people asking questions are full of shit he calls them on it and doesn't just go along.

[H2O Man]

29. Yes, but he has

a moral obligation to answer every false claim repeated on every internet forum. He owes it to those who seek to smear him with baseless lies and rumors.

[CatWoman]

30. ....

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/29/980400/-Breitbarts-

[spanone]

31. this is the politics of today. smear, smear, smear.

breitbart is being aided by the media who smell blood because of the accusation

.....highly pathetic

the true dumbing down of our political system.

[Dawson Leery]

39. More Duer's need to read this!

[madinmaryland]

32. "twitter" is a farce. DON'T believe a goddamn thing from it. It's no better

for reliable information than facebook.

I can't believe DU has fallen hook, line, and sinker for the twitter farce.

:grr:

[spanone]

33. if you WANTED to believe the congress man, you would.

[BluegrassDem]

34. Is this his weiner or not?? Has ever answered the question?

I mean, if it's his weiner, then he must've taken pics of it and sent it to someone for it to have gotten hacked. I do believe he got hacked, but I don't believe he ever answered the question if that was him or not.

[w4rma]

37. No it was a faked picture.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/29/980400/-Breitbarts-#TwitterHoaxHow-It-Went-Down-%28updated-wsmoking-gun%29">Breitbart's #TwitterHoax - How It Went Down (updated w/ smoking gun)

[Maru Kitteh]

35. There were dozens of reporters there. Not just one network.

time will tell on this

[tblue37]

38. This is the same sort of BS that was thrown at Obama about his long-form birth certificate.

Why are you pushing the same sort of nonsense as "Why doesn't he just? . . . He just looks guilty by refusing to show his long-form birth certificate!"

BS, I say, and double, triple BS!

[Bluebear]

43. 'He looks guilty' - how is that?

[cali]

44. I give a shit if he did it. It demonstrates recklessness and bad judgment

to send a picture like that to a college student you've never met. Hope he didn't do it.

[Bluebear]

46. Any update to your opinion since today's interviews? Just curious

[Bluebear]

48. .

[Hutzpa]

47. You have just contradicted yourself

you called CNN reporting ambush but then said Rep. Weiner is guilty, from what? ambush reporting
by CNN.

Child please!