Rep. Anthony Weiner's Nissan Pathfinder is unregistered, DMV says

[sasha031]

Rep. Anthony Weiner has been having a pretty shitty month (deserved or not). Amid calls to resign, seeking treatment for his "issues," and being generally condemned by the New York City population, he's now been busted for driving around in an unregistered car! Some sharp-eyed individual was able to catch that the July 2007 registration sticker on Weiner's Nissan Pathfinder had expired, note that there was no visible inspection sticker -- and checked with the DMV, who confirmed that the license plate, which had actually been issued to another of Weiner's cars, had expired in 2006.
While the Daily News takes this fact and runs with it -- "Lying about sexting apparently isn't Rep. Anthony Weiner's only gray area" -- we are loath to equate the two misdeeds. Still, it's not good. Weiner -- man. We're just shaking our heads, here.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/06/13/2011-06-13_dmv_sez_his_suv_unregistered.html

when it rain it pours, why wouldn't he just register his car?

[Supply Side Jesus]

1. THAT TEARS IT! RESIGN NOW!!

:sarcasm:

[Horse with no Name]

2. My question is

since it IS the NY Daily Rag...does he even drive this car?

[Newsjock]

3. Oh, ffs

He probably ripped the tag off his mattress, too, and perhaps he even used the pictures and accounts of a game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball.

And I hear it from a very highly placed source that, in 1989, he returned a VHS copy of "Ghostbusters II" to Blockbuster without rewinding it.

I demand more investigations!

[sasha031]

4. lol..thanks. I probably shouldn't have posted this / I'm now overreacting

just want the media to leave him alone.

[Donnachaidh]

8. thank you!

Honestly -- what's next? An expose on how he's circumcised and setting a bad example because of it?

Honest to frigging God -- ENOUGH of this shit already!

[WolverineDG]

56. I have it on good authority that he runs with scissors and

goes swimming less than 30 minutes after eating.

:spank:

dg

[rsmith6621]

5. when it rain it pours, why wouldn't he just register his car?

.....Maybe his ego goes deeper than we all know...then again why didn't a policeman notice this...one of them had to be behind the car at one time wouldn't you think???......A police officer noticed my expired tabs from 100 yards away and couple of decades ago.

[snooper2]

6. He couldn't afford it after paying for all that text and data usage

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[librechik]

7. when the RW sets out to destroy you, they will grasp at any straw

so for gawd's sake, make sure you're clean if you want to be an elected progressive!! (why i will never run for office)

[Horse with no Name]

10. If I were an elected progressive

I can honestly see my usage of the word fuck would grow exponentially!

[seabeyond]

29. really? do you have to register your car? i know i do. how about putting it on weiners shoulders

instead of blaming those that report it.

and ya

big deal scale

pretty low

[Common Sense Party]

55. Fiery progressive orators are above the law.

They needn't obey common directives like us lowbrow average schmoes.

[seabeyond]

59. this isnt high on my scale of outrage, but duers equating to mattress tags.... that is higher

on my list for comment.

amazing. the hypocrisy. and with something so little

[damntexdem]

9. Yeah, and I bet he has a Pathfinder to help him hike the Appalachian Trail.

;-)

OK, now let's forget about the Wiener diversion and turn to real issues.

[Webster Green]

11. Damn! I wouldn't make it through a week without getting pulled over.

No way I would drive without legal tags and current insurance. :wtf:

[Skidmore]

12. So is your vehicle registered and are your taxes paid?

I'm so not feeling the pain for this guy. Every year we scrape together the money to keep our vehicles registered and we make nowhere near what Weiner makes.

[Maru Kitteh]

20. I really hate it when pols don't think they have to abide by "little people" rules.

And apparently he switched his plates out because the other ones didn't say CONGRESS on them. He's looking more and more like a common asshole who really gets off on being seen as powerful. I just find it all incredibly distasteful at this point.

No strong message can survive a messenger this weak. He needs to go.

[DevonRex]

26. +1.

[Renew Deal]

42. You don't even have to do it every year in NY

It's every other year!

[zalinda]

13. He probably has people who do that for him

I seriously doubt that many of the reps in DC handle their own day to day personal duties. They have assistants, secretaries or aids who do the majority of grunt work. Just like the vast majority of them don't read the bills that they put their names to.

zalinda

[DrDan]

17. obviously he doesn't

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Ugh. :-(

"Valid plates were issued to Weiner's Pathfinder, but they don't have the helpful words "US Congress" on them, and so look less official. It's unclear what happened to those plates."

[Throd]

15. Are Pathfinders union made?

[DainBramaged]

19. Not in this lifetime. He just became a regular dick to me.....

[Maru Kitteh]

25. And the plates he switched to the Nissan that say US CONGRESS on them came from a Honda. n/t

[DainBramaged]

46. He is a dick to me, my weiners run from him now....

[Codeine]

23. No Nissans are made by the UAW. nt

[nomb]

30. Here's the list of Union made vehicles:

http://www.unionplus.org/union-made/cars-trucks-guide

[RB TexLa]

85. I guess you forgot to put the list of union built cars from Europe

There are union made cars and trucks from outside of North America.

[nomb]

92. Yes, that was a list of Union Made from the Union. You may quibble with them if you like. :)

Hell, even Chinese workers are technically in a Union. They're even governed from the top by "workers".

One of the German workers rep's (oh and they sit on the board of directors over there) just went to jail for bribes, whoring and whatnot.

Independent Unions are quite rare.

[FLAprogressive]

90. Nope, the only foreign brand that will have cars made by the UAW soon is Mitsubishi, and who knows

how long that will last.

[SoCalDem]

16. I hope this is a cautionary notice to all who are "vocal" advocates

Actually it's nothing new for foes to dig and dig and dig until they find something on their "enemies". The more vocal (and righteous) one is, the more and deeper they will dig.

The old canard about being as virtuous as Caesar's wife is true.

Virtuousness
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/virtuousness
like Caesar’s wife Of absolutely impeccable conduct; totally beyond reproach; without even the implication of impropriety. The phrase derives from an episode in the life of Julius Caesar as recounted in Plutarch’s Lives. The Roman nobleman Publius Clodius was on public trial for having had an affair with Pompeia, wife of Caesar. The latter testified that he knew nothing to substantiate the charges, and Publius Clodius was consequently acquitted. Caesar nevertheless divorced his wife Pompeia as a result of the scandal. When asked why he had done so when he had maintained her innocence, Caesar is reputed to have said, “I thought my wife ought not even to be under suspicion.” The more often heard version is the phrase Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

odor of sanctity The appearance of holiness or saintliness; an air of respectability; a virtuous, dignified exterior. This expression grew out of a belief popular in the Middle Ages that the dead bodies of saintly persons exuded a sweet smell. The pleasant odor was interpreted as a sign of the dead person’s sanctity or holiness.

There was also a sensation of aromatic odour, as of a dead body embalmed, for when the celestial angels are present, what is cadaverous then excites a sensation as of what is aromatic. (Cookworthy, tr., Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell, 1756)

Today the phrase is usually used ironically to imply a disparity between appearance—such as that of an extravagant funeral—and a contrasting reality, such as the deceased’s private life. Here sanctity is closer to sanctimoniousness

[Dreamer Tatum]

33. I hope it's a cautionary tale to pay your fucking registration fees.

Seriously...if you have to cut & paste crap about virtuousness to defend the guy, you might be grasping at a straw or two.

[SoCalDem]

39. no straws here.. I think he should resign.. AND

should have paid the damned registration:P

There's more dirt to come..he's mortally wounded and they are still digging.. pretty soon we'll all know about the un-returned library books from 5th grade :rofl:

[Dreamer Tatum]

43. While there may be more dirt to come

...anyone with eyes could see he didn't have up-to-date tags.

[DainBramaged]

18. Penis

penis is more important than Weiner.

[EFerrari]

21. Next up, the Mattress Police.

[seabeyond]

31. really? et tu? doesnt matter if he follows law all of us have to follow?

as big of a deal this isnt, .... this is what you defend.

amazing.

[Renew Deal]

44. What happens if you have an accident with a person in a matress without a sticker?

Not sure about the answer to that one. :evilgrin:

But there are serious problems if you have an accident with an unregistered vehicle. The vehicle cannot be insured if it's unregistered. And in this case the plates are likely illegal too.

[EFerrari]

49. Why do these complaints always hinge on something that hasn't happened?

[Renew Deal]

50. It's a realistic complaint.

If the car is unregistered, then it's also uninsured. And if he gets pulled over, I'm pretty sure he goes straight to jail.

[nomb]

69. I'd also bet not insured - BUT, the two are not connected officially, One does not impact the other

Give his obvious problems with societal norms, I;d guess he won't bother based on that.


But he could easily insure without regard to plate status, or even ownership for that matter.

[seabeyond]

71. true. cant get tags without insurance, but can get insurance without tags... nt

[nomb]

72. Wow, NY is a tough state...well, for some at least. My state only checks at traffic stops. n/t

[Renew Deal]

74. I think you can lose your license for not turning in plates

So it's pretty serious here.

[Maru Kitteh]

77. I wonder what the usual penalty for displaying fictitious plates is. n/t

[seabeyond]

76. i assumed it was everywhere, but talking specifically texas. need insurance for dr lisc and tags.nt

[EFerrari]

88. You don't know if it's uninsured. And no, he wouldn't go straight to jail

he'd get a ticket and possibly a tow.

What's next? He doesn't use his nine digit zip cope? He doesn't know his mother in law's birthdate? He gives his dog table scraps?

[DevonRex]

54. I'd like to see an ordinary citizen try that defense in court.

But judge, I was gonna register it right after I got in a wreck! Honest. Insurance? Why would I need insurance before I crashed the car? I know how to drive so I don't need no stinking license, either.

[EFerrari]

87. People are generally not tried for things that haven't happened.

[Maru Kitteh]

51. The plates belonged to a Honda, so yes, they're illegal. n/t

[Renew Deal]

52. Doesn't that seem like a blatantly dumb thing to do?

It's as dumb as sending pictures to girls on the internet while married and a congressman. And unlike sexting, it's an actual crime. It's looking for the wrong kinds of attention.

[NYCGirl]

62. Rep. Weiner is certainly king of blantantly dumb things. NT

[Maru Kitteh]

68. It strikes me as incredibly, flagrantly arrogant and vainly imperious. n/t

[LisaM]

22. This is shocking!

Why didn't he buy American?

[nomb]

36. One reason: He's too important and his income is too high to bother with buying Union, paying taxes

or bothering to use anything but four year old expired plates from another non-Union made car.

[sabrina 1]

24. Big lie in that article. He has NOT been condemned by the

NY community, they want him to stay.

But NOW! Omg, he's really in trouble. An unregistered vehicle!

That does it for me! :eyes:

I only have one question. How many hours of airtime will we have to endure over this?

[seabeyond]

27. Weiner -- man. We're just shaking our heads, here

ya

that

[Maru Kitteh]

53. Not sure they got the joke. You have to hit them over the head with it.

No wait, better not. That costs about 92M.


tee hee.
:-)

[seabeyond]

61. ha ha. i knew

where that was going.

[MilesColtrane]

28. Maybe he figures being a Congressman should get you off the hook for any trivial transgression.

:shrug:

He sounds like a real asshole despite his politics.

[sasha031]

32. how about he just plain old forgot....

[seabeyond]

34. 5, 6 yrs? nt

[Dreamer Tatum]

35. For five years, huh?

What a stack of shit.

If Weiner was a Republican, he would now be known as a tax cheat, too.

[MilesColtrane]

37. For 5 years?

My county tax assessor-collector sends me a nice reminder every year.

[Renew Deal]

48. It's every other year in NY.

So it's even easier.

[Skidmore]

65. That means he didn't renew twice.

How does that make it more acceptable?

[nomb]

66. Twice only as a bare minimum...... n/t

[Renew Deal]

73. It doesn't make it acceptable.

I was just letting you know. ;)

[nomb]

38. I couldn't go more than a few days or a few miles on expired plates from another car without going t

I couldn't go more than a few days or a few miles on expired plates from another car without going to jail.

Must be nice to be part of the "In Crowd" where the rules do not apply. Saves a lot of cash too I'll bet.

[DevonRex]

41. Lots of folks going through hard times right now would love to forget

to pay registration. For 5 years. Because hundreds of dollars a year could provide food and clothing for their kids.

[Renew Deal]

47. For 4 years?

:shrug:

NY DMV doesn't let you forget and you can renew online. No need to go to DMV.

[City Lights]

60. Nope, that won't fly with me.

If I "forget," the company/government office continues to remind me until I remember. And after a certain amount of time, I get penalized with a "you forgot for too long" fee.

"I forgot" would work only if the plate expired recently...5 years falls outside my definition of recent.

[Maru Kitteh]

45. I'm sure the fact that he illegally switched plates from his Honda that said US CONGRESS on them had

nothing to do with his apparently massive ego. :-(

[Renew Deal]

40. That's as bizarre as the sexting.

How in the world is he driving in an unregistered car with illegal plates? That's crazy!

[nomb]

57. C'mon, why are you applying our rules here? The powerful and/or rich do as they like. Free!!

Stunning, the guy is actually making me angry - how very odd on such a normally trivial point.



But Years and Years! I can't even imagine trying that to save a measly few hundred dollars a year.


I'd be stopped, arrested and have my car towed ... Guaranteed.

[Obamanaut]

58. Perhaps unregistered because he was ashamed for not driving a

domestic brand.

[Dreamer Tatum]

64. That's what I tell the fuzz every time I get pulled over. nt

[KittyWampus]

82. "the fuzz"?

:rofl: Groooovy.

[Renew Deal]

63. Penalties for driving unregistered vehicle: Fine + 15 days in jail. Uninsured: license revoked!

<snip>
Later in section 401 of NYS law it notes that an unregistered car can be receive penalties of a fine of not less than $75 nor more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days or both the fine and jail time. If the violation consists of failure to renew a registration which was valid within 60 days, the fine shall be not less than $40.

Driving without insurance is also illegal in New York and would come with its own separate fine and penalty then the portion of a ticket that is for being without proper registration on a vehicle.

NYS law requires you to surrender your vehicle plates to the NYSDMV before there is a lapse in your liability insurance. If you do not surrender your vehicle plates, the DMV will suspend your registration and driver's license.

If you are convicted of operating an uninsured motor vehicle or permitting another person to be operate your uninsured vehicle, your license will be revoked for at least one year. The same penalty applies if the Department of Motor Vehicles receives evidence that you were involved in an accident without being insured.
<snip>

And that's not even getting into using illegal plates.

[seabeyond]

67. nothing more than tag off matress or running with scissors. if a repug... i cannot imagine ANY

duer making some of these comments

[crazyjoe]

70. Wow, above the law too. what a dick this guy is turning out to be.

[Maru Kitteh]

84. He once had a strong voice, but no message can survive a messenger this weak.

After lying his ass off with the skill of a carnival barker to leadership, media, and his constituents - only a fool would trust him again.

[butterfly77]

75. LETS..

INVESTIGATE ALL CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN AND SENATOR NOW!!!

[Broderick]

78. Start with unpaid parking tickets by Congress.

That would make a sizable dent in the deficit.

[nomb]

79. Give the press a few days...We should have Weiner's total by then... n/t

[Broderick]

81. They are diggin for juice

And digging hard. Wish they would dig a bit into the Bush Crime Family, or many of the other criminals in the GOP like they do Democrats.... Just sayin. Not trying to deflect with the he or she did this or that. Just sayin.

[Marr]

80. A minor transgression in the scheme of things, but really--

is it that hard to register your vehicle? He must realize there's a whole industry built around building left wing mole hills into mountains. He seems incredibly sloppy.

[DCBob]

83. Yet another example of his poor judgment, carelessness and arrogance..

This guy needs to get a real job.

[Nye Bevan]

86. If I were a Democratic Congressman, I would drive a Buick.

And register it.

And not randomly tweet my erect penis to arbitrary women.

I never realized it, but I guess I'm some kind of political genius.

[FLAprogressive]

89. Kind of sad that not only does he drive a gas-guzzling road tank, said tank isn't even union-made

[lumberjack_jeff]

91. This is 100x worse than sexting, because it's actually illegal. n/t