SV,

You were able to Photoshop that on that dinosaur computer of yours?

I'm impressed SV. I wouldn't have a clue how to photo shop. Very clever.


TIS

It is being reported that Anthony Weiner's wife is pregnant. How bittersweet this must be for her. Can you imagine? Poor thing.
I read too that they have only been married a
about one year. Geez, honeymoon's over already.


TIS

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/06/report-anthony-weiners-wife-pregnant/38642/

Who's the Tweeter?

And that's that...

An X-rated photo of Congressman Anthony Weiner hit the Internet after Andrew Breitbart shared it with Sirius XM radio shock-jocks Opie and Anthony on Wednesday, who then tweeted it to the masses...

Yeah, but I used a program called Paint Shop Pro - it's nearly the same as Photoshop. I only understand a small amount of it though, and I was never able to figure out Photoshop!

Lilo - I haven't been listening to TV or radio news for several hours. This new development seems to put another nail (perhaps the final one) in Anthony Weiner's political coffin. A damn shame. He had a real future ahead of him, possibly as NYC's next mayor. He was very popular with his constituents.

Was the photo from a private Tweet? How did Breitbart come by the picture? I'm curious about all these new developments.

And I really feel bad for Weiner's wife.

Signor V.

It's not entirely clear, Signor V. exactly how Breitbart got this info. I haven't followed it in close enough detail. I presume the photo was (presumably) private but was then sent on
to others. In an article that I read on Huffington there was some information that Weiner had previously had flame wars/harsh words with conservatives and/or Breitbart supporters on both Facebook and Twitter. So he knew they were paying attention to him.

So why he would go ahead and do things so stupid is beyond me. I believe, in part as was stated upthread, that Weiner didn't get enough of what keeps a man happy when he was younger and thus was open to temptation. He's only been married for a short period of time.

It takes two to tango of course. Remember back in the day that Nina Burleigh, a feminist author and political analyst said she would proudly give President Clinton oral sex for keeping abortion legal. Fame and status have their perks evidently and Weiner wanted them.

The more I think about this though the more I think that it may be possible that at least some of the women Weiner was interacting with may well have been Breitbart plants. Either way though, it was Weiner who made the disastrous decisions to have discussions like this via facebook with a woman who clams she was infatuated with him.

Everybody is human and presumably most people like sex. But you don't write things like that when you're a Congressman and especially not to a woman not your wife. It's just not done.

Although initially I didn't think he would/should resign I don't see how he survives this. If I were a voter in his district I would break out laughing everytime I saw him.

The way Andrew Breitbart has behaved throughout all this makes me hate this guy with a fucking passion. If Weiner betrayed anybody, it would have to be his wife. That is, if there is such a thing as cyber cheating . This is just ridiculous to me. Then Tim Kaine saying it's unforgivable to lie. What this guy does in his private life is nobody's business. It's amazing to see how many people want to see him gone over something as little as this. As if nobody has ever lied about their personal lives. The real hero in all this is Anthony Weiner himself. The irony however is that Bill Clinton did something far worse than this and his poll numbers actually skyrocketed every time he got his freak on. The man apologized, he went through some serious embarrassment and his name is Weiner! He's paid the piper and then some.

Romney '12 takes another beating.

He's not going to survive this, Lilo.

Like you, when this story first broke, I didn't really think in necessary for him to resign, but it seems another shoe drops every fifteen minutes with this story. According to MSNBC, the pressure he's facing on Capitol Hill is growing by the hour. And as soon as more than one of those people turns on you, it's open season; the rats are going to all jump ship. They say his wife being pregnant may benefit him. He can just say he's resigning to raise a family (although I'd like to see him say that with a straight face ).

To paraphrase Michael to Fredo: "Congressman Weiner will never see the new year."

Beside myself, is there anyone here on Team Weiner?

For anyone who sees Romney '12 as Kerry '04, you're gonna love this.

Take this interview the other night, when Piers Morgan at CNN asked Mitt Romney this simple question: "Is Homosexuality a sin?"

This is flashing across CNN. Looks like the GOP is losing 1 candidate:

"Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's campaign manager and other top aides have resigned, GOP sources say."

Oh man, I love this question. Wow, Mitt came off like a complete idiot here. If I was a religious homosexual and I heard that, I'd be madder than a midget with a yo-yo. Even as someone of little faith, I'm a little offended by that answer. He obviously believes homosexuality is wrong.

He's more obviously a politician and they don't give answers to direct questions. And I think you may have offended the "small people" community.

I don't feel like I did. I love the little people.

Don't sell yourself short.

Want to search through the just-released Sarah Palin e-mail archive?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/06/sarah-palin-email-release-live-blog.html

http://palinemail.msnbc.msn.com/palin2011/allList.html

Apparently Anthony Weiner is taking a temporary leave from his job. He announced earlier this afternoon that he was going to get some evaluation and treatment to help him become a better husband.

Why doesn't he just keep his dick in his pants?

A question for the ages....

The little brain just has a mind of its own.


TIS

I can't remember who said it, but I do remember do remember this: There's not enough blood in a man's body for both heads to function at the same time, and the little head always wins.

Noted social scientists have asked that question for years.
Some of their findings listed below.

I've got women in California, New York and in between
It's a full time operation trying to keep my business clean
-Johnny Winter "I love everybody"

Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat?
It's the dog in me. Nothing but the dog in me
-George Clinton "Atomic Dog"

Why does a man go crazy when a woman wears her dress so tight?
It must be the same thing that makes a tomcat fight all night
What makes a man so happy when a woman wears her evening gown?
It must be the same thing that makes a preacher lay his Bible down
-Muddy Waters "The Same Thing"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/...einer-to-resign

Considering how Weiner behaved in the days before having no choice but to admitting the truth, I think this is a phony stunt to appear sincere and avoid further pressure to resign. To request a 'short leave' from Congress for evaluation and treatment is a very on-the-surface remedy to his problems.

In addition, while he is on leave that would be one less vote in Congress for his State and his party, which is already in the minority. So this 'treatment' business is purely a self-serving move on Weiner's part.

It's not simply a matter of keeping his dick in his pants. True, he needs to deal with his personal life...which should really come first. But this latest stunt will not change how he addressed the scandal from Day One, nor will it repair the damage he's done to both his credibility AND his political career. All he's doing now is sweeping dirt under the rug.

Apple

Cause he's a Weiner!

Yeah, but he's no Sabret.

Question overheard this morning....
With everything that is going on- Has he done anything illegal?

and surely Oscar Meyer would have never got caught doing this...
but who knows what happens inside the weiner mobile!

When Margaret Thatcher's people think you're too conservative, you know you have problems .

Sarah Palin snub by Margaret Thatcher aides infuriates US rightwing

Rush Limbaugh joins supporters accusing Thatcher's circle of disgracing former PM with 'Palin is nuts' comment

Nicholas Watt, The Guardian UK

A firestorm on the US right has erupted after the Guardian reported that Sarah Palin will be denied a meeting with Lady Thatcher on the grounds that it would be "belittling" for her to meet the darling of the Tea Party movement.

Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host, devoted the opening section of his radio show to denouncing the "preposterous" Guardian report, as Palin supporters accused Thatcher's circle of disgracing the former prime minister.

The US conservative right reacted furiously after the Guardian reported that Thatcher's aides had decided it would be inappropriate for her to meet Palin, who is planning to visit London next month en route to Sudan. Palin has been touring US historical sites (an excursion that saw her slip up this week on the subject of Paul Revere, the American patriot who made a famous "midnight ride" to warn of approaching British forces).

One Thatcher ally told the Guardian: "Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts."

The former prime minister's friends say she will show the level she punches at when she marks the centenary of the birth of Ronald Reagan by attending the unveiling of a statue of the late president outside the US embassy in Grosvenor Square on independence day, 4 July. The Thatcher ally added: "Margaret is focusing on Ronald Reagan and will attend the unveiling of the statue. That is her level."

The response from the US right was swift. Limbaugh opened his show on Wednesday with a lengthy denunciation of the Guardian after the New York Daily News and a host of US publications picked up on the comments.

"There's a story out there today, and it's an illustration of how things happen, how things are said and reported," Limbaugh told his listeners. "This is preposterous, and I have personal knowledge of this."

Limbaugh said he knew Thatcher well and embarked on a lengthy description of how he had driven her round a Florida golf course on a golf cart: "I have been with her in social and professional settings as well. It's obvious that her health is not today what it was, but back in the day, Margaret Thatcher would in no way allow an aide to refer to anybody, Sarah Palin notwithstanding, as 'nuts'."

La Donna Hale Curzon, the host of Sarah Palin Radio, accused the Thatcher circle of disgracing the former prime minister. "Margaret Thatcher would never call a fellow Conservative, let alone Gov Palin 'nuts'," Hale Curzon tweeted. "Thatcher's handlers have disgraced the Iron Lady."

The ally who criticised Palin said the Thatcher circle would not change their minds despite the backlash. "Margaret will not be meeting Sarah Palin. If necessary we will make sure that Margaret has an off day when Palin is in London."

Critics of Palin revelled in the backlash against Thatcher's circle, whose dismissive views of Palin undermine her claim that she is the victim of a witch-hunt by left-leaning mainstream media. Palin regards Thatcher as one of her heroines.

Andrew Sullivan, of The Dish blog, which chronicles Palin's weaknesses, wrote : "As usual, the tired old bigoted comedian Rush Limbaugh took offence that anyone could call Sarah Palin 'nuts,' even though she is quite obviously a few sandwiches short of a picnic, and her grip on reality is, shall we say, tenuous. And as usual, Limbaugh blamed it on the left, ie the Guardian's Wintour/Watt blog.

"What he doesn't understand is that Palin's nutsiness is not a partisan matter in Britain, or anywhere else in the world. It is an obvious truth marvelled at by all. Palin's emergence as a serious figure in American politics has made the country a laughing stock across the world. The idea that a stateswoman like Thatcher, in advanced dementia, would be used by such a crackpot is simply unseemly."