OK, before I get into the details, I need to post a pic of Ginger Lee.
Now that I’ve got that gratuitous Pavlovian hit-magnet out of the way, the meat of the story. Embattled Congressman Anthony Weiner apparently had a thing for a porn star. However, the porn star is apparently taking the high road. When a former porn star takes the high road over an elected official, it really is time to give it up. This has gone from uncomfortable to embarrassing. At least Tiger got some.
As of this writing, Hillary Clinton is still President Obama’s Secretary of State. Also, Anthony Weiner is still a Congressman from New York.
I really get the feeling Obama’s not terribly excited by either those arrangements.
I see a simple solution to make everyone happy.
Hillary leaves to become President of the World Bank. Given the gender issues the Word Bank has, they need a woman on top.
That opens up a position for Weiner to take. Everyone’s seen how basically useless a Secretary of State under Obama is.
The Congressional seat is being eliminated most likely in 2012, so no money is wasted replacing Weiner.
Everyone’s happy.
May sound crazy at first reading, but do remember, the current Secretary of State was a very unpopular elected official from New York too.
9
Jun
On Friday ( 6/4/2011 ), Whitehouse uploaded a video of President Obama touting his economic policies in Toledo, Ohio. He cited the success of the local plant and how it was supporting other businesses like New Chet’s.
( Skip to 3:40 if you don’t want to listen to the whole thing. )
Five days later New Chet’s released this statement:
9
Jun
“Having the respect of your constituents is fundamental for a Member of Congress,” Schwartz said in a statement. “In light of Anthony Weiner’s offensive behavior online, he should resign.”
That’s the sentiment of some Democrats. Particularly with Reps Allyson Schwartz, D-PA, Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Mike Ross (D-AR), Larry Kissell (D-NC) and Michael Michaud (D-ME). Nancy Pelosi has one-upped them and called for an ethics investigation.
But, I got a real issue with all this. As of this date, Anthony Weiner has committed no crime.
That’s right, you heard it here first. No matter how disgusting some people, by their own defined standards, might have found his behavior, it’s really none of their business who the people of Weiner’s district choose to be their Representative.
The internet has prompted a return to the old days of posse law enforcement. Personally I find everything about Nancy Pelosi more bothersome than anything Weiner has done to this point. Although being a loathesome annoying character, being bitten by a goat really has been his only claim to fame. Bankrupting the United States of America is Nancy’s. I just think that’s a bigger deal and therefore Nancy should be forced to resign if Weiner can be for such a lesser ethical lapse.
Bottom line, it’s totally up to the people of his district to decide since no federal law has been broken. No matter how lewd and disgusting his behavior is, Barney Frank has him trumped and I certainly don’t hear anyone bitching about him.
As usual, your opinion is always appreciated.
I did NOT have sext with that woman. Or that one. Or that one.
Weiner Woman
That line that would have worked I think.
Unfortunately “I was hacked” was instead. Arrogrant pricks just don’t garner much sympathy.
Among them. the Human Rights Campaign, which was founded in 1980 and boasts more than 1 million grassroots supporters, has some of the deepest pockets. During the first quarter of the year, the Human Rights Campaign spent $480,000 on federal lobbying and employed more than 20 lobbyists. During 2010, the Human Rights Campaign invested $1.98 million on federal lobbying. The Human Rights Campaign also operates a political action committee of its own. During the 2010 election cycle, the group’s PAC raised more than $1 million and doled out about $804,000 to federal candidates.
| REPUBLICANS | |
| Biggert, Judy (R-IL) | $5,000 |
| Keating, William R (D-MA) | $4,500 |
| Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) | $7,000 |
| Scozzafava, Dierdre K (R-NY) | $4,863 |
| Shays, Christopher (R-CT) | ($25) |
| Kirk, Mark (R-IL) | $2,000 |
Not a whole lot going on there huh? Now check out this list:
| NON-REPUBLICANS | |
| Ackerman, Gary (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Adler, John H (D-NJ) | $9,500 |
| Andrews, Robert E (D-NJ) | $2,000 |
| Arcuri, Michael (D-NY) | $10,000 |
| Baca, Joe (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI) | $3,550 |
| Bass, Karen (D-CA) | $2,500 |
| Bean, Melissa (D-IL) | $4,500 |
| Becerra, Xavier (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Bennet, Michael F (D-CO) | $4,462 |
| Bera, Ami (D-CA) | $3,500 |
| Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) | $1,025 |
| Berman, Howard L (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Bishop, Timothy H (D-NY) | $10,500 |
| Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR) | $2,000 |
| Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT) | $9,500 |
| Boccieri, John A (D-OH) | $9,000 |
| Boswell, Leonard L (D-IA) | $9,500 |
| Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) | $8,975 |
| Braley, Bruce (D-IA) | $6,000 |
| Capps, Lois (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Capuano, Michael E (D-MA) | $1,000 |
| Carnahan, Robin (D-MO) | $8,984 |
| Carnahan, Russ (D-MO) | $3,000 |
| Carney, John (D-DE) | $8,305 |
| Carson, Andre (D-IN) | $1,000 |
| Castor, Kathy (D-FL) | $1,000 |
| Chu, Judy (D-CA) | $3,500 |
| Cicilline, David N (D-RI) | $9,118 |
| Clark, Tarryl (D-MN) | $7,948 |
| Clarke, Hansen (D-MI) | $1,000 |
| Clarke, Yvette D (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Cleaver, Emanuel (D-MO) | $1,000 |
| Clyburn, James E (D-SC) | $5,000 |
| Coakley, Martha (D-MA) | $5,000 |
| Cohen, Stephen Ira (D-TN) | $4,975 |
| Connolly, Gerry (D-VA) | $8,135 |
| Conyers, John Jr (D-MI) | $2,500 |
| Coons, Chris (D-DE) | $4,195 |
| Courtney, Joe (D-CT) | $1,000 |
| Crowley, Joseph (D-NY) | $2,000 |
| Cummings, Elijah E (D-MD) | $1,000 |
| Dahlkemper, Kathleen (D-PA) | $1,000 |
| Davis, Danny K (D-IL) | $1,000 |
| Davis, Susan A (D-CA) | $2,000 |
| DeFazio, Peter (D-OR) | $1,000 |
| DeGette, Diana (D-CO) | $1,000 |
| DeLauro, Rosa L (D-CT) | $1,000 |
| DelBene, Suzan (D-WA) | $3,862 |
| Deutch, Ted (D-FL) | $5,900 |
| Dingell, John D (D-MI) | $2,000 |
| Dodd, Chris (D-CT) | $1,000 |
| Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX) | $1,000 |
| Doyle, Mike (D-PA) | $1,000 |
| Driehaus, Steve (D-OH) | $9,348 |
| Edwards, Donna (D-MD) | $3,500 |
| Elliott, Joyce (D-AR) | $4,500 |
| Ellison, Keith (D-MN) | $1,000 |
| Engel, Eliot L (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Eshoo, Anna (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Farr, Sam (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Fattah, Chaka (D-PA) | $1,000 |
| Feingold, Russ (D-WI) | $9,163 |
| Filner, Bob (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Fisher, Lee Irwin (D-OH) | $4,525 |
| Foster, Bill (D-IL) | $8,000 |
| Frank, Barney (D-MA) | $10,000 |
| Fudge, Marcia L (D-OH) | $1,000 |
| Galvin, Scott (D-FL) | $4,525 |
| Garamendi, John (D-CA) | $5,000 |
| Garcia, Joe (D-FL) | $5,500 |
| Giannoulias, Alexander (D-IL) | $3,135 |
| Giffords, Gabrielle (D-AZ) | $9,000 |
| Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) | $7,000 |
| Gonzalez, Charlie A (D-TX) | $1,000 |
| Grayson, Alan (D-FL) | $6,500 |
| Green, Al (D-TX) | $2,000 |
| Grijalva, Raul M (D-AZ) | $4,000 |
| Gutierrez, Luis V (D-IL) | $2,000 |
| Hall, John (D-NY) | $9,500 |
| Halvorson, Deborah (D-IL) | $8,000 |
| Hare, Phil (D-IL) | $5,500 |
| Harman, Jane (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Hastings, Alcee L (D-FL) | $1,000 |
| Heinrich, Martin (D-NM) | $9,500 |
| Higgins, Brian M (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Himes, Jim (D-CT) | $7,000 |
| Hinchey, Maurice (D-NY) | $3,500 |
| Hinojosa, Ruben (D-TX) | $1,000 |
| Hirono, Mazie K (D-HI) | $1,000 |
| Hodes, Paul W (D-NH) | $3,664 |
| Holt, Rush (D-NJ) | $4,500 |
| Honda, Mike (D-CA) | $2,000 |
| Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD) | $4,500 |
| Inouye, Daniel K (D-HI) | $1,500 |
| Inslee, Jay R (D-WA) | $1,000 |
| Israel, Steve (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Jackson Lee, Sheila (D-TX) | $1,000 |
| Jackson, Jesse Jr (D-IL) | $1,000 |
| Johnson, Eddie Bernice (D-TX) | $1,000 |
| Johnson, Hank (D-GA) | $5,000 |
| Kennedy, Patrick J (D-RI) | $1,000 |
| Kildee, Dale E (D-MI) | $1,000 |
| Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks (D-MI) | $1,000 |
| Kilroy, Mary Jo (D-OH) | $9,250 |
| Kind, Ron (D-WI) | $6,000 |
| Kirkpatrick, Ann (D-AZ) | $10,000 |
| Klein, Ron (D-FL) | $9,500 |
| Kucinich, Dennis J (D-OH) | $50 |
| Kuster, Ann Mclane (D-NH) | $5,000 |
| Langevin, Jim (D-RI) | $1,000 |
| Larsen, Rick (D-WA) | $4,500 |
| Larson, John B (D-CT) | $2,000 |
| Lassa, Julie (D-WI) | $9,500 |
| Leahy, Patrick (D-VT) | $3,000 |
| Lee, Barbara (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Lentz, Bryan (D-PA) | $3,000 |
| Levin, Sander (D-MI) | $4,000 |
| Lewis, John (D-GA) | $1,500 |
| Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) | $1,000 |
| Loebsack, David (D-IA) | $8,000 |
| Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Lowey, Nita M (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Lujan, Ben R (D-NM) | $1,000 |
| Lynch, Stephen F (D-MA) | $1,000 |
| Maffei, Dan (D-NY) | $8,000 |
| Maloney, Carolyn B (D-NY) | $2,000 |
| Markey, Betsy (D-CO) | $9,142 |
| Markey, Edward J (D-MA) | $1,000 |
| Marshall, Elaine (D-NC) | $2,500 |
| Massa, Eric (D-NY) | $3,000 |
| Matsui, Doris O (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY) | $3,500 |
| McCollum, Betty (D-MN) | $1,000 |
| McGovern, James P (D-MA) | $1,000 |
| McMahon, Michael E (D-NY) | $9,500 |
| McNerney, Jerry (D-CA) | $10,000 |
| Meek, Kendrick B (D-FL) | $4,500 |
| Meeks, Gregory W (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Merkley, Jeff (D-OR) | $5,000 |
| Mikulski, Barbara A (D-MD) | $2,000 |
| Miller, Brad (D-NC) | $2,000 |
| Miller, George (D-CA) | $3,000 |
| Mitchell, Harry E (D-AZ) | $8,571 |
| Moore, Dennis (D-KS) | $2,000 |
| Moore, Stephene Ann (D-KS) | $3,500 |
| Murphy, Christopher S (D-CT) | $6,000 |
| Murphy, Patrick J (D-PA) | $8,832 |
| Murphy, Scott (D-NY) | $15,000 |
| Murray, Patty (D-WA) | $8,073 |
| Nadler, Jerrold (D-NY) | $2,500 |
| Napolitano, Grace (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Neal, Richard E (D-MA) | $1,000 |
| Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-DC) | $1,000 |
| Nye, Glenn (D-VA) | $4,500 |
| Olver, John W (D-MA) | $1,000 |
| Pallone, Frank Jr (D-NJ) | $1,000 |
| Pascrell, Bill Jr (D-NJ) | $1,000 |
| Pastor, Ed (D-AZ) | $1,025 |
| Payne, Donald M (D-NJ) | $1,000 |
| Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) | $5,000 |
| Perlmutter, Edwin G (D-CO) | $5,500 |
| Peters, Gary (D-MI) | $10,000 |
| Pingree, Chellie (D-ME) | $4,500 |
| Pougnet, Stephen P (D-CA) | $9,400 |
| Price, David (D-NC) | $1,000 |
| Quigley, Mike (D-IL) | $4,500 |
| Rangel, Charles B (D-NY) | $2,500 |
| Reid, Harry (D-NV) | $5,846 |
| Reyes, Silvestre (D-TX) | $1,000 |
| Richardson, Laura (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Rothman, Steven R (D-NJ) | $1,000 |
| Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Rush, Bobby L (D-IL) | $1,000 |
| Ryan, Tim (D-OH) | $1,000 |
| Salazar, John (D-CO) | $5,500 |
| Sanchez, Linda (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA) | $7,500 |
| Schakowsky, Jan (D-IL) | $1,000 |
| Schauer, Mark (D-MI) | $8,316 |
| Schiff, Adam (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Schrader, Kurt (D-OR) | $8,758 |
| Schultz, Debbie Wasserman (D-FL) | $2,000 |
| Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) | $2,500 |
| Schwartz, Allyson (D-PA) | $1,000 |
| Scott, Robert C (D-VA) | $1,000 |
| Seals, Dan (D-IL) | $4,593 |
| Serrano, Jose E (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Sestak, Joseph A Jr (D-PA) | $4,455 |
| Sewell, Terri (D-AL) | $1,000 |
| Shea-Porter, Carol (D-NH) | $7,500 |
| Sherman, Brad (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Sires, Albio (D-NJ) | $1,000 |
| Slaughter, Louise M (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Smith, Adam (D-WA) | $3,500 |
| Speier, Jackie (D-CA) | ($500) |
| Sutton, Betty Sue (D-OH) | $7,500 |
| Thompson, Mike (D-CA) | $1,000 |
| Titus, Dina (D-NV) | $9,542 |
| Tonko, Paul (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Towns, Edolphus (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Tsongas, Niki (D-MA) | $3,500 |
| Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD) | $2,000 |
| Velazquez, Nydia M (D-NY) | $1,000 |
| Walz, Timothy J (D-MN) | $8,000 |
| Watt, Melvin L (D-NC) | $1,000 |
| Weiner, Anthony D (D-NY) | $2,000 |
| Welch, Peter (D-VT) | $1,000 |
| Woods, Anthony (D-CA) | $4,891 |
| Woolsey, Lynn (D-CA) | $2,000 |
| Wu, David (D-OR) | $3,758 |
| Wyden, Ron (D-OR) | $2,000 |
| Yarmuth, John A (D-KY) | $6,000 |
Now, we can assume one of two things is going on here. Either 200 individual Republicans are so prejudiced they will not accept cash from a PAC.
OR
The heads in charge of Human Rights Campaign are more interested in raising donations for Democrats than they are advocating human rights. I mean think about it, giving blindly to the minority party just doesn’t get a whole lot accomplished in DC. There are 246 Non-Republicans in DC right now. There are 213 in that list right there. That’s an 88% hit ratio. There are 287 Republicans in DC right now, six are in that last up there. That’s about a 2% hit ratio.
Maybe.
Just maybe.
If the heads of Human Rights Campaign weren’t so prejudiced they’d get more accomplished?
Rep. Anthony Weiner had a rather notorious meltdown over the past week. Faced with accusations of sending lewd pics to women, he held a rather surreal, bizarre, and most definitely deceptive series of “interviews”.
First question that needs to be asked before I go any further:
I know hindsight’s 20/20. I know a lot of people will answer that they never did believe him now, when they probably did before. But, the bottom line was his “interviews” were so amazingly evasize and contrived that no one really believed him.
So, imagine everyone’s surprise last night when, faced with evidence from multiple, sometimes antagonistic sources, Weiner caved and confessed to doing it with at least six women.
There is one woman on Earth who still defends him tho.
I really have to quote her to make sure people realize the profoundness of Walters’ statement:
First of all, I have my own theory about why he took that picture, if indeed he did take that picture,” Walters said. “This is my theory – this doesn’t mean that it is right. He is married to this beautiful woman, whom I know, who a lot of us know, who the chief of staff to Hillary Clinton and she travels a lot. And it may be that he took that picture and sent it to his wife to say this is how much I miss you. That’s possible.”
Man, does she really believe that? Do you think she actually does?
According to Breitbart, there’s a lot more, much worse, to this story. I don’t doubt for one second Breitbart will hold back on him. Maybe Barbara Walters does for some bizarro reason. Most likely, due to her friendship with the Weiners, she’s in classic full-blown denial. I mean think about it Babs, even Nancy Pelosi is now demanding an ethics probe. For Nancy to diss on a Democrat, they had to be toast already.
My take, the guy’s your typical internet stalker getting his jollies on the side via digital gratifcation. The six women so far are just the tip of the iceberg. This is gonna get real ugly before it goes away. Rather than doing the honorable thing like Chris Lee did and resign, Weiner has already announced he’s not resigning and intends to fight this, and embarrass his district mercilessly until he’s gone.
Where it will get real ugly, real fast, IMO, is IF he hangs around, it’s gonna make that Obama “CHANGE you can believe in” campaign slogan seem like a really embarrassing farce. And if Obama’s peeps do what they truly need to do, I really do see another Blago moment occurring. This guy just doesn’t strike me as being discreet in any shape or fashion.
But, through it all, the one thing he can count on is Barbara Walters propping him up I suppose.
( Surreal moment #2 of this whole thing, Joy Behar defending Sarah Palin. Gag me with a flipping spoon! )
The liberals had an excitable moment recently:
Lots and lots of comments were made about how she needed to brush up on her American history.
But,
From Wikipedia:
Revere was questioned by the British officers and told them of the army’s movement from Boston, and that British army troops might be in some danger if they approached Lexington, because of the large number of hostile militia gathered there.[21] He and other captives taken by the patrol were then escorted east toward Lexington, until the sound of musket fire from the town center alarmed the patrolmen. Revere explained to them that it was probably an arriving militia company that had fired a volley upon its arrival. The sound was followed not long after by the pealing of the town bell.[22] The British confiscated Revere’s horse, and rode off to warn the approaching army column. Revere was horseless and walked through a cemetery and pastures until he came to Rev. Clarke’s house where Hancock and Adams were staying. As the battle on Lexington Green continued, Revere helped John Hancock and his family escape from Lexington with their possessions, including a trunk of Hancock’s papers.[20]
4
Jun
OK, so while his wife was dying of cancer, John Edwards was banging his staff. Pretty sleezy stuff. He cranked out a kid, paid her a bunch of cash to keep quiet, then flaked out in a hotel. More sleezy stuff. Erase squeaky clean image, insert trash.
But what I also think is the legal federal case against John Edwards will fail. Primarily because, the best I’ve ever seen, there are no rules and regulations against how much you pay someone to work for you on a campaign. That being said, everything he gave, although the entire planet knows it was not what his donors intended it to be, was perfectly legal on his behalf.
I could be wrong, and I hope I am. But, I really don’t think I am.
