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May 29, 2011

Mediaite Liberal Hack Spins For Weiner
— Ace

I originally posted this as a "good" article, in that it raised questions about Weiner's cover story.

In fact, Colby Hall spins desperately and stupidly to claim there are reasons to doubt, as he terms them, "the allegations."

He claims -- this is so stupid at first I thought this was a reason to doubt Weiner -- that a hacker would have wanted to get the information out widely, and because the information was only picked up on by a conservative critic who follows Weiner, that means... it was a hack?

What? The fact that a hacker would want this disseminated widely, and yet only one or two conservatives online at that time saw it (remember, this was only up for a minute or so), suggests it was a hack?

What?

How about this: Weiner has only a few conservative followers; his liberal followers would not retweet this; it was a holiday weekend Friday night; few people were actually online; and ergo only a few people saw the image, who would start retweeting it.

If, as Colby Hall stupidly spins, the hacker would have wanted this to go out to a wide audience -- Why didn't the hacker post it during more highly trafficked hours, and why didn't the hacker lock Weiner out by changing the passwords to ensure the picture would be up more than a few seconds?

Calling My Shot: Prediction:

Weiner will claim he doesn't want to trouble the FBI, or the national intelligence/security apparatus, which really should be interested in a hack of a top-secret-plus level clearance Congressman, and will pay a private firm he controls and he pays with his own money, to look into this matter.

48 hours later this firm will announce he was hacked, but beyond that, the trail goes cold. Fiddlesticks!!!

Posted by: Ace at 12:02 PM | Comments (116)
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1 (raises hand)

Um...because they're lying?

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at May 29, 2011 12:03 PM (HpT9p)

2 Thread Weiner!

Posted by: Lincolntfd at May 29, 2011 12:03 PM (Z05lF)

3 Mediaite Liberal Hack Spins For Weiner Â—AceOr maybe
Mediaite Liberal Hack Spins On Weiner

Posted by: ABouts at May 29, 2011 12:05 PM (oElGp)

4 few people were actually online

Except us.

FML.

Posted by: Anthony's Wiener at May 29, 2011 12:06 PM (GTbGH)

5 My question knowing Twitter is why wouldn't the hacker shoot it out in a blanket with Wiener's name on it? What's clear to me is that this was a messed up direct message to the chiquita. He should have put d her name; instead he put @her name and everyone could see. I have made the same mistake-but not with my trouser rat but my phone number.

Posted by: jeff at May 29, 2011 12:07 PM (yztCu)

6 What Weiner did isn't criminal (yet), but he's "innocent until proven guilty". However, the purported hacker, whose activities would be extremely illegal, is assumed implicitly guilty because Weiner couldn't have done it (he's too smart).

Posted by: erg kilowatt MFA DDS USMC at May 29, 2011 12:08 PM (lT0LC)

7 Um...because they're lying?

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at May 29, 2011 04:03 PM (HpT9p)

They DO lie most of the time, but in this case it is simple stupidity. If you start with the assumption that Wiener didn't do it, then any rationale to explain it is sufficient to shut down all critical faculties except for breathing and eating. And really, is it so much of a stretch to assume that this guy is just spouting blindly to fill in the blanks?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 29, 2011 12:11 PM (LH6ir)

8 I have made the same mistake-but not with my trouser rat but my phone number. Posted by: jeff at May 29, 2011 04:07 PM (yztCu) I'll never get busted for accidentally publicly tweeting a picture of my penis because *drum roll* I don't take pictures of my penis.

Posted by: erg kilowatt MFA DDS USMC at May 29, 2011 12:12 PM (lT0LC)

9 Why didn't the hacker post it during more highly trafficked hours, and why didn't the hacker lock Weiner out by changing the passwords to ensure the picture would be up more than a few seconds? Because the hacker knew that you would be much more convinced that Weiner was guilty if he did it exactly the way he did. And you are!

Posted by: Average Joe at May 29, 2011 12:13 PM (liBQN)

10 Leave my little weiner alone!

Posted by: Mrs. Weiner at May 29, 2011 12:13 PM (6yyVB)

11 Anyone speculate if this might have been a "tit-for-tat" shot. You know in more ways than one.

Posted by: buzzion at May 29, 2011 12:14 PM (oVQFe)

12
Mediaite's Colby Hall in...

T H E C O N V O L U T I O N

In A World Where Conjecture Takes So Many Twists And Turns, Your Head Will Spin.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 29, 2011 12:14 PM (se4E3)

13 Us people who comment at Mediate don't call it MessNBCiaite for nothing!

Posted by: OxyCon at May 29, 2011 12:14 PM (Kmnf5)

14 I have about 19,000 followers on Twitter. My stuff rarely gets retweeted as well, even when it's a link to juicy boob shots. Of course these are boob shots of my manly hairy chest, but still.

My point is the quantity of the followers you have in no way guarantees that your tweets will regularly go viral, even when it's a compelling tweet. By the way, patriotusa76 only has a little over 1,000 followers in comparison.

Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at May 29, 2011 12:14 PM (TCyyS)

15 I think Ace just got bit by a variant of Poe's Law.

Posted by: moviegique at May 29, 2011 12:17 PM (Cepxj)

16 There's no point sparing any more breath arguing about what happened, it's just so obvious - Weiner meant to PM the photo to her, but he accidentally tweeted it - exactly like Jeff at #5 explains. Let's not let this die. It's just way too much fun anyway!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 29, 2011 12:17 PM (SB0V2)

17 The hacker was balancing the possibility of the story going viral against it having the texture of authenticity. He took a gamble on authenticity, and it paid off.

Posted by: Average Joe at May 29, 2011 12:17 PM (liBQN)

18 I wonder if NBC going all "comcastic" will have any Schultz-esque affect on this story . . .

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 29, 2011 12:18 PM (SB0V2)

19 I don't take pictures of my penis.>>>>>>>>> In Russia, penis takes picture of YOU!

Posted by: Some Russian guys who knows a thing or two... at May 29, 2011 12:18 PM (syDFX)

20 Has Colby asked the Patriot Twitter guy *why* he was focusing on Weiner's twitter relations with young girls? Is there a story there that Colby glossed right over?

Posted by: MayBee at May 29, 2011 12:19 PM (PLixr)

21 We are trying to reach the proprietor of this establishment with regard to a personal matter of much concern.

Anyone with information as to how we might reach the little ewok bastard the individual in question, please contact us at weaudityouDOTcom.

Your prompt attention to this matter of pressing concern is appreciated.

Posted by: Internal Revenue Service at May 29, 2011 12:19 PM (piMMO)

22 I'm trying to come up with a new variant on the wiener joke, but I'm coming up short.

Posted by: pep at May 29, 2011 12:20 PM (6TB1Z)

This is almost as briliant as the Chewb@ca Defense.

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2011 12:21 PM (3+X0h)

24 Give me a break. Look that the briefs in question. If those don't shout "owned by a dood named Anthony Weiner" then I'm the queen of England.

Posted by: Bosk at May 29, 2011 12:23 PM (WCsll)

25 Is Mediaite suggesting that @patriotusa76 is the one that did the hack, it sure reads that way. I

Posted by: Patrick at May 29, 2011 12:23 PM (vw0I1)

26 Has anyone considered that he's simply conducting research for legislation? He's surely working on a bill to require the blocking of hackers from accessing the internet account of minorly hung peoples of note. This incident was designed to prove a point about the vulnerability of such individuals.

Posted by: Colby Hall at May 29, 2011 12:23 PM (piMMO)

27 When trying to describe this Weiner control problem to the significant other he honestly asked me "So, if you tweeted your tits to me on Twitter, every Twitter tweeter would be able to see your tweeted tits?" I didn't know what to say...he's had a lot of bourbon today.

Posted by: Annaleesea at May 29, 2011 12:24 PM (/BcHN)

You know, the tweets ace is doing on this is just spot on ball bustingly funny.

He hasn't been this funny since Gleen Greenwald got busted for sock puppeting and ace did his "Inspector Columbo" routine for the first time.

Historical note: One of the first* Official Ace Freakouts^TMoccured during that time. Some people were bitching at him, saying they were sick of the "All Greenwald, All The Time." Ace responded that he was sorry that people were getting sick of this, but he was the only one in the whole damn conservative media/blogosphere who was really pushing this, doing research. And if he didn't push it, it would just disappear.

In the process, ace worked himself into a towering rage, crimson with fury, and ended up telling those who didn't like it could go choke on a dick and die. Man, he was pissed.

So, first of all, let me just say, again, bravo on the Weiner's Weiner reporting.

And second, if anyone starts bitching at him about focusing on this too much, two things are going to happen.

First, ace is going to stroke out and die.

Second, his loyal second in command is going to execute the Hammer Down Protocol. Don't be anywhere near the thread when that happens.

*And by first Official Freakout, I mean the first I observed.

Posted by: ed at May 29, 2011 12:24 PM (Y2WVW)

29 I'm just suprised that "Anthony Wiener" wasn't written on the waistband in permanent marker.

Posted by: Bosk at May 29, 2011 12:25 PM (WCsll)

30 Is this a "crime" anyone can report?

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at May 29, 2011 12:25 PM (bAL0J)

31 Posted by: Average Joe at May 29, 2011 04:17 PM (liBQN)

Did you forget to put a sock on? Because if you really mean what you wrote...I mean...you can't possibly be that...are you really this stupid? Really?

Wow.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 29, 2011 12:26 PM (LH6ir)

32 No comments at that site so I couldn't tell Colby what a fuckstick he is.

So gee, a guy keeping close track of Weiner's tweets picks up on the weiner pic right away. Hoooooly shit, imagine that.

Oh, and he's been "building a narrative" that would lay the groundwork for Weinergate too. After all, all us dudes regularly send dick pics to black girls, DM porn stars and flirt with high school students on Twitter. Par for the course on Twitter baby, but damn that crazy obsessed muthafucka Wolfe dude, he's making these normal tweets look like something untoward. Thank God we have dickless wonderboy watchdogs like Colby Hall to slap a condom over Weiner's weiner and set us dumb readers straight.

Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at May 29, 2011 12:26 PM (TCyyS)

33 OJ's private investigative team are all over it.

The real criminals must be found and brought to justice.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:26 PM (piMMO)

34 Did you forget to put a sock on? Because if you really mean what you wrote...I mean...you can't possibly be that...are you really this stupid? Really?

Wow.

You can't possibly be that gullible.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:27 PM (piMMO)

35 Are Ewoks being hacked?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 29, 2011 12:27 PM (1fB+3)

"T H E C O N V O L U T I O N"

The Convolution Will Be Rationalized.

Posted by: Zombie Gil Scott-Heron at May 29, 2011 12:27 PM (WHLbM)

ace:Weiner will claim he doesn't want to trouble the FBI, or the national intelligence/security apparatus, which really should be interested in a hack of a top-secret-plus level clearance Congressman

Actually, (and this is just a small point, no intent to nit-pick) I don't think Congressmen automatically get a Top-Secret SCI clearance.

Again, small point...

Any Congressional Staff types here who can give some insight here?

Maybe Weiner is on a committe that deals with TS-SCI matters. In which case I withdraw my nit-pick.

Posted by: ed at May 29, 2011 12:28 PM (Y2WVW)

38 I know this is now the All Wiener All the Time blog, but Bill Clements died today.

It may behoove one of the cob loggers to do a post (ahem, Dave in Texas), since Clements was kind of significant in Texas GOP politics, even if he did manage to keep pics of his dick off the internet.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 29, 2011 12:29 PM (J4Pnx)

39 Well, that chick came back to Twitter pretty much begging reporters to contact her.

Posted by: MayBee at May 29, 2011 12:31 PM (PLixr)

40 Would it be too cynical to suggest that the Comely Coed may come into a large sum of money in the near future?

Posted by: SlaveDog at May 29, 2011 12:32 PM (PidTa)

41 "This story is so awesome." - Christopher Lee "You call that a weiner?" Greg Odon "Cool; looks like a green light for my movies" Arnold S. "Fiddlestick? Lay off!" Rep. Weiner

Posted by: shivas Irons at May 29, 2011 12:32 PM (qu2SW)

42 Mr. Weiner appears to be a little bit better hung than me, but I have the snow white tan.

Posted by: Meggie Mac at May 29, 2011 12:33 PM (ENKCw)

43 mpur, since it appears that his death was announced within a very recent span of time, I don't think I'd get too bent yet about it not being posted. They probably haven't even had time to write the post yet.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:33 PM (piMMO)

44 CharlieBrown, All I'm saying is that had the hacker sent out a public tweet to hundreds of fans in the middle of the week through Weiner's account saying "Here is a picture of my dick, don't show it to anyone, it will ruin my career, I sure hope I remember to send this as a DM", it would be obviously fake. Instead, he picked a Friday night before Memorial Day and sent it to just one person. And that's why I'm totally convinced it was Weiner. Because the hacker did it so brilliantly.

Posted by: Average Joe at May 29, 2011 12:33 PM (liBQN)

45 Apparently it's all Breitbart's fault.

Posted by: Brendan at May 29, 2011 12:33 PM (2jQGY)

46 Well, that chick came back to Twitter pretty much begging reporters to contact her.

Precisely.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:34 PM (piMMO)

47 I love Average Joe.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:34 PM (piMMO)

48 The story of how the exploits of Anthony Weiner's third leg became a self-sustaining scandal is told for the first time (and in great detail) in The Remonstrances for Weiner's Lack of Class

Posted by: No Whining at May 29, 2011 12:34 PM (KQLRk)

I have no idea who Bill Clements is, but if can manage to keep dick-pick of his Willy off of the internet,...well,....Well done sir. Well done indeed.

In todays trying times, keeping a dick-pic off the inter tubes is pretty much evidence of sterling moral character.

Shit. I don't know where I'm going with this. I'm not tryin' to bust on Bill Clements. I just like keeping the dick-pic meme going.

Whenever Anthony Weiner is reffered to in the future, it should always include a mention of how many days it has been that he has summoned up the titantic force of will to resist sending out a dick-pic.

Hell, just now I had to resist the impulse to put a link to my own dick-pic in my nic.

OK... I got nothin'. This comment blows.

Posted by: ed at May 29, 2011 12:35 PM (Y2WVW)

50 Ace has a firm grip on this storyx, and he's not going to let go until he shakes every drop out.

Posted by: yeah,that guy at May 29, 2011 12:35 PM (P6JDo)

51 Anyone catch Meggie McCain's slobbering tweet merely 4 hours ago to the Weiner?

Makes you wonder what DMs she's been getting from the Weinster that we don't know about.

Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at May 29, 2011 12:35 PM (TCyyS)

52 "Did you forget to put a sock on?" That would be Anthony Keidis of Red Hot Chili Peppers. I hope this helps.

Posted by: shivas Irons at May 29, 2011 12:36 PM (qu2SW)

53 I'll never get busted for accidentally publicly tweeting a picture of my penis because

*drum roll*

I don't take pictures of my penis.

Just keep your face out of the frame and you're good to go.

Posted by: Jim Norton at May 29, 2011 12:36 PM (Klxrr)

54 Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 04:27 PM (piMMO)

I figured it was a sock, but there are a few sort of rational comments, so...is it the concern troll sock or is it a sock of a sock of a concern troll, or a real commenter who began as a sock, then shifted to a....

Oh fuck. You got me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 29, 2011 12:36 PM (LH6ir)

55 If men were proportioned like a fruit fly; - Tony Weiner stars in:

The Human Tripod

Posted by: Fritz at May 29, 2011 12:38 PM (AN8d5)

56
Little Tony, you have really fucked up this time. It's imperative you start using your little head.

Posted by: Anthony Weiner, D-New York at May 29, 2011 12:38 PM (cwFVA)

57 I thought there were only two Koch brothers?

Posted by: East Bay Jay at May 29, 2011 12:39 PM (svwGR)

58 A hacker would have done far more to embarrass him and there is no way Weiner could regain control of the hacked accounts that quickly. The fact that 2 accounts were hacked in order to send some dumb underwear shot to some obscure college student is not operable. He did it and he should own up to it. And if we are going to apply the same rules Republicans have to live by, he should also resign.

Posted by: Ken Royall at May 29, 2011 12:39 PM (9zzk+)

59 He did it and he should own up to it. And if we are going to apply the same rules Republicans have to live by, he should also resign.

Don't hold your breath.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:40 PM (piMMO)

60 You're all wrong. It's a picture of my beloved, Edward. I know because his penis sparkles.

Posted by: bella at May 29, 2011 12:40 PM (j4uLm)

Think of the irony. Hillary, who stood by her man as he was giving a young coed a protien shake and cigar pap smear in the oval office. Now we have her ex-assistant, married to a creep that's tweeting undie-boner shots to another young coed that is probably well familiar with the member in hiding.

How the world turns.

Posted by: Bosk at May 29, 2011 12:41 PM (WCsll)

62 No big deal. He'll blame it on his "staff"

Posted by: USA at May 29, 2011 12:43 PM (YZISw)

63 mpur, since it appears that his death was announced within a very recent span of time, I don't think I'd get too bent yet about it not being posted. They probably haven't even had time to write the post yet.

I'm not bent, just giving a heads up.

I am tired of the numerous wiener posts, however, so if I sounded bent, it was because of that.

Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 29, 2011 12:43 PM (J4Pnx)

64 "And if we are going to apply the same rules Republicans have to live by, he should also resign." With his wife, Hillary's chief of staff, to cover for him? I can just hear it, "it's a Vast Ace-based conspiracy..." And, frankly, I'm a little impressed as I thought his marriage to what looks like his sister a multi-purpose beard.

Posted by: shivas Irons at May 29, 2011 12:43 PM (qu2SW)

"And if we are going to apply the same rules Republicans have to live by"

Why start now?

Posted by: MFM at May 29, 2011 12:43 PM (WHLbM)

66 Yeah hackers got me too!

Posted by: Ray Allen at May 29, 2011 12:43 PM (Klxrr)

67 One guy retweets? Hack0rz! One million retweets? Hack0rz! Heads I win, tails you lose.

Oh, and Colby's Mediaite buddy Tommy Christopher tweeted dick-pic recipient on her brand new twitter account, and said he had a message from a friend. Then deleted the tweet about as soon as they started following one another (and presumably could start DM'ing). The extent of colby, tommy or anyone else from Mediaite's reporting on this matter will be pure obfuscation.

Posted by: ambidextrous stroker at May 29, 2011 12:43 PM (YsSn7)

68 Commenter #66 looks like a prime candidate for the Weiner hack.

Posted by: Crimso at May 29, 2011 12:44 PM (WHLbM)

69
Calling My Shot: Prediction: Weiner will claim he doesn't want to trouble the FBI, or the national intelligence/security apparatus

As I said at some ridiculous hour this morning:

Condescending tone: "No, no, I'm not going to stoop to respond to such juvenile actions; it just cheapens the public discourse even further. I'm not taking any more questions on this ridiculous stunt. The perpetrators, whoever they are, thrive on this kind of frenzy. Now, next question?"

Posted by: arhooley at May 29, 2011 12:46 PM (+/eKV)

70 What I love is that Weiner didn't even miss a beat when his account got "hacked". There's no WTF? post. He just goes into automatic super genial what a crazy mixup mode. Like a guy who is used to telling his wife all these texts he's getting during dinner are from a staffer.

Posted by: MayBee at May 29, 2011 12:47 PM (PLixr)

71 41 ... he did manage to keep pics of his dick off the internet. Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 29, 2011 04:29 PM (J4Pnx) Decades hence, when social historians research the origin for this cliche that grew to become ubiquitous in the obituaries of nearly every man in the world, many will wonder, "Who witnessed the birth of this truism?" And the answer will be, "A bunch of morons and moronettes."

Posted by: No Whining at May 29, 2011 12:48 PM (j0keH)

He should have gone the more personal route. He could have used a kit, made a replica dildo of his very own penis and paid someone cash to deliver it with a personal note.

We lose so much of the old fashioned personal touch with computers....

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 29, 2011 12:49 PM (GKQDR)

73 Let's look at it this way...that pair of underwear has a quality that is unique to the majority of Weiner's drawers in that they are one of the few that have yet to be pulled over his head after some one beats him up and steals his lunch money.

Posted by: Portnoy at May 29, 2011 12:50 PM (azgo2)

74
53 Ace has a firm grip on this storyx, and he's not going to let go until he shakes every drop out.

Don't you mean SQUEEZE every drop out?

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at May 29, 2011 12:51 PM (fJhBR)

75 From his wiki page:

Weiner is known to be one of the most intense and demanding members of Congress. He often works long hours with his staff fact-checking documents, resulting in one of the highest staff turn-over rates of any member of Congress.

Yeah, "fact-checking documents"...

In June 2008, Weiner sponsored a bill that would increase the number of O-visas available to foreign models. Weiner argued that increasing the number of visas would help boost the fashion industry in New York City.

Or boost the Weiner industry...

(Aside: "O-visas"?)

On March 29, 2010, Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reported that Weiner had racked up $2,180 in parking tickets in Washington, D.C. between 2007 and 2011.

Here's why I think. This guy is an ass. Nobody likes him. He represents a reliably liberal district. There will be redistricting.

Ergo, he'll be looking at the underside of the bus before too long.

Oh, and this is the downside for the Democrats of a liberal media. If this were a Republican, the guy would have resigned and it would have been old news by this afternoon.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 29, 2011 12:51 PM (73tyQ)

Proof positive that Weiner is an incompetent, insufferable, asshole. Just how long does it take to fabricate an iron clad cover up? Billy Jeff would have tweeted a convincing cover within minutes--"I accidentally snapped a pick of Hillary while she was getting ready for bed." Amateurs.

Posted by: Old Dad at May 29, 2011 12:52 PM (XtpDT)

77 He often works long hours with his staff

That could be said of most of us.

Posted by: toby928™ at May 29, 2011 12:52 PM (GTbGH)

78 Mrs. Weiner prolly knows if those grey undies are his, don't you think?

Posted by: Ratskeller at May 29, 2011 12:54 PM (83eyo)

79 He just goes into automatic super genial what a crazy mixup mode.

That's because he sees his intellect as so superior to others that he couldn't possibly manage NOT to fool us. Of course we'd buy into it hook, line and sinker.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:56 PM (piMMO)

80 LÂ’Affaire Weiner Â– English to German via Google Translate | Practical State http://bit.ly/k4yOpt

Posted by: Muckraker at May 29, 2011 12:57 PM (6K81O)

81 On a b righter note, I'm sure the family BBQ is going to be a real hootenanny at the Weiner house.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 12:57 PM (piMMO)

82 Mrs. Weiner prolly knows if those grey undies are his, don't you think?

She's gonna issue a fatwa on his 'fat' one.....

Posted by: Portnoy at May 29, 2011 12:57 PM (azgo2)

83 Hey, I told you I was hacked...

- swamp_whatever

Posted by: Cherry π at May 29, 2011 12:58 PM (+sBB4)

84 Iron clad defense? "It wasn't me. I go commando. I do it to save water, preserve the rain forests and reduce global warming." DONE!"

Posted by: Boner's Legal Team at May 29, 2011 12:58 PM (YZISw)

85 CharlieBrown, I actually don't know if I'm serious or not. Whenever I try to prank people here, I try to keep it subtle enough to be believable, but outrageous enough to be noticed. I always run the risk being either immediately unsocked, or completely overlooked. It's a tightrope. Now, with the Weiner case, it would be certainly possible for some conservative operative to believe that the most convincing way to frame Weiner would be to send a dirty picture to a college student the Congressman was already following, but do it on a night that would seem to promise very little chance of success. This would guarantee that, IF the tweet was detected and publicized, the choice of date would seem so improbable as strongly count against a hacking. But the real problem isn't in premeditating that kind of scam and weighing how convincing it might be. The problem is that you have to figure out how to hack a prominent Congressman's Twitter account, risk almost certain detection and prosecution, and do all this despite the fact that the chances of anyone noticing the late-week tweet are very small. That makes no sense at all. And so yes, I actually do know whether I'm serious or not. I'm not.

Posted by: Average Joe at May 29, 2011 12:58 PM (liBQN)

86
What Weiner did isn't criminal

Classic case of covering being worse than the original offense.

Posted by: arhooley at May 29, 2011 12:59 PM (+/eKV)

87 Oh, and this is the downside for the Democrats of a liberal media. If this were a Republican, the guy would have resigned and it would have been old news by this afternoon.

They are counting on this, being a long weekend, not holding up until Tuesday. After all, Ace can only manage to keep this story alive, by himself, for so long without growing weary.

I'm sure they think they can outlast him.

Alas, they have underestimated the fury of teh Ewok.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 01:01 PM (piMMO)

88 I'm checking my TiVo and my toaster every hour on the hour. The last thing I need is Sheniqua at Morehouse College to get a picture of my johnson. I've never taken a pic of my johnson, but these things appear to come in 3's....................just ask Anthony Weiner.

Posted by: David at May 29, 2011 01:02 PM (4t9J5)

89 On a positive note, Mr. Weiner's bony legs lend a bit of gracious perspective for the littlest member of Congress.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 01:03 PM (piMMO)

==She's gonna issue a fatwa on his 'fat' one.....==

If I were Anthony I thnk I'd be very worried about what Mrs. Weiner's male relatives think about all this. Family honor and all.

Posted by: Ratskeller at May 29, 2011 01:04 PM (83eyo)

91 first comes the Weiner; next comes the buns; soon the mustard will follow

Memorial Day munchies !!!/

and btw, if you say you even kinda believe Weiner was 'hacked' you're retarded or lying

Posted by: SantaRosaStan, a Leading Indicator at May 29, 2011 01:05 PM (UqKQV)

92 and btw, if you say you even kinda believe Weiner was 'hacked' you're retarded or lying

Can't they be both?

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 01:06 PM (piMMO)

93 Sure, I'll risk my freedom for the sheer pleasure of hacking a congressman's twitter account during an off time with a "ewww" picture that could have been totally x-rated if I had any brains, which I most certainly do not.

Posted by: Humble Hacker at May 29, 2011 01:06 PM (wOaLi)

94 Charlie Chan in the Case of the Feathered Serpent: "Elaborate excuse seldom truth"

Posted by: Cherry π at May 29, 2011 01:06 PM (+sBB4)

95 New boxers for Weiner

Posted by: ranger117 at May 29, 2011 01:07 PM (wT/Dy)

96 @76 What I love is that Weiner didn't even miss a beat when his account got "hacked" Exactly . . . and then he decided to get clever, sandwiching the "hacking" problem between a reference to a Tivo failure and the possibility of a blender attack, and then making a lame joke about the toaster being loyal. He was going for that whole "texture of authenticity" thing. As best he could, with the help of a couple of panicked staffers. Which reminds me. Today my CD player began skipping, an identity thief maxed out my credit cards and drained my bank accounts, and I'm wondering if the can opener is going to give me shock. At least the microwave works.

Posted by: Average Joe at May 29, 2011 01:10 PM (liBQN)

97
Can't they be both?

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 05:06 PM (piMMO)

yes. Shoulda said 'and / or'

Posted by: SantaRosaStan, a Leading Indicator at May 29, 2011 01:12 PM (UqKQV)

98 today I felt light-headed, I killed someone with an axe, I stubbed my toe, and worked up a sweat going up and down the stairs; later the power went out at my place.

all in all, in context, an interesting day. I wonder what Weiner is doing?

Posted by: SantaRosaStan, a Leading Indicator at May 29, 2011 01:14 PM (UqKQV)

99 78 He should have gone the more personal route. He could have used a kit, made a replica dildo of his very own penis and paid someone cash to deliver it with a personal note.

We lose so much of the old fashioned personal touch with computers....
________

Don't worry. We'll get it back in a few years. Then you'll be able to scan yourself, send a coordinates file to your beloved, who will pass them off to her MakerBot for instant satisfaction.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 29, 2011 01:14 PM (6fER6)

100 81 From his wiki page:

He often works long hours with his long staff
__________

Fixed it for them.

Remember, it's not how long you make it, it's how you make it long.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 29, 2011 01:17 PM (6fER6)

101 So, Arnie, Tony and Bubba walk into a bar.....

Posted by: Ratskeller at May 29, 2011 01:21 PM (83eyo)

102 Today my coffee maker stopped working, my husband said he saw a naked man crawling out our bedroom window at lunchtime, and my iPhone stopped working *just* when I was about to show my husband the texts proving I wasn't even home at lunchtime! I mean, what a wacky day. That phone.

Posted by: MayBee at May 29, 2011 01:27 PM (PLixr)

103 Mission: Find a target journalist in the MBM who is the type who would be willing to touch a story like this if pressured. Ace somewhat successfully trolled Ben Smith, but Smith only nibbled, he didn't bite down. And anyway, he had already written a story about it. We need to find some mid-level MBM journalist who has not written about this story yet, and then pepper his/her ass with tweets and emails. Shame the bastard into writing something on the subject, and incorporating the pertinent facts we present into the article. Potential targets, anyone? Someone at CNN, maybe? (You know MSNBC would be a waste of time.) Someone at The Atlantic? At The New Republic? Thoughts?

Posted by: Weiner's wiener at May 29, 2011 01:28 PM (qDPnZ)

104 From Mediaite: Its not an exaggeration to say that Wolfe is somewhat obsessed with Weiner; a simple search reveals that, since April, he has mentioned Rep. Weiner 287 times via twitter. Also, skeptics might see that Wolfe and his Twitter clique have been building a narrative about Rep. WeinerÂ’s followers for months, perhaps best evidenced by this tweet to an underage high school girl, who requested a follow from Weiner and got it: I do so love the way Hall glosses over how odd it indeed is that Weiner followed so few people, and at least two of them were hot young girls who expressed interest in him. What got Mark Foley in so much trouble again?

Posted by: MayBee at May 29, 2011 01:31 PM (PLixr)

105 Shit. Ace's hitting Boehner up now.

I'm sure Boehner will follow up. As soon as he's finished with his smoke break.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 01:32 PM (piMMO)

106 DAYUM!

The chickette in question just tweeted ACE! Press statement to follow.

Posted by: Clueless at May 29, 2011 01:34 PM (piMMO)

107 110

Love how Colby acts like totally shocked that a guy might mention a congressman 287 times over an 8 week period. Well, Weiner is a public figure and lawmaker. Maybe Wolfe is an unhappy constituent. Or maybe just like one of the few people on the planet who knows and cares that AWwas following a cute co-ed, an underage girl, and a pr0n star. But to Mediaite, that qualifies as an "obsession."

Posted by: ambidextrous stroker at May 29, 2011 01:55 PM (YsSn7)

108 At this point, I don't think the FBI has any choice but to investigate the matter. Weiner has publicly stated that pretty much all of his social media outlets have been hacked--a serious federal crime--so the FBI is now obligated to get involved. In an alternate universe where Democrats and Republicans are treated equally by the media, a journalist from the MSM would contact the FBI electronic crimes division and ask what action they are taking on this. Here in this universe, however, that will not happen.

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