June 03, 2011
— Ace I was asked about this in an email. By like six people. Since I've by now fully expressed my thinking across six different emails, might as well synthesize them and publish them for everyone else.
There's a lot of legitimate speculation about PatriotUSA76.
And then there is some paranoia.
I didn't want to deal with this because it doesn't matter to the central story, but since everyone's talking about it, here's me talking about it.
I have heard a lot of possibilities floated about who PatriotUSA76 really is.
Here is a sampling of the possibilities:
1. PatrioutUSA76 is precisely what he appears to be: A determined conservative partisan who hated Weiner and followed him on Twitter because he 1, hated him, and 2, noticed that Weiner seemed to be following a lot of young, cute girls, and found this suspicious. As Film Ladd (perhaps unfairly, perhaps fairly) terms it, a bit of a "cyberstalker." And yet, only that -- a boring axe to grind combined with time to waste.
2. Jilted ex-girlfriend who has a penis picture from prior relationship and hacked the account. Note carefully: This is the only possibility that really implicates a "hacker" claim or comes close to exonerating Weiner. Oddly enough, this just happens to be the one his PR team is trying to float out there for naive liberals in the press to bite into. Problem: There is absolutely no reason to suspect this. Further, as a commenter points out, if she had shady dirt to peddle on Weiner, why not just go to the press and squeal? Why all the masque and mystery?
3. This isn't something anyone has mentioned, except me, but: if 2 is in play, then we must also add "Boyfriend of a girl who was inappropriately DM'd by Weiner, or a boyfriend of a girl Weiner stole away or slept with," who has been looking for vengeance ever since. In this scenario, PatriotUSA76 hates Weiner for personal reasons, but is disguising his identity as an angry boyfriend by hiding under a flag of partisan animus.
4. A Republican online campaign tracker -- I didn't know they had these, but it make sense -- who has been paid to stalk Weiner's account, looking for anything compromising. Problem with this one: A professional tracker wouldn't make a lot of noise, I don't think, and get all emotionally invested.
5. A Democrat online campaign tracker, who is placed by one of Weiner's numerous potential Mayoral rivals for 2013, looking for a way to take Weiner out of the running. Problem: Same as with 4.
6. And I honestly just had this floated to me: PatriotUSA76 is the "catcher" whereas Ginger Lee is the "pitcher" in a "honeypot" sting situation; Ginger Lee is a set-up to attract the attention of Weiner, and then PatriotUSA76 catches his errant post and publicizes it. Problem here: it's preposterous, Ginger Lee is a real person with a real life, and further, this whole idea relies on knowing that Weiner would send an errant Tweet, which is too silly to be credited. But then, who knows, maybe he was #Hacked! in this honey-pot operation. But if you're going to just #Fabricate! evidence anyway I don't see the point of having a sleeper agent in the stripper business.
Now, here are the possibilities. Maybe there are more. Maybe, who knows, PatriotUSA76 is a boyhood friend of Anthony Weiner's, and one day they were playing with a loaded gun they didn't know was loaded, and Antony Weiner accidentally shot and killed PatriotUSA76's little brother, and they buried the body and claimed he ran away, but PatriotUSA76 has been racked by guilt and anger ever since, and has waited 30 years to pounce.
Now, if that's silly, it's silly, but explain to me why that one is any less supported than any of the other ones. I mean, if we're just making crap up, why not make it a real mystery, with a dead child's skeleton buried somewhere under the floor of an abandoned Queens shirt-factory?
The important point in all of this is only a hack gets Weiner off the hook. Only a hack. Only in scenarios 2, maybe 3, and I don't know, outlandish scenario 6 is a hack likely or possible. I suppose it's possible in all of them, even 1.
So we're all interested in PatriotUSA76 for only one real reason: Did he do a hack?
That's the only real way that PatriotUSA76 becomes relevant as regards Weiner's guilt. If PatriotUSA76 did not just monitor and stalk Weiner's account, but actually hacked it, then PatriotUSA76 is very relevant.
If he didn't hack it, he's irrelevant. Maybe there's an interesting story here about a campaign tracker, and I'd like to read that story, sure, but that story is irrelevant to Weiner's guilt.
A tracker doesn't get him off.
Only a hacker gets him off.
So: Was there a hack? Let's begin with the question we're trying to answer. Because we actually can answer it.
I don't see how you get around the fact that if Weiner doesn't call the cops, that means he knows there's no hacker.
This is like Poker. You know your opponent's cards through his behavior.
You can't see his cards, but he can see his cards, and you can see the bets he's placing and his demeanor.
From his behavior and bets, one card Anthony Weiner is NOT holding is the "Hacker" card.
Right?
If he held the Ace of Hack, or the King of Hack, or even the Deuce of Hack, he'd play it and call the FBI.
And if that's the case -- and I think I know this as "fact," at least a close to a "fact" as you can have by inference -- then that rules out the Jilted XGF/Vengeance-Seeking Boyfriend of DM'd Girl "hack" scenarios, and we're left with the rest, one of which is boring (he is who he says he is), one of which is preposterous ("honeytrap"), and two of which are "interesting" and indicate partisan sleaziness but do nothing to suggest Weiner didn't do exactly what he did.
So: All this paranoia to answer a question -- was there a hack? -- which was answered within 48 hours when Anthony Weiner refused to call the FBI to report his #Hacked! violation.
He does not have the Hack card, of any rank. No Ace of Hack, no King of Hack, no Jack of Hack.
He does not have this card.
PatriotUSA76 may turn out to be interesting. He will likely remain quite boring.
But he will not turn out to be the Mystery Hacker, because Anthony Weiner has told you, as clearly and as loudly and as repeatedly as possible, that there is no Mystery Hacker.
Headline: WEINER PULLS OUT. Out of the Wisconsin hate rally he was supposed to attend. Mostly predicted.
So, he can't even go to red-meat true-blue liberal rallies now.
Thanks to someguy.
Trim That Thang With Occam's Razor: Weighing in on Team Duh, It's Not Complicated is Princess of Swords. Says this happens all the time to female Twitterers.
Thanks to ArthurK.
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Posted by: observer at June 03, 2011 12:48 PM (EOTAt)
Professional Mixed Martial Artist Tito Ortiz claims personal photo account was "hacked".
I think he needs to join forces with Congressman Weiner. Together, there is nothing those two can't accomplish!
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 12:48 PM (KNy97)
Posted by: AoSHQ's *second* worst commenter, DarkLord© at June 03, 2011 12:48 PM (GBXon)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 12:53 PM (m4hn1)
Ace since you do twitter perhaps you can answer the question. If you want to include another user in your tweets like with the @repweiner stuff, with your software you do this from does that require you to type out @repweiner everytime or once you hit @r- does a list popup allowing you to just fill in if you want. I mean that's really a question for everyone using twitter, since I know I've seen you accidentally misspell who you were @-ing. But are there add-ons and such that let you do this? If it is that might lend some plausibility to the Gingerlee/ComelyCoed mixup.
Afterall the Pornstar did tweet about her Anthony Weiner love after midnight because of her slow work night.
Posted by: buzzion at June 03, 2011 12:54 PM (oVQFe)
Either 1) someone else posted the pic on Weenie's account, so Weenie needs to find out who it was and go after them, or 2) Weenie did it himself. The Patriot question could be answered easily if Weenie would get the right people involved, but he won't since HE SENT THE PIC.
Therefore, Patriot is irrelevant. He might be a creepy stalker guy, he might be an angelic altar boy, he might be a chick, he could be one of those Scandi birds pecking at a keyboard and retweeted because there were nice big chunks of bird food on the R and T keys. Who cares?
Posted by: Beth at June 03, 2011 12:54 PM (5NfIh)
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 12:55 PM (+/eKV)
Posted by: RushBabe at June 03, 2011 12:56 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: Kemp at June 03, 2011 12:56 PM (JpFM9)
And again and yet again and again:
Everything is irrelevant when held up to Weiner's behavior post-dicpic. He has convicted himself.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 12:56 PM (+/eKV)
I would just LOVE to be a fly on the wall when this worm has to explain exactly why he is DM'ing Comely Co-ed, but especially the PRON STAR. Being just newly-wed I'm sure one of her questions is :
'Am I not pretty enough for you? A PRON STAR Anthony?????'
That is why he cancelled his Dem meeting this weekend. He has a whole lotta 'splainin to do.
Posted by: Schwalbe : The © at June 03, 2011 12:57 PM (UU0OF)
Posted by: rcade at June 03, 2011 12:57 PM (EmHJm)
Posted by: Scratch-Off Kingpin at June 03, 2011 12:58 PM (4t9J5)
Any outside chance that continuing to push the subject could ruin Weiner's career? Why are you sooo ..... Concerned?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 03, 2011 12:58 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: CLP at June 03, 2011 12:59 PM (pC7ap)
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:00 PM (+/eKV)
Posted by: rjm319 at June 03, 2011 01:00 PM (vZ45L)
Posted by: Schwalbe : The © at June 03, 2011 01:00 PM (UU0OF)
How's this.
"Weiner looks for wacker on his computer, finds You Porn."
Posted by: Kemp at June 03, 2011 01:00 PM (JpFM9)
And by the way, Ace, I'm surprised you omitted the possibility I consider plausible: a fusion of #1 and #2 (minus the hacker part): angry obsessive creepo ex-girlfriend who cyberstalked him and caught him with his pants down, so to speak.
That's why I don't think Stranahan's *completely* out to lunch here...I think he might be right in his theory that PatriotUSA76 is actually a woman.
But, as you said: it's a shiny object meant to distract us. For the DailyKos, however, it's the Only Story That Matters!
Posted by: Jeff B. at June 03, 2011 01:01 PM (hIWe1)
Posted by: Anthony Gherkin at June 03, 2011 01:01 PM (FcR7P)
Mark my words, no one else cares about this nothingness of a story, and you'll ruin your reputation if you continue to write about it.
In the meantime, check out my tasteful (not snorkeling in the sewer at all!) picture of Monica Lewinsky: The Early Years.
Posted by: Gerard Van Der Loon at June 03, 2011 01:01 PM (1Ajoi)
Posted by: Jeff B. at June 03, 2011 01:01 PM (hIWe1)
I think by this point, the only ones who believe that Weiner didn't post the dick-pic himself are those who NEED to believe.
Anyone claiming idiotic stories about external political partisans doing this to Weiner either doesn't know the facts of this incident, is lying to cover for Weiner, or lying to themselves.
We're getting back to the "you can't use logic to convince someone out of a position they didn't enter through logic" territory.
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 01:02 PM (KNy97)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 03, 2011 01:02 PM (0q2P7)
I would just LOVE to be a fly on the wall when this worm has to explain exactly why he is DM'ing Comely Co-ed, but especially the PRON STAR.
He probably didn't deliberately tweet the Comely Coed. He selected the Gs in his Followers list and sent to Genette instead of Ginger.
So it's a sort of good news/bad news story for him. The good news is, we can now admit he never targeted a 21-year-old hottie with his dicpic. The bad news is . . .
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:02 PM (+/eKV)
Posted by: Patrick at June 03, 2011 01:04 PM (vw0I1)
Posted by: sifty at June 03, 2011 01:04 PM (2dbd9)
Agree w/Ace. One week in and there's no official LE investigation.
Incomprehensible if there truly was a hacker.
This eliminates all the wild-assed, contrived, contorted theories and we are left with the simple explanation. To wit: the hounds didn't bark because there was no intruder.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2011 01:04 PM (XBM1t)
Posted by: Bob at June 03, 2011 01:04 PM (4DoFz)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 03, 2011 04:58 PM (k0TKJ)
I was thinking the same thing. If this is what "taking a few days off" is then imagine a full blown vacation. 30-40 posts a day I guess.
Anyway, PatriotUSA76 is irrelevant. It's Weiner's dick, he sent the picture. Don't let him off ace.
Posted by: Hedgehog at June 03, 2011 01:04 PM (Rn2kl)
The real issue, is whether there is a "prank" card.
Real...or fabricated. That's the only card left to play.
Weiner KNOWS whether he actually sent the photo or did not. That's a given.
IF, he knows he did...game over, thanks for playing...everything else is a subterfuge.
IF he knows he did not, he then knows SOMEBODY else did. If somebody else is a "hacker", past behavior patterns suggest the Angry Inchworm would explode into a frothing rage. So, because he is not...he is flailing around trying to say "move on, nothing to see here...", it means he is covering for SOMEBODY.
THAT...is our starting point. We have reached the point that we now know that he is involved in a cover up...either way.
How much he is covering up, how hard he is trying to erase his tracks, why he is covering up...all left to be discovered. But the starting point has moved. It's all about the cover up now.
Posted by: cfbleachers at June 03, 2011 01:05 PM (oxqER)
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He's a sitting US Congressman, and he should enjoy basic professionalism from the FBI.
Getting to the bottom of this would take less than a day, and wouldn't be intrustive at all. All the Feds would have to do is forensically look at Weiner's computer, his phone, and the logs from the Twitter and Yfrog accounts.
That would be enough to figure out where the offending images and posts truly came from.
Unless Weiner *ALSO* has reams of kiddie-porn on his computer he really shouldn't have anything to worry about here.
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 01:05 PM (KNy97)
GAWD!
enough already! isnt there ANY OTHER NEWS out there for you to obsess over? When will there be enough weiner posts?
Posted by: kyle at June 03, 2011 01:06 PM (IXgcK)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 03, 2011 05:02 PM (0q2P7)
lol. no. a conservative wielding logic, vs a hippie, is like a Navy SEAL armed with a shotgun vs a mouse. It's not the fairest fight you'll find.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:06 PM (x3YFz)
not that there's anything wrong with that..................
your very own Weiner pelt; it would make a nice display piece
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, speaking with certitude at June 03, 2011 01:06 PM (UqKQV)
May I point out the the Comely Co-ed said in her NY Post article that she received her one and only copy of the yfrog link to Weiner's wiener from someone she said had sent her lots of previous questions via Twitter, which is why she thought it was a prank at first?
That supports theory #1: I presume that PatriotUSA76 was on Weiner's case for using Twitter to communicate with nubile young women, and had previously contacted the Comely Co-ed to ask what the nature of her relationship with Weiner was.
Posted by: stuiec at June 03, 2011 01:06 PM (Di3Im)
Something like, "An intern, authorized to monitor Rep Weiner's Twitter account, logged into the Twitter account whilst at a rowdy party. A unknown person, believing the account to be that of the intern, took a picture and tweeted it at random to the coed. The intern immediately called the Representative to tell him that the account was 'hacked.' After questioning the intern, Rep. Weiner's staff learned that in fact it was a prank played by the unknown person, taking advantage of the un-attentive intern. The intern has been let go, the Twitter and other social networking accounts have been restricted, and, not wishing to embarrass the intern or the intern's family, no further action will be needed."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 03, 2011 01:06 PM (qaU+h)
Posted by: Patrick at June 03, 2011 05:04 PM (vw0I1)
Bashing him upside the head with a frying pan is faster and more traditional.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:07 PM (z1N6a)
This is mini Holmes and Watson at its finest, folks. Real life, and Tony needs to be beaten like a fucking gong for being such a piece of shit.
Are you not entertained? FYNQ.
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2011 01:07 PM (p2IBw)
GAWD!
enough already! isnt there ANY OTHER NEWS out there for you to obsess over? When will there be enough weiner posts?
Posted by: kyle at June 03, 2011 05:06 PM (IXgcK)
Don't like it? Go somewhere else. This weiner thing (lol) is frontloaded with MONTHS of comedy gold.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:07 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at June 03, 2011 01:07 PM (QcFbt)
Posted by: Schwalbe : The © at June 03, 2011 01:07 PM (UU0OF)
Posted by: madamex at June 03, 2011 01:07 PM (ice9D)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at June 03, 2011 01:07 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2011 01:08 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: tweet of Mel Gibson's Wiener at June 03, 2011 01:08 PM (x3YFz)
Because said intern would be looking at 2 years in the Federal Pen.
Jeez. We went over this 6 days ago. You aren't going to unwind it now.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:08 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2011 01:09 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Dave at June 03, 2011 01:10 PM (Xm1aB)
Are you not entertained? FYNQ.
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2011 05:07 PM (p2IBw)
Yeah, apparently I missed the part of the blog that forced you to read a post and comment thread you don't want to.
Is that only Safari that has that?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:10 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Dave at June 03, 2011 05:09 PM (Xm1aB)
I'm gonna go ahead and slap you across the face with wiener's wiener. twice.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:10 PM (x3YFz)
enough already! isnt there ANY OTHER NEWS out there for you to obsess over? When will there be enough weiner posts?
Posted by: kyle at June 03, 2011 05:06 PM (IXgcK)
Well so far #weinergate has got a prick, tumescent penis, politics, pr0n stars, comely co-eds, internet technology, and multiple mysteries.
So in other words it's BLOG GOLD.
Posted by: Mætenloch at June 03, 2011 01:11 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Dave at June 03, 2011 01:11 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at June 03, 2011 05:07 PM (QcFbt)
A gay boyfriend could just announce he's the gay boyfriend to put him in the soup.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:12 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Big Tony at June 03, 2011 01:12 PM (vB43T)
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That problematic on many levels, but the biggest problem is that he'd have to find some intern stupid enough to take the fall for this, yet a good enough liar to pull it off convincingly.
Not so easy.
It would be trivially easy for any interrogator with half a brain to show that said fall-guy was lying about previously "tweeting" for Weiner, etc.
The best course of action would probably have been for Weiner to just admit right up front that he did it, take his licks from his wife, and move on. Story would have been dead within a day or two. Now, he's going to end up taking the same licks from his wife, only he's slowly destroying himself with this idiotic cherade, too.
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 01:12 PM (KNy97)
Posted by: Brett Favre at June 03, 2011 01:12 PM (FcR7P)
not that there's anything wrong with that..................
your very own Weiner pelt; it would make a nice display piece
Well the fewer trophies you take, the prouder you are of the ones you do have. If it were me I'd take the head and cape so I could make a life sized full mounting posed and positioned in such a way that it could hold my beer while I sat in my easy-chair.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 03, 2011 01:12 PM (0q2P7)
Arranged marriage, that's my theory. Huma gets a wedding ring to keep men at bay, Tony get to chase co-eds and has an arm-piece for when he runs for Mayor of NYC. Hillary gets her own key to Gracie Mansion.
Posted by: fluffy at June 03, 2011 01:13 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2011 05:08 PM (nj1bB)
Think of more Wiener jokes.
It's your destiny, Ace.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:13 PM (z1N6a)
I'm not afraid of that.
Posted by: Dave at June 03, 2011 05:12 PM (Xm1aB)
That's between you and the Wiener, baby
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:13 PM (x3YFz)
May I point out the the Comely Co-ed said in her NY Post article that she received her one and only copy of the yfrog link to Weiner's wiener from someone she said had sent her lots of previous questions via Twitter, which is why she thought it was a prank at first?
That supports theory #1: I presume that PatriotUSA76 was on Weiner's case for using Twitter to communicate with nubile young women, and had previously contacted the Comely Co-ed to ask what the nature of her relationship with Weiner was.
Posted by: stuiec at June 03, 2011 05:06 PM (Di3Im)
That's entirely possible. She could have been checking her twitter and PatriotUSA got the retweet to her out just as Weiner was deleting the original one. So when she checked the original dicpic tweet would have been disappeared already.
Posted by: buzzion at June 03, 2011 01:13 PM (oVQFe)
Conservatives think. Liberals shout, and then the media shouts it again for them, only louder.
Conservative: "Weiner's actions show clearly that there is no Hacker."
Liberal: "Death Panels... Halliburton!!"
Posted by: sherlock at June 03, 2011 01:14 PM (81ia8)
Posted by: t-bird at June 03, 2011 01:14 PM (FcR7P)
When will there be enough weiner posts?
Posted by: kyle at June 03, 2011 05:06 PM
When you pry them from our cold dead fingers. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:14 PM (+/eKV)
Premise #1 - If Wiener genuinely never sent pictures of Mr Happy out onto the internet, then he would have no qualms about filing a police report because he would know he'd be found blameless.
Premise #2 (and this is your statement) " I don't see how you get around the fact that if Wiener doesn't call the cops, that means he knows there's no hacker.
Not necessarily true! What if Wiener knows (or suspects he knows) who the hacker is and also knows the motive for his getting hacked? Angry boyfriend of the recipient of a prior lewd tweet; pissed off ex girlfriend, etc., etc. A case can be made for the proposition Wiener knows who the hacker is but is afraid revealing his/her identity will lead to deeper shit.
Premise# 3. The guy is a complete dickhead; he sent that tweet (probably to the co-ed by mistake instead of to his porn star follower), he's now trying to 'walk back the dog', and can't call the cops because he knows no hack has taken place.
I'll take 'door #3', thank you. (Occam's razor & all that good stuff.)
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Posted by: alwyr at June 03, 2011 01:14 PM (w2++y)
Posted by: Brett Favre at June 03, 2011 05:12 PM (FcR7P)
Very nice. Well played.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:14 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 03, 2011 05:12 PM (0q2P7)
I find your comment to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Posted by: Dr. Strangelove at June 03, 2011 01:15 PM (UqKQV)
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Posted by: alwyr at June 03, 2011 05:14 PM (w2++y)
The problem with premise 2 is that if the hacker had worse dirt, why not just release it right off? Why go through the first stage at all?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:16 PM (z1N6a)
Who is @PatriotUSA76?
My guess is it's someone who may or may not have access to a Time Machine and a 2nd Tier Political Blog.
Probably a Reich Winger.
Most definitely a lone wolf, only fuzzier.
Posted by: garrett at June 03, 2011 01:16 PM (O19Lz)
Posted by: Bob at June 03, 2011 01:16 PM (4DoFz)
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 01:16 PM (vw0I1)
Posted by: creeper at June 03, 2011 01:16 PM (gre5a)
Posted by: t-bird at June 03, 2011 05:14 PM (FcR7P)
Grey boxers on a stick for 100, Alex
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:16 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 03, 2011 01:17 PM (y/+eD)
Posted by: madamex at June 03, 2011 01:17 PM (ice9D)
Weiners should never be let off the hook. Ruins the many nuances of flavor
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, only occasionally wrong at June 03, 2011 01:17 PM (UqKQV)
For those of you that are tired of Weiner news, I'll update you on other news.
DEMOCRAT John Edwards is going to jail
Obama is still putting a stake in the heart of the economy (Unemployment up to 9.1)
There, that about catches us up.
Posted by: Schwalbe : The © at June 03, 2011 01:17 PM (UU0OF)
Is "Chronic Dumbass" a medical condition?
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:17 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 05:17 PM (x3YFz)
Yes and it has affected most people with a "D" after their name.
That gallup poll that came out today showed that 71% of Democrats believe that it is a good thing to redistribute money from the "rich" to the poor.
Posted by: Hedgehog at June 03, 2011 01:19 PM (Rn2kl)
Posted by: Words Anthony Will Never Hear at June 03, 2011 01:19 PM (FcR7P)
Don't forget that the FIRST (panic) response out of Weiner on this was that he was "hacked. . .by Moriarty".
Why would he say he was "hacked" if he knew that one of his interns was (with his permission) impersonating him with his personal media accounts?
If said intern did such a thing WITHOUT his permission, said intern would rightfully deserve to be instantly fired, and this would have happened first thing Monday morning, if not sooner.
So unless he could have found a willing and able fall guy from his staff FAST, that story wouldn't really have held water either.
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 01:19 PM (KNy97)
Posted by: Charles Johnson at June 03, 2011 01:19 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: creeper at June 03, 2011 05:16 PM (gre5a)
I'm not sure how being even more guilty is a defense.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:20 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Abiss at June 03, 2011 01:20 PM (vhJZ7)
Bad on so many levels.
Posted by: Jack at June 03, 2011 01:20 PM (kCT7A)
The other part of the Ginger Lee theory that makes me more comfortable with the whole story is that Comely Coed insisted there was no inappropriate communication between her and Weiner. I was thinking, wtf? This girl had full credibility with me except for that (yes and her being a liberal, but let's save that for another day another post).
This was especially bothersome to me because someone here last night enlightened a few of us on how sexting and dicpicking gets started.
You inspire me so much -- Oh, really, and you inspire me -- Do you want to see how excited I am about what you're saying? -- *DICPIC!!!*
I really was having a hard time believing Gennette had gone there. But Ginger?
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:20 PM (+/eKV)
Am I in backward land? I hereby declare tomorrow, Saturday, punch a democrat in the weiner day.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:20 PM (x3YFz)
"He doesn't dare let the FBI at his computer, because there's worse. He was following a couple high school students, for instance."
Posted by: Al at June 03, 2011 01:21 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 01:21 PM (m4hn1)
Posted by: t-bird at June 03, 2011 05:14 PM (FcR7P)
Grey boxers on a stick for 100, Alex
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 05:16 PM (z1N6a)
With a hotdog attached.
Posted by: buzzion at June 03, 2011 01:22 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 03, 2011 05:17 PM (y/+eD)
This. Or, like the Right Rev. Jim Bakker, reduced to crying in a fetal postion under his desk before being hauled away.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2011 01:22 PM (XBM1t)
Posted by: Claudia Rosett at June 03, 2011 01:23 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Clinton Operative at June 03, 2011 01:23 PM (p2IBw)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2011 01:23 PM (UsjBj)
Posted by: 57 States at June 03, 2011 01:24 PM (SXNHr)
It would really be nice to get Weiner out of the way, and prevent him form becoming a powerful Mayor.
I'm in an "Ends Justify the Means" kind of mood!
Posted by: Jimi at June 03, 2011 01:24 PM (JMsOK)
Posted by: Mrs. Weiner to Mr. Weiner at June 03, 2011 01:25 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2011 05:23 PM (UsjBj)
What do they need Wiener for now? If he hadn't messed up, he might have been useful. Now, he's a lieutenant that stepped on a mine. Box him up and promote somebody else.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:26 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 01:26 PM (m4hn1)
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 01:27 PM (vw0I1)
I really was having a hard time believing Gennette had gone there. But Ginger?
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 05:20 PM (+/eKV)
Especially on a night she's out working a club and so is going to be all made-up and wearing skimpy clothing when she's wearing any clothing at all. I'm sure those dressing rooms have some full length mirrors she can take a few photos in and then DM them to a guy She was still talking about her love for after midnight on Friday.
gingerlee Ginger Lee My Anthony Weiner love is keeping me entertained tonight. I have no shame about this. #workiskindaslow #thanksholidayweekend
Posted by: buzzion at June 03, 2011 01:28 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 05:26 PM (m4hn1)
Just call the dirty thing 'distressed' and it becomes avant garde instead of sloppy.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:28 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Dave at June 03, 2011 01:28 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 01:29 PM (vw0I1)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 01:29 PM (m4hn1)
======
Another hypothetical without evidence.
This one is also eliminated by Occam's razor. Its too convoluted, and doesn't explain the facts.
Hacking into someone's private Twitter account still isn't trivial.
How does a third party out for revenge get access to Weiner's TWO separate private media account passwords? How does that even happen?
Assuming that this was motivated by revenge, is THAT the sort of revenge you'd take? Hell no. Again, getting his passwords to begin with couldn't have been easy. If you were looking for revenge, and had access to Weiner's passwords, then you'd ALSO have access to ALL his private conversations.
Wouldn't exploiting all THAT information be a LOT more valuable to you than throwing away your password access with some stupid "dick pic" sting?
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 01:30 PM (KNy97)
I haven't had this much fun with weiner jokes since I was 10.
Posted by: Talibill at June 03, 2011 05:25 PM (fkiq4)
it's like an endless field of beer-filled flowers with babes wearing victoria's secret lingerie running about with butterflies and unicorns, isn't it?
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:30 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at June 03, 2011 01:30 PM (QcFbt)
Posted by: Punchin BoBo at June at June 03, 2011 01:30 PM (rwryW)
Posted by: Dave at June 03, 2011 05:10 PM (Xm1aB)
If true, it's the first verified case of 'reverse runningrn disease'...
Posted by: AoSHQ's *second* worst commenter, DarkLord© at June 03, 2011 01:30 PM (GBXon)
Maybe I'll just shit in the gastank and "lend it" to the neighbor. The one who just--get this--just put an Obama sticker on his car.
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 05:29 PM (m4hn1)
what kind of asshole puts an Obama sticker on his car NOW? in 2008, you could almost forgive them for being stupid, but now? nono.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:32 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: someguy at June 03, 2011 01:32 PM (iIQ0a)
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 03, 2011 05:29 PM (c9Ivb)
So this person X could destroy him without cost, yet commits crime 1 (hacking) and now crime 2 (blackmail) instead?
Makes no sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:33 PM (z1N6a)
The media is already dropping it.
Weiner played for a draw and that's a win and the media helped him.
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2011 05:09 PM
ace, you had another of these eey-ore moments about 48 hours ago. I don't hold it against you considering you're probably going on no sleep and a few hours of silence from the MBM.
But they're reading you, they're reading the blogs, they're going to pick up the Ginger Lee angle. (So are his legal team, his private security firm, and Huma's lawyers.) The MBM have smelled blood, and according to Breitbart, those CNN folks are some bitter PUMAs who are mad on Huma's account.
In other words, this is about to get much, much worse for Weiner. Monday does not look good for him.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:33 PM (+/eKV)
Also, if you were out for revenge, how could you be so sure that Weiner wouldn't retaliate? He *IS* a sitting US Congressman, its not like he doesn't have power or friends.
If you had something on him so damaging that he wouldn't be able to retaliate, then why would you even bother seeking revenge via some childish take "dick pic" sting?
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 01:33 PM (KNy97)
Posted by: someguy at June 03, 2011 05:32 PM (iIQ0a)
Luuuucy! You got some 'splainin' to do!
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:34 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Joejm65 at June 03, 2011 01:34 PM (BDB5n)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 01:34 PM (m4hn1)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2011 01:34 PM (UsjBj)
Ve must discover the true number of dick jokes.
Posted by: Der Boner Institue at June 03, 2011 01:34 PM (aZ8sn)
Um, no?
Endless field of beer-filled flowers filled with a lingerie-bowl game next to a weiner-roast... er, clambake... I mean barbecue throwdown next to a combination car & gun show & range.
Posted by: Al at June 03, 2011 01:34 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Big Tony at June 03, 2011 01:34 PM (vB43T)
This is one of the best posts I've read you write, Ace. In a long time.
Nice job.
Remind me not to play Hold 'Em with your ass.
Posted by: someguy at June 03, 2011 01:35 PM (iIQ0a)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2011 05:34 PM (UsjBj)
Why bother? There are always more like Weener in the Party. Its not like he has any taken other than being a douche.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:36 PM (z1N6a)
Umm, Oldcat, IF premise #2 were in effect (i.e. the hacker had worse dirt - let's say FAR worse dirt - but was himself/herself involved in that dirt) then the hacker would have a 'free pass' to send the 'Mr Happy' photo onto the internet knowing Wiener could do absolutely nothing about it - except of course try to 'splain it away as a 'prank' not worth his time pursuing.
Posted by: alwyr at June 03, 2011 01:36 PM (w2++y)
My neighbor, the know-it-all piss-poor broker who told my wife (while I was in Mosul, Iraq, working under plaques commemorating about 8 SOF guys who were killed) that guys in Afghanistan were "just dying to take some hill so they could make their daddy proud." The guy I was too far away to correct.
THAT asshole. And it's a 2008 bumpersticker, the cheap fuck.
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 05:34 PM (m4hn1)
If I had a shitstain like that for a neighbor I would go out of my way to subtly make his life a living hell.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:36 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Joejm65 at June 03, 2011 01:36 PM (BDB5n)
Yeah, you're right. Did you realize that you used "lead reporter" twice in that post?
Lead reporters don't do that.
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 05:21 PM
STFU. We're not the MBM here. We don't follow their stupid rulez.
ace, sorry if I'm speaking out of place.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:36 PM (+/eKV)
Occam's razor tells us that this is highly unlikely. My sick sense of humor yearns for this to be the case.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 03, 2011 05:36 PM (c9Ivb)
Just imagine - Wiener is throwing the plates at himself.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:37 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Weiner's wiener at June 03, 2011 01:37 PM (4zoRn)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2011 01:38 PM (UsjBj)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 03, 2011 01:38 PM (y/+eD)
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 01:38 PM (vw0I1)
Umm, Oldcat, IF premise #2 were in effect (i.e. the hacker had worse dirt - let's say FAR worse dirt - but was himself/herself involved in that dirt) then the hacker would have a 'free pass' to send the 'Mr Happy' photo onto the internet knowing Wiener could do absolutely nothing about it - except of course try to 'splain it away as a 'prank' not worth his time pursuing.
Posted by: alwyr at June 03, 2011 05:36 PM (w2++y)
That's what I said. Premise 2 means the hacking was unneeded. So its not really a good premise.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 03, 2011 01:38 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Donna at June 03, 2011 01:38 PM (bdE9c)
Posted by: sifty at June 03, 2011 01:39 PM (2dbd9)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 01:39 PM (m4hn1)
Posted by: FUBAR at June 03, 2011 01:39 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 01:40 PM (m4hn1)
Rail, spray ether starting fluid, If it doesn't start the engine it'll give you a helluva start on a Friday Night drunk.
Thanks & welcome home.
Posted by: Dave at June 03, 2011 01:40 PM (aZ8sn)
Further, as a commenter points out, if she had shady dirt to peddle on Weiner, why not just go to the press and squeal? Why all the masque and mystery?
Why does a cats play with a mouse before biting off its head? Cuz it's funner that way.
Posted by: rockhead at June 03, 2011 01:40 PM (ZMHGo)
This would be a good time for SouthWest Airlines to revive their "Need To Get Away?" ad spots.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2011 01:41 PM (XBM1t)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 01:42 PM (m4hn1)
===
Sounds to me more like the act of a horny man who made a one keystroke error in sending out a Tweet.
If his wife weren't happy with his philandering behavior then why didn't she just dump him? Though I bet Huma has had some interesting conversations with Hilary about philandering husbands.
Also, remember, it was Weiner who claimed he was hacked.
Either he knows who did this, or he doesn't. If he doesn't, why doesn't he want an investigation to find out? That doesn't make sense.
If he DOES know who did it, then why did he hide behind lawyers, and refuse to answer basic questions about it?
Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2011 01:43 PM (KNy97)
I thought it was a crime to send lewd photos to girls under aged, I read at hotair that Kos posted the emails of these girls and refused to take them down.
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 05:27 PM
Sending lewd photos to underage girls is, if you'll pardon the expression, a distraction. No evidence of that, and it's not the case.
Kos refused to take down personal info of girls who were lured into a very shady sting operation by patriotusa76 and cohorts. Another distraction.
Focus on Ginger Lee and Weiner's obvious lies.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:43 PM (+/eKV)
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 05:38 PM (vw0I1)
she's on maternity leave. Megyn is perpetually knocked up (and I salute her husband for his dedication).
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:43 PM (x3YFz)
This is one of the best posts I've read you write, Ace. In a long time.
Did you just have a stroke?
Posted by: garrett at June 03, 2011 01:43 PM (O19Lz)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2011 01:43 PM (UsjBj)
This would be a good time for SouthWest Airlines to revive their "Need To Get Away?" ad spots.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2011 05:41 PM (XBM1t)
LOL! Excellent!
Posted by: Soona at June 03, 2011 01:44 PM (vB43T)
Posted by: alwyr at June 03, 2011 01:44 PM (w2++y)
Easy, arhooley. I'm drinking, and I'm pissed at my yard equipment, and I'm in a shit-in-a-small-aperature kinda mood.
I was just pulling ace's lanyard. He's hip.
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 05:39 PM
Okay, same here.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:45 PM (+/eKV)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 05:42 PM (m4hn1)
wow. I haven't had to prime a carburetor since I was like 16 years old.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:45 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 01:45 PM (vw0I1)
Posted by: Joejm65 at June 03, 2011 01:45 PM (BDB5n)
Posted by: Weiner's wiener at June 03, 2011 01:46 PM (4zoRn)
Breitbart said on a show I believe yesterday that there was more that was gonna come out, that this wasn't the end. Can't wait for that.
At one time he tweeted that there was more, back when patriotusa76 said he had more. But Breitbart tossed it all back at him when it was non-credible and involved underage girls.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:46 PM (+/eKV)
wow. I haven't had to prime a carburetor since I was like 16 years old.
ether has other uses, too.
Posted by: a huffer at June 03, 2011 01:47 PM (O19Lz)
he has been sending this pic to High School girls, or having lewd conversations with them and they sent him pictures so he has child porn on his computer.
Posted by: Hebrew National at June 03, 2011 05:45 PM
Stop stop stop, I'm telling you, whoever you are.
Posted by: arhooley at June 03, 2011 01:48 PM (+/eKV)
Posted by: K~Bob at June 03, 2011 01:48 PM (mlAGu)
Posted by: Weiner's wiener at June 03, 2011 05:46 PM (4zoRn)
fucking OUCH! wall of text! Here's some advice from my 1991 bulletin board days: Find Your Return Key. Pretend it's Mila Jovovich and hit it often.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:48 PM (x3YFz)
she's on maternity leave. Megyn is perpetually knocked up (and I salute her husband for his dedication).
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 05:43 PM (x3YFz)
Let's not get carried away. How much dedication does it take to pound Megyn daily?
Posted by: FUBAR at June 03, 2011 01:49 PM (1fanL)
A sick fuck put out a pan of anti-freeze and killed my dog when I was 12.
I threw a handful of rock salt on his prize lawn every morning on my way to school. Killed big ugly patches of it forever.
Dad said I couldn't burn his house down and Dad said he couldn't shoot him, so we had to be subtle.
Posted by: sifty at June 03, 2011 01:49 PM (2dbd9)
she's on maternity leave. Megyn is perpetually knocked up (and I salute her husband for his dedication).
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 05:43 PM (x3YFz)
Let's not get carried away. How much dedication does it take to pound Megyn daily?
Posted by: FUBAR at June 03, 2011 05:49 PM (1fanL)
I would be SO dedicated. Job #1.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:51 PM (x3YFz)
The truth of the matter is that there's no real great mystery here. Every single Democrat and Independent United States Congressman is being followed on every social media site they participate in by people who are just waiting for them to fatfinger something like this.
It's fairly banal opposition research. These are public channels they're posting to. We're also following them with cameras when they step into the public space because you have no expectation of privacy when you go out in public. We'll be asking inopportune questions hoping they'll punch us or something (and that video will be caught by the backup cameraman and uploaded to YouTube). Because punching people is a crime. Don't fucking get caught doing it or your career is over with.
This is politics folks and there is nothing unfair about it. If Anthony Weiner is sending girls cock shots on Twitter and he fat-fingers a DM ... that shit is going to go public and it is going to be used against him because it should be.
He shouldn't be using his fucking taxpayer funded equipment to conduct trim hunts. It's also good for ratings. When those two things elements combine themselves, look the fuck out.
Democrats can spend decades searching for the second gunman all they want ... truth is we have many, many gunmen and we're all pointing our lenses towards you Democrats.
You're not going to enjoy your time in public office.
You're not going to have any fun.
We're going to make your life a fucking misery.
You're not getting any strange.
If we catch you fucking around on your wife we're going to tell her and your kids and ruin your life.
And if you don't like that get the fuck out of politics or become Republicans.
Posted by: someguy at June 03, 2011 01:53 PM (iIQ0a)
A sick fuck put out a pan of anti-freeze and killed my dog when I was 12.
I threw a handful of rock salt on his prize lawn every morning on my way to school. Killed big ugly patches of it forever.
Dad said I couldn't burn his house down and Dad said he couldn't shoot him, so we had to be subtle.
Posted by: sifty at June 03, 2011 05:49 PM (2dbd9)
If anyone knowingly harmed one of my Shepperds or my parrots, I would... well, this is the internet and I don't want to pre-incriminate myself, but the end result would be extreme unhappiness on the part of the perp.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 01:54 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 03, 2011 01:57 PM (UsjBj)
BREAKING: MASSIVE HUFFPO HACK!
OBVIOUSLY PHONEY HEADLINE:
Anthony Weiner Twitter Scandal Could Be Easily Solved By PoliceIs there nothing these vast right-wing haxxors cannot do?
Posted by: sherlock at June 03, 2011 01:58 PM (thr9V)
Posted by: Paul Revere at June 03, 2011 02:04 PM (2dbd9)
Posted by: Edward at June 03, 2011 02:05 PM (P0/cG)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 02:07 PM (m4hn1)
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 02:09 PM (m4hn1)
If anyone knowingly harmed one of tangonine's Shepherds or his parrots, I'd personally tab-a slot-b that motherfucker ad infinitum with the dullest butter-blade in the drawer.
There. You're covered, and I wasn't here.
Posted by: railwriter at June 03, 2011 06:07 PM (m4hn1)
word.
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 02:11 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 03, 2011 02:12 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: tangonine at June 03, 2011 02:15 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Kara of The Others at June 03, 2011 02:22 PM (GfhFm)
Your coverage---or exposure (heh)--of this barbeque has
been engaging, incisive, provocative and droll.
I am a moron, so I benefit.
But what of the masses, dude, who are NOT morons?
Those still small brainpans not yet pickled by Value-Rite?
Get out into the real (alas!) world and . . .
WRITE!!!
Posted by: oscar meyer's weenie at June 03, 2011 02:26 PM (RGb66)
Posted by: whatever at June 03, 2011 02:27 PM (eJIcw)
Posted by: The Jackhole at June 03, 2011 02:27 PM (+qHxi)
Dad was trying to stay out of prison and feed two kids and a wife on an alfalfa farmer's income.
He picked us over the dog. Can't blame him. I didn't understand then, but I do now.
He got even in a thousand little ways for a few years until we moved away.
Posted by: Paul Revere at June 03, 2011 02:28 PM (2dbd9)
Posted by: The Cad at June 03, 2011 02:29 PM (agD4m)
Are half-real/half-cyber threesomes a thing?
Posted by: Nobody Special at June 03, 2011 02:30 PM (hZR+1)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 03, 2011 02:32 PM (y/+eD)
(alright, I stole that from 67parrothead in the Fox/Madison story comments)
Posted by: Buck O. Phive at June 03, 2011 02:32 PM (HwIdb)
Don't fly too near a Comely Coed without a Plausible Parachute.
Posted by: oscar meyer's weenie at June 03, 2011 02:44 PM (RGb66)
Posted by: buzzion at June 03, 2011 02:45 PM (oVQFe)
Vote for me and my team will not rest until this is the new standard of excellence in America.
Posted by: Wally, Givin' Beaver The Business. at June 03, 2011 03:06 PM (ay6+/)
Just walked in my house and Brian Williams news cast was on. He did this 'week in review' thing and I just couldn't believe my ears.
It slammed Romney for his 'working man jeans' and 'hiding a teleprompter in a hale bail'
Then called Palin 'all about her' tour.
If anyone sees this segment in video, someone here should post it. It was amazing. I know none of us watch the Big 3 nightly news anymore, but you will be stunned to hear what mouth breathers are hearing on a daily basis.
Seriously, if you find the clip PLEASE MAKE IT A POST/THREAD.
Everything you could slam Obama on, they basically twisted it and used it to slam Rs with.
Oh, they also said 'Weiner' matter was private, but because of the viral situation in which we live, it has now been forced into the spotlight.
Posted by: momma at June 03, 2011 03:11 PM (nWikJ)
Posted by: Miikeb at June 03, 2011 03:11 PM (W5Yq8)
Posted by: Pigilito at June 03, 2011 03:13 PM (CU+o0)
Posted by: Average Joe at June 03, 2011 03:27 PM (YE6fT)
A tracker in scenarios 4 and 5 would have snagged the offending prickture and passed up the chain so it could be assigned to a hit squad for the attack run.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at June 03, 2011 03:28 PM (BDH94)
I've always wanted a woman to say that.
Posted by: Oscar Mayer at June 03, 2011 03:29 PM (GeX44)
You're not going to enjoy your time in public office.
You're not going to have any fun.
We're going to make your life a fucking misery.
You're not getting any strange.
If we catch you fucking around on your wife we're going to tell her and your kids and ruin your life.
And if you don't like that get the fuck out of politics or become Republicans.
Make that "many, many lenspersons" and we have a plan.
An interplanetary plan (ee).
Toward freedom.
Posted by: oscar meyer's weenie at June 03, 2011 03:30 PM (RGb66)
Posted by: No need to thank me- I enjoy being helpful at June 03, 2011 04:23 PM (oxlUW)
Posted by: deadrody at June 03, 2011 05:37 PM (GJhuj)
Posted by: halodoc at June 03, 2011 06:45 PM (gLiPk)
You know what else Weiner isn't holding? The other pictures in his yfrog account. Didn't he purge them all? Hey, guess what? That's also a tell.
So beyond the "not calling the FBI" to get the alleged hacker/pranker/goofer, he removed what some in the investigative community would call "evidence." Why would a victim remove that? Or why not contact Twitter/yfrog and ask them to lock down the accounts temporarily because something suspect was happening?
Why, it's all just so mind-boggling. And by mind-boggling, I mean freakin' obvious.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at June 03, 2011 07:19 PM (1yViP)
To use your metaphor:
Weiner is holding a mess: 2, 4 mixed suited with 5, 7, 8, J, K mixed suited, face up on the table. I.E. = Nothing, nada, zero.
The one thing someone with a hand like this doesn't want to hear when they're trying to run a bluff is; "I'm all in". Cause THEN he'll have to show his cards and once he shows his cards he knows HE'LL LOSE.
He'll lose something he thinks he still has a chance for. Apparently it's more than he already lost (so far, although he could just be someone who can't admit failure because he's insecure) by bluffing with nothing.
It's easy to see how he figures if he admits that he sent the pic his pretty and powerful little world he's built comes crashing down; no mayoral race, maybe no seat, for sure he'll be Humas bitch for the rest of that marriage as far as having any say and all his political 'friends' and groupies will abandon him like he's the Titanic.
Too bad for him that might be in the future anyway.
This is a study in DENIAL OF REALITY. And what political group has a problem with seeing reality?
Starts with a D and ends with an s.
Since things have died down a bit, I'm getting concerned that this Dick will get away with this.
Posted by: 8> The Weiner Wave Has Ebbed at June 03, 2011 07:48 PM (9YuJS)
Posted by: Diclis in DC at June 04, 2011 03:51 AM (oCMdU)
Posted by: Sexy corsets at June 04, 2011 04:55 AM (71qdT)
Posted by: Kevin at June 04, 2011 07:49 AM (IJz/s)
He is an innocent man. Weiner is a guilty rat bastard. The world still turns.
Posted by: Jihadihunter at June 04, 2011 09:22 AM (b4QN5)
Posted by: Irascibli at June 05, 2011 10:47 AM (D/cOI)
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