Weiner-gate! - Page 10

kramwest1 · 06-16-2011, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MrsSpringsteen

I don't think you necessarily have to have physical relations in order to be "disgraced". But maybe if he hadn't lied and claimed that he had been hacked..and continued to lie until the lies just couldn't keep up with the number of women...maybe if he had just been truthful from the beginning and said that he needed some help, maybe things could have turned out differently.

For me lying is far worse than what he was up to- but being up to it while he was married, for me personally, that's not a positive character trait. Neither is it for the women who were doing it who knew he was married.

Totally agree.

In fact, if he had come clean in the beginning, he might have been able to stay in Congress long enough until a large part of his constituents was made up of people that have done dumb things online.
Many people I know who are younger than me have said ill-advised things or posted ill-advised pictures online. This will become less and less of an issue over time. Lying doesn't.

(I'm not talking penises, but drunk pics, badmouthing bosses/parents, etc.)

MrsSpringsteen · 06-16-2011, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kramwest1

Many people I know who are younger than me have said ill-advised things or posted ill-advised pictures online. This will become less and less of an issue over time. Lying doesn't.

I get what you're saying but when you're in the public position that he was in, and put there by public majority decision..well it's just poor judgment multiplied so many times over. It seems he also had a consistent pattern of doing this-he was posting the pictures to specific people for specific purposes. Whether he just pushed a wrong button or not for that one pic- well it obviously went way beyond that, what he was doing in some of the other cases that have been made public. Just from what I know, I don't know all the details and I don't want to.

It's not as if he had a facebook page filled with a bunch of drunken partying pics. Or he was flirting with one person and got carried away.

But like I said, the lying did him in. All of that created the lying though. A tangled web.

OK, I just see your edit there

Yes, penises are a whole different ballgame

I'm watching the ballgame right now, not that one

kramwest1 · 06-16-2011, 06:38 PM

I imagine the next generation will be less judgmental of a politician that posted nude/rude pics online, just like the current generation is less judgmental of a politician that admits to smoking pot.

Generalizing, but you get the idea.

canedge · 06-16-2011, 08:44 PM

Good point Kramwest1. Or what could happen is that the Internet becomes all pervaise that it is inevitable that all types of material find there way on-line.

MrsSpringsteen · 06-17-2011, 08:16 AM

Mr. Weiner:

After having learned of your sudden and compelled resignation from your Congressional post, I would like to make you an offer of employment at Flynt Management Group, LLC in our Internet group. As a Congressman, you are known for your intensity and perseverance. I believe that this attitude, combined with your service in the House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce, will make you a valuable asset to this corporation.

This offer is not made in jest. To show our sincerity, Flynt Management Group, LLC is willing to pay twenty percent more than your former Congressional salary, ensuring that your medical benefits would be equal to what you were previously receiving. While you will have to relocate to our corporate offices in Beverly Hills, California, we would pay for all relocation costs.

Again, I cannot emphasize enough the genuineness of this offer. We are a serious corporation which, as you know, has been heavily involved in the political environment of this country for over thirty-five years. Our key missions have consistently included the crucial fight of battling hypocrisy within the federal and state governments. Flynt Management Group, LLC and Hustler Magazine have been dedicated to decades of serious political commentary. Just as we do not undertake insincere political crusades, we do not make insincere job offers.

While this employment opportunity is being offered in large part due to your qualifications and clear passion for making a change, I feel that your unfortunate resignation is a prime example of unfounded political pressure and the hypocrisy that has invaded democracy in Washington D.C. I hope you will sincerely consider this offer, and I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Larry C. Flynt

Canadiens1131 · 06-17-2011, 03:14 PM

And the news cycle moves on from Wiener to whoever the next cute, missing white girl will be.

YouTube - ‪Cable Nets Press 'Mute' When Pelosi Won't Talk Weiner‬‏

Cable news is run by terrible people

INDY500 · 07-26-2011, 07:45 PM

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Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) announced Tuesday he will resign from Congress following accusations he had unwanted sexual contact with a teenage girl.

Weiner gets a roomie at sex rehab.

**Headache in a Suitcase** · 07-26-2011, 07:51 PM

I think Mr. Wu gets a room of his own.

yolland · 07-26-2011, 08:02 PM

Yeah...having two alleged sexual assaults to your name is in a whole other category from tweeting lewd photos.

**Headache in a Suitcase** · 07-26-2011, 08:05 PM

Not to mention being a furry.

kramwest1 · 07-27-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

Not to mention being a furry.

Let's not forget Sen. David "Diapers" Vitter.
Diaperman David Vitter Likes His Diapers

I was SO glad when he resigned in disgrace.

:crickets:

Wait, what?

http://vitter.senate.gov/public/

MrsSpringsteen · 07-27-2011, 07:52 AM

Maybe he's a Detroit Tigers fan

Or a Tiger Woods fan

Yes I'd say sexual assault > tweeting lewd photos

kramwest1 · 07-27-2011, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by MrsSpringsteen

Yes I'd say sexual assault > tweeting lewd photos

Did we ever get to know if Weiner sent his pix to underage females?
(That would be a degree of sexual assault in my book, too.)

MrsSpringsteen · 07-27-2011, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kramwest1

Did we ever get to know if Weiner sent his pix to underage females?
(That would be a degree of sexual assault in my book, too.)

All I read is that there was one online communication with an underage girl that was supposedly investigated and didn't involve lewd talk or photos. Yes to me that's a different matter, once it involves underage people.

deep · 07-28-2011, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kramwest1

Did we ever get to know if Weiner sent his pix to underage females?
(That would be a degree of sexual assault in my book, too.)

here's the thing, he didn't know anyone's true age

second, once he put the full boner pic out, on the net everything is seen by everyone, he also shot pics in the Congressional Locker Room??

the Dems kept touting this guy as their most savvy, young and up-coming prospect that had mastered The Social Networking for the good of the party, to get the message out. He was their go to guy on 'Social Networking".

the guy is not a 21 year old college student, or even a 'marginal' celebrity, the allowances that some want to make for this guy are not warranted

(not that I have any opinions on this)

kramwest1 · 07-28-2011, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deep

here's the thing, he didn't know anyone's true age
)

See, this is what I was wondering. Gross (and potentially criminal).

MrsSpringsteen · 07-28-2011, 05:08 PM

Yes for me that's the most reckless aspect of it. You just take that at face value and don't even think about the possibilities? How can you really reconcile that, that a 'lawmaker" could be so reckless to take such a risk?

deep · 09-14-2011, 02:09 AM

Republicans clinch Weiner's seat

weiner,
is a giver

INDY500 · 09-14-2011, 07:40 AM

To use Washington speak; this is a big f---ing deal.

Irvine511 · 09-14-2011, 07:44 AM

It's a deal. About as much a deal as the R seats the D's won in NY and PA.

Not good news for the D's and for O, but special elections aren't all that predictive.

But, yes, this is bad news, though this is a part of Brooklyn that is heavily Orthodox and heavily Catholic, and the D was a piss-poor candidate.

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kramwest1 has a Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Not a toliet wall Posts: 6,939 Local Time: 01:06 AM	I imagine the next generation will be less judgmental of a politician that posted nude/rude pics online, just like the current generation is less judgmental of a politician that admits to smoking pot. Generalizing, but you get the idea. __________________ Bread & Circuses

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Irvine511 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the West Coast Posts: 34,372 Local Time: 03:06 AM	It's a deal. About as much a deal as the R seats the D's won in NY and PA. Not good news for the D's and for O, but special elections aren't all that predictive. But, yes, this is bad news, though this is a part of Brooklyn that is heavily Orthodox and heavily Catholic, and the D was a piss-poor candidate. __________________

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06-16-2011, 08:44 PM	#184
canedge Refugee Join Date: May 2005 Location: die for you baby, DIVE for you baby! Posts: 1,480 Local Time: 02:06 AM	Good point Kramwest1. Or what could happen is that the Internet becomes all pervaise that it is inevitable that all types of material find there way on-line.

06-17-2011, 08:16 AM	#185
MrsSpringsteen Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 28,785 Local Time: 03:06 AM	Mr. Weiner: After having learned of your sudden and compelled resignation from your Congressional post, I would like to make you an offer of employment at Flynt Management Group, LLC in our Internet group. As a Congressman, you are known for your intensity and perseverance. I believe that this attitude, combined with your service in the House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce, will make you a valuable asset to this corporation. This offer is not made in jest. To show our sincerity, Flynt Management Group, LLC is willing to pay twenty percent more than your former Congressional salary, ensuring that your medical benefits would be equal to what you were previously receiving. While you will have to relocate to our corporate offices in Beverly Hills, California, we would pay for all relocation costs. Again, I cannot emphasize enough the genuineness of this offer. We are a serious corporation which, as you know, has been heavily involved in the political environment of this country for over thirty-five years. Our key missions have consistently included the crucial fight of battling hypocrisy within the federal and state governments. Flynt Management Group, LLC and Hustler Magazine have been dedicated to decades of serious political commentary. Just as we do not undertake insincere political crusades, we do not make insincere job offers. While this employment opportunity is being offered in large part due to your qualifications and clear passion for making a change, I feel that your unfortunate resignation is a prime example of unfounded political pressure and the hypocrisy that has invaded democracy in Washington D.C. I hope you will sincerely consider this offer, and I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Larry C. Flynt

07-26-2011, 07:51 PM	#188
Headache in a Suitcase Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: With the other morally corrupt bootlicking rubes. Posts: 74,610 Local Time: 03:06 AM	I think Mr. Wu gets a room of his own.

07-26-2011, 08:02 PM	#189
yolland Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,471 Local Time: 08:06 AM	Yeah...having two alleged sexual assaults to your name is in a whole other category from tweeting lewd photos.

07-26-2011, 08:05 PM	#190
Headache in a Suitcase Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: With the other morally corrupt bootlicking rubes. Posts: 74,610 Local Time: 03:06 AM	Not to mention being a furry.

07-27-2011, 07:52 AM	#192
MrsSpringsteen Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 28,785 Local Time: 03:06 AM	Maybe he's a Detroit Tigers fan Or a Tiger Woods fan Yes I'd say sexual assault > tweeting lewd photos

07-28-2011, 05:08 PM	#197
MrsSpringsteen Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 28,785 Local Time: 03:06 AM	Yes for me that's the most reckless aspect of it. You just take that at face value and don't even think about the possibilities? How can you really reconcile that, that a 'lawmaker" could be so reckless to take such a risk?

09-14-2011, 02:09 AM	#198
deep Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A far distance down. Posts: 28,603 Local Time: 11:06 PM	Republicans clinch Weiner's seat weiner, is a giver

09-14-2011, 07:40 AM	#199
INDY500 Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The American Resistance Posts: 4,754 Local Time: 01:06 AM	To use Washington speak; this is a big f---ing deal.