"Pressure builds on Weiner to resign" by June 08, 2011|Andrew Miga and David Espo, Associated Press
Embattled New York Rep. Anthony Weiner’s prospects for political survival dimmed precipitously on Wednesday with the appearance on the Internet of an X-rated photo said to be of the congressman — and the first calls from fellow Democrats for him to step down.
Related: Weaselly Weiner
“In light of Anthony Weiner’s offensive behavior online, he should resign,’’ Pennsylvania Rep. Allyson Schwartz, a member of the party campaign committee’s leadership, said in a statement that was quickly followed by similar expressions from other Democrats.
Separately, as the political scandal increasingly roiled the Democratic Party, several officials said that Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, was pregnant. An official at the State Department, where Abedin serves as deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, had no comment. Abedin was traveling with Clinton on an official trip to the Mideast and Africa.
Oh no!
I guess that strikes down the lesbian rumors.
Weiner, 46, has admitted sending explicit photos and messages via the Internet to about a half-dozen women over the past three years. He vowed at a news conference on Monday to remain in office, and one lawmaker who spoke to him on Wednesday said Weiner indicated he still hopes to ride out the furor and remain in Congress. That lawmaker spoke on condition of anonymity, saying it was a private conversation.
What is it about power that makes people delusional?
But the appearance of a photo of a man’s genitals added yet another aspect to what appears to be a sex scandal without actual sex in the age of social media....
So what? It shows his JUDGMENT is PISS POOR, and that he is WIDE OPEN for BLACKMAIL!
And did the porn star really say she was slumming?
Ha-ha-ha!
While declining to make any public comments since Monday, Weiner has been on something of an apology tour by telephone. He has contacted fellow House members and former President Bill Clinton, who officiated at the congressman’s wedding....
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Related: Weiner exchanges ‘didn’t make sense’ (By Ashley Parker and Michael Barbaro, New York Times)
Seems to be part of a pattern:
"Sexting congressman wants leave from House; will seek treatment to become ‘healthier person’" by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Under fierce pressure from fellow Democrats to resign in a sexting scandal, Rep. Anthony Weiner announced Saturday he was entering professional treatment at an undisclosed location and requested a leave of absence from Congress.
An aide for the embattled New York lawmaker made the disclosure in a statement shortly after several Democratic party leaders demanded he quit for exchanging messages and photos ranging from sexually suggestive to explicit with several women online.
“This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the party chairwoman, said in a written statement calling for the 46-year-old married lawmaker to step down....
Weiner’s spokeswoman, Risa Heller, said in the statement that the congressman departed during the morning “to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person. In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well.”
The statement did not say where he would receive treatment, or what type was involved....
The developments occurred one day after Weiner acknowledged he had exchanged online messages with a 17-year-old girl in Delaware.
PERVERT!
He said nothing improper had passed between the two of them....
Of course, he ALREADY LIED ONCE!
Nor was there even an allegation that Weiner had a physical relationship with any of the women with whom he maintained virtual relationships. That made his case a departure from the norm, a sex scandal without sex, a phenomenon of the age of Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
Democrats said the concerted call for a resignation had been brewing for days, as senior party officials concluded the scandal was interfering with their attempts to gain political momentum in advance of the 2012 elections.
Cutting their weiner off, 'eh?
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Related: Weiner seeks treatment amid concerted pressure to resign (By Raymond Hernandez and Michael Barbaro, New York Times)
I'm sick of the Boston Globe and its sick sex game censorship.
