WASHINGTON — Representative Anthony Weiner of New York denied yesterday that he sent a lewd photo from his Twitter account to a female college student but did little to calm the media storm when he said he could not say “with certitude’’ that the man in the photo wasn’t him.
After a combative news conference on Tuesday in which Weiner refused to answer any questions about the incident, the Democratic lawmaker spent yesterday in a series of interviews trying to explain the situation. But some answers — and his attempts at humor — only stirred up the situation further....
Weiner quipped that maybe the alleged hacking was just “the point of Al Qaeda’s sword.’’
Why would the "toilet" care about him?
Despite his denial, questions lingered about the incident...
There were questions about why the congressman, married recently to an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, was following the college student on Twitter.
The sexually suggestive photo was posted Friday and sent to the student. The tweet of the lewd photo first was reported Saturday by BigGovernment.com, a website run by conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart.
Breitbart is also known for posting a video of an Agriculture Department employee, Shirley Sherrod, giving a speech that when edited by Breitbart made it appear that she was making racist comments.
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I would be doubting the authenticity of this latest diversion, too.
The photo on Weiner’s account was quickly deleted, but it set off a torrent of speculative buzz....
I don't know about you, but I'm sick of speculation being presented as news.
Weiner has not explained why he was following the student on Twitter, one of 198 people he follows on the social media site. Weiner is one of the more prolific tweeters in Congress and he has more than 50,000 followers, a number that grew over the past two days....
Just what you want in a representative!
Weiner is the third New York congressman in little over a year to be caught up in a scandal. Republican Representative Chris Lee resigned earlier this year after shirtless photos he sent to a woman surfaced online. Democratic Representative Eric Massa resigned in March 2010 amid a sexual harassment scandal.
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AmeriKan media minimizing gay sex scandal?
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Yeah, he is a dick.
