Video: The Weiner Presser (Update: Brietbart Responds)
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here. Or by Twitter @AaronWorthing.]
Note to readers: This is actually the open thread from earlier today, re-titled and bumped up to the top, only this time with the video of the conference. I originally planned to start a new thread with this video, but I figured it would be better to “recycle” the thread because it would preserve any commentary by our regulars. The original post will follow below the fold, and every single comment has been preserved—indeed, that is why I did it this way.
Update: Here’s Breitbart’s reaction.
[It wouldn’t embed. Use the link to listen.]
So hey let’s watch, shall we?
Watching it, he certainly doesn’t strike the tone of a man terribly sorry for what he did. There doesn’t seem to be any choked up words, etc. Mostly he seems to be sorry we are upset.
It’s worth noting that the crude heckler was reportedly a writer with the Howard Stern show. I know, I know, that’s such a big surprise and you have to love how they delicately explain it:
Interrupting Weiner with a barrage of questions about the representative’s body, Bronk was shushed by reporters who had gathered at a senior center in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood to hear the disgraced Democrat step down.
(emphasis added.) Um, more like he asked him about the size of it. Which you would think all of us would know by now (rolls eyes). More from the article:
It was Bronk who was also at Weiner’s news conference earlier this month when the congressman admitted to lying about his online activity with several women. At that news conference, Bronk blasted out similar questions and was later belted in the leg with a bike chain after he walked into a live shot and interrupted a local Fox news reporter with other shenanigans.
After that incident, Stern explained to his audience that he does not send Bronk out to cause such interruptions. In fact, he can barely get the portly writer to come into the studio each morning on time. Nonetheless, the self-proclaimed King of all Media joyfully played the clips from news reports of Bronk’s mischief-making and notes that his former intern is asking questions that people want to know.
Twitter users noticed Bronk’s behavior, and according to a tweet from the New York Daily News, so did the NYPD, who reportedly dragged the writer from the scene.
Note to everyone involved: if you are a Congressperson in NYC having a sex scandal, hold your press conferences in Washington. I have a feeling the guy won’t go that far to heckle you.
Also for a little Weinerfreude, here’s Alan Colmes’ reaction to the news:
I think to be fair, it wasn’t fair to assert that a person would be a hypocrite just because you think they would be. You have to be ready to back that up. And honestly I doubt Colmes would be that much of a cheeseball.
Anyway, the original post follows below the fold.
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If you can watch it, why not talk about it? The press conference will be in about any minute, allegedly, if Brietbart doesn’t take over the thing first—and if that happened, that would be likely to be amusing too.
And get your Weiner jokes in now. They are about to become moot, or at least decreasingly relevant.
And let me say it (more) right this time. Everyone who participated seeking the truth deserves praise for this. Patrick, Lee, Ace, Dan Wolfe, Andrew Breitbart and there are certainly others I am forgetting. While it is not a happy thing to see a man destroy himself like this, it is good to see truth and justice win out and that is what I am celebrating.
[Posted and authored by Aaron Worthing.]
did I miss the weiner presser already or will there be a link?
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:02 amno one tells me anything
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:03 amWeiner is stepping down because he is announcing that he is running for President. Inside sources say he was considering a run but only made up his mind when Atty General Eric Holder agreed to be his running mate.
BTW live.cnn.com is streaming it.
Paul (59d3fd) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:11 amHe’s late again. Breitbart apparently is not there as the opening act this time, though.
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:13 amhuffpo promises a stream here
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:18 amIs Huma there? Nobody tells me nothing.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:19 amDefiant or meek? Show of hands.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:20 amA moment in internet history. Bloggers. tweeters and the new media combined forces to remove a corrupt politician. I may only be commenting on your actions, but it still feels great to hang around and talk with people who made a difference. Bravo people. One more blow for the turning of the tide.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:20 amI bet he does the weepy weepy thing.
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:21 amNo Huma
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:22 amGrandstanding press conference. Typical. He can’t let go and can’t go quietly.
Victoria (7b01cb) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:22 amoh. No weepy weepy so far.
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:23 amThis is why what Gloria Allred did yesterday was necessary.
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:23 amNo apology to people he dragged into this “distaction” so far.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:24 amNot weepy. Very politiciany.
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:24 amHecklers rule!
∅ (e7577d) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:24 amHe’s finally liking Republicans. How amusing.
“Working very hard and very long hours”
WTF. Who wrote this?
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:24 amNo humility.
SusanT (355042) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:25 amBuh-bye.
MSE (15365c) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:26 ambmertz, he is not leaving politics. At least, that’s my guess based on his speech. This isn’t a ‘leave me alone I am so sorry’. This is ‘I have pride and God on my side’. He’s going to at least try to get back into power.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:26 amHe didn’t want to resign, I think.
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:26 amWhy do Democrats get to bring God into it? If a Republican did that, he’d be mocked as a bible thumping jerk and hypocrite.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:26 amHe is not tuned into the real world is he?
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:27 amHe could have made almost the same speech, in the same tone, to announce his run for mayor.
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:28 amThe hecklers made it worth the watch!
Paul (59d3fd) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:28 amMSNBC calls him defiant and notes his values.
Amazing.
But they are right. We haven’t seen the last of this guy. Is he still running for Mayor? I wouldn’t bet against that. I wouldn’t even bet against him winning this time.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:29 amIt’s that same bizarre defiant tone he used with that ABC interview, only in a slightly different direction. The sense of entitlement and self centeredness is interesting.
He’s doing this in a way that will continue interest in his politics, keep him at least a little relevant, and thus, keep all these kids, women, etc, somewhat in the spotlight. It’s a lot like the Cordova strategy.
MSNBC is praising this guy! Praising him! After he lied to all MSNBC viewers about a ‘hacker’. As if all he did wrong with cheating on his wife.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:32 amThis resignation would have never happened without Breitbart, Patterico, Aaron and Lee, and the bornfree whistleblowers. I don’t think Fox had that much impact. The Wiener investigation was internet-directed. All the traditional media had to do was check-in to follow your leads.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:32 amThere’s been some internet speculation that although he was forced to resign by house leadership, Weiner may try to run in the NY special election to gain back his old seat –and that he believes his constituents would re-elect him.
His demeanor and nothing he said in this presser refutes that theory.
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:34 amAiles actually told his fox news propaganda whores not to cover the Weiner story.
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:35 amHe’ll try to make a political comeback–his resume isn’t exactly going to make lobbying firms stand up and take notice.
MSE (15365c) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:36 amThat was a very good call. this isn’t news. Weiner being huffy and claiming the mantle of defiance is not news.
He quit his job. He’s a quitter. Unlike Palin, he’s a quitter because he’s a jackass who screwed up and lied. If he hadn’t lied to America, he’d probably be OK right now. MSNBC is doing all they can to pretend that part didn’t happen, but the fact is he’s a liar, and we can’t very well be represented in Congress by people who lie like that.
But MSNBC thinks he’s taking responsibility while also noting how far out of his way he’s gone to show he’s not sorry.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:38 amWhat?
WHAT?
Strangely compelling possibility.
They couldn’t just expel him at that point?
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:39 amIt’s called Stockholm Syndrome, remember MSNBC is in the business of protecting D’s not grilling them and they can’t believe that one of their own is being forced to resign.
BT (74cbec) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:39 amI fear you are correct, but, at least, pathway back to power will be an uphill battle. Even Chris Matthews doesn’t want him anymore.
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You’ve got that right Maybee. He was dragged kicking and screaming all the way to the news conference.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:41 amMark my words: more bad stuff will be uncovered… I promise you that. And it will make it impossible to be re-elected. Think big picture.
Victoria (7b01cb) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:44 amI hope there is a link to a non-flash version of this presser somewhere.
Auf Weinersehen
JD (85b089) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:44 amIt’s hard to find quality candidates these days.
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:47 amIs that the same heckler from his first presser? Who is this guy?
oneisnotprime (7900e3) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:49 amThis would have never happened if You amateur journalists had known your place. — Tommy
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:49 amHe’s a malignant narcissist with nowhere else to go…what would you expect?
If anyone is fool enough to re-elect him they deserve what they get. He’s only going to get worse.
SarahW (af7312) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:49 amExactly. It’s been annoying to see people say ‘who the hell do you think you are, I don’t recognize you as a journalist’ to the journalists who actually did their job and broke the story.
It’s twice as bad to see even a hint of this coming from a journalist who failed to do their job.
It’s the Lady Gagafication of politics. Enough Weiners manage to weather being a complete sleaze, and you’ll see blue state politicians actually try to create a stunt sex scandal to boost their profile.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:52 amBest twitter wisecrack so far: allahpundit “he’ll always be sort of average-sized”
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:53 amHe said he wanted to take some time for him and his wife to heal from the damage he has caused. HE needs to heal? What about the innocent (and a few not-so-innocent) women and (possibly) teenage girls who got caught up in this? What about the innocent people who he slandered when he claimed he was hacked?
PatHMV (ce32e8) — 6/16/2011 @ 11:54 amSpritzer/Weiner 2016 – The Complete Package!
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:01 pmThis could be where Vitters achieving forgiveness and being re-elected by his constituents becomes salient. Heretofore Vitter has served only in a look bunnies! capacity for the angry left.
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:02 pmCertainly French presidents have mastered that strategy.
If anyone is fool enough to re-elect him they deserve what they get. He’s only going to get worse.
What is that quotation?:As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:04 pmThere will always be individuals and communities that refuse the opportunity for a clean start. They embrace their inner wallowing sow.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:08 pm“Most importantly, I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused.”
He can heal.
SarahW (af7312) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:09 pmHe’ll be back when he’s ready(.jpg)
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:11 pmHis wife, his friends, his peers, the dignity of his office and the institution of Government he was member of, his constituents, his party, the young women and girls he insinuated himself upon for his own vanity’s sake, for who he had no regard – whom he pressed to lie for his sake- and all his purported enemies whom he falsely accused. They can just deal.
SarahW (af7312) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:12 pm50. Aahhh Gaahahh. And lol.
SarahW (af7312) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:13 pmYeah.
Though I don’t really see the comparison, since Vitter was discrete, was caught years later rather than in the act, didn’t use government facilities, didn’t try to frame his truthful accusers in a serious crime, had fessed up to his family before he was caught (thus he has some integrity left).
However, either way, the people should be able to elect who they want to represent them. I just don’t see how we can trust Weiner with an office or access to a gym or a blackberry without some serious protections and especially law enforcement looking into his accounts to see what he sent to the kids.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:14 pmWeiner doesn’t have control of all of his photos or all of his message transcripts. Running for something without knowing what will crop up when will be tricky.
I suspect if Vitter’s prostitute had control of pictures of him in his diaper, he’d still be senator.
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:18 pmHe would NOT still be senator.
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:18 pmSarah- did he really say so he could heal from the damage he’s caused?
MayBee (081489) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:20 pmYeah, one of his problems is that he’s too stupid to have a competent affair. 100X the risk. All the shame. But all his gratification came over the internet, which seems lame. He’s no less a cheater than Bill Clinton or Mark Sanford.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:20 pmyup he said so he could heal
I think he has to go the ngo route now – maybe some sort of save-the-medicare group to scare senior citizens
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:21 pmI think he’s definitely less a cheater than Bill Clinton Mr. Dustin. Tweetersex just isn’t the same as actually having for reals sex. If it were then everyone would be doing it.
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:24 pm@SarahW
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:25 pmI am disgusted at his absolute narcissism, and his rejection of responsibility for the damage he has done to a minor girl. But not surprised.
When news of the resignation broke this morning, I saw Chuck Todd on NBC say this: “Democrats believed they were gaining traction until this Weiner mess exploded.”
Just Some Guy (36b595) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:48 pmIf Weiner was telling the truth that he deceived his wife, then he is a cheater. It’s a binary issue. If you lie about it to your spouse, you’re a cheater.
I don’t operate on Jimmy Carter or Sex and the City rules. If you can admit to your wife that you find other women attractive, but honestly live up to exclusivity, you’re not a cheater. Carter was a moron about that. And if you go after women, but fail to have intercourse, you’re a totally cheater.
Weiner being this graphic, sharing pictures and wishes to gag women with his penis? That’s just as bad as Clinton and Lewinsky when it comes to the act of infidelity.
Sure, the risks to the mistress are far less, thankfully. But the betrayal is the same.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 12:56 pmOK since nobody got my joke above….
He’s announcing for President and Eric Holder is his running mate…
Paul (59d3fd) — 6/16/2011 @ 1:03 pmWeiner was an unprincipled, arrogant, loud-mouth psychotic bully who perversely enjoyed pushing people around almost as much as he revelled in the media spotlight. He savaged his political opponents at every opportunity, lied to the people, the press, his constituents, and his colleagues, played Simon Lagree to his own staff – screamed at them in public, and used his position in Congress to pursue young girls in order to boost his sick ego.
Anthony Weiner is a thoroughly sub-standard human being and a man unfit to represent Americans in any forum. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Go away, Weiner, and don’t come back.
ropelight (26edd8) — 6/16/2011 @ 1:31 pmplease note, the open thread on the presser didn’t disappear. i just re-titled it and moved it up.
so all your commentary has been preserved.
Aaron Worthing (e7d72e) — 6/16/2011 @ 2:20 pmI admire the restraint of the men in the Colmes video segment. I would have the strong urge to ask Colmes if his acceptance of liars in office was due to his personal allegiance to Cthulhu. You have to admit no person in possesion of a soul looks as much like a Skeksis as Colmes does.
bonhomme (96bbe4) — 6/16/2011 @ 2:38 pmWeiner will run for pres with Eric Holder as VP
The weiner-holder ticket.
DohBiden (15aa57) — 6/16/2011 @ 2:39 pmHe’s right.
I mean, I get why blogs like this and Althouse let the mad-dogs like Kman or whoever stay. They want a very very strong support for any idea being expressed, since that’s all a discussion thread is.
But damn if it gets out of hand, it’s impossible to have a nice conversation. I read Ace’s blog at least 3x more than I read this one, but I comment here because the threads are more coherent.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 2:52 pmWrong thread!
Ugh.
/kills self
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 2:53 pmAlan Colmes didn’t freak out. Agree or disagree, he made a coherent point: that politicians should only have to resign for illegal behavior.
Now I think promiscuity is part of the natural panoply of human behaviors: some are more or less monogamous, some are more or less promiscuous, and some are more or less asexual. I don’t consider any of the above to be “moral” issues. They’re just all part of a range of natural behaviors for primates, mammals, and other sexual species.
And even I think Alan Colmes goes way too far with his position. But it’s a logical position, and he didn’t freak out.
Random (543d30) — 6/16/2011 @ 2:58 pmUnless they are a repub then they have to resign even if they committed no crime.
Piss off random.
DohBiden (15aa57) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:00 pmMaybe Colmes is lying and hypocritical, Doh, and probably is, but what he actually said here wasn’t a freak out.
Random (543d30) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:03 pmyeah I thought Alan was pretty normal for a cable tv news person
happyfeet (a55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:04 pmAce’s commenters create an atmosphere that feels a rowdy locker room or boys night out. It can be very entertaining, but many women become uncomfortable with the banter. Patterico’s commenters keep it more polite, and the tone is closer to a faculty dinner discussion.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:05 pmArrgh. Wrong thread. I think Dustin jinxed me. *face palm*
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:09 pmKids are resilient. Ginger Lee gets a career boost. Breitbart earned an affirmation from LGF, “got one right” – according to chuck.
A slander from Weiner is a good thing to have.
papertiger (e55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:13 pmThat’s about bang-on, bmertz! Extremely well put.
Some of the women love the banter, I’ll point out.
It’s funny that Breitbart considers Ace’s the best comments on the web. But they do get rowdy, and Breitbart is a pretty rowdy rough-and-tumble kind of guy so that makes sense.
As for the head-bloggers at each, Patterico and ace have their strong points. Patterico is very meticulous, and ace is a genius humorous writer who is very insightful.
Push comes to shove, I think ace makes me LOL way more, and is better in poltical analysis; but politics ain’t Patterico’s main beat. Both blogs are pretty good in their own way.
But yeah, you nailed the comment sections down cold.
Random (543d30) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:13 pmlying sniveling
ColonelHaiku (1fff77) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:15 pmli’l weezul won’t have weiner
to kick any more
can huma weiner
ColonelHaiku (1fff77) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:16 pmstand by her weezul give him
all the love she can?
tone is closer to a faculty dinner discussion
can’t be – we’re not union.
papertiger (e55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:18 pmrun and hide weiner
ColonelHaiku (1fff77) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:19 pmyour goodbye presser was sooooo
much Summer smegma
will we or won’t we
ColonelHaiku (1fff77) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:22 pmhear of weiner’s exploits at
Girl Scout Camporee?
anthony weiner’s
ColonelHaiku (1fff77) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:25 pmpremature ejection from
Congress make my day!
and I’m spent…
ColonelHaiku (1fff77) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:26 pmBrilliant close, Haiku.
Random (543d30) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:29 pm#56 Maybee Oh yes that’s right. Most importantly, HE can heal from the damage he’s caused.
SarahW (af7312) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:29 pmApplauding colonal haiku, the poet laureate of the blogosphere.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:35 pmNext order of business?
Could we do something about Boxer?
If I found proof that she was actually boxing, like giving Mike Tyson a few swats on video, and then sending it out over the net…
Anything?
On a serious note, Boxer and Feinstein both voted along with the majority, to kill ethanol subsidies. A kick to the groin for the Romney campaign perhaps?
papertiger (e55ba0) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:37 pmI think the comfort level relates to their culture and/or generation. But the net always offers optional choices and there is something for everyone. I enjoy Ace’s biting political commentary as well. My time to comment runs in periodic bursts of open time, so I haven’t commented often lately. I’m enjoying my small window of opportunity to throw in my two cents.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:45 pmTo the question Wiener isn’t Clinton?
Reno (e933bb) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:49 pmThat is dependent on your definition of isn’t, isn’t?
Hah! Jake Tapper just did a special report on the Congressional gym (for which members pay only $20. a month). He can’t find out how much it’s costing taxpayers and nobody who is not a member can even go inside to look.
Now we know why the House bigs are so pissed at Weiner and the poo finally hit the fan over the weekend. It’s because he took pictures of himself inside the gym thus exposing another of their secret little perks– courtesy of the American taxpayer.
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:51 pmA good point. It also ruffles their puffed-up sense of dignity and creates guilt by association in minds of voters. People might start examining their tweets.
20.00 dollars you say? Wonder what a Y membership runs?
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/16/2011 @ 3:57 pmHere is a link to the gym story
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/members-house-gym-subsidized-taxpayers/story?id=13839542
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 4:11 pmI don’t know… The fact that Vitter never lied to the people about it is what I think really saved his political career.
Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 6/16/2011 @ 4:19 pmIs this a co-ed gym or is there a separate taxpayer subsidized gym for the lady congresspersons? Inquiring minds want to know.
PatAZ (0fbc9b) — 6/16/2011 @ 4:46 pm“tone is closer to a faculty dinner discussion”
bmertz – That really hurt. @%&*$+X###^%@!!!!
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:03 pmHe’d like to thank his parents?
Did he think he was winning an award?
Dana (4eca6e) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:07 pmYeah, Dana, I couldn’t believe he thanked his parents for giving him his values then. Which is to say I could believe it.
What an asshat.
Random (543d30) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:10 pmBeyond the thanking of his parents that gave him the values to think that Weinertweeting was appropriate, the whole so I can heal, after the pause and commotion, so I can heal … Tone deaf asshattery.
JD (d48c3b) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:16 pm“He’d like to thank his parents?”
Dana – They must be so proud of little Anthony resigning because he tweeted his junk around to a bunch of women who were not his wife. Wouldn’t you be?
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:18 pmMaybe our resident expert Glorious could fill us in on the psychology behind that nonsense.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:19 pm@ Pat,
Is this a co-ed gym or is there a separate taxpayer subsidized gym for the lady congresspersons?
Apparently while currently a co-ed gym, it hasn’t always been,
The congressional gyms were once genuine boys’ clubs. The pool used to be male-only, and there were separate workout facilities for men and women. Rep. Bella Abzug fought successfully to integrate the pool in the 1970s. In 1982, first-term Rep. Barbara Boxer led a successful push to open the men’s gym to women, since the women’s facility was nothing more than “ten hair dryers and a ping pong table.”
It’s really surprising that it wasn’t until 1982 that it became co-ed…and seriously, hair dryers and ping pong tables???
Dana (4eca6e) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:22 pmSpeaking of parents: You know, I haven’t seen an article or a TV segment about Weiner’s parents. No camping out on their lawn, no ambush interviews in the grocery store, no asking neighbors about their values, no checking in with Weiner’s rabbi or former school teachers. Now that I think about it, pretty much nada. I’m really surprised that the media couldn’t find them to ask how they feel about all this tweeting business.
Oh wait, the reporters were all up in Alaska, weren’t they? Never mind. Forget I mentioned it.
elissa (bfc104) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:25 pmWeiner’s parents mus be very proud to have their son represent the values their imparted to him in such a spectacular and public fashion.
Bugg (ea1809) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:36 pmhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-confident-anthony-weiner-huma-abedin-bounce/story?id=13860495
ian cormac (72470d) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:39 pmI don’t know if the tone is all that different.
I mean, sure there are the crazy comments, but mostly I ignore those. The smart people at Ace’s blog are pretty similar to those here, but it’s just very rare that a many leveled conversation with many different people will happen. It would take far too much work to read that while filtering out the static. So basically you have a series of people writing their little post on the topic, a bunch of jokes, a small number of short backs and forths, and then rarely a liberal troll bashing. There have been times the bloggers will lead a discussion. That happens regularly, I suppose, but there just aren’t that many commenter conversations like there are here.
And I think most of the commenters there aren’t much different from most here. It’s just a lot of static.
Dustin (c16eca) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:44 pmDustin,I stand somewhat corrected. I was unaware who Ginger Lee was in regards to the Weiner scandal. She is kinda nasty, and a little less than wonderful(I’m trying to be charitable). I checked out her demographics on the net, YIKES!!!
Padparadscha (70f08e) — 6/16/2011 @ 5:50 pmI would like to somewhat amend the prior statement. Though she may be nasty, as well as Mr. Weiner, they are still Gods’ children and capable of great good. The potential is their. Some of the choices they have both made, certainly were not good, but still and all..
Padparadscha (70f08e) — 6/16/2011 @ 6:18 pm_______________________________________________
The hecklers made it worth the watch!
They gave it the tone that Weiner deserves.
It’s amusing that Fox News in one of its airings of the press conference bleeped some non-obscene words (“7 inches”) spouted by the wiseacre from Howard Stern. Weiner’s narcissism was not just a facet of his, of course, bloated ego, it also apparently was an off-shoot of his homosexualized fascination with his own body.
Mark (411533) — 6/16/2011 @ 9:08 pmI thought it was revealing that the left accused Breitbart of sending the hecklers to Weiner’s presser, because naturally, that is what they do to conservatives at their press conferences and speeches. D’oh!
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/17/2011 @ 12:23 amHow did I miss this story …
More of this law for thy and not for me
A. Weiner (d1c681) — 6/17/2011 @ 8:15 am#WEINING!
Unka Billy (8096f2) — 6/17/2011 @ 8:20 amI didn’t mean boring lol. I’m not labeling you as a group of old geezers. Quite the opposite. Both sites have interesting, intelligent and very funny people. I think the larger number of comments make it more time consuming to keep up with anyone having a discussion. So, conversation is more fragmented.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/17/2011 @ 8:44 am“I didn’t mean boring lol.”
bmertz – I know that. There are plenty of folks here who can tell dic jokes and talk about knuckle babies, boobs, hitting that, etc., with the best of them. Speaking for myself, I usually wind up ducking a flurry of Jimmy Choos, hiking boots and other items flying through my computer screen when I venture too far down that road.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/17/2011 @ 8:55 amWithout the goofy joking I think everyone would lose the heart to push on in the face of the political dragons we face. So, thank goodness for humor; it takes us past many a rough patch and keeps us from taking ourselves too seriously. I look for people or something to read that makes me laugh. It keeps things in perspective.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/17/2011 @ 9:21 ambmertz – You just need to put this weiner business behind you and enjoy yourself.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 6/17/2011 @ 11:23 am*Coughs*I think I prefer to keep any Weiner business in full sight and at a safe distance.
bmertz (d77c52) — 6/17/2011 @ 11:29 am