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#WeinerGate OMFG! @RepWeiner Gives Worst Press Conference EVAH! (Video)

Posted on | May 31, 2011 | 74 Comments

I’ll add commentary and links in a few minutes. But it’s kinda superfluous after this astoundingly bad performance:

UPDATE: Ace of Spades finds the video . . . arousing.

The video is from Mediaite.

UPDATE II: Having previously remarked on the power of simple sentences, we see in this video how Weiner fails to provide a simple answer to the simple question conservative bloggers have been asking for three days: If you are the victim of a crime, why haven’t you reported it to the police?

People who had previously doubted Weiner’s guilt are, I’m sure, now beginning to doubt his innocence. And after a politician famous for his media savvy has such a spectacular meltdown on camera, it’s hard to pretend it’s not newsworthy.

Ed Morrissey is now blogging it at Hot Air (via Memeorandum).

Linked by Unified Patriots and by Bob Belvedere at The Camp of the Saints — thanks!

UPDATE III: Donald Douglas has video of a CNN segment on WeinerGate featuring an interview with Andrew Breitbart, and some astoundingly dismissive comments by CNN “legal analyst” Jeffrey Toobin.

Questions for Jeffrey Toobin: Did the people who elected and re-elected Anthony Weiner know they were voting for a man who, though married, would send photos of his phallic tumesence to a 21-year-old coed he never met? Is it merely a “lighthearted story” if an influential member of Congress (apparently) does such a thing, and then tries to claim he was the victim of Internet identity thieves whom he (strange to say) shows no interest in prosecuting?

I’d just like to know your opinion of these things, Mr. Toobin, because if my congressman, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) starts Tweeting pictures of his junk to my 21-year-old daughter, I wouldn’t consider it a “lighthearted story.”

Just sayin’ . . .

UPDATE IV: LInked by Brian Preston at Pajamas Media and by That Mr. G Guy — thanks!

Weiner is starting to lose his liberal media Teflon: “Evading questions . . . is a strategy most often utilized by people with something to hide, and will only further pique the media’s interest. Weiner either has something to hide, or he has no idea how the media operates.” (My hunch: The former.)

Meanwhile, Michelle Malkin returns from family vacation and writes: “Weiner’s certainly not doing himself any favors with his Talk-y McTalkingpoints deflection of the brouhaha. Even the Beltway press is not buying it.” You want to be sure and read the whole thing, because she gives Ace a little love-tap.

UPDATE V: Welcome, Instapundit readers! Some readers are reporting temporary outages due to server overload. I’ve put in a request for extra bandwidth from our host-servers. My apologies for the temporary technical problem.

UPDATE VI: OK, looks like the bandwidth issue has been resolved. Speaking of “issue,” did you know Jeffrey Toobin has some issues? And by “issues” I mean, shtupping Jeff Greenfield’s daughter.

At least Tweets don’t cause pregnancy.

“A lighthearted story,” I’m sure.

CNN: The Most Trusted Name in News
(And by ‘News’ We Mean ‘Shtupping the Daughters of CBS Analysts’)

UPDATE VII: Did you see how I just totally jacked that classic Ace riff? But if it wasn’t for the jokes I steal, I’d have nothin’.

But I only steal from the best, and I try to give back. Ace and his merry Morons have been killing on WeinerGate. To wit: “Of course, no Democratic sex scandal is complete until Amanda Marcotte embarrasses herself.”

Also, place your bets on the WeinerGate denouement. My money says: Terse statement of admission late Thursday, followed by tearful hugfest with Rachel Maddow on Friday.

Linked by Conservative Hideout — thanks!

UPDATE VIII: Breitbart’s message to Toobin: Mess with the bull, you get the horns, baby. Breitbart name-checked CNN’s Toobin — mentioning Toobin’s own sex scandal — during an interview on Fox Business.

But really, who are we to judge? Let him who has not impregnated a friend’s daughter cast the first stone.

(BTW, a friend of mine asked, “Why is Breitbart making this about the media, instead of about Weiner? Because that’s what Breitbart is about 24/7: Understand that he doesn’t care whether any particular TV personality or newspaper writer is liberal. But he’s sick and tired of liberals holding up a warped funhouse mirror that distorts everything. Andrew knows exactly what he wants to accomplish, and he certainly seems to be accomplishing a lot more than some people who just sit around whining about media bias.)

UPDATE IX: Linked by Nice Deb, Republican Redefined, Outside the Beltway and Gay Patriot — thanks!


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  • Anonymous

    Of course.  Guilty people usually do poorly in front of the camera.

  • http://www.weiner.house.gov/ Anthony Weiner

    I am under a lot of stress.  Why are you all being so mean to me? 

  • http://www.weiner.house.gov/ Anthony Weiner

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20110531/pl_dailycaller/schumerthinksweinere28099sinnocentbutwone28099tcommentonwhetherhesupportsinvestigation_1

    Senator Schumer said he is “virtually certain” that I did nothing wrong.  That should be good enough for you. 

  • http://www.weiner.house.gov/ Anthony Weiner

    I am not going to let you all distract me from my very busy twitter accounts. 

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  • http://thecampofthesaints.org Bob Belvedere
  • JeffS

    Maybe Weiner is angry that CNN isn’t following standard MSM protocol, as in, “Don’t ask about my weiner.”

  • JeffS

    Maybe Weiner is angry that CNN isn’t following standard MSM protocol, as in, “Don’t ask about my weiner.”

  • Anonymous

    Wow he’s really easy to provoke. We need somebody with say Breitbart’s charm to interview him.
    His insistence that his time would be better spent talking about the debt limit vote is preposterous on it’s face as dem house member’s opinions are totally irrelevant to sentient life.

  • http://twitter.com/AmPowerBlog Donald Douglas

    It’s awful!

    And you saw Jeffrey Toobin on CNN?  ‘Kaboom! Anthony Weiner Scandal Explodes!’

  • Anonymous

    Like watching an emotional break up (between criminally biased MSM caught with its pants down and Demo-hack caught with, well …)

    Criminally biased MSM may have been shamed into feigning a veneer of objectivity, at least as it pertains to perverts lacking control over their smartphones.  This could be be real progress for the decaying 4th estate.

    d(^_^)bhttp://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/”Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”

  • http://pumping-irony.livejournal.com/ Wilbur Post

    Didn’t you hear?  The FLOTUS said America is a mean country.  Especially to weiners.

  • http://thepagantemple.blogspot.com/ ThePaganTemple

    Wiener called that guy a jackass, is that what she said? The damn sound on this thing is not the best, but it looks like you called it Stacey. Dana asked, if he was hacked why wouldn’t he ask the FBI or Capitol Police to conduct an investigation? Yet, he didn’t.

    Poor little Wiener, even Wolf Blister is out to get him now.

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  • http://thepagantemple.blogspot.com/ ThePaganTemple

    Fox came through, Sean’s been talking about this. I take back everything I ever said about his lame toy football toss.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1385852725 Richard Mcenroe

    That’s GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1385852725 Richard Mcenroe

    That’s GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1119234663 John Fury

    Toobin is a disgrace.  The media is tying themselves in knots over this and we’re not supposed to notice the GLARING double standard they have.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1119234663 John Fury

    Toobin is a disgrace.  The media is tying themselves in knots over this and we’re not supposed to notice the GLARING double standard they have.

  • http://twitter.com/AmPowerBlog Donald Douglas

    Linked: ‘Anthony Weiner’s Angry Exchange With CNN’s Dana Bash’. I went with CNN’s clip. I can’t stand Mediaite!!

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  • Anonymous

    This guy better hope he is never arrested. He is a classic example of a guy who has always talked his way into what success he has and thinks he can always out-talk anyone anywhere. He doesn’t understand that in situations like this (or getting arrested) less is more.

  • Anonymous

    This guy better hope he is never arrested. He is a classic example of a guy who has always talked his way into what success he has and thinks he can always out-talk anyone anywhere. He doesn’t understand that in situations like this (or getting arrested) less is more.

  • Anonymous

    This guy better hope he is never arrested. He is a classic example of a guy who has always talked his way into what success he has and thinks he can always out-talk anyone anywhere. He doesn’t understand that in situations like this (or getting arrested) less is more.

  • http://thepagantemple.blogspot.com/ ThePaganTemple

    The Weiner is well aware of all that, but remember, as a liberal Democrat he is not used to being seriously questioned let alone grilled by dogged reporters eager and determined for the truth. This situation obviously put him off his game.

  • http://thepagantemple.blogspot.com/ ThePaganTemple

    The Weiner is well aware of all that, but remember, as a liberal Democrat he is not used to being seriously questioned let alone grilled by dogged reporters eager and determined for the truth. This situation obviously put him off his game.

  • http://thepagantemple.blogspot.com/ ThePaganTemple

    The Weiner is well aware of all that, but remember, as a liberal Democrat he is not used to being seriously questioned let alone grilled by dogged reporters eager and determined for the truth. This situation obviously put him off his game.

  • http://thepagantemple.blogspot.com/ ThePaganTemple

    The Weiner is well aware of all that, but remember, as a liberal Democrat he is not used to being seriously questioned let alone grilled by dogged reporters eager and determined for the truth. This situation obviously put him off his game.

  • Anonymous

    Congressman Wiener is not winning Wienergate.  He has refused to deny that he sent the lewd photograph on twitter to the college student.

    Common sense convicts him!  But he is a Democrat, and this will eventually go away.

  • http://saberpoint.blogspot.com Stogie Chomper

    Wow, Wiener makes his guilt very obvious by his clumsy dodging of the question as to whether he sent the tweet or not.

  • http://2011.ak4mc.us/ McGehee

    The Weiner-defending trolls seem to have disappeared.

  • Biggergear

    Recall Toobin went to great lengths to avoid assumption of responsibility for having impregnating a girlfriend not that long ago.  If I recall correctly it included offering her money to have an abortion rather than carry the child to term.

    Why he can still show his face in public is beyond me.

    He may be qualified to analyze how someone can act in such a grotesque manner and still thereafter be allowed in front of a camera.  Perhaps that is Toobin’s angle.

  • http://twitter.com/DaTechGuyblog Peter Ingemi

    I think the MSM is going after this because, as I’ve suggested, the avg non-political voter understands it so there is no point in a spin that makes them look like they did in the Edwards case

  • Anonymous

    Yeah. Funny how that happened. Also, Wombat wields a vicious trollhammer when necessary.

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  • Anonymous

    I have to say I’m confused.  It’s bad enough that I wasted almost 7 minutes of my life watching part of this clip; but to have to watch Weiner?

    Maybe it’s the vodka – but I’m guessing it’s just trying to understand progressive justice…

    Weiner is focused (maybe ‘laser-like ™’) on the important act of removing Justice Thomas from any review of Obamacare because of what Justice Thomas’ white wife might think.   It’s not a sexist thing ’cause Antony is fine with the ovaries of Obama appointed Justices Kagan & Sotomayor ruling on Obamacare; just the affect of white ovaries in the same bed as Justice Thomas are to be considered as undue influence and must be removed per Weiner.

    So – for the liberals in the cheap seats – justices appointed by Obama to rule on Obamacare are OK; justices not appointed by Obama that have a spouse with a different opinion and are black are not OK.

    Just remember – I’m not the racist – the liberals that created these buckets are.

  • JeffS

    Indeed.  And yet, somehow, somehow…..I doubt that the mighty Wombat Wielded Troll Hammer™ is entirely responsible.

    Heh heh heh!

  • Jeburke242

    On WeinerGate, heaven help us if Weiner decides to take the full hangout route–or even the modified, limited hangout route. This case cries out for a coverup!

  • Anonymous

    They’re hiding just a little farther under the bridge.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe it’s the vodka

    Try switching to bourbon.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, everybody understands “sex.” Understanding the predictable failures of Keynesianism? Not so much.

  • Anonymous

    Just updated to note that — with a big tip of the fedora to the invaluable Moe Lane.

  • Anonymous

    Weiner’s wiener:  ”I told the big head that sending a picture of me to that hot co-ed wasn’t a very good idea.  It must the be first time he didn’t listen to the little head.”

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  • Joe

    Can you please send Wombat to the Christopher R. Thibodeau thread below.  Anamika has been doing its thing.  It is shameful. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1385852725 Richard Mcenroe

    Well I for one have never impregnated a friend’s daughter. 

    There IS a 4-H club I can never go back to, however…

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