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Who’s Winning #WeinerGate? (Video)

Posted on | June 2, 2011 | 22 Comments

It ain’t Anthony Weiner, that’s for sure. Here’s a video highlight reel from Politico:

And here is the ABC Evening News version of the story:

Didn’t I tell you this story would not just “go away”? And wasn’t I right? Look at the Google News queue. Look at the Memeorandum aggregation.

In case you are tempted to buy into some complicated theory of how Weiner might possibly be innocent, Internet Detective Ace of Spades has solved the mystery.

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  • jules

    As much as I’m enjoying seeing this gasbag squirm, I  did enjoy the look on someone called Andrea Mitchell’s face… I think she might have been a reporter at some point… anyone remember her?

  • David Freed

    I have a theory. I’d like to put it out there and let the folks tell me if it’s technically probable or not…Let’s say for this theory that Weiner has in fact been engaging in inappropriate DM tweets with girls. Perhaps through a tip, the patriotusa76 crowd heard about this. Someone (not saying it was patriotusa76 himself) figured out a way to get into Weiner’s twitter account and was able to read these conversations as they were happening. I’m not saying Weiner was hacked and his password was changed. I’m saying someone had gained knowledge of Weiner’s Twitter password. The knowledge of these conversations was then leaked to a small group of twitter partisans (patriotusa76, goatred, etc.) Let’s say this has been going on for some time and started several weeks ago.This would explain why this crowd knew of a looming twitter sex scandal that would involve Weiner and an incriminating photo/image, as well as his inappropriate messages. But this knowledge presented a problem — how to get this info out into the world. If this was in fact going on and the “hacker” knew about it, the “hacker” couldn’t leak it himself — it was private info that was gained illegally. So why not take the incriminating photo that’s been screengrabbed (again, I’m saying that Weiner actually did DM the photo, but did it perhaps weeks ago), log into his Twitter account and make it look like Weiner “accidentally” sent it publicly. Presto — Weiner has been “outed.”In this scenario, both sides are technically right — Weiner was “hacked,” but Weiner actually did send the photo once upon a time and has been engaged in improper behavior. My main reasons for believing this are the following:- It is very odd that a bunch of young girls have reportedly been DMing with Weiner
    - It is very odd that Weiner will not deny it’s his photo
    - It is beyond odd that patriotusa76 predicted that a scandal like this one was about to break and then he miraculously was the one that stumbled upon it
    - Weiner is a smart guy. He tweets non-stop and isn’t going to make the mistake of “accidentally” sending out this photo.
    - Breitbart is a smart guy. He’s not going to stick his neck out like this unless he’s knows this stuff about Weiner is true.This theory would also explain why both sides — Weiner and the “hacker/s” — seem to be at a standstill. Weiner can’t really press this more because he knows it will uncover bad things and the “hacker/s” can’t release more info because it was not obtained legally. But there could always be another shoe to drop…Feel free to shoot holes in this. Thanks.

  • MrPaulRevere

    Thanks for all your diligence on this story Stacy. Why is Weiner reluctant to get law enforcement involved? Ask Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby.

  • jules

    Let’s not  overthink it. He’s a guy in power. With a huge … ego… It was late on a Friday night… he had a couple of drinks and a young female fan. He  got sloppy. Maybe it was “bad anthony” that actually sent the message which is why he can say (with certitude) “he” didn’t send it.

  • Anamika

    Sounds plausible.  A few caveats:

    It is beyond odd that patriotusa76 predicted that a scandal like this
    one was about to break and then he miraculously was the one that
    stumbled upon it.

    Patriot could have easily used a sockpuppet to “stumble upon it” given the amount of time he had.

    Breitbart is a smart guy. He’s not going to stick his neck out like this unless he’s knows this stuff about Weiner is true.

    Breitbart is a risk taker. He might push an agenda even though he might have had a prior klnowledge that something may not be true. Like in the Sherrod and the ACORN fake pimp video and audio editing cases. Some call it “smart”.

  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393039/Anthony-Weiner-twitter-picture-Congressman-denies-sending-lewd-photo.html Andrew Weiner

    Good theory. 

  • Anonymous

    If you’re following Andrew Breitbart on Twitter, you know that he is expressing interest in who @patriotusa76 really is.

    We don’t know at this point. Nor do we know whether there is any connection between @patriotusa76 and the Friday ”incident.” Who is Dan Wolfe and what are his motives?

  • David Freed

    It’s hard to tell theater from fact in this story sometimes. It’s part of what makes it so interesting…

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

    Weiner is a pervy little creep who follows college girls, a porn star and a high school girl on Twitter and who sends salacious photos. I seriously doubt this is the first time he’s done this. God only knows what the FBI would find on his computer files. He should be hounded out of office.

    Breitbart is a hero who should be given his own cable channel

  • http://thecampofthesaints.org Bob Belvedere

     Maybe it was “bad anthony” that actually sent the message….

    Interesting theory.  It means he can claim in a few days that he’s got what Patrick ‘Patches’ Kennedy says he has.

  • JeffS
  • Joe

    Who both made the mistake of trying to bullshit FBI agents.  Never ever speak to law enforcement unless what you are saying to them is true. 

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

    I like the part where he says Weiner more or less admitted its his junk because he’s proud of it. Though I think more than likely he admitted it because he wanted people to know he HAS junk. That was also a good point about him being swept up and carried away by Gennette flirting with him. Can you imagine a girl like that flirting with Weiner when he was in high school. If they did it would only be for the lulz.

  • http://www.redstateeclectic.typepad.com AngelaTC

    Occam’s Razor.

  • http://hipsterjew.com/files/2010/08/340x_anthonyweineryearbook.jpg Anthony Weiner

    It cut off my wiener defense. 

  • Anonymous

    He’s weining over here, he’s weining over there. He’s bi-weining.

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