Jun 062011
Anybody else catch Anthony Weiner’s press conference? Leaving aside the politics and the accusations… the press conference was just plain cringeworthy. When a politician screws up in an astonishingly embarassing act, lies about it and then gets caught, a “mea culpa” press conference is appropriate. But one where he drags it on for that long? Yikes.
Get up there, say “I done farked up,” give the bare factual details, appologize to those you’ve wronged… then *leave.*
Hopefully some energetic young go-getter in the press will bring Mark Foley to the next Weiner press conference. Heh.
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What he was thinking when he started sending those photos around is completely beyond me.
A lot of politicians seem to have really self-destructive streak that manifests itself in doing really stupid things that they must know are sooner or later are going to come to light (like getting a blow job in the Oval Office) the other part is the women hey choose, a lot of which look like real skanks. If you are going to get in trouble over a woman, at least let it be a real babe.
And when you hold the press conference after your caught, lay it on real thick so at least it has some amusement value, like a fallen TV evangelist would.
I’d write more, but right now I have to ring some bells to warn the British that there are American Minutemen here.
> I’d write more, but right now I have to ring some bells to warn the British that there are American Minutemen here.
Just let them know that here in the year 2008, they cannot have our 57 states.
One thing to keep in mind is that all he seems to have done is to send photos and talk a good game. He really didn’t DO anything at all. Well, nothing that exceeds the grasp of a 13-year-old.
>. He really didn’t DO anything at all.
Well… sending photos of his junk and flirting with potentially underage girls on line is one thing. It was how he responded to the issue when it became public that ticks me off. His options included:
1: “Yup. That was me. Ain’t I a stinker?”
2: “No friggen’ comment.”
3: “Nope, wasn’t me. I’ve nothing more to say.”
4: “None of yer freakin’ business.”
Of those, #3 would be the only dishonest one… but it would have been better than what he *did* do:
5: “Nope, wasn’t me. It was probably Breitbart. Kos, Huffpost… go git ‘im!”
It’s no shock when a politician bald-face lies to the public . Sometimes it’s needed. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. So our enemies nuclear weapons production facility suddenly and inexplicably exploded. Huh. Nope, doesn’t ring any bells.” It’s when they lie about their own pitiful personal nonsense that I get ticked off. I get more ticked off when they try to shuffle the blame off onto someone else who *hasn’t* done wrong.
So what we have here is a Congresscritter who did nothing illegal (see Note*), just stupid and embarassing. Had he owned up to it, it would’ve been the news for, what, half a day? Instead he sits back and lets innocent people take the blame. Weiner’s a dirtbag.
Note: So, a Right-Wing blogger/journalist got hold of the photos first. What if, instead, it had been someone in, say, Al Queda or the Russian, Chinese or Canadian governments? People in positions of power need to take care that they cannot be blackmailed over stupid stuff. Heck, in this case the Right-Wingers response to the issue was to ge tthe facts, and go straight to press with it. He could just as easily tried to blackmail Weiner for legislative advantage. This should annoy the hell out of the Dem leaders.