“Movember” - Anthony Weiner
(David Vitter pic via @thinkprogress)
Thank goodness that Anthony Weiner distraction is over…
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What Weiner Didn’t Do
Lawrence O’Donnell - The Last Word
Now that the Anthony Weiner saga is behind us we can, as the media told us, move on to more important things. I for one, did not realize how important the Casey Anthony trial is. I better start following it.
“It was sort of a perfect storm. Democrats don’t support their own in these situations. Republicans love to be on the right side of a scandal like this, because it doesn’t happen that often. And you get the media, and particularly the political media, most of whom are morons. So you give them something that they can actually understand — a penis.” - Keith Olbermann on the Anthony Weiner scandal.
“I had hoped to be able to continue to work… the distraction that I have created has made that impossible.”
PPG and I made this Anthony Weiner-Al Pacino Mashup back in August of 2010. So, I figured today would be a good day to re-post it.
Pew: 17 percent of last week’s news Weiner-related - Politico
Coverage of Anthony Weiner’s strange online habits made up 17 percent of all news coverage last week, making it the fourth biggest political scandal since Pew started keeping track in 2007.
It also towered over all other stories, sucking up more time than the economy or Middle East unrest, which tied for second place with 11 percent of the news hole.
“It’s a personal tragedy. I think he should heed the wisdom of the senior democratic leadership and permit politics now at this point to move on to other, more critical issues. I think that’s a judgment I hope he comes to sometime in the near term.”
“We are hearing he might resign in a couple of days,”
Weiner doll inspired by congressman’s scandal
The sexting scandal involving Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York has inspired an action-figure doll. HeroBuilders.com is offering a censored and uncensored version of the doll. The standard doll sells for $39.95, while the anatomically correct “for adults only” version sells for an extra $10.
Cementing The Double Standard, Rachel Maddow
You know, today, Greece had its credit rating dropped to the lowest in the world. So, Greece could be about to default, which could mean another international financial crisis.
Today, Germany recognized the rebels in Libya as the legitimate government of Libya.
Today, King Abdullah was pelted with bottles and rocks in southern Jordan, as everyone wonders if the “Arab Spring” will bloom in his country, too.
Today, we learned that a U.S. navy destroyer stalked a ship thought to be carrying missile parts towards Burma, stalked it for days before it turned back and went back to North Korea.
Today, the Missouri River breached two levees in Iowa and Missouri, prompting evacuations of a whole with bunch of farm towns.
Today, one of President Obama‘s major economic advisers, Larry Summers, said the economy needs more stimulus spending.
Today, President Obama himself talked about dozens of jobs creation ideas from his jobs council. He warned about how—essentially, how whack it is that the only feasible ideas now are ones that don‘t have to go through Congress.
And there‘s a presidential candidates debate.
And LeBron James just proved the existence of karma.
And the al Qaeda guy who planned the Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombings got killed.
And the FBI‘s taking new search and seizure powers.
And photos of Gabby Giffords.
And the New York state legislature moves on gay marriage.
And, and, and—there is a lot going on. There is a lot going on.
It may be a sleepy June Monday, but there is a ton going on.
And did you hear there were absolutely no new developments in the Anthony Weiner sex scandal today? OMG! OMG!
The latest argument from Democrats why Congressman Anthony Weiner must resign is he is a distraction from other much more important stuff that Democrats would rather be talking about, which would make sense if Democrats were only now being deprived of the great news coverage they are used to because they‘re always so disciplined about their message.
If Anthony Weiner resigning would help Democrats keep their message focused on Republicans trying to kill Medicare.
If Anthony Weiner resigning would get the Democrats to come up with a political message on repealing the Bush tax cuts for zillionaires, which the polls say is more popular than free beer.
If Anthony Weiner resigning would restore honor to Congress, (sarcastic cough) Mr. Vitter.
Or if Anthony Weiner resigning would do anything else to substantively improve—substantively improve Congress or the Democratic Party‘s politics, then every partisan liberal in the country probably would want Anthony Weiner to resign—or at least they should.
If Anthony Weiner would do anything to improve the seriousness of news coverage in our great nation, or its evenhandedness, everyone in the country would want Anthony Weiner to resign, or at least they should. But Anthony Weiner resigning would not do any of those things. Anthony Weiner does not have a magic wand, and the pun is partially intended.
So, while David Vitter gets to stay in the United States Senate as the hooker guy from the family values party, what is it about Democrats that has them now lining up to call on Anthony Weiner to resign, to cement that double standard?
