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Title: More Anthony Weiner Photos Surface Online
Source:
Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56774.html
Published: Jun 12, 2011
Author: JAKE SHERMAN & JONATHAN ALLEN
Post Date: 2011-06-12 13:24:14 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 436
Comments: 2
Rep. Anthony Weiner took several pictures of himself grabbing his privates, part of a new batch of embarrassing photos that surfaced online Sunday morning. The gossip website TMZ.com posted 11 photos it claimed were taken in the House member’s gym, a private exercise facility in the Capitol complex that is open to current and former lawmakers. The photos show Weiner standing in front of a mirror, his BlackBerry pointed forward snapping shots of bare chest, often with just a towel draped over his genitals. There are also shots of him in the middle of the exercise room, with empty elliptical trainers behind him. The online gallery of Weiner’s bizzare shots was posted the day after the New York congressman rejected calls from a slew of Democratic Party leaders for him to resign his seat amid the drip-drip-drip of a sex scandal that has captivated Washington and New York for more than two weeks now. Each day brings an embarrassing new revelation for Weiner, who said Saturday that he would take a leave of absence and seek professional treatment while he charts his next move. Weiner admitted last Monday that he had sent sexually charged text messages and photographs to a series of six women over the course of the last three years, some of them since he married Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, last year. Since his confession, it has been reported that Abedin is in the early stages of pregnancy, a photograph purportedly of Weiner’s naked genitals was posted online by radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony, and Delaware police spoke to a 17-year-old girl about her exchanges with Weiner — content that all sides have described as non-sexual to various news outlets. For more than a week, Weiner lied about his online habits, claiming that a picture of him in his boxer-briefs posted online under his account was the work of a hacker or prankster. Ultimately, he owned up to having posted the picture of himself, an inadvertent airing of an image that was meant to be sent directly to another Twitter user. Top House Democrats including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Steve Israel of New York simultaneously called for Weiner to resign on Saturday after Pelosi and Israel failed to convince him to do so in private conversations. Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Sunday morning on CBS’s “Face the Nation” said he didn’t think Weiner could “effectively proceed” as a member of Congress.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
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Just looking at his face is enough to gag a maggot, I don't want to see any more.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
There ain't much to be contentious on this issue. Most peope recognize this cat has serious issues and should resign.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: hondo68 (#1)
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