Posted on 06/06/2011 2:56:07 PM PDT by smoothsailing
June 6, 2011
Keach Hagey
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) doled out his first apologies to his wife and his constituents, but also apologized to the media and to Andrew Breitbart specifically during a long and rambling press conference in which he seemed determined to answer every last reporter’s question.
Breitbart had demanded an apology a few minutes before from the same podium, where he climbed after Weiner did not show up on time to his own press conference.
“I’d like an apology from him,” Breitbart said. “This was his strategy, to blame me…so I’m here for some vindication.”
Breitbart said he lost his Memorial Day weekend to fending off accusations that he had been the one to hack Weiner’s Twitter account, after Weiner tried to distance himself from the lewd tweet that appeared there – and was later picked up by Breitbart’s website – by claiming he had been hacked.
He claimed to have one more photo that he would not release because it was too vulgar.
“I’m trying to do the decent thing here and not release the photo,” he said, hinting that such restraint might be tested if Weiner continued to suggest he had been hacked, allowing his supporters to continue to cast blame on Breitbart.
Weiner chose a strategy of total media prostration – though he was firm in his refusal to resign.
“I don’t know what I was thinking,” he said. “This was destructive thing to do. I apologize for doing it.”
After being asked several times, he apologized directly to the media, and to the man who had unexpectedly served as his warm-up act.
“I apologize to Andrew Breitbart,” Weiner said.
If the MSM calls for his resignation, it will be because Obama and Pelosi have decided he’s no longer useful to them. It may even be that O and P are looking at this as a way to tweak Hillary, since Weiner’s wife, Huma, used to be Hillary’s right hand gal.
We watched an excellent show on the Military Channel last night called “Surviving D-Day”. It’s coming on again tonight, at 9pm Eastern. It’s amazing that we actually were victorious given the horrendous mistakes made by the planners of the operation. That we did, speaks volumes about the bravery and tenacity of the American and British soldiers.
Yes he said the words “I apologize to Andrew Breitbart”.
Now who in the world is ever going to believe ANYTHING Wiener says?
“He claimed to have one more photo that he would not release because it was too vulgar.”
Too “vulgar” or OBSCENE?
The video I saw on one of the stinking load of dog crap MSM websites left this part out.
They are REDACTING this.
Sure, he "refuses to resign", he needs to serve 2 more years to get his full congressional pension!
Time to end all congressional "perks" and "pric@s."
Expect Pelosi and crowd to shift gears shortly. After a couple of days of making noise about an ethics investigation, they'll try to get Breitbart indicted for extortion.
I didn't know that. Damn, he really is a little prick!
Politicians need to be returned to being "citizen legislatures," with NO retirement, health-care, franking (mailing) benefits, period!
Guess whom we'd no longer see no longer for political office??? You guessed it, those pukes who tell us that "government service is a sacrifice!
We are running OUT of money (correction - we're OUT of money) while paying vermin like this to "represent us," and demand that we educate, feed, house and imprison illegal aliens who take our jobs and scoff at us for even suggesting that they go somewhere else (like back home). We then are forced to listen to our over-sexed, over-pampered, overpaid, vermin tell us we are "racist" and "xenophobic" for wanting America for Americans!
I'm mad as Hell and I don't intend to take it anymore - anyone???
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