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I myself attended a symposium that Rep. Tom Bliley, then chairman of the powerful House Commerce Committee, addressed via teleconference. Reading a prepared statement, he included the "stage instructions" -- such as "pause for emphasis" -- that his speechwriter had inserted. Where one line had accidentally been duplicated, Bliley read it a second time. Rep. John Salazar related this anecdote: "You know, when I was debating what became the 2008 Farm Bill, I had a member of the Ag Committee actually ask me if chocolate milk really comes from brown cows. I asked if he was joking, and he assured...

Anthony Weiner's scandal does not require understanding complicated lobbying laws (Jack Abramoff) or how kickbacks were funneled through labyrinthine layers of bureaucracy (Duke Cunningham), nor does it depend on a partisan view of an issue, like hiring a 24-year-old with no finance experience to remake the entire stock exchange of Iraq. No, it centers on something simple that everyone can relate to: boners on the Internet. And yet, pundits' analysis of Weinergate is still highly dependent on their ideological viewpoint, with liberals defending the New York Democrat even as his hacking claim looked less than credible. Over the past week,...

Andrew Breitbart said he wouldn't release his final photo of Rep. Anthony Weiner, an X-rated close-up, because the congressman had owned up to his Internet affairs. But he'd hold into it, he said Tuesday, as "an insurance policy" in case Weiner tried to get revenge on the blogger. Unfortunately for Breitbart--and for Weiner--that policy no longer holds, because on Wednesday a pair of radio DJs seem to have leaked a photo of Breitbart displaying the money shot on his iPhone.

NEW YORK– The mother of Gennette Cordova, the college student who received a lewd photo from Rep. Anthony Weiner via Twitter, is infuriated by how the politician is handling the issue, and says its a huge distraction for her daughter who is taking finals at the time. (...)

Anthony Weiner: I’m not answering any more questions By Rachel Weiner After days of confusing statements regarding a lewd image sent from his Twitter account, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said Thursday morning that he is not answering any more questions about the incident. “This prank has apparently been successful,” Weiner told reporters gathered outside his office. “After almost 11 hours of answering questions, any that anyone wanted to put, today I'm going to have to get back to work doing the job that I'm paid to do.” Of course, Weiner said on Tuesday that he was “not going to allow...