Posted on 05/31/2011 3:50:15 PM PDT by neverdem
A prank or a possible glimpse of scandal?
Liberal Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner tried Tuesday to deflect attention away from a controversy involving a lewd photo briefly posted on his Twitter account, saying the matter was undeserving of further attention.
Meanwhile, the conservative blogger who broke the story called for a full investigation of what he called either the hacking of a congressman's account or something Weiner wants to hide.
Weiner told reporters he wasn't interested in talking about the issue any more, saying he already issued statements over the Memorial Day weekend after news of the photo of the lower body of a man wearing underwear turned up on his Twitter account on Friday night.
When asked if the photo was of him, he deflected the question.
"I'm not going to talk about this anymore," Weiner said, later adding: "I'm going to get back to the conversation I care about" including economic issues and what the New York Democrat who is a leading liberal voice in Congress calls a conflict-of-interest situation involving conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on the health care reform law.
Asked several questions about the Twitter situation, Weiner stuck to his message...
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The Seattle woman, identified as a 21-year-old college student, subsequently issued a statement to the New York Daily News in which she said she never had met Weiner though she followed him on Twitter and had once jokingly referred to him as her "boyfriend" in a tweet.
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Twitter, which is used by celebrities, journalists, politicians and others to instantly communicate messages -- called tweets -- of up to 140 characters to people who "follow" them on the social networking site, also allows two people to "follow" each other and communicate directly. Weiner also was a follower of Cordova...
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Sure he’s playing it down. After all, it’s just a *small* problem.
So this clown is a follower of a college student? Must be where he gets his ideas.
Yes, CNN too. I don’t have a link handy but everyone really needs to see the job this CNN reporter (two of them) did on Weiner.
This is a good one for Fox to let the liberal networks lead the way.
If you’ve ever listened to Weiner, you would know he’s not as smart as a 5th grader.
“Sure he’s playing it down. After all, it’s just a *small* problem.”
As in “nothing to see here”.
Coining future word for the dictionary: Tweiner: n., A person who tweets his weener.
It's him.
Anthony Wiener needs to resign NOW!
The force Ensign to resing, Larry Craig. Foley down in Florida had to resign. Wiener should have to resign too.
GUILTY!
HE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE......
when asked if that photo was him. Weiner didn’t answer the question! He needs to be GRILLED on this issue. wiener needs to be cooked and gone from Congress. The FBI needs to investigate like the did the Palin hacked account. wiener needs to step forward or be assumed that he is guilt of exposing his Weiner or dick.
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