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Nancy Pelosi calls for Anthony Weiner ethics inquiry
Politico ^ | June 6, 2011 | John Bresnahan

Posted on 06/06/2011 3:26:01 PM PDT by Second Amendment First

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are calling for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of sexually explicit conservations and lewd photos he exchanged with a half-dozen women during the last several years.

“I am deeply disappointed and saddened about this situation; for Anthony’s wife, Huma, his family, his staff and his constituents,” Pelosi said in a statement released on Monday night.

“I am calling for an Ethics Committee investigation to determine whether any official resources were used or any other violation of House rules occurred.”

Israel added: “Congressman Anthony Weiner engaged in a deep personal failure and inappropriate behavior that embarrassed himself, his family, and the House. Ultimately, Anthony and his constituents will make a judgment about his future .

“To remove all remaining doubt about this situation, I agree with Leader Pelosi’s request that the House Ethics Committee use its authority to begin an investigation.”

The calls by Pelosi and Israel for an ethics investigation dramatically raise the political stakes for Weiner. While he stated repeatedly during an emotional press conference on Monday that he had broken no laws nor violated House ethics rules during his interaction with the women, a probe by the House Ethics Committee could find differently.

And it also could provide Pelosi and other Democratic leaders with political cover to call on Weiner to step down. So far, none of his Democratic colleagues have called on him to give up the seat that he first won in 1998.

“I am deeply regretting what I have done, and I am not resigning,” the New York Democrat told reporters on Monday afternoon. “I am deeply sorry for the pain this has caused Huma, my wife, and my family.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 112th; briskit; circumcized; corruptdes; ethics; naughtyweiner; neenerneener; pelosi; weiner; weinergate; weinerschnitzel
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To: Second Amendment First

tar and feather the little bastard


21 posted on 06/06/2011 3:32:38 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Second Amendment First

It’s just about sex, though.


22 posted on 06/06/2011 3:32:41 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: momtothree

He used his official office last week to provide interviews to reporters. He told lies in those interviews while sitting in his tax payer supported office. That is illegal use of his position and federal stuff...

Bailiff, whack his pee-pee!
Weiner MUST BE FORCED TO RESIGN.
The DemonRats can’t withstand such blatent filth and hypocrisy...can they?


23 posted on 06/06/2011 3:32:42 PM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: Second Amendment First

I’m laughing...Boehner cries and everyone goes nuts. Weiner cries....and everyone is laughing...because they know it’s “fake”.


24 posted on 06/06/2011 3:32:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Second Amendment First

Why bother? He has no ethics, and the entire world knows that. Dem leaders don’t care, and his voters don’t care, so let’s move on to what matters. Isn’t there some Sarah Palin dirt in those 24,000 pages of her email? Or did she perhaps say something silly (meaning historically correct but inconsistent with poetry) about one of our Founding Fathers?


25 posted on 06/06/2011 3:32:59 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Second Amendment First

“Nancy to handle, Weiner goes limp!”


26 posted on 06/06/2011 3:33:37 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: Second Amendment First

Nancy must have conferred with The Boy-Queen.

Weiner is being thrown under the bus.


27 posted on 06/06/2011 3:33:48 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

No he’s not. Pelosi is performing political theater. The house at most will censure Weiner and agendas will proceed as planned.

The worst part for Weiner(ha! pun)is that this will probably cost him a cabinet appointment in the Hillary admin.


28 posted on 06/06/2011 3:33:48 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Second Amendment First

She’ll slap his hand.


29 posted on 06/06/2011 3:34:04 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: momtothree

I’m thinking appearance sake, too....but I’m also wondering how much she hates Hillary.


30 posted on 06/06/2011 3:34:16 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Nan's giving Weiner the old Jonah-heave.

Not necessarily. If you were guilty as sin, who would you prefer to preside over your investigation more than someone with as many skeletons as you have? Pelosi is positioning to cover for him, and spinning it like she has the high moral ground. Wiener's personality profile pretty much dictates that if he is thrown under the bus, he is going to take those who threw him under as well. Pelosi (et al.) can't have that. We just went through this very hypocrisy with Charlie Rangel.


31 posted on 06/06/2011 3:34:25 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

If Nancy would cough really hard, she could force him out.


32 posted on 06/06/2011 3:34:32 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Second Amendment First

Pelosi will try and turn this against the GOP! Pelosi’s word may be slightly better than Olympia Snowe’s but not that much better. WATCH OUT FOR THE KNIFE!


33 posted on 06/06/2011 3:34:45 PM PDT by WellyP
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To: Second Amendment First

Ms Pelosi needs to answer for her abuse of our AIR FORCE aircraft while she was Speaker.

Why this hasn’t happened yet, is beyond me.


34 posted on 06/06/2011 3:35:09 PM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November (2012) from my house.)
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To: Second Amendment First
Ethics inquiry?

They won't find anything. Weiner doesn't have any ethics.

35 posted on 06/06/2011 3:35:41 PM PDT by N. Theknow (The MSM is to 0bama what the Broom-n-Scoop Detail is to a circus parade.)
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To: Second Amendment First

“Deeply sorry.”

Question for you Rep. Weiner: how sorry were you last Thues or Fri?

Why should I not suspect that back then you weren’t sorry at all.

Arrogant POS!


36 posted on 06/06/2011 3:35:54 PM PDT by upchuck (Think you know hardship? Ha! Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: Beaten Valve

I agree that they should vote on it.
I have called both my Congressmen and have asked them to urge Weiner to resign.
One a Dem and one a Repubbie.
It is totally disgusting, he is a pervert and an embarrassment to our Congress and our country.


37 posted on 06/06/2011 3:35:54 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (I have a Pal In Sarah.)
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To: Second Amendment First

Nancy Pelosi calls for Anthony Weiner ethics inquiry


38 posted on 06/06/2011 3:36:14 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: Allegra

We want to see the rest of the pictures!!!!


39 posted on 06/06/2011 3:36:36 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: smoothsailing
The stretchmark of doom has spoken, Weiner is finished.

Lol

40 posted on 06/06/2011 3:37:41 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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