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By now you've probably seen enough -- literally -- of Anthony Weiner, the New York City Congressman embroiled in a scandal involving online relationships with several women, including his sending suggestive photos taken from the House of Representatives gym. Members of both parties have called on Weiner to resign. The raunchy emails from the married Congressman aren't terribly shocking. Several studies have estimated that more than half of men and women are unfaithful to their spouses. The public outrage has stemmed in my opinion not from Weiner's tweets, but his deception. Rep. Weiner lied to reporters, instructed others to lie...

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz calls for resignation of Rep. Anthony Weiner

RT @thomaskaplan: BREAKING: Anthony Weiner headed to check himself into a treatment center, according to two senior Democratic officials.

A defiant Rep. Anthony Weiner will not resign and will instead seek treatment even as a the top leaders of the Democratic Party abandoned him en masse Saturday after it was revealed that he had communicated online with a 17-year-old Delaware girl. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the party’s top campaign chiefs — Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) — all called on Weiner to resign in statements released within minutes of each other. But Weiner has ignored those calls and announced Saturday afternoon that he’s seeking...

Weinergate is the gift that keeps on giving. A fifth woman, Traci Nobles, has been discovered to have had sexual communication with digital Don Juan, Rep. Anthony Weiner and RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained emails between the two of them. “Please understand i am a very important man. I'm always busy, but I promise i will make time for you soon!” Weiner wrote to Nobles in an email dated May 6, 2011. “Don't the pictures i send keep you satisfied?” Nobles, 34, is a blonde gym teacher from Athens, Georgia, who also teaches cheerleading at the YWCO — the Young Women’s...

Athens woman, Weiner traded racy messages By Joe Johnson - joe.johnson@onlineathens.com Published Friday, June 10, 2011 comments0An Athens cheerleading coach apparently had an online fling with U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, the New York congressman embroiled in controversy for sending sexually explicit messages to several women. http://images.morris.com/images/athens/mdControlled/cms/2011/06/09/842158096.jpg Associated Press || Richard Drew/AP A teary U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., addresses a news conference in New York on Monday. An Athens cheerleading coach shared online messages with the embattled congressman.onference in New York on Monday. An Athens cheerleading coach shared online messages with the embattled congressman. Associated PressRichard Drew/AP A teary U.S....

Anthony Weiner, the US congressman who lied about lewd online exchanges with female admirers, was mired in further controversy on Tuesday, as women alleged he used his office to carry out the affairs. The married New York Democrat was under intense pressure as the reason he gave for not resigning – that he kept the sexual messages and pictures separate from his work – was challenged. A Las Vegas Blackjack dealer claimed he had called her for phone sex from a congressional line, while a pornographic actress alleged he offered to have someone from his "team" help her prepare misleading...