Even young Luke Russert, normally a completely unthinking liberal tool, is a bit incredulous at Congressman Anthony Weiner’s protestations of innocence.
Russert: That’s not a picture of you?
Weiner: You know, I can’t say with certitude. My system was hacked. Pictures can be manipulated. Pictures can be dropped in and inserted. One of the reasons I’ve asked the firm that includes internet security arm is to take a look at what the heck happened here was to make sure it doesn’t happen again. But let’s, kinda, keep in mind why this is so silly. You know, someone committed a prank on me. Somehow got access to my Twitter account. By the way, took off a picture that made fun of the name Weiner and that’s what happened here.
Russert: But, Congressman, you would remember if you were to take a photograph of yourself like that.
Weiner: Well, you know one of the reasons we’ve asked an internet security firm to come in is to see maybe something was manipulated, somebody something dropped in. We don’t know for sure what happened here. But let’s try to take a step back. You know, this is a circumstance where someone committed a prank on the internet where someone spoofed me, made fun of me, whatever. We’re taking it seriously in as much we want to make sure it doesn’t happen again but this story has become a little bit out of control to the point that people are asking me, and asking people who follow me on Twitter, you know, personal questions. People are asking what other things are in your internet, on your, on your database.
Russert: But, fair enough. You will not flat-out deny that that photograph is not you?
Weiner: Here what happens I will say: I will say that we’re trying to figure out exactly what happened here. Whether a photograph was manipulated that was found in my account, whether something was dropped into my account, whether a photograph was partially my account, you know. Jon Stewart might have that right last night.
Russert: So, you never intentionally sent anything to Ms. Cordova?
Weiner: No. Nothing. She says that. I’m saying that. I’ve said that since Saturday when I said that originally. Look, this is a prank, intended I believe to make fun of me and to throw me off my game. I confess that it’s done that a little more than I would have liked.
Hey, you know what? The Editor hasn’t done a Cops reference in a couple weeks, so it may be time to mention his favorite episode of his favorite TV show again.
The cops arrest a suspected drug user. They frisk him and find drugs in his pocket.
His excuse? “These aren’t my pants.”
In a similar vein (and we hope you’ll overlook our use of the word ‘vein” in this context), Weiner now says, “Those may or may not be my underpants.”
Bad boys, bad boys, whatchu gonna do when they come for you?
H/T: NewsBusters.org
