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
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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Soooo... am I the only one who noticed that he never actually DENIED it? lol I hadn't seen this interview till today!
ATTENTION:
ANYONE WHO ASKS ANOTHER WEINER-QUESTION WILL HAVE THE POLICE CALLED ON THEM.
I thought the preferred way was to call a lawyer?
Where's Matthews to play "hide the weiner" and make this go away when the DNC needs him?
I'm starting to think this is just a big distraction for whatever BHO and/or congress is going to pull on us. Capital controls, suspension of the bill of rights? In this day and age the new Reichstag fire is dick jokes 24/7
I believe that there's about 438 of them (dick jokes) in DC.
So what he CAN say is that at some point in time he DID have such a picture taken. I have never been so drunk that I would not remember someone snapping a picture of my privates. I understand guys are very impressed with their equipment, but seriously, keep you pamts zipped. Think of all the problems that one behaviour could have avoided. Ahhhnold, John Edwards, Bawney Fwank, Spitzer and on and on. . . .
One time in college I got drunk and went into my buddy's room while he was on a date, found his camera and snapped a picture of my weasel. Turns out it was his GF's camera and she had pics of her sorority formal dance on it. She dropped the film off and an hour later brought the envelope home and opened it at dinner with her whole family....
Like alcohol, free swinging dicks can cause problems but they can also be a source of hilarity (and write on walls, put out fires and so forth).
You got drunk in college??? Pretty funny story. Best you dont ever run for public office unless it is as a democrat.
Awesome. Where you lucky enough to be invited for dinner the next time? Story made my day.
Only you could get into such a situation.
I'm just not worthy...
Wow, it must be "take a picture of your weenie" week in North America.
Last week, one of our provincial MPs (the equivalent of a State Assemblyman) had a "grainy" photo of his family jewels posted on his Twitter account. The photo apparently showed a man sitting, naked as a jay bird, with his legs crossed.
His explanation? His Blackberry was accidentally on camera mode in his front pant pocket. Yes, he truly thinks the voters are that stupid.
Of course,no one was able to explain how the BB was able to take a photo THROUGH the pocket and pants. Maybe he has a new prototype from RIM - the x-ray model that can see through clothing! Wow! Just like the ads in the back of comic books when I was a kid.
What a dick.
There's an app for that. :)
Ooooh! I want that app! Is it available for Droid?
After hearing the congressman's responses and explanations, his story is so full of it that I cant help but laugh. For a man who claims to so up to date on cyber crimes and all the measures to take to prevent it. His stories make him sound like a novice user.
Further more, his claim that his accounts or computers where hacked or pranked by someone is ludicrous and just a flat out lie. It's a federal crime to hack an account or computer. Instead of calling his lawyer, he should have called he FBI or the Capital Police.
Time to come clean and confess and face the music
Maybe he was hacked, maybe he wasn't. If he was, someone knew he had something in his files. But he's got something he doesn't want discovered here. I tell you, he's got porn, swingers clubs accounts, something that he doesn't want us to see. And he's going to great lengths to see that we don't.
Private internet security firm investigating is code for computer cleaners, cleaning hard drive. Mark my words.
The picture on Twitter that they say is Anthony Weiner is really a picture of Rachel Maddow.
EEEWwwwww
LOL! OMG, I just shot lemonade out of my nose.
Good one, Jay.
Weiner: "...Pictures can be dropped in and inserted..."
The only thing 'dropped' was his trousers. I'll leave the 'insertion' thing alone...
The jokes on this just write themselves... I can't even bring myself to write any it's so easy.