Congress buzzing over racy pictures of Weiners on twitter.

[Rhinox]

NEW YORK -- Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) insisted he’s staying in office Monday, even as a string of embarrassing new revelations and photos emerged that apparently reveal a hidden, lascivious online life.
At first, Weiner vehemently denied that a photo of an underwear-clad erection, sent via Twitter to a 21-year-old woman, had come from him, insisting he’d been hacked.
But conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart and his website, BigGovernment.com, rolled out a series of new pictures Monday, including a shirtless shot that appears to depict Weiner flexing and photographing himself.
Breitbart also claimed to have X-rated pictures of Weiner, and other outlets, including Radar Online and ABC News, reported having more damaging information from women Weiner had purportedly communicated with.

“I am deeply ashamed of my terrible actions,” a tearful Weiner told reporters at a remarkable press conference in New York.

“I came here to accept the full responsibility for what I've done,” he said, apologizing to his wife of one year, Huma Abedin, and reporters and others he lied to about the initial reports. He even said he was sorry to Breibart, who had commandeered the podium for his own impromptu press event before Weiner spoke.

"I’m here to watch myself be vindicated,” said Breitbart, who had faced criticism for his role in the scandal.


Weiner admitted that he had had ongoing online relationships with six women, and said that he talked to his wife about ones that predated their wedding last summer.
But she did not know about the more recent communication, and Abedin only learned Monday morning that Weiner had lied about having tweeted the photo, he said.
Weiner insisted he was staying in office because he felt he was a good legislator, and he vowed to recapture the respect and trust of his Queens and Brooklyn voters, in spite of the lies, embarrassment and ridicule he will likely face.

He also said that although he had lied repeatedly about his lewd behavior, he felt he had violated no laws or ethics rules.

“I don’t see anything in what I did that violated the rules of the House,” Weiner said.

“I don’t believe I did anything that violates any law or any rule.”

He didn’t have any explanation for his online habits.
“I don't know what I was thinking,” Weiner said, explaining that he thought his sexting and racy communications were “frivolous.” He also said that he has never met any of the women he communicated with in person. He declined to say if he engaged in phone sex with them, as the latest allegations claim.

“It was something that I did that was just wrong, and I regret it,” Weiner said, adding that he panicked when the first tweets went public, and lied to hide his other X-rated activities.

“I was embarrassed, I was humiliated,” he said. “I was trying to protect myself and my wife.”

He insisted he did not use government equipment, using his own phone and his home computer, to communicate with the women.

People who know Weiner were stunned, having argued as recently as last week that he was too smart to have done what he was accused of.

“Well, apparently he wasn’t,” one told The Huffington Post.
Another said keeping his job may be the least of his worries.

“Forget staying in office. He’s going to get divorced," the person said.
The congressman insisted that his marriage would survive, and said he might seek psychiatric help.

“I'm going to try to handle this, and I have not ruled out seeing someone,” he said. “This is a deep weakness that I have demonstrated, and for that I apologize."

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[Rhinox]

So much for being the first jewish president ;(

[Cleverness]

Didn't some Republican get elected to office and have himself in a magazine naked before that? We can spin this!

[Rhinox]

Didn't some Republican get elected to office and have himself in a magazine naked before that? We can spin this!

Talking about Scott Brown he wasn't "cheating" on his wife though.

[Alleya]

How can I ever trust the opinions and judgment of a man who takes pictures of himself on the internet? My faith in government is shattered on this day.

[Xajii]

Haha, oh wow.

Will be fun to see Stewart's take on this, as they are good and long-time friends.

Sad though, I like his dedication to his ideals, he's a powerful speaker and stands up for what he believes in.

[bigrougabagel]

Haha, oh wow.

Will be fun to see Stewart's take on this, as they are good and long-time friends.

Sad though, I like his dedication to his ideals, he's a powerful speaker and stands up for what he believes in.

watch every episode from last week.

[Zoolander]

Haha, oh wow.

Will be fun to see Stewart's take on this, as they are good and long-time friends.

Sad though, I like his dedication to his ideals, he's a powerful speaker and stands up for what he believes in.

Idk, I quickly grew really tired of Stewart talking about Weiner and how they're friends and all that shit. It was mildly amusing the first time he did it, now its just beaten to death. Was hoping it would go away since its a total non-issue, but this shit will make it worse for a while. At least its somewhat "done" with and the world can start forgetting like we always do.

[Zhais]

daily show site hasn't worked for me all day

[Draylo]

So glad I don't have a last name like that. I can only imagine how it was for him in school lol.

[Xajii]

@bigr: I did, but that was when it was still speculatory.

@Zoo: The point for me isn't so much the whole "oh no how will this affect the politics oh no i feel so betrayed" or whatever. It's just hilarious to watch a famous personality react to the discovery of his friend being a creeper on the internet.

[EternityEnd]

I love the part where he fake-cries during his "speech," as if it's that big a deal.

I can't wait until a saner generation takes office, seriously. One with internet experience.

[archibaldcrane]

Who the fuck uses twitter to send dick pics? It's like the most difficult internet medium to keep under wraps.

[Cleverness]

NY politicians last couple of years have been notorious for stuff like this, so I'm not surprised it happened. Just surprised it happened to Weiner, since jokes about his name aside, he would be one of the last politicians I'd expect to hear this about. He was a good speaker too, but I dunno if he'll rebound from this.

[archibaldcrane]

Also, it sucks that that dickhead Breitbart gets more publicity because of this.

[Zoolander]

^if I ever go for public office I fully expect photos of me shirtless, wasted, in a skirt, etc to be made public. Who gives a fuck, honestly. We got a supreme court justice who didnt bother mentioning that he had a conflict of interest (along with a lot of other shady stuff w/his wife) in one of the most horrendous rulings SCOTUS has ever made, but yea lets focus on one of the 435 members of the House sending a picture of his junk to some chick during his off time, as if that is at all relevant.

Edit: and yea seriously, of all the mediums to use, Twitter is definitely the worst.

[Stumblingdrunk]

I love the part where he fake-cries during his "speech," as if it's that big a deal.

I can't wait until a saner generation takes office, seriously. One with internet experience.

Didn't he get all weepy when referencing how this affected his wife? I would imagine to most wives this would in fact be a "big deal."

[Stumblingdrunk]

Also, it sucks that that dickhead Breitbart gets more publicity because of this.

^ The very worst part about this

[ronin sparthos]

Who the fuck uses twitter to send dick pics? It's like the most difficult internet medium to keep under wraps.

Old people.

[Koul]

I kinda wanna see those x-rated pics >_>;;