Weiner Steps Away: Requests Leave of Absence to Get ‘Treatment’
- Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:43pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Rep. Anthon Weiner walk in his Queens neighborhood on Sat. afternoon.
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Under pressure to resign in a sexting scandal, Rep. Anthony Weiner announced Saturday he was entering professional treatment at an undisclosed location and requested a leave of absence from Congress.
An aide for the embattled New York lawmaker made the disclosure in a statement shortly after several Democratic party leaders demanded he quit for exchanging messages and photos ranging from sexually suggestive to explicit with several women online.
“This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the party chairwoman, said in a written statement calling for the 46-year-old married lawmaker lawmaker to step down.
The House Democratic leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, said Weiner “has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents and the recognition that he needs help. I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of Congress.”
Weiner’s spokeswoman, Risa Heller, said in the statement that the congressman departed during the morning “to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person. In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well.”
“Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person,” Weiner’s office said in a statement provided to POLITICO. “In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well. Congressman Weiner takes the views of his colleagues very seriously and has determined that he needs this time to get healthy and make the best decision possible for himself, his family and his constituents.”
The statement did not say where he would receive treatment, or what type was involved. Others familiar with his plans said he had left New York by air.
Also joining in calls for Weiner to quit was Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a member of the party’s leadership.
In an interview, Israel said he had told Weiner in a phone call during the day “that I was going to call on him to resign and he absorbed that. Obviously he had much more personal and pressing issues that he was addressing.
“He didn’t give me any indication of whether he was going to resign or not,” Israel said.
Pelosi also spoke with Weiner during the day to let him know that she, too, would be joining the calls for resignation.
“They [Pelosi and Israel] both called him this morning and said ‘you should resign,’ and he didn’t and they issued their statements,” a source familiar with the discussions told POLITICO. “The White House was engaged.”
The developments occurred one day after Weiner acknowledged he had exchanged online messages with a 17-year-old girl in Delaware. He said nothing improper had passed between the two of them.
Democrats said the concerted call for a resignation had been brewing for days, as senior party officials concluded the scandal was interfering with their attempts to gain political momentum in advance of the 2012 elections.
“We had decided we were not going to have one more week of Anthony Weinergate,” said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
This official added that Pelosi and Israel had spoken numerous times in the past several days with Weiner, hoping to persuade him to step down for the good of the party, telling him that because of the media focus on his predicament, their attacks on a Republican Medicare proposal were largely unnoticed.
Publicly, Pelosi, Wasserman Schultz and others had been notably reticent in the days since Weiner held a news conference on Monday to announce he had exchanged lewd photos, and more, with a handful of women.
On Thursday, an X-rated photo surfaced on a website, and in response, Weiner’s office issued a statement that did not deny it had been taken of him.
The Democratic National Committee was so eager to downplay the controversy that earlier in the week, spokesman Brad Woodhouse referred calls to Wasserman Schultz’ House office, saying Weiner’s predicament was a congressional matter.
Her statement demanding a resignation, five days later, was issued by the DNC.
The White House declined comment on the matter, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, his state’s dominant Democrat, maintained a public silence after an initial statement issued on Monday.
Until disclosing he was seeking treatment, Weiner had been adamant that he would not quit Congress and was planning to return to work with the new week.
Earlier Saturday, he said his conduct involved “personal failings” and that he would try not to let them get in the way of his “professional work.”
Weiner is married to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Abedin is pregnant with the couple’s first child. She is traveling with Clinton in Africa until the middle of next week.
Before Saturday’s developments, at least nine Democratic House members and three senators said Weiner should resign.
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Comments (538)
Lloyd Drako
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:05pmMaybe he should just pull a Newt and say love of country drove him to expose himself online.
Report Post »SingerGuy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:02pmIf you go get group therapy for being a sex addict, doesn‘t that just put you in a room full of people that would love to hook up with you in the janitor’s closet after the session is over? How is that going to help anything?
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:59pmThis has become a national disgrace. While I feel pity for this man’s family and friends, he needs to resign, and see if he can get his life and act together. What a mess.
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:15pmAbsolutly!!! This guy is a mess. Since he is a liberal, and liberalism IS a mental disorder…..therefore…yes…he needs professional help!!!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:38pm@ MainerForever
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Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:58pmTrying to weasel his way now but taking leave instead of leaving….low, low, low.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:57pmI think Charlie Rangel should’ve sought treatment too.
Report Post »I think cleptomania is a disorder, isn’t it? Of course all democrats are pathological liars…
Dale
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:04pmVet;
There are a few who lie with purpose – and still fewer who are honorable.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:56pmHe’s playing the addiction card to escape from his responsibilities. I think prison is the best treatment center for him.
Report Post »Dannowood
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:42pmCorrect. Flashing someone in a trenchcoat or on social media is still indecent exposure. A criminal act.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:42pmFor all of them!
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:56pmNot that therapy will help him. I liken his behavior to obama’s narcissism. One month and they would be cured? I doubt it. How long does it take to reform an alcoholic? Weiner is doing this for politics. This is a game to him. He should resign.
Report Post »treshall
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:54pmIt‘s just as we’ve always known: liberalism is a disease, a mental disorder of moral relativism and overbearing arrogance. Weiner is just the latest sick example.
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:54pmhe will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well.
I always knew weiner didn’t have both oars in the water.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:53pmsorry I dont buy it..
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:52pmDon’t think you can fix STUPID!
Report Post »neiman1
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:52pmHow do you take a “leave of absence” from representing the people that elected you? Talk about an entitlement society. We now invent pc sounding phrases to say the guy is skipping out on his job because the heat is too high.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:05pmAnd they have the gall to dis Sarah Palin!
Report Post »Such arrogance!
btycrkr
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:43pmAsk the 14 Wisconsin senators that ran off to Illinois! Sadly, only 3 of them are up for recall elections next month.
Report Post »50BMG
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:55pmExactly. So who represents the people of his district while he’s on this leave of absence? This guy’s sense of entitlement to his position knows no bounds, apparently. Screw the citizens, that seat belongs to him.
On the other hand, if he’s on leave, he can’t vote in Congress. One less progressive vote. Maybe we can persuade Obama to take a leave of absence…to work on his golf game or something.
Report Post »treshall
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:51pmBut while he was lying his ass off, we were told that he was working so hard for his constituents that he couldn’t even consider stepping down, remember? He had to get back to work for the American people, he couldn’t talk about this “distraction” any more, but now that the DNC chair and Pelosi tell him to hit the road, he suddenly requests a “leave of absence” to “seek treatment”? Please. These people know no shame.
Report Post »rayblue
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:50pmMan, they’re moving fast.
Report Post »He must have gotten the message from Pelosi on his internet “hot octogenarian” site.
grif
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:50pmmore revelations are just around the corner.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:50pmHeading out for a few rounds of golf with Barry and Slick Willy? What “treatment” is available for Democrats? We’d like to know.
Report Post »SamAdamslives
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:51pmExcellent question! Liberalism is a mental disorder. Liberals scream for higher taxes for energy and the poor (unions) while cruising for young girls online. And it’s ok cause “all sex is normal.” Just lie about it to avoid consequences all the while working on the tax payers dime. The only treatment for Wiener is no doubt Viagra. Gross.
Report Post »grif
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:50pmAdd your comments
Report Post »Mike Opelka
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:49pmTreatment? I guess it is only fair. The Congressman has been giving us the ‘treatment,’ he should get his.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:02pmGood observation!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:30pmHe should get Obumacare. At his age it would be up to the death panel. We do need a test case.
Report Post »DVT
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:49pmTreatment? what is he gonna do? Is he gonna try to get help for his liberalism? Hey weiner …dont go away mad…just go away!
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 4:04pmwho else is going to go to treatment, i’m sure there are others in congress doing this. i bet the delete keys are getting a workout. maybe weiner will rat some others out. don’t get mad get even weiner. weiner must have realy pi$$ed off BO.
Report Post »leftylemn
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:47pmLindsey Lohan school of redemption….not falling for it
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:46pmExactly … a farce to save his “spot” and return. While we cover the costs!
Report Post »rightwinglefty
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:47pmI hope he does get help. I hope he is serious about it and this is not a stunt. He has a wife and soon will have a child. That child needs a father.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:05pmHis character went thru a complete metamorphisis in the space of 2 weeks…and now he’s committed to making himself a better person? Pretty sure its a scam…
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:12pmIt’s all orchestrated through the DNC so he can stay in congress
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:13pmOnly doing what he is forced to do…like admitting sending pics was accepting responsibility? Those who are forced to get treatment do not get cured. You can not force someone to be who they do not want to be.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:51pm@ MIDWESTMOM
I have to agree here. Lie about it for two weeks, hoping it’ll go away. Instead it got worse. All of a sudden, he’s deeply troubled and in remorse. He’s really sorry.
Sorry he got caught. I say the Dems get rid of him now!
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:26pmsome folks have to bounce off the bottom before they realize they are heading down. Hope for the sake of the child he gets it figured out.
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:07amMaybe it’s just me….but does anyone else have a really hard time believing THAT “man” actually fathered a child?*shudder* Whatever else that child needs….the first thing is NOT to grow up a WEINER!
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:47pmAdd your comments
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:21pmGreat comment, pretty well sums it up.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:25pmI say very seriously, we best be looking to see what BO and his idiots are up to, it is the weekend, ya know!
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:46pmThis is just the thing to get Weiner off the grill, cool off with relish, and slip back into the buns of the democratic party quietly, and hope the world forgets.
Liberal ethics!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:55pmThink you are 100% correct…………..out of sight, out of mind!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:12pmYou forgot the mayonaise….
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:00pmHe just has to wait for the next sex scandal involving a Republican having actual sex with someone other than his wife. It probably won’t take more than a couple of months. Then they won’t be able to say boo about him while still spouting the usual line that it’s a personal matter and it’s up to the voters in his district if he should stay or go.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:01pmChet Hempstead;
Report Post »He just has to wait for the next sex scandal involving a Republican having actual sex with someone other than his wife. It probably won’t take more than a couple of months. Then they won’t be able to say boo about him while still spouting the usual line that it’s a personal matter and it’s up to the voters in his district if he should stay or go.
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I’m not sure you are correct. A republican (small r intentional) will resign within hours or days. That comparison would not bode well for anthony. That said, I hope the little weiner gets the help he needs; but given his progressive background, I doubt it will happen. The normal 12 step program requires admitting your faults (and perhaps he has, aside from the biggest: getting caught) and recognizing a higher power. Who would that power be (in his case) – odumbo [BIG EARS!] or soros: his ego matches theirs – not likely. No, I think he is waiting for the public’s two week long memory to fade; and he will slither back to the swamp (which, we can all be happy, madam nancy graciously drained not too long ago).
omni
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:54pmAnother victim of foreskin deprivation!
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:04amEwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ok. There are just some images you cannot UNthink. I’m going to have to boil my eyes now….thanks a lot!
Report Post »101
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:54amWhen he gets out of Sexual Predator Treatment Center he will be under the protection of the PC police (no questions) !
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 3:38amDale “A republican (small r intentional) will resign within hours or days.”
Since when? David Vitter didn’t resign. Mark Sanford didn’t resign. Vito Fossella didn’t resign. John Ensign hung on for two years and didn’t resign until it was clear he was about to be expelled. In every case the attitude of the RNC and of his colleagues was just as I said – it’s a personal matter, it’s up to the voters. Republicans only quit gracefully if they get caught having gay sex.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:46pmAmazingly arrogant man.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:00pm“Much ado about nothing!”
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:16pm@CANTEENBOY ~~~ runs in the party: rangle, clinton, carter, hussein, gore, frank, kennedy, and on and on and on….and that’s just the male side….. then you have soros (non sexual/asexual/awful thought at allsex with/by him)….. and then you get to THE DOGS….. the list is soooooooooooooo long.
They should all resign, leave immediately and go live in their hideyholes abroad.
Boy, that came out wrong!
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:32pmkickagrandma too Feckin funny!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:39pmWeiner does show one consistency that many polititcians and movie stars have in common; get caught and then run for ‘treatment’ somewhere unknown, and come back ‘cured’ while expressing suprise that no one believes you anymore.
The fact is with him, no one should support him anymore.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:26pm@ Showtime
Report Post »“Much ado about nothing!”
You must be proud of this POS !! Just wish they would take
Pelosi, Debbie and Rangel when they send the BUS !!!!
MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:39pm@ Snowleopard
The fact is with him, no one should support him anymor
Man, I wouldn;t count on that, They re-elected Rangel..
Report Post »Don’t understand New Yorkers at all !! Morals ????
Unless they think Charlie will take away their Free Lunch.
CHARLIE RANGEL (The Poster Boy) for Term Limits…
101
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:40pmThis pedophile wack job still has a job, I guess we have to dig a little deeper and find he murder someone to get his azz fired or a resignation…The peoples representatives have no morals, they walk all over the American people and just snub their nose at us like they’re above God & law!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:08pmDesperate problems require desperate measures. Make him date Janet N. That should fix his wagon..
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 1:00pmJackers suggested you go to TMZ.com to see the photos of weiner in the gym shower. I was kinda giving him the soft treatment (ha) until I saw these photos he took groping himself like a 2 yr. old.
Report Post »SICK little man. He thinks in his own little head, “he hot” I guess.
Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:45pmThe Weiner walks.
I think we all expected that…
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:52pmIn a corner, pull a Lindsy Lohan, all be good.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:56pmI would guess “going to treatment” was better than being arrested. Wanna bet it was a plea deal??
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 3:57pmA sociopathic sexual predator who is a compulsive arrogant liar will transform into a moral & honest man of wisdom and values in just a few weeks ……as long as taxpayers pay for it
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:00pmThe Weiner walks ,,, in circles! He doesn’t want to lose his job. Not only is he a sexual predator, he’s a chronic liar. Wonder how it feels, not to have to tweet his pics of his wiener anymore, now that everybody in the United States knows what it looks like and knows that he has nothing to brag about?!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:02pmThe statement doesn’t say what Weiner would be treated for.
Report Post »————–
He needs ExtenZe , what else ?
walkwithme1966
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:03pmActually this is rather funny, a Weiner is going to treatment for Twitter!!! Sorry but I just can’t take this really seriously. http://wp.me/pYLB7-13c
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:07pmFor STDs? Mental problems? Pedophelia? Marriage work? Sexual predator rehab?
Where do we start? Cut off his weiner and Im good…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:08pm@Cheez ~
Report Post »Thanks, Cheez! I used “chronic” because I couldn’t think of the word I wanted to use. You said it for me — “compulsive.”
oldasdirt
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:10pmSo weiner will go to a re-tweet,to get evaluated and work out a course of tweetment.
Report Post »I know this is bad,but it’s hot,I am tired,and have a headach,,so this is all you get.
Time to put the weiner away,and move on to bigger fish.The swamp is full of em.
Cemoto78
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:10pmAmazing, I was always under the impression you couldn’t fix stupid
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:12pmYep, sounds like a plea deal, unbelievable the laws the liberals can get away with breaking but with, Holder in charge of the DOJ, I wouldn’t expect anything different.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:18pmTreatment for what: stupidity or arrogance?!
Report Post »Gas137
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:18pmThere may have been a concern about suicide for an impulsive man like Weiner.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:19pm@ Showtime
Report Post »Why does it feel as if the FBI went up to that girl’s house in Delaware to INTIMIDATE & SILENCE her and her parents ?
Angry_Bird
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:19pmHe has to know that a tweet will come out from that 17yo telling him her age.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:23pmShowTime: Both you and CheezWhiz got it right.
Complusive – does it without thinking.
Chronic – does it all the time.
Cemoto78 – you can sometimes fix stupid – send him to boot and see if that helps. It can’t hurt.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:25pmoldasdirt WROTE:
“So weiner will go to a re-tweet,to get evaluated and work out a course of tweetment.”
That’s funny.
Maybe Bonnie Fwank will also need “Tweetment” one of these days.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:28pmHe thinks he can wait out the media and have everyone forget about what happened by getting time off. Sorry man it doesn’t work that way. Now Pelosi, Schultz, Israel, and Hollen, top Democrats have called for him to resign, even after he has asked for this leave: http://tiny.cc/kq6b2
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:32pmTreatment? Well that is one way to put it .. sounds like arm twisting from the DEMS finally worked. After all the cr*p they have been putting on the good citizens of the United States perhaps more should go somewhere for “treatment”.
TEA!
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:33pmBunny Ranch here he comes
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:35pmNow we have to pay for this jackass to go to rehab! Are you f’in kidding me!!! The people of this country better take their heads out of their hiney’s!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:39pm“The White House declined comment on the matter, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, his state’s dominant Democrat, maintained a public silence after an initial statement issued on Monday.”
WOAH!!! Why DOESN’T the White House have something to say about the matter? There was certainly no hesitation when the cops detained that guy who had to break into his own home. “They behaved stupidly,” Obama said.
And Obama certainly stuck his nose into the unions’ business when they were protesting in Wisconsin, telling them to get into their faces.
This has been on the news for –what? — three weeks now, and he has nothing to say? Oh, that’s right — Progressives who live in glass houses don’t throw stones.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:42pmDRIVES LIKE JEHU
leave of senses
OLDASDIRT
So weiner will go to a re-tweet,to get evaluated and work out a course of tweetment.
DVT
Is he gonna try to get help for his liberalism
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Thanks for these LOL
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:42pmHe needs to quit period; and along the way give up any and all benefits of having been a member of the House he may have been given or earned. This man is the ultimate in disgraceful for what he has done…and needs to be dealt with accordingly, as anyone should be in accordace to the law.
Report Post »discardofevil
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:44pmWhat? Why should he take a leave of absence, half of the liberals said themselves he did nothing wrong!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:45pm@SHOW
All very true …. and where is Obama? Has anyone seen or heard from him? … lately? Where could he be … it’s almost like he is at some “secret” meeting.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:46pmSHOW TIME
WOW ! your right on today 5 STARS
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:02pmUnpaid LOA??
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:11pmSo arrogant he thinks he can fix this by running away to rehab?! Time for the SNC to force his resignation… even Pelosi is caving in on supporting him. I predict if the news about the 17 yr old falls out there will be another teen with damaging evidence. This guy deserves everything that is coming his way. Karma is a b#$ch isn’t it WEINER!
(one last thing pls back off his wife and stress to the media to leave her alone she is a victim and doesnt need the added stress of their “stalking” being pregnant)
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:14pmTHE TYRANT’S MISS-DIRECTION TACTICS
One of the wannabe Tyrant’s tried and true tactics is the publicizing of the irrelevant while covertly attacking our freedoms. The current media frenzy over Rep. Anthony Weiner’s misadventures is just another example of this tactic.
The Tyrant’s agenda is destroying our country and returning us to the poverty and despair of the Middle-Ages, yet, the Media is only concerned with the miss-adventures of a perverted Congressman. No wonder we are approaching an economic crisis that threatens to end the American Revolution.
What is the wannabe Tyrant trying to hide with this charade?
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orkydorky
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:18pmTreatment for what, being a pervert and an idiot?
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:22pmHe is a turd master! and if this is his out, a total loser at best!
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:26pmTell us Pelosi,truly why you want Weiner to step down…After all he is a perfect representative of the Democrat Party that you have devised…
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:33pmNow folks this should be a lesson to all,never let the weiner get out of control
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:42pmWHOA
Report Post »Can I take a leave of absence because MY COUNTRY IS BROKE?
Obummer has us in 4 wars I need a VACATION
BIG SIS says the borders are SAFE Can I have a thorazine IV?
TimmyTurbo cheats ON HIS taxes (ditto Harlem Charlie) SO CAN I stop paying TAXES?
Joey Bidden leaves for Italy and misses DEBT COMMISSION Can I skip my next 6 days of work?
Duncy Pelooski tells us to PASS IT then READ ObummerCareBill Can I check into a health spa for the next 10 years?
WeenerDude is a sexual predator Put him in REHAB for 5 years or call Chris Hansen
ChrissyTingles needs a GOOD Urologist
fastfacts
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:44pmBREAKING NEWS, Anthony Weiner is in rehab right now and may be resigning due to some more information that is about to come out. Andrew Breitbart, who broke the story has said that Weiner probably won’t make it to Monday: http://tiny.cc/037gi .
With more coming out this Monday, I don’t see him sticking around past this Friday.
Report Post »mill
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 5:51pmBULL!!!!…he needs to expelled, taken out, resigned for…what ever!.. the man has a problem that will take longer to cure than a couple of days, weeks, months…
OUTOUTOUTOUTOTUOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUT
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Justthefactsmam
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:12pmEveryone is focusing on the sex angles, what should bother people more is the fact that he outright lied, not only the people he represents, but to the nation. How can you trust anything he ever says again??
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:19pmDude, after you get Healthy, make sure you stay in New York..
Report Post »Don’t want you anywhere near My State !! arrogant POS…
jeffyfreezone
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:30pmThey’re gonna send him to rehab for his “addiction”, then he’ll emerge victorious after “successful treatment”. They REALLY think American’s will buy it. New Yorkers will, Americans? Americans NO WAY! Bring it on Weiner! On second thought…
Report Post »Entropy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:31pmMy god, can we please get off of the Anthony Wiener crap already. Give it a rest. Who cares? There are congressman and senators that have done a hell of alot worse things than sexting a picture to some dumb broad. Our country is going down the drain and the MSM and The Blaze keep pumping this baloney up our asses? Where are the real reporters? The ones that are supposed to keep the govt honest via the 1st amendment. What a crock.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:40pmAnybody notice Weiner’s uncanny resemblance to Don Ameche? And, that‘s absent the ’stache.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:43pmCivil commitment, out when he’s cured.
Report Post »Puppy
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:44pmHum, I think he should go to rehab “AFTER” he resigns. Who am I trying to kid; this guy will never give up because no matter what he’s done, the Dems know what’s good for us and this guy is too great an asset.
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 6:54pmHey there Cheezwhiz or Show time….do either of you remember a story the Blaze did titled: Obama top 10 mistakes. I’ve searched the Blaze search thing…but cant’ find it. Any suggestions?
Report Post »Evileye
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:12pmThey will put in group therapy
Report Post »They will all look at a Picture of Ginger Lee and has a Circle jerk.
After puling on his wire for awhile they will give a cold shower he will be ready to go back and
legislate for the good people of New York.
I love our elected Official. Shuck stalwart men of renown
Evileye
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:21pmSorry for all the Typo
Report Post »After looking at Ginger Lee I lost it
donh2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:49pmPressure on Weiner’s house membership is what erected this problem to begin with. I don’t ever want to hear again how Republicans need to be the party that pitches a big tent. Democrats can have the Weiner vote. Its a small constituancy. I am glad the Democrats are coming around to my advice. If you cannot castrate Weiner from his office,…ship him to Japan for a year …. http://youtu.be/7gNzgmEkS5k
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:10pmYeah…that’s really fair to the voters that put him in office. Nothing like the people being unrepresented while he’s trying to untangle the mess made by his twisted ego.
I have two words for Mr. Weiner…resign, jerk!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:48pm@ Marine Forever
You might check this link for starters, Also check out the archives
on the right. Just too much bad stuff on this man to ignore !!
If this Country survives it will be a Miracle !! Semper Fi.
http://stutteringmessiah.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/barack-obama%E2%80%99s-top-10-flip-flops/
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:49pm.
Report Post »I wasn’t expecting this… I didn‘t know anyone offered ’re-hab’ for pathological arrogance.
Ronko
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:51pmIf he truly needs treatment then he should resign, quite frankly if it wasn’t for Gerrymandering he would be a sure loss next year.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:57pm.
Report Post »Something tells me the real reason Weiner won‘t quit is that he doesn’t have a law degree or any other ‘skills’ to fall back on except maybe to make soft porn movies. Aren‘t there any ’liberal think-tanks’ that could take him – or is that just too much of an oxymoron for the universe to be able to support?
rangerp
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:58pmKing David (a man after God’s own heart) had an immoral relationship with the wife of one of his great military men. He got her pregnant, lied, and murdered her husband.
He got forgiveness, but his wrong doings put future family problems in motion that would come back and haunt King David. One of David’s sons raped his own sister, another brother killed the rapist, and then later on tried to take the kingdom away from David, and was killed by David’s top military leader.
Rep Weaner has done wrong, and needs to step down. No need to take pleasure in his pain. I hope he gets his life right, and I hope he can get things right, and be the absolute best father possible for his unborn child.
Report Post »101
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 8:59pmIf it’s treatment Weiner wants, then we shall give him the treatment he deserves…lighting up every e-mail in congress and news agency until he’s gone. And don’t let them kid you, Pelosi & the rest are behind him 100%…the house of losers that are held to lower standards than the American people!
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:40pmThe under age girls are the reason for his change of heart.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:03pm@ Mainer Lewiston….
Hey there Cheezwhiz or Show time….do either of you remember a story the Blaze did titled: Obama top 10 mistakes. I’ve searched the Blaze search thing…but cant’ find it. Any suggestions?
Everything Obama has done since his 2009 Inauguration, If we survive till 2012
it will be a miracle !!
http://stutteringmessiah.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/barack-obama%E2%80%99s-top-10-flip-flops/
Report Post »SUPPLY_SIDE
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:13pmIs that rehab for “Deviant Sexual Predators” or “Progressive Pathological Liars”?
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:42pmLiberalisms “finest.”
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:55pmEntropy
My god, can we please get off of the Anthony Wiener crap already.
It’s because of these low-lifes and this Administration this Country
Report Post »is going down the toilet ..Pelosi let Tax cheats (Rangel,Waters)slide.
now you want to let this “Dirt Bag” just run amuck..GAWD !!!!
Take his pay and Pension,put a boot up his *** send down the road..
If not maybe some Jail Time and put on a perv. list, Slide my AZZ !!!!
They make the Laws, They should be made to abide by them !!!!!
drattastic
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:39pmThis is the “get out of jail free card” for Hollywood celebs and democratic politicians.It’s a bunch of crap.This will give the lib. media and the dem. leadership cover to excuse him,ignore the story and get back to the destruction of the United States.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:42pmOH P-L-E-A-S-E !!!!! The ONLY thing that is making him sick is the fact he got CAUGHT.. he KNEW what he was doing.. and CHOSE to do it.. He like all the other idiots THINK they are above having to be MORAL.. I do agree that he needs to learn to be a better husband HOWEVER.. that lesson will come IF his wife SMACKS him upside the head with a cast iron skillet.. I sure hope she doesn’t take advise from HILARY..
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:01amCemoto78
Posted “Amazing, I was always under the impression you couldn’t fix stupid”
ROFL!!! You can’t. But you can take it to a nice, quiet, resort type place for a while and give it lots of meds! Think we could get them to hold the DNC convention in “rehab”?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:31amHe doesn’t need professional counseling….he just needs to control himself and recognize that he will be held accountable for his actions. Instead, he wants a ‘mulligan’ and expects the public to forgive him. NOT!!!!
Report Post »I could overlook his deviancy,,,,but lying is the issue. He lied to the press, wherein, he lied to the public. He has lost his credibility….the most important issue,,,,NO CREDIBILITY. Why does that seem to be overlooked???
EnoughBS
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:50amplease just crawl under a rock and never come back.
Report Post »niagra
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:52amreally nice whiener
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 3:03amOoo, how exciting! Do you think he’ll meet up with Tiger Woods in “treatment”?
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 3:27am“…he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well.” (Weenie Spokesperson)
Isn’t modern medicine miraculous? We can now change our lifestyle and personal values–even rid ourselves of deeply engrained arrogance and dishonesty–in just a short “leave of absence!” Surely this revolutionary treatment is covered by Obamacare….
Actually, I did have a twang of pity for him– can you imagine having sunk so low in life that Debbie Wasserman Schultz can put pressure on you to resign?
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 5:36amIt’s probably never a good idea to kick someone when they are down. This man is awfully hard to have sympathy for, isn’t he? He’s been so arrogant. MAYBE that’s a lesson for us to teach our kids (and remember ourselves) to wit: ANYONE who is so abrasive and combative has a self-anger that runs very deep.
What would you do if you were he? I mean your name and face forever linked to this. No matter what else he does aside from getting a new face and name and going into witness protection (as someone else said). I don’t think anything we can say can punish him more than he has punished himself. Wow…how’s you like to be his wife? HIS PREGNANT WIFE? Don’t you just know her parents would like to kill him? The would-be Mayor of NYC indeed!
I hope this is a lesson for all of us… bad behavior DOES catch up with us. WE simply must raise the bar and get back to MANNERS and dignity. I said years ago that when they took ART and MUSIC out of schools our art would be graffiti and our music would be base (and I don’t mean the instrument. I love rock but what kids know the CLASSICAL music? Which ones can write real music today? I think we’ve been victims of a well-planned DUMBING DOWN, SOCIETY ERODING IMMORALITY since the early 50′s. IT’S planned and we are paying for not knowingit. TIME TO WAKE UP. Don’t waste any more time on this poor slob. He’s done to himself more damage than any of us could do…the bonus of course is showing Pelo
Report Post »richard the lion-hearted
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 7:45amNow it‘s time to play ’hide the weiney’…
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 7:47amAmazing how these members of Congress who get caught refuse to do the right thing and step down… This arrogant little man is clinging to his position for dear life, but the writing’s on the wall…
More pictures of Rep. Weiner on TMZ.com… And a picture saves a thousand words…
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:33amDon‘t want to kick the man when he’s down, but… No way can this man get cured of stupidity in a week or two, nor can they cure his mean, hateful, arrogant attitude toward us. I simple don’t like the man and wish he would leave public office where his votes could damage us with his apparently off-center mind set. (yikes! most of our paid public servants could fit this description)
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:44amRetraction, I was way to nice to the Weiner. Looked up the photos of him in the gym and all I can say now is, that man is a disgusting piece of arrogant, self serving, idiocy I’ve seen in a long time. He‘s grasping himself in such a way to suggest what’s on his mind. Now I know he goes around thinking with his little head, and that doesn’t mean the one attached to that skinny neck. All the treatment in the world won’t cure this man. He thinks he‘s God’s gift to women. Why else would any man give his real name to young women on the internet with a lewd photo for God’s sake? Sicko!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:50amWhat a horse’s behind!
His arrogance!
This is TOO FUNNY, FOLKS!!
His hubris fools him into thinking he can hind behind ‘a disease’ and hide from the media and it will all ‘blow’ over.
This is great news if they don’t demand his departure or kick him out on his scrawny, bony pelvis (where his butt would be)
You see, by doing this, he is stringing it out for MONTHS AND MONTHS OF MEDIA coverage!
Yep, where is he getting treatment?
Who are his doctors?
What is the treatment like?
Then, when he completes treatment, we will get live coverage of him going home from treatment, and all the questions will rise up again. LOL
What an arrogant idiot!
ROFLMAO!
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 1:04pmNot acceptable. WEINER should resign off of PUBLIC PAYROLL.He is a pervert. He is dreg of society with a wife I would not trust as far as I could throw her, probably a double agent. No doubt. As Muslim for her to marry a Jew only means ONE thing. She is a double agent. Her faith bans her from marrying outside of Islam let alone a Jew!! her faith calls her a whore. Why is her clerics not calling for her stoning??? DOUBLE AGENT! working for that traitor Clinton.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 4:18pmThere is no cure for sexaul deviants. A rapist is most likely going to rape again, even after treatment. A pedophile will most likely re offend after treatment. His violation goes beyond the sexual commision. First, he committed adultery, even if he never met the other women, its still adultery. Second, he put himself in a position to be blackmailed and extorted. Third but not final, he showed poor judgement and as such put the entire nation at risk because he is a deviant. Do the honorable thing DICK, resign.
Report Post »Wayne
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 5:24pmI have a cure for weenie, and old time attatude adjustment, in other words a good old butt kicking would help him the most. and if its done right it will only take one.
Report Post »ocean
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:45pmSo IS Weiner getting paid by us to take a leave of absence for his stupidity?????
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