Posted on 06/06/2011 1:09:36 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Rep. Anthony Weiner has called an afternoon news conference Monday amid a fresh round of sordid allegations involving the married congressman, including the release of a new set of photos that appear to show him posing shirtless.
The website BigGovernment.com, run by conservative rabble-rouser Andrew Breitbart, reignited the frenzy it started last week involving the New York Democrat in a series of posts Monday.
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Weiner's office has not responded to a request for comment. He will address the media at 4 p.m. EDT from a midtown Manhattan hotel.
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Many of Weiner's supporters pointed to Breitbart when news of the Twitter photo first broke more than week ago, accusing the conservative provocateur of somehow setting up Weiner for a scandal.
Breitbart's heavily edited video in 2009 of remarks made by Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod, which accused of her of using race as a factor in her government job, resulted in Sherrod’s resignation. Once the full video refuting that allegation came to light, Sherrod received an apology from the Obama administration. She later sued Breitbart.
Breitbart has denied any involvement in Weiner's episode.
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I hear it’s no big deal
It’s breathtaking how dishonest the media is with Breitbart and the Shirley Sherod thing.
They rarely acknowledge Breitbart posted the full unedited video from the beginning.
looks like hes doing the same thing in this picture as he does as a congressman.
rhymes with back off.
Isn’t it nice the little people provide athletic facilities for our political class.
We have millions of unemployed and scumbag Breitbart thinks this is news.
Youtube video “It’s my D*ck in a Tweet” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-sb8e3P4LM&feature=share
I’m waiting for a pic of mustard on that wiener. I would so relish that.
He is probably going to announce he is running for president...lol
It is news.
If he wasn’t guilty, he falsely accused someone of a felony. If he is guilty, among other things, he is a felon...pedophile too?
And Breitbart isn’t a scumbag. Weiner is.
WTF?
We have millions of unemployed and this is what one of your f#%&ing Congressional representatives is doing about it.
I really will be suprised if he resigns. He’s more the type to double down and use the tried and true democrat plan of deny, deny, deny, attack, attack, attack, blame, blame, blame and then claim victim status. Works nearly every time for democrats.
Arrrghhh.
The media has to dilute this with Breitbart.
I hope Breitbart sells a lot more books.
I’m a knucklehead and that’s OK I work all night and I play all day! (repeat twice)
That is a flat out lie. Even Chris Matthews has acknowledged the Sherrod video wasn't edited. But, to the LA Times, the truth doesn't matter, it's the message that matters. Well Messrs Memoli and Oliphant, Weiner is one of yours, the same type of outright liar that you are.
Well Fox has it now too...and the question is where is this bizzare thing going now....what a soap opera! Bottom line Wiener has the news now and the stage. A spectacle hardly says enough!
It’s obvious it’s too much of a distraction for Weiner.
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