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Anthony Weiner stripper penpal Ginger Lee calls for his resignation
cbs ^ | 6-15-11 | cordes

Posted on 06/15/2011 6:45:14 PM PDT by doug from upland

Anthony Weiner stripper penpal Ginger Lee calls for his resignation

By Nancy Cordes Topics Domestic Issues ,Congress .54 Comments Have Your Say Email Story Send to a Friend66 SharesTell Your FriendsTweet ThisTweet ThisMoreShare It. Del.icio.usFacebookStumbleuponNewsvineYahoo bookmarksMixxDiggRedditGoogle BookmarksTwitterLinkedInRep. Anthony Weiner is running out of allies. Even his stripper penpal is calling for his resignation.

Ginger Lee, a former porn actress who currently works as a "feature dancer" in nightclubs, said today that Weiner tried several times to engage her in sexual communication but that she never took the bait.

Lee held a press conference in New York City, accompanied by her lawyer Gloria Allred, who said Lee had "gone into hiding" after the Weiner scandal broke to avoid having to lie to protect the New York Democrat. The two said Weiner first contacted Lee this March, after she wrote flattering things about him on her blog.

Weiner is under intense pressure to quit after he admitted inappropriate online relationships with several women over the past three years. Many Democratic colleagues are hoping he resigns now that his wife, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has returned from an overseas trip.

Allred estimated that Weiner and Lee exchanged about 100 messages via email and Twitter from March until two weeks ago. She said the few that were sexual in nature were all sent by Weiner.

"I did not 'sext' him...any time he took it in that direction, I changed the subject," Lee said, reading from a prepared statement. The slight, young blond woman said that when she started interacting with Weiner "it was about politics."

According to Allred, Lee admired Weiner's positions on two issues of great importance to her: Planned Parenthood and health care. She said Weiner contacted Lee after she posted flattering descriptions of him on her blog.

Allred said Weiner repeatedly tried to change the direction and tone of their conversation to a more suggestive one.

Among the messages Weiner allegedly sent:

"I have wardrobe demands too. I need to highlight my package."

"Alright, my package and I are not going to beg."

"You aren't giving my package due credit."

Allred said Weiner never sent any racy photos to Lee, and she sent none to him. The two communicated by phone only once: when Weiner gave Lee advice about how to handle the media after he accidentally tweeted a photo of his crotch in gray underwear to tens of thousands of twitter followers.

As one of the roughly 200 people Weiner followed on Twitter, Lee quickly became a target of reporters' questions. "He asked me to lie" when the news first broke, Lee said. "I knew I couldn't lie but I didn't want to be the one who threw him under the bus," she added, so she put out a three sentence statement and refused to answer any questions. Allred noted that Lee has not sold her story and would cooperate with a House ethics investigation if asked.

Lee said she believes Weiner should resign because he lied to the media and the public for a week before admitting the underwear photo was of him.

"If he told the truth, it might not have turned into this," she argued.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allred; averagedncmember; democrat; dncmember; dncmemberethics; dncmemberpride; dncmemberrico; dncrico; pornstar; prouddncmember; typicaldncmember; weiner; weinergate
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To: Liz

I can’t wait to get your take ;-)


21 posted on 06/15/2011 7:27:46 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Wisconsinlady

Heads up...seems his wife’s family has many Muslim Brotherhood connections...her mom..and we know mothers talk with their daughters....and she’s Hillary Clintons right hand man...privy to our Sec. of State... information!

We are soooo cooked!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2735358/posts


22 posted on 06/15/2011 7:29:07 PM PDT by caww
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To: Liz

I can’t wait to get your take ;-)


23 posted on 06/15/2011 7:34:48 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: doug from upland
"He asked me to lie" when the news first broke, Lee said. "I knew I couldn't lie but I didn't want to be the one who threw him under the bus," she added, so she put out a three sentence statement and refused to answer any questions.

The Porn Star/Stripper demonstrates more integrity than the elected representative. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

24 posted on 06/15/2011 7:38:44 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: caww

seems like the marriage..to the pending Mayor of NY...was “strategic planning” by somebodies somewhere...Gee...I wonder what they were up to ?!!


25 posted on 06/15/2011 7:40:20 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
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To: Nonstatist
There sure is no end to the jokes.

btw, what is this of A. Weiner in women's underwear? It was mentioned on Hannity.

26 posted on 06/15/2011 7:44:43 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: doug from upland

This is what’s great about Free Republic!

Where else can you get the down low from upland... /g


27 posted on 06/15/2011 7:50:32 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: doug from upland

Gingerly. What a name for a porn star. Gingerly she makes her way toward the bedroom...


28 posted on 06/15/2011 7:51:41 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (SP12: Sarah, they called Reagan "unelectable", too.)
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To: apocalypto; Nonstatist

Wonder if he’ll end up facing any legal charges? Probably a misdeweiner at least...


29 posted on 06/15/2011 7:53:20 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: doug from upland
I was prepared to overlook my own preconceived notions about the credibility of a porn actress/stripper/dancer/Jezebel and consider her statements more credible than the rat weiner, until she hired Gloria Allred. Now it is a tie.


30 posted on 06/15/2011 7:55:33 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Wisconsinlady
the guy is a perv....i hope huma is smart enough to kick him out.

I hope so too. He won't change.

31 posted on 06/15/2011 7:56:21 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: caww
Cartoon has an important detail wrong.

According to published photo's, Weiner is mostly hairless!

He sort of looks like that freaky, hairless cat.

32 posted on 06/15/2011 8:24:48 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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To: mo
Muslims have infiltrated everywhere now, and this appears to be by appointment now.....And there doesn't seem to be any venting of those who get appointed by those in various offices.... Or they are indeed appointed with a purpose for a far more sinister agenda than we can imagine. I shudder to think.....
33 posted on 06/15/2011 8:28:40 PM PDT by caww
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To: Iron Munro

Congress interruptus?


34 posted on 06/15/2011 8:29:45 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: sjmjax

He probably shaves it off. Metro girly men have been doing that for a time. I’ll take a man with hair any day of the week over the femmy look.


35 posted on 06/15/2011 8:32:30 PM PDT by caww
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To: apocalypto

The new Anthony Weiner theme song.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N17V9Uu3qVc&feature=related


36 posted on 06/15/2011 8:33:00 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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To: doug from upland

Weiner should stay. He is a classic synbol of the quintessential Deomcrat.


37 posted on 06/15/2011 8:38:54 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: doug from upland

Somebody at work told me that Anthony Weiner has decided to use his new name recognition to run for the Democrat Presidential nomination. He has selected Attorney General William Holder as his running mate. They will be printing up the Weiner-Holder bumper stickers right away.


38 posted on 06/15/2011 8:39:56 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: FlyingEagle

not bad :)


39 posted on 06/15/2011 8:40:33 PM PDT by doug from upland (Just in case, it has been reserved: www.TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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To: mo
seems like the marriage..to the pending Mayor of NY...was “strategic planning” by somebodies somewhere...Gee...I wonder what they were up to ?!!

I wonder who HER SECOND HUSBAND will be? ...advance planning...hmmmm...

40 posted on 06/15/2011 8:44:34 PM PDT by Judith Anne ( Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.)
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