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Live VideoRep. Anthony Weiner's news conference — watch now
MarketWatch ^ | 6/16/11 | MarketWatch

Posted on 06/16/2011 11:20:42 AM PDT by illiac

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To: Biggirl
Watched the presser. Mr. Weiner was very quick, got in, gaved his presser anoucing he was quiting and out he went.

Wham, bam, thank you ma'am?

141 posted on 06/16/2011 11:56:34 AM PDT by kevkrom (Imagine if the media spent 1/10 the effort vetting Obama as they've used against Palin.)
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To: Taffini

‘Watch the whole clip. Class act, that Weiner. /s


142 posted on 06/16/2011 11:57:07 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Radio ads for more public transportation dollars from congress? Insanity.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

LOLOL

LOve iT!

He should have tried to get on Joker’s Wild instead.


143 posted on 06/16/2011 11:57:22 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: illiac

As the leftist droolers Tweet their rage at their nemesis,

“FRwritings ©Frankie J™
by AndrewBreitbart
Am sure @AndrewBreitbart was behind the Hooligan/Thugs yelling at @RepWeiner im the room. F*cking Scumbag. counting on Karma to get you.”

How ironic is “Frankie J™ ‘s” Twitter name? FRwriting’s my foot.


144 posted on 06/16/2011 11:57:30 AM PDT by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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To: kevkrom
“goodbye PERVERT!” Wow, tuff crowd.

That had to be an outsider.

A New Yorker would have yelled:

“Goodbye PRE-VOIT! And don't axe me for no sympathy!"


145 posted on 06/16/2011 11:57:32 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster - Sun Tzu)
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To: newzjunkey

Since we were all told he checked himself into rehab, he could have graciously resigned by just issuing a statement. But since he chose to make another public spectacle, he deserves whatever he gets.


146 posted on 06/16/2011 11:58:44 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Iron Munro
A New Yorker would have yelled: “Goodbye PRE-VOIT! And don't axe me for no sympathy!"

A real New Yorker would have had his buddies shut down all of the recording devices while he laid into Weiner with a tire iron.

147 posted on 06/16/2011 11:59:22 AM PDT by kevkrom (Imagine if the media spent 1/10 the effort vetting Obama as they've used against Palin.)
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To: truthkeeper

to be honest, if it were someone else I would agree... and I might even agree if it was pelosi having to resign for some reason...but weiner is such a vile person that to me it is pure karma, his arrogance lead him to this moment.


148 posted on 06/16/2011 12:01:19 PM PDT by Newton ('No arsenal is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' -Ronald Reagan)
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Yahoo

Embattled Weiner resigns amid scandal

149 posted on 06/16/2011 12:02:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; Condor51; Grampa Dave; rabscuttle385; TommyDale; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; ...
Not even self-serving Weiner's blathering about himself can top the exit speech given by NJ Gov McGreevey.

McG was up to his ears in wrongdoing----the law was breathing down his neck.

PLUS Golan Cipel, his Israeli ex-lover, whom McGreevey appointed NJ homeland security chief right after 9/11, was threatening to blackmail him. Strange as it seems, McG, a Harvard Law School grad, did not know Cipel could not get security clearance as Homeland Chief, since he was a foreigner.

Yet, typical of Dems caught in deep doo-doo, McG micro-managed his quitting to turn himself into a full-fledged victim. (Full speech below.)

The kicker is that after the exit speech, McG STILL did not leave office. Apparently, there was so much dirt to coverup, it took McG about three more months in office to clean it all up. The shredders musta been going 24/7.

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MCG EXIT SPEECH WITH DAZED WIFE AT HIS SIDE

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.

By virtue of my traditions, and my community, I worked hard to ensure that I was accepted as part of the traditional family of America. I married my first wife, Kari, out of respect and love. And together, we have a wonderful, extraordinary daughter. Kari then chose to return to British Columbia.

I then had the blessing of marrying Dina, whose love and joy for life has been an incredible source of strength for me. And together, we have the most beautiful daughter.

Yet, from my early days in school, until the present day, I acknowledged some feelings, a certain sense that separated me from others. But because of my resolve, and also thinking that I was doing the right thing, I forced what I thought was an acceptable reality onto myself, a reality which is layered and layered with all the, quote, "good things," and all the, quote, "right things" of typical adolescent and adult behavior.

Yet, at my most reflective, maybe even spiritual level, there were points in my life when I began to question what an acceptable reality really meant for me. Were there realities from which I was running? Which master was I trying to serve? I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good. And this, the 47th year of my life, is arguably too late to have this discussion. But it is here, and it is now.

At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is.

And so my truth is that I am a gay American. And I am blessed to live in the greatest nation with the tradition of civil liberties, the greatest tradition of civil liberties in the world, in a country which provides so much to its people.

Yet because of the pain and suffering and anguish that I have caused to my beloved family, my parents, my wife, my friends, I would almost rather have this moment pass. For this is an intensely personal decision, and not one typically for the public domain. Yet, it cannot and should not pass. ####

150 posted on 06/16/2011 12:02:22 PM PDT by Liz ( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
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To: illiac

Unbelievably, Weiner just thanked his parents “for the morals they instilled” in him. Maybe it was his parents there heckling him.


151 posted on 06/16/2011 12:04:43 PM PDT by drierice
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To: Osage Orange

OPPPSSS sorry it should be pervert


152 posted on 06/16/2011 12:05:25 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Osage Orange

OPPPSSS sorry it should be pervert


153 posted on 06/16/2011 12:05:36 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Tweet your meat....lose your seat!

Funniest thing I've read on FR in a long time. :)

154 posted on 06/16/2011 12:05:57 PM PDT by TonyInOhio (H-O-L-D F-A-S-T)
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To: Rudder
FR clock is 12 minutes fast.

It has been for many months now.

155 posted on 06/16/2011 12:07:03 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: Darnright

FRwritings - Boston, MA

156 posted on 06/16/2011 12:08:26 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: savedbygrace

We’re always 12 minutes ahead of the news.


157 posted on 06/16/2011 12:09:42 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Sarah Barracuda

UPS is all about packages. Maybe Tony can peruse a position with them.


158 posted on 06/16/2011 12:09:52 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Note: The perp is flanked on the left and right by a fully erect staff... But, in light of Weiner’s resignation, perhaps the Dems will now order all capital flags be lowered to “half mast.”


159 posted on 06/16/2011 12:09:52 PM PDT by TCH (DON'T BE AN "O-HOLE"! ... DEMAND YOUR STATE ENACT ITS SOVEREIGNTY !When a majority of the American)
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To: truthkeeper

Oh but look at the bright side they can’t replay the resignation without playing the “bye bye prevert” too.:)


160 posted on 06/16/2011 12:10:10 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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