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Subscribe to RSSFor the second time this year, the internet is abuzz with photos of what appears to be a shirtless, married congressman from New York.
A week after Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., doubled down on his claim that a lewd photo sent from his Twitter account was the result of a “prank” or “hack,” the conservative site biggovernment.com has published what appear to be shirtless photos of the lawmaker that were allegedly sent to a young woman via email.
The latest photo published on the conservative site appears to be the bare-chested congressman, posed in an office with photographs visible in the background that resemble himself and his wife.
According to the site, run by provocateur Andrew Breitbart, the image was released to him by an unidentified young woman who says she received the image on Friday, May 20, from a Yahoo email address that she claims serves as an alias for Weiner.
The site also published several other bare-chested images of Weiner that it says were accessible by an internet search of that email alias.
The images come just months after Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., was forced to resign when similar images came to light, ultimately revealing Lee’s provocative interactions with various women via Craigslist.
Weiner told NBC’s Luke Russert last week that he could not say “with certitude” that a below-the-belt photo allegedly sent from his Twitter account last weekend was not of him, but he insisted that he did not send the image to a 21-year-old college student.
Weiner’s office has not responded to journalists’ requests for comment since the images began trickling into the blogosphere today.
A House Democratic leadership aide also tells NBC News that so far nobody in congressional leadership has been in contact with Weiner today.
In an interview, Breitbart told NBC’s Mara Schiavocampo that he is in the possession of more photos and other online communications between Weiner and the unidentified woman. The woman first approached Breitbart and told him she had been engaging in a consensual online "sexting" relationship with the congressman, Breitbart said.
Breitbart’s tactics are generally eyed with some suspicion by objective news sources. His exposure of a speech by Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod led to a media brouhaha over her perceived racist statements before a full screening of the edited video revealed manipulation of her words; he was also involved in the 2009 controversy around a heavily edited video by James O’Keefe that contributed to the demise of ACORN.
NBC's Mara Schiavocampo talks about her conversations with conservative activist Andrew Breitbart.
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Perhaps now that Weiner has actually admitted that the cock shot was of him and posted by him is it possible that Chuck Todd and some of these left-wing media hacks might cut Breitbart some slack? Given the choice of a toadying dimwit like Chuck Todd and Andrew Breitbart I'll take Breitbart any day.
Since no author of this article is named, I guess "objective news sources" should now view anything from Comcast/NBC/Universal and MS with suspicion.
The list goes on and on:
President John F. Kennedy (D)
President William Jefferson Clinton (D)
Senator John Edwards (D)
Reverend Jesse Jackson (D)
U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D)
Colorado Sen. Gary Hart (D)
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D)
New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey (D)
Modesto Rep. Gary Condit (D)
Florida U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney (D)
Henry G. Cisneros (D)
Rep. Mel Reynolds (D)
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D)
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D)
Mayor of Washington, D.C Marion Barry (D)
Gov. David A. Paterson (D)
Congressman Gerry Eastman Studds (D)
Former New York Rep. Fred Richmond (D)
Cincinnati City Councilman Jerry Springer (D)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
David Giles (D) Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.
Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt (D)
Kentucky Governor Paul Patton (D)
Ohio Rep. Wayne Hays (D)
Washington Sen. Brock Adams (D)
West Virginia Governor Bob Wise (D)
Utah U.S. Rep. Allan Turner Howe (D)
Louisiana U.S. Rep. Josep
Good work. I see you got Tony Villar on that list. You did miss John Perez, the Speaker of the Assembly and his UC Berkely "graduate" lies. Turns out the poor fellow dropped out of Berkeley and went to work for a Union. Probably because his "major" in Mexican Studies or Chicano Nonsense was too challenging.
Rick, I was trying to be brief, but found it to be impossible.
Government is the problem.
Where are 6 Republicans prostitution scandals, 20 Republican Adulteries, 2 Republican Inappropriate Conduct with a Minor, 2 Republican children out of wedlock, 3 Republican sex with a minor and 3 Republican cuckolding?
They too are a part of government!
CaliGirl:
"cuckolding"? You must be an old Democrat to use such language.
"I can't wait for the apologies from those who have been defending Whiner and attacking Breitbart here."
Karma exists and it never looked so good.
Leona> Don't hold your breath. Those Dem apologists aren't good at making real apologies. They just run off and hide for a few days and hope that another of their favorite public servants doesn't get caught with his unit on twitter or with a freezer full of cash.
I can't wait to hear the self-righteous christian family values Repubs defend serial adulterer Gingrich and 'the john' Santorum. Their only viable option against the "he's a Muslim" candidate is a Mormon.
Karma does look good.
Diane,
Oh No!! A Mormon!!!!! Run away from the horns!! Oh wait, you mean those same Mormons that gave up weekends after the tornadoes in the south? The Mormons that have shown up at a majority of the natural disasters that the world has experienced?
Yeah, I get it, it can get annoying having the Mormon missionaries trying to convert you (I was a Missionary once). But don't state that Mitt is a Mormon like he has a disease. I don't care if Obama is a Muslim or a Christian or an Atheist. That is between him and his maker (if he believes in one).
Yes I am a Mormon (Latter Day Saint). No I don't want you to vote for Mitt Romney because he's a Mormon. I want people to make decisions on the issues.
Sure I think it would be cool to have the first Mormon president, however if that's why I vote for him, then I am as blinded as those that would vote against him because he's a Mormon.
hey you democrats cheer up if it were a republican he would be there in person trying to boink ya.
Republicans... Democrats... the REALITY is they ALL think they're above the law.. and the rules don't apply to them.
No, Weiner didn't break the law, just the Ethics of the House. (Not there really are any ethics on either side)
However, I'm soooooooo tired of these dirtbags claiming they're "doing the work of the people" BS!!! They're doing the work of feathering their own nest and doing whatever they can to get re-elected.. the electorate that actually put them in office?? The hell with them. They're owned lock, stock and barrel by the coprorate puppet masters and monied special interests.
So by calling a woman and having phone sex using his OFFICE PHONE is not breaking any House rules/laws?
I'd say that alone is enough to get rid of the perv. He's using taxpayer time and money to have phone sex and sexting his ladies - not just last week, but obviously for a while now.
Barbara Walters really stuck up for this perv today on her show. What an upstanding friend of hers. I wonder what the "ladies" of The View will have to say about this tomorrow? LOL!
http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/06/barbara-walters-if-palin-can-ride-around-on-a-bus-weiner-can-stay-in-congress/
PRICELESS!
I never, ever tune in to those liberal hags, but I may just have to DVR it just for giggles tomorrow night! I'm sure they'll be bashing Sarah Palin for it...she's got to be responsible for this somehow, some way. If not, they'll just make it up like they always do.
You libs sure are having a rough day today...Prosecution has copies of John Edwards' emails showing that he DID know about the taxpayer funded payoffs to his pregnant girlfriend to keep her secret...Elizabeth must be smiling from Heaven!!
Breitbart site publishes photos of shirtless man it claims is Weiner
Hey Breitbart, what really happen on 9 - 11 - 2001, real news you will not touch, America Wake Up, stop being distracted by this bull sh@$T, where is the Dollar compared to the euro and other currency, Wake up America, who planted the explosive in the World Trade Centers, Wake up America
you might want to stay off the crack for a little while... it's REALLY messing up what mind you have left.
Resign Weiner!!!
What's the pow wow about?
FACTS
Everybody is a liar, once or twice or more
Just didn't get caught yet.
That's all
The "joke" weiner was making when he sent the pic was that you could tell he is a Democrat because he has no balls.
Libtards contorting themselves into ideological pretzels in an effort to cover the Weiner.
Phucking hilarious....So anyway, how long til Weiner pulls out?
I just keep hearing how he's a far more 'nuanced' pervert than most Repubs caught in similar situations.
Looks like a small claims court case.
MSNBC publishes stories it claims to be news.
You guys suck in a far more 'nuanced' way than any other libtard propoganda outlet.
Mmmmmm the Kook Aid is sooooo tastey isn't it?
The Peacock network can't bend over far enough for the Weiner.
where is the penis shot?
ALL politicians LIE...........Its up to you which LIE YOU want to believe.
Brittbart says he felt sorry for the man. But when asked whether he felt the same sorrow when he posted the photo?
"eh, uh, um, I, uh, well, ah, it, uh"
Weiner looks pretty much a lowlife now, but at least he is joining a growing crowd of democrats, republicans and whatever else scum is calling themselves these days.
Here's what the Republicans have done to support the economic recovery.... passed birther bills, limited abortion rights for women, ensured the wealthy dont have to pay their fair share, ensured drug testing for people on welfare, lied and flip flopped, followed their Palin queen around the country, watched Newt flip flop because he spoke common sense and was rebuked by "his" party, criticized Obama for anything and everything....Yeah, let's hand it back over to the Republicans. People have wised up to their garbage. Enough of them. NY District 26 was only the tip of the iceberg... .
What does your post have to do with the story at hand?
Just last week many of the liberal lemmings unabashedly supported the Weiner and accused Andrew Briightbart of lying and making up the whole story.
Well, what a difference a week and a little sunlight will make. Personally I don't care what the Weiner did as long as he did not break any laws and the other parties were willing participants, but if any of them complained that these were unwelcome then he should have stopped immediately.
The real problem is that when confronted about it he LIED, and LIEDand accused Brightbart of making up the whole thing when he knew the truth as if just denying it would make it go away.
You can still support him as a representative but unfortunately there will be many who not only support him but will continue to bash Brightbart and ignore the truth.
So this time maybe Andrew Breitbart is correct: but,
Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign from her position as Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture after blogger Andrew Breitbart posted video excerpts of Sherrod's address to a March 2010 NAACP event onto his website. From these video excerpts, the NAACP condemned her remarks and U.S. government officials called on her to resign. However, upon review of the complete unedited video in full context, the NAACP, White House officials, and Tom Vilsack, the United States Secretary of Agriculture, apologized for the firing and Sherrod was offered a new position.
He has also smeared others and about issues that were not true. 90% of the time this man creates things so he can get a story true or false he does not care, as long as he get on the news and people is talking about him. Now he wants an apology from Rep. Wiener because this one time he may be right, ruining another family and career, I know Weiner is not innocence but people like Breitbart get off on this type of humiliation. This man has ruined peoples lives falsely and should not be given any more notice than a snake.
Remember Acorn he was involved in this too, what I want to know does he go this hard after republicans or is it just democrats.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201007210054
You GOPERS and BAGGERS seem to forget the long list of politicians, including GOP'S, who can't seem to keep their fly's zipped, lets see, Larry the toe tapper, John, it was a gift not a payoff Ensign, Mr. Lee who sent out his photo asking for Sex, Vitter and the prostitutes, the Gov. trying to find himself on the trail, oh wait I mean in Argentina with his honey, there are just so many, including Spitzer, Edwards, even President Clinton. Nope this isn't a one sided issue, now it's Weiner, he lied, got caught (they always do) so it's up to his wife to figure out what to do, and of course his constituents. Brietbart is a slimball, whether he outted Weiner or not, who cares, trust me it would have been discovered sooner or later, I'd say someone needs to investigate Brietbart, follow him around and check out his tweets and facebooks etc., you can usually find scum under a rock. For the life of me I don't understand why all these guys in power decide they can do whatever they want and get away with it, somehow they think they will never get caught, when in reality they always will.
Everyone really needs to stop beating Weiner......you will go blind.
...and get hair on your palms.
Okay! Weiner is, well, a wiener. After all, he couldn't say that the pic in question was not him which implies that he has taken pics of his dick for whatever reason(s). Who in the world would take pictures of their junk? And why?
The, on the other side of the cesspool, we have Breitbart, who is a nasty little $hit-eating cockroach who is a one man blight against decency and honorable behavior.
And to think that this was once a great country, now reduced to giving such people as Breitbart and Weiner any amount of influence and power. People, we are in more trouble than you can possibly imagine.
damn women, turning on Weiner, what is a man to do, can't even have a few female friends on the internet.
Stop all the adolescent double speak here! Both Republicans and Democrats suffer from the same disease: power, influence, and self opinion based on hype and ego. Weiner is disgusting....yes. But the Mf grinchrich having an affair, then divorcing his wife while she laying dying of cancer. And he is a Republican presidential candidate. Pots, stop calling the kettles black!!!
So is that any better then the Mf edwards having an affair, father a child, then lying to the country about it while his wife lay dying of cancer. Not defending anybody that cheats on their spouse, just stating that people on both sides of the political spectrum have done this, and will continue to do it, until the American populace demands that they stop.
Reports coming out there were sextexts to underage girls. More to come.
What made you do that Rich? Don't worry, we stand behind you and support you and your family in this trying time.
Come on Libtards, push the Weiner out!
Squeeze and knock that little dick outta Washington!
,'-D
You're the angry white man, I'd think you guys could handle this with ease. If the angry white folks can't get weiner out, how the hell do you expect to get 'bammer out?
AWC
Since you wish to make this a Republican vs Democrat issue, please consider the following:
Republican Senator John Ensign didn't quit until just prior to his ethics hearing, more than a year after public release of his adultery with his employee (and his wife's best friend). Republicanpresidential candidate Santorum warned Ensign about the story breaking after Ensign's mistress's husband asked him for advice in an email. Republican Senator Tom Coburn helped Ensign arrange a $96,000 bribe from Ensign's parents.
You should also explain why Republican Senator Larry Craig completed his term after his restroom adventure and why Republican Senator David Vitter not only finished his term but was re-elected after multiple adventures with whores. You might also remember how when RepublicanRepresentative Mark Foley was caught stalking Congressional pages the Republicans circled the wagons as the story stretched out for several weeks. Pages, in case you didn't know, are high school students.
At least Weiner didn't drag his wife on stage for his apology and further embarrass her. Ensign did. Vitter did. Craig did.