Weiner Press Conference Open Thread: UPDATE: ‘I Apologize to Andrew Breitbart’
by PubliusUPDATE II: Now with video.
UPDATE: Rep. Weiner has admitted full responsibility for the Twitter pic posted to his account. There was no hack. There was no prank. He even apologized to Andrew Breitbart. Exact quote, “I apologize to Andrew Breitbart.”
Retracto is currently in training. Going to be a busy week for him making the rounds of the media.
Rep. Anthony Weiner called a press conference for 4pm EDT. BigGovernment.com publisher Andrew Breitbart was in New York for previously scheduled meetings and went to the presser as an observer. Rep. Weiner was, unfortunately for him, late for the conference. The press then asked Andrew to go to the podium to take some questions. It was surreal and awesome. According to FoxNews, a Weiner staff ran through the hotel halls screaming, “Breitbart’s here. Breitbart’s here.”
Breitbart:
Weiner:
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Kudos to Breitbart- that was highly entertaining!
gratz, Andy. Full apology.
Sniveling Weiner Whiner.
Breitbart for the win! Taking over the presser before it started.
Calling them out on "one lie" — brilliant. Not a peep.
He is trying to save his political ass now.
He previously made statements about Fmr. Rep Chris Lee calling his actions "unconscionable" and "unfitting of a US congressman" in press statements made in February.
Resign.
Liberals Screwed By Weiner and Liberals (especially Liberal Males) loved every minute of it.
Suck on that Weiner, Jon Stewart.
Keep knocking them down Breitbart.
Liberals should be getting in line behind Weiner to offer apologies.
One could say Liberals really screwed themselves with Weiner.
“Breitbart’s here. Breitbart’s here.” ……..this is democrazi code for "We've been caught, we've been caught".
"I apologize to Andrew Breitbart and ….." Tony (the Dog) Weiner
Oh was THAT ever delicious.
And yet he refuses to resign …. …premature ….and how typical of an Immoral Democrat.
He is at his presser to accept responsibility for what he did… of course with a Democrat "I take full responsibility" means "as long as there are no consequences" .
Andrew. What can we say? Well done!
Awsome job. AB has the Dem's running scared, "Breitbart's here, Breitbart's here". The "lame stream media" will probably report "Sara Palin stated that Paul Revere rode through night yelling 'The Breitbarts are coming, the Breitbarts are coming!'".
Breitbart – Wwwwwiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnniiiiiiinnnnnngggggg!!!!!
Good job Andrew.
Nice weenie roast too.
There needs to be accountability and consequences. A forced apology is not enough. Wiener has to go. It's so wrong and so harmful at so many levels.
If this pencil necked worm had one shred of decency he'd resign but Oh No… his lust for power is greater than anything below his belt.
This is going to be a rolling disaster for Weiner/Obama/Democrats until he quits.
Yup wiener got his wiener in a ringer…
Typical democrat response. "This was a personal failing. It has NOTHING to do with my job as a congressman. So I won't be resigning."
I believe he's wrong. I think he WILL be resigning. Whether he likes it or not.
Abuse of power, straight up.
Weiner just said 'all I know about their age is what they post in social media'. But hey now, in many states, that is IRRELEVANT if there is some underagers involved. It almost seems like some reporters know there is some underageness involved here. Could that possibly be true?
Go back and read the Troll's posting, how they TRIED to blame Andrew for Weiner's Teen Age behavior.
Wellscreen and other denialists hardest hit.
Wow. And Andrew even got some vindication.
As much as I hate to say it, he might just squeak by. If he were a Republican he'd be toast, but like it or not the double-standard does exist when it comes to Democrats. But I think any chances he might have had of moving up from Congressman have now evaporated.
" Andrew Breitbart the Demoncrat Slayer"
Ok Andrew,are we ever gonna get the dirt on Imam Obama ?
Or are you waiting for October 2012 ?
I don't know what is better: Tony getting his comeuppance or the media, ONCE AGAIN, being outed for the partisan hacks that they truly are!
I heard Breitbart in the crowd………delicious.
Typical commie swine. You have to beat the truth out of them. Andrew, keep up the good work. Now don't back off….go after "whinner's" comment that he is just going back to work. Damn he sure loves to work.
I agree– He's now tied his party to it.
Breitbart your my hero, the way he talks down to people and throws tantrums all these years shows he lives up to his name. So awesome you went there and were able told by the "press" to take questions before he took the stage, i love when you asked them to tell you one lie that you had told and there wasn't a peep.
Man, is Andrew an AS*HOLE!
We need about a dozen more as*holes just like him, to counter the progressive Borg.
Boy, his ass must've caught fire when he had to utter those words…
Suck it, Trolls!!!!
That was just spectacular theater. Andrew owned the podium.
lol, Now that's something to be proud of Andrew, and talk about being upstaged and degraded all at the same time. I bet Anthony wee' weed himself over this one.
Step right this way, trolls! Your heaping portions of crow are now being served at Stage Left…
At some point, every wiener needs to come clean. Too bad the screeching liberal rep from NY (Tony) won't be getting a thorough scrubbing with a horsehair brush and some lye soap right before the tar and feathers. His constituents will likely give him a pass and he will continue his destructive acts upon Americans and our once great Republic.
LOL….she would have her hands around his chicken neck coking the SOB if she was there.
He's an attention junkie – the type that thinks even bad attention is better than none. He WANTS to talk about it – more attention for him. No shame – get off the stage, resign. He's already talked too long.
And still he goes on…his tone has changed from the beginning of the press conference. Now he sounds like he's discussing the weather.
No shame.
WeinerGram Guy had to be coaxed by a few reporters to apologize to Andrew,he didn't want to say I'm sorry to Breitbart but when pushed he did,he is sorry that he got caught,but he is not resigning!
I guarantee this will be a troll-free thread until MMFA releases a magically spin-tastic list of "talking points"
Thank you Andrew.
Resign…or change the name….he is going to be a laughing stock for years.
You have made the world safer for … what exactly? Guy caught sexting. Not even having actual sex. Meh.
So can any of the liberals here tell me why Weiner should NOT resign while Lee should? Especially when Weiner was one of those telling him to resign?
A. Weiner said he didn;t do anything that violated House Rules.
Bro, You Lied, knowingly LIED about sending that picture when you said your account was hacked. You claimed a CRIME had been committed and did so KNOWING it was untrue.
Weiner must not only be tossed but he must be charged and prosecuted. Lying because you are embarrassed is still lying.
It is a Violation of your Oath – you claimed a crime had been committed when none had. Period.
Game, set, and match.
If he doesn't resign, then it's time to give this guy both barrels. His apology is contrived…he got caught. No mercy for someone who tries to impugn the character of someone who is on the side of the truth.
So you think that Congressman Lee should be given back his seat then?
Dem play book: news conferences section #4 I'm sorry…. sniff, sniff. I take FULL responsibility sniff, sniff. It's a personal matter between me, my wife……… and any number of undisclosed recipients of my errant e-mail. NO, I will not resign…. I will accept a spanking as punishment though, and we can call it even OK!
Democrat Politician…… Uber Turd! He should be frog marched out onto the greenbelt of the capital in full view of the public with all his belongings tossed out after him!
Weiner Jingle
(Sung to the tune: I wish I Was An Oscar Meyer Wiener)
I'm glad I'm not an Anthony Weiner
Because it doesn't hurt when I pee.
I'm glad I'm not an Anthony Weiner,
Because Anthony has 200 sex Tweets seen by everybody!
I'm Glad I'm Not an Athony Weiner,
With 20 sex Tweet followers sharing so freely.
I'm Glad I'm Not An Anthony Weiner,
With my package displayed so publicly.
I'm Glad I'm Not An Anthony Weiner,
Having to resign so disgracefully!
Hey. Where are all those Breitbart-hating trolls?
Are you going to claim Andrew "selectively edited" Weiner's press conference?
Hahahahaha
Weiner — The prefect man for the Chi-coms now they know there is no morals, no right nor wrong, to what he does.
Thanks Andrew …
I was waiting for the Congressman's 4pm statement …..
CNN was showing Andrew B making is press statement …
NO AUDIO, just the video and Mary Snow yap, yap, yaping over it.
Standby …. here come the Alinsky's ……
Nasty pedophile. I'm sure she was just asking for it…or maybe she deserved it according to your perverted lefty imagination.
Remember? Foley was crucified by the dems and media for, in my opinion, was a lot less!
Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal
Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit Internet messages to at least one underage male former page.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti...
They got done pretty quickly. Look down four posts: Only took a minute for the horde of scurrying rats to start showing up…
So it's not against Congressional ethics to blame someone for committing a crime when you KNOW that person didn't?
Phone sex boy, Tony Weiner. The libs new and improved super hero. ha ha… jackin' his weenie with underage girls, somethin' to really admire.
Face it troll…the truth won today. ACTUAL JOURNALISM won today. You're just a speed bump on the road to recovery. The Marxist and his Party will pay dearly for every day this retard stays in office. It will not blow over. It will not fade away.
A congressman outright knowingly LIES to everyone, and you defend him openly as if that is OK?
Weiner has to go. Period.
Now what else is he lying about…………………?
Eh, he is a democrat, they all lie….and have no shame or take responsibility.
Liberal acquaintance wrote: "I've always felt like Weiner was a slime, but I thought he was smart and…and ugh…Weiner is my Rep, BTW."
But I thought he was SMART, one of those smart people who should be running the country, unlike dumb conservatives… and the bubble bursts hahahaha!
——–"she would have her hands around his chicken neck coking the SOB"______
Oh Noooooooo
Not choking the chicken ?!
Hahahahahaha
Some press guy just yelled out…"Are you going to help support Arnold's love child?"
LOL, perfect.
They cannot overlook their complicit nature in this debaucle. Not one scintilla.
So it's not against Congressional ethics to blame someone for committing a crime when you KNOW that person didn't?
He won't resign. No way. And his Dem district will continue to re-elect him, just like Charlie Rangel. Just reinforces that Democrat politicians are SCUM and the voters that keep re-electing them are fools.
I don't think he should have resigned over that. Democrats were never really asked what they thought he should do as he reisgned under his own party's pressure. Now, the seat belongs to someone else who was duly elected, so there is no basis to give it back to him.
Congrats, Andrew! Job well done!
Now…Weiner has to go.
BOOM!
citation please? when did Weiner say this?
What about that 30 min. personal phone call to the woman in Arizona from the "outgoing U.S. Congress line"? She said: "A few days later, I tried to call him back on that number… instead there was a recorded message that it was an outgoing U.S. Congress line."
Awesome!
In a bygone era, the MSM would have covered for Weiner, and he'd have survived this. Not. any. more.
Thanks, Andrew.
I am laughing so hard I can hardly stand it! GREAT one!
The only other thing I wish Breitbart would have done was smack the podium and yell, "Boom! Winning!"
beautiful- I wonder if that idiot on the View -Joy whatever her name is will apologize. She believed Weiner was being framed and the pics were digitally altered- she couldn't look at the facts though- just the stupid D in front of his name. I will say I am glad he came clean, for in the long run after this is all said and done, he will be a better person and more respected- at least by conservatives- his fellow buddies- such as Sharpton, who gave him wonderful advice- just be silent, (should all be seen for what they are now) is a whole different story- I am sure they are busy coming up with lies on how they were a victim of Weiners and how they truly believed him…..
anyway, Brietbart, superb work. Weiner, now that you admitted and apologized, I as a conservative, except your apology buttttt not until you resign. And may you seek the help that you need, narcissism is a tough one to break- just ask an ex-narcissist- me- but God knows you will enjoy life much more being honest instead of trying o blame everyone else for your mistakes.
Oh yeah. Jon Stewart, forgot about him. That reaction should be entertaining.
And that is why we have to point now at John Boehner.
Boehner CAN'T escape the reality that HE alone has the ability to put this to a vote RIGHT NOW. The only way we see our COngressman straighten up is if they are held to account. If they won;t resign out of a sense of entitlement, then they must be shown that outright lying is unacceptable.
This will turn to Boehner, if the Liberty Movement has anything to say about it, if Weiner won;t resign.
Of course, media has to be hammered too, but Boehner has authority to actually DO something. He Must. And we must act if he does not.
John Boehner, Are you Listening?
Weiner has to resign! We the People do not want him in Office. He has violated House of Representative rules! Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law!
Where's EricBoehlert? He was all up in these threads this morning…
Can't find him now…
It is amazing that this formula keeps working for Mr. Breitbart. I guess the left has gotten away with it for so long they are unable of detecting a pattern. Feel bad for his wife and family though. Weird, I thought there would be more schadenfreude. It all just seems sad and pathetic.
A reporter asked Weiner if he could deny that AB had a lewd, x-rated photo of him.
"I cannot."
That'll keep the innertubes busy for another week!
Andrew…JOB WELL DONE. I have always believed in your work, especially now. Ever since I saw the Weiner the first time in an interview…he was extremely arrogant. I said to myself 'This guy has got to go'. And the way he went after Beck was unforgivable. Thank you for holding this arrogant SOB to the fire. Its now only a matter of time before he resigns. NOW…Andrew…You need to use this to go after the MSM with guns ablazing for the cover they tried to through in his direction. GO GET THEM ANDREW…we have your back.
Are there more photos?
Congradualations…you are the first troll to recover from the shock. Or were you paid…part of obamy's army of stormtroopers…..to launch the counter assault.
How about his lying and attempting to say that someone hacked his account…and then you mindless dweebs started to blame the Right.
You drones are disgusting.
Yep. He's embarrassed the holy crap out of them.
Sorry, can't type anymore.
I'm laughing too hard.
Down Goes Weiner!!!!
And standing in the winners circle?
Andrew Breitbart……………nice job Andrew, true American patriots salute you for uncovering the TRUTH.
Apparently not but, unfortunately for Representative Weiner, the Ninth Commandment isn't silent at all on this…
Breitbart has it right: attack, attack, attack. There's no reason for us to be passive. There's just as much opportunity for us to be on the offensive as them.
The Weiner doesn't have the integrity to resign — no surprise there.
He has become the poster-boy for the moral, ethical, social, political and fiscal depravity of the lunatic-left d-cRAT socialists.
We'll all keep him and his disgusting actions in mind during the Nov 2012 vote to TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY.
Rep. Anthony Weiner used an unflattering Jewish sexual stereotype during another Facebook sexting session with a middle-aged woman, http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/06/wei...
Hahahahaha
Will it ever end ?
This is really heating up, better than a soap opera. The nine days of Weiner claiming he was a victim and that "my account was hacked" and liberals screaming that Breitbart was a liar are… hmmm… let's just call them LIES. I'm guessing that all comments on this breaking post will be "liberal troll free."
Need more popcorn… with butter.
And Breitbart ROCKS.
Spin, spin, spin… Deflect, deflect, deflect…
Andrew,
Where do you go to get your reputation back? Where does anyone go after they have been attacked by these liberal a$$holes?
JD
That's funny. I just watch the ABC7 coverage here in Chicago and they didn't say a word about Breitbart.
Hmmm.
Bet the Trolls are going to be non existent. Watch they are going to stop using their current handles and come up with new monikers. They have in the past when Andrew catches them looking STUPID.
Wait… Can he say he apologizes to Breitbart with certitude?
Anthony Weiner United States congressman;…..
To all you smarmy lefties (i.e., Husker),…….
I know your take on this incident is;…
it is no big deal and that we are all very petty.
However, let us just contemplate this scenario,….
These photos, instead of getting out, are hidden in Boris's or Chop Chop's desk drawer and,…….
Weiner is coming out of the Oval Office after a very hush, hush national security meeting.
Boris and Chop Chop are just dieing to know what was said at this meeting.
Helllooo Tony, this is Boris,……….
Boris,.?????,……. it's 3:00 AM,..what's UP….????
Funny you should ask that Tony,…….but you see………………….
Note to Republican 2012 nominee: Be sure to ask AB how it's done…
You just don't get it, do you?
Sooooo…. primitive.
It's not the photo, stupid. It's the lies.
Absolutely agree 100% – Resign or be thrown out.
Rep. Weiner needs to resign now! He is an admitted liar who cannot be trusted with the faith of the people he was elected. For 10 days he blamed other people for his actions and would have let it go if he could have. He needs to go now! http://www.weiner.house.gov/ Tell him yourself! Tell him to resign now!!!
Uuuhhhh, yeah. That approach didn't work out too well for Charlie Sheen in the long run.
But it would have been funny.
"John Boehner, ARE YOU LISTENING? "
No way. Why do anything? His fellow democrats are going to drive him out. Republicans can all take the high road and not comment at all.
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