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Flynt fired off a letter to Weiner moments after the politician resigned from Congress earlier today saying, "After having learned of your sudden and compelled resignation from your Congressional post, I would like to make you an offer of employment at Flynt Management Group, LLC in our internet group." Flynt insists, "This offer is not made in jest" and says he is "willing to pay twenty percent more than your former Congressional salary, ensuring that your medical benefits would be equal to what you were previously receiving."
And even on the worst day of his life, he had to endure more heckling from that douchebag from the Howard Stern show.
According to the New York Times, Rep. Anthony Weiner is going to resign today.
The top Democratic official said Mr. Weiner called Representative Nancy Pelosi of California and Representative Steve Israel of New York last night while they were at the White House picnic to inform them he had decided to resign on Thursday. Mr. Weiner plans to resign in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, at 2 p.m. , at the spot where he announced his first campaign for City Council in 1992, according to two people told of his plans. The news comes as Democratic leaders prepared to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss whether to strip the 46-year-old congressman of his committee assignments, a blow that would severely damage his effectiveness.A damn fucking shame.
Bill Maher and Jane Lynch read verbatim the tweets of Rep. Anthony Weiner. Totally NSFW.
All over the news, you can't get enough of Congressman Anthony Weiner who got caught sexting different women pictures of himself which included sexual messages. What's disturbing is that he is married to Huma Abedin, a longtime personal aide of Hilary Clinton who is through this difficult time standing by her Democrat congressman husband. Looking at the pictures of a shirtless Weiner is not only disturbing, but it's worse when you see in the background pictures of his family, wife, and former President Bill Clinton!
Let me tell you that this Weiner does not discriminate. So far, 6 women have come out admitting they have had a cyber relationship with Mr. Weiner over the past 3 years. It began with a picture being sent to Gennette Nicole Cordova, a Seattle college student which Weiner insisted was a "prank" and that he did not send any photos to her. But then Lisa Weiss, a blackjack dealer from Las Vegas claims that over the span of 9 months she got over 200 sexting messages and even got a call over a congressional use only phone line. Megan Broussard is a single mother from Texas who leaked photos, FB messages, and emails to the press. Ginger Lee is a porn star he sent his "bulging" picture to and urged her to lie about their relationship to the press, offering her professional PR advice.
Which brings up the topic to my main point...IS SEXTING CHEATING?! Though Congressman Weiner admits to sexting but never doing anything physical with these women, any type of relationship other than the one you're in is considered cheating. Marriage therapist Eli Karam says, "What texting does is allow you to get this immediate validation, or fix. You send a picture, you get an immediate response, and you don't have to deal with any face-to-face interaction." Researchers claim that a relationship is a relationship whether you touch that person or not. This type of virtual or "emotional infidelity" can be just as harmful as any physical fling.
Here are some thoughts:
"Would you text it, post it, send it with your spouse/partner looking over your shoulder?" If yes, then it's not infidelity. If no, you're cheating."
"I think the emotional betrayal is just as bad. A married/committed person should not be flirting online -- or in any manner, really. It demonstrates a clear unfaithfulness. You're in a relationship. Act like it."
"I think there's a perception that what you're doing online is somehow not real. But of course it is." The lure of Internet relationships "allow them to escape the responsibilities and pressures of real relationships."
According to a 2004 ABC poll, 64% of adults considered it unfaithful "if a person who's married or in a committed relationship has sex talk in an Internet platform." Psychologist Gail Saltz says, "For men, the sexual act is much more disturbing than anything else. For women, what constitutes a betrayal is any emotional or sexual interaction. A man would be extremely disturbed if his wife/girlfriend did any of this."
DON'T LET FACEBOOK / TWITTER / CHAT / EMAILS RUIN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR PARTNER'S LIFE!!! If you have to do this behind someone's back, then it's considered cheating. How dumb do you have to be if you're in a position of constant press [professional sports/government/celebrity]?! Even though it may seem like your "secret" will never be revealed, it will catch up to you sooner than you expect and it will not be pretty. If you're married or in a committed relationship, ask yourself first "IS IT WORTH IT?!" If it is, then maybe you shouldn't be a relationship with anyone and you should be up front with them. Don't drag them along having them think that they're the only person when they are really not. Sexting or engaging in any "inappropriate" conversation with someone, no matter who they are and where they are from can be damaging to your partner in a way you will never realize. Just think before you act, please.
You Just Do You, Imma Do Me
Camille
Copyranter notes: "Spirit once again tries to prove that, creatively, it's better to be fast than good."
"A reporter asks if Weiner was drinking or using drugs—if he has a problem—because only a man who has a drinking problem or a drug problem could get caught up in something like this. Do reporters know what men are like? (And lots of women too?) This desire to pathologize behavior that isn't sick—that is, indeed, very common and human and completely and instantly understandable—is itself pathological. Weiner does not have a problem. He has a computer. The whole world has Weiner's problem: same old horniness, brand new box." - Dan Savage, live-blogging Weiner's press conference.
At least one of the silliest "scandals" of the year is (mostly) over.
According to Salon and The Smoking Gun, the person who appears to have hacked Rep. Anthony Weiner's Twitter account may have been in prior contact with GOProud backer (and notorious liar) Andrew Breitbart, who first "broke" the story. Hit the links, it's all verrrry interesting.
Sometimes it feels like Weiner and his college roommate Jon Stewart should totally switch jobs.
And aims a lot of zingers at the GOP.
(Via - Towleroad)
Yesterday firebrand Rep. Anthony Weiner made it all but official that he intends to run for mayor of New York City in 2013. Weiner ran for mayor in 2009 but dropped out early after Michael Bloomberg announced his intent to pursue a third term.
"I have a passing interest in the management of New York," Weiner said in one of his many asides during a much-hyped speech about health care reform - a favorite of liberals. "Hey, newsflash, I'm interested," added Weiner, who ran in 2005 and was chased away by Mayor Bloomberg's bankroll in 2009. "It would be exceedingly coy of me, especially in this town, to present that I'm not interested in being mayor," he added.It's expected that both Clintons will be powerful allies in Weiner's campaign. Last summer Bill Clinton officiated at Weiner's wedding to Hillary's top aide, Huma Abedin. Weiner's strongest challenger will likely be openly gay City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who herself might be mayor today had her boss not decided that term limits were only for the little people.
RELATED: Bloomberg spent a record-shattering $102M of his own money in 2009, an eye-bugging $174 per vote, but still only won by five points despite the relatively pitiful $8M spent by his Democratic opponent. That's how pissed people were about his upending of term limits.
Watch our hero hand the Fox anchor her head.
