New Rants on Old News...

Governor Christie's Bridge-Gate investigation continues even though he spent one million dollars of taxpayers' money to hire his own people to clear him of any knowledge and wrong doing. Seriously? Even if it were true, who in their right mind is going to believe it? That was a waste of money that his state so desperately needed. If it was that easy to clear him the other investigating agencies would have done it already. But some people just don't want to turn over their emails and other documents. And more people are resigning and retiring. Anthony Sartor, a Port Authority commissioner appointed by New Jersey decided it was time for him to retire. In the meantime, Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, is launching his own investigation on several projects concerning Christie and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, among others. I believe where there is smoke, there is fire. The fact of the matter is that Christie's internal investigation wasn't very thorough at all. They didn't go over a massive amount of documents, they didn't bother to interview key people involved in the scandal such as Bridget Kelly, Stepien, Wildstein, Baroni and David Samson, the former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and former state attorney general or anyone at the Port Authority. They did, however, interview Christie, who claimed he was innocent in all this mess.

Unfortunately for me, I thought for the first time in a long time I was going to be able to vote for a Republican for President in 2016. I liked Christie's no nonsense attitude, his moderate views, the way he handled the crisis after storm Sandy. So needless to say I am very disappointed that he may be guilty of being involved in such a ridiculous act that could potentially kill his chances of running in 2016. An act that had heads rolling and wasn't at all necessary or legal. An act that has the potential of now opening up other cans of worms in three independent investigations concerning him and the Port Authority. Let the chips fall where they may, I hope they get to the bottom of it all soon.

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Oscar Pistorius, "Blade Runner," accused of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in South Africa, has been on the witness stand for five days crying a river of tears. The proscutor had been vigorously arguing his case that Oscar killed his girlfriend intentionally and then altered his story to fit the evidence found at the crime scene. I always thought he was guilty from the start because Reeva may have been planning to leave him and that set him off. That is what the evidence seems to indicate. Neighbors heard arguing just before shots were fired. He has made several mistakes in his testimony, during all his sobbing, and the inconsistencies are adding up. South Afirca doesn't have jury trials, just a judge. The judge will hopefully be able to see through his tears to the truth of what occurred the night Reeva's life was violently cut short.

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Recently, while my daughter was watching Nancy Grace for fun, I heard about a southern politician, Louisiana CongressmanVance McAllister, who was caught on video with his lips interlocked with employee, Melissa Peacock. Really there is nothing to be shocked about. It seems that it is almost a pre-requiste that politicians cheat and wives support them . . . hence my favorite television show The Good Wife. This story is relatively new, but what I think makes it a hot topic for the media is Vance has 5 children and ran on a Christian way of life/family values platform. His ads featured him with his wife and children around the kitchen table. The hypocrisy is hard to swallow. On top of that, he asks for forgiveness from God, his wife, his kids and his constituents because he has "fallen short." Fallen short is an understatement. Meanwhile, he is still holding office, he hasn't resigned. But guess what? That poor staff member, Melissa, is long gone. Her husband says Vance apologized to everyone except him and he is filing for divorce. Seems to me there is more to the story and why wouldn't there be. And here it is . . . the two also have some sort of business connection. The congressman used his own money to get elected in a special election and was planning to run in the fall for a full two year term. Good luck to him.

 

 

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I wonder what happen to Anthony Weiner?  I hear he is looking to downsize his appartment from one costing $12 - 14,000 per month, to one costing $8,000. The cost of texting selfies?  Boo Hoo.

Anthony Weiner Back So Soon?

Just one year ago Anthony Weiner resigned his office after denying he had tweeted out pictures of his crotch. I haven’t forgotten the scandal. I’m sure very few people have. And yet today, I hear news that Weiner is considering running for mayor of New York City. I guess he threw it out there to see if it would stick? He isn’t ready to give up politics just yet, and he is hoping voters will agree with him or have forgotten what he did just one short year ago.

I don’t know what he is thinking? Any opponent in a mayoral race is going to bring up this scandal in a hot minute. He is going to drag his wife, family and friends through this ordeal again and make them relive his disgraceful, perverted behavior? Is he going to say he went for therapy and is cured, I wonder? What makes a person do these kinds of things in the first place? And, not only did he commit the deeds, he lied multiple times to try and squash the scandal, which only got bigger and bigger, like Pinocchio’s nose.

The problem with politics and political leaders is that no one expects them to have integrity, morals, honesty, ethics. We expect next to nothing from our leaders. We make excuses for them like, what he does in his personal life shouldn’t be use to judge his ability to do the job. But shouldn’t a person’s ethical behavior apply across the board? If you are a liar in your personal life, won’t that cross over into your professional life and vice versa? These are core values and the essence of who you are. You can’t separate your lack of honesty, ethics and acts of amoral behavior in one part of your life from another.

And so Anthony Weiner is going to try to reinvent himself and run for mayor. Right now he is putting feelers out to see how much controversy the idea with create. He’ll tell us he has changed, learned his lesson, and is ready to move on and serve the people of New York City. It’s a shame really. The election is this year and he has been waiting for 12 years to run. He went and ruined everything last year. I’m not quite ready to forgive and forget, when it comes to Weiner’s weiner. He showed poor judgment over and over again. He showed he was not loyal and faithful to his new bride by engaging in more than  flirtatious conversations with other women. He showed us he is a hell of a liar. He is an embarrassment. I think this idea is a huge mistake. The media will have a field day with him and his possible slogans. “Anthony Weiner: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!”

I, for one, have seen everything I want to see regarding Anthony and his weiner. I’d rather have Oscar Mayer run for mayor.

A Little Ginger On The “Weener”

I keep promising I am going to move on from WeinerGate and everyday I seem to get sucked back in. What more can there possibly be? We went from the “uncertain” bloaded, gray, underwear, to lies, to naked pictures, to sexting a 17 year old, to taking naked pictures in a Federal Building, to the President thinking Weiner should resign and NOW we get to Ginger Lee and her lawyer, Gloria Allred. Ginger Lee, the blonde, former porn star turned feature dancer, who says that Weiner sent her “sexually charged” emails and then asked HER to lie about them.

Allred held 100 emails, all sent by Weiner to Lee since March, and read from three of them in which Weiner mentions his “package.” Lee has come forward because Weiner had contacted her by phone, and asked her to “cover up” for him by denying the existence of sexy emails. He wanted her to keep quiet and even offered a PR rep from his team to work with her over the scandal. She claims that he tried to engage her in sexual conversation, but that she never complied and changed the subject. Instead of following his instructions about lying to the media, Lee went into hiding and then contacted Allred to represent her.

Weiner contacted Lee after she had written favorable things about him on her blog. She wanted their conversations to remain about politics, but Weiner strayed. Here are three Weiner quotes from the emails:

"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."


Lee has not sold her story, and has come forward to cooperate with House ethics investigations, if needed. No pictures were ever exchanged between the two.

Weiner’s Overworked Weener...

I thought this subject was exhausted, but I was wrong. I can’t get away from it. Three things I heard just this morning are making me blog again about Anthony’s overworked weener.

First of all, aside from being the most talked about “weener” since Oscar Meyer, Anthony’s weener has made new headlines. This time the famous “Weiner’s weener” is being credit for doing what God Himself intended it to. Yes, procreate. It was announced today that Anthony Weiner’s wife and aide to Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, is 10 months pregnant with their first child. What a way to start a pregnancy! So much for avoiding stress, as her husband’s scandal has not died down, if anything it’s heating up some more.

It seems that the man, Breitbart, who created and runs the Big Government website that broke the scandal, was on a local radio show called Opie and Anthony. He was there to discuss the scandal and how it broke. Then he said a source sent him the actual “naked” weener that the Congressman tweeted. He had it in his phone. Opie and Anthony wanted to see it. Breitbart was apprehensive, he didn’t want the picture to get out. Opie and Anthony assured him there were no cameras in the room, they just wanted to see it. So, trusting their word, Breitbart pulls out his phone and gives them a peak. The next thing he knows, the naked weener is all over the internet. There was a conceal camera in the room that took a picture of the lewd tweet photo. Breitbart was not happy to find it was posted to the internet. And it is, because if I can find it, anyone can find it. This story is going nowhere anytime soon, unless maybe Arnold Swartzenagger has a few more love children out there who want to announce their paternity.

Finally, a new peeve to the situation comes from Barbara Walters’ appearance on The View today. Yesterday her co-hosts did a number on Weiner, and rightly so, for this ongoing scandal. They had plenty to say and it was all valid. Everyone thought he should resign from office as he was no longer credible and has broken the public trust. For me it was also the utter stupidity of what he did. Let’s face it, if you are going to do something wrong, and do it for three years, have the sense to use a phony account, not use your personal accounts and for pete’s sake, do NOT include your face. That makes it pretty hard to deny it was you. And yet, knowing that he had all this lewd stuff out there, pictures and conversations, he still tried to lie his way out of it. That was a pathetic attempt on his part. But, I digress. Barbara Walters came riding onto the set today, almost a like a white knight, to come to Weiner’s defense. After all they are friends, so a different set of rules should apply to him (and for the sake of his wife) than applies to others. Even as Elizabeth, who I really dislike much of the time, tried to assert the facts of the scandal, Barbara kept trying to shut her up, saying we already know how you feel. It was only when Whoopie Goldberg inserted her calm, rational two cents, did Barbara listen, but she did not back down. I think I lost a little respect for Barbara Walters today. She is always about the “facts,” but today she was all about “opinion.”

There is no telling if or when this scandal will die down. People here are asking for Weiner’s resignation. He is trying to hang on and wait it out. Meanwhile I hear a Congressional investigation is going to be conducted about his behavior. More taxpayer money wasted. He should have to pay for that, seriously, if he decides to stay in office. Or he can step down and avoid that bill. This is appalling that Congress has to waste time and money on his stupidity when we have huge problems to work on.





Weiner Admits “Mistakes,” Palin Does Not!

Anthony Weiner, crying on CBS News a few minutes ago, admitted to tweeting his weener and a lot more of the past three years. Some pictures were even X-rated and there were conversations both of which took place before AND after his recent marriage. Weiner realized his mistakes after he lied and more pictures began to surface which he could not deny, because his face was showing and everyone could see, with “certitude” that it was him. Several women, at least 5 or 6, must have come forward to contribute to the ongoing scandal. Weiner apologized profusely to his family and his wife and the young woman who did not deserve all the questions and media attention for his “stupid mistake.”

Okay well he had to come clean, there was too much information out there and it was snowballing. However, this was not a stupid mistake. A stupid mistake is to do it one time, not several times over the course of three years. Perhaps he needs some kind of intensive therapy? He says he isn’t resigning and plans to get back to work.

As for Sarah Palin and her rendition of the Ride of Paul Revere…she is sticking to her guns. I barely understood her explanation the second time around, but I did not care for it. Paul Revere did not ride ringing bells and blowing whistles and firing gun shots. She could very easily have looked it up, but no, she continues to rewrite American History and swear by it.

I am sorry to have to belabor these stories, but these politicians will not let me rest. They keep supplying me with reasons to be peeved. I hope they all go into hiding for a while and regroup and give me some time off!



Update on CopterGate and WeinerGate!

Governor Christie has decided to reimburse the state of New Jersey $2,100 for his helicopter flight to his son’s baseball game and return flight. He has also asked the state Republican Party to reimburse the state $1,200, because part of that return trip was to go to a political dinner for GOP donors. He doesn’t feel he was obligated to repay the state or that he did anything wrong by using the helicopter, he just wants to eliminate this unnecessary distraction so that can get back to handling the “real” problems of New Jersey.

I feel this was a very smart move on his part. It takes all the air of the media attacks on this incident, it turned negative publicity into positive publicity, and maybe they won’t look into the other 35 flights he has taken since he was in office. I think he acted swiftly and did himself a huge favor in the process, especially since he may have aspirations of one day running for President. These little things have a way of coming back to bite you in the proverbial “ass” and let’s just say, his derriere would be a huge target. So for now CopterGate seems to be “closed.”


Back to Anthony Weiner, who cannot seem to figure out if the picture tweeted was of him or his underwear. It either was or it wasn’t. But he is unsure and is still investigating. It makes me wonder how many people take photos of themselves in their underwear and then forget they took them? I know I never have. If someone “hacked” my account just to send a picture of me in my alleged underwear, I could unequivocally say it was NOT me. However, Mr. Weiner must have taken pictures of himself if he has any doubt and one of them found their way to twitter and into the phone of a college coed in Seattle, who Mr. Weiner is “following. Turns out, Mr. Weiner is following several young girls on Twitter. The question is why? Why does a newly wed, middle aged man, with huge political aspirations, follow young girls on twitter? Why does he tweet them his underwear and then delete the photo and need to investigate. Mr. Weiner is not answering any questions. Unlike Governor Christie, who knows how to put out a fire before it escalates out of proportion, Mr. Weiner is throwing gallons of fuel on his with every breath he takes. Threatening to have news reporter, Marcia Kramer arrested for going to his office and asking the questions that are on everyone’s mind is a bit excessive.

The fact is Mr. Weiner has not denied it was his photo and stutters when asked questions. He can’t deny it just in case the photo can be traced right back to him. Then he would also have to deal with lying to cover it up. As far as I am concerned, he is lying. And this investigation, by whatever law enforcement agency, into the “hacking” is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Maybe I should tweet Marcia Kramer and she can suggest he pay for the investigation should it be determined that the tweets cane directly from him?

Mr. Weiner would like us all to forget about his “weener,” but it’s almost impossible to do that. The media and the comedians love this story. It’s a news story you can actually have fun with, not just because of name play on words, but because Mr. Weiner is squirming and altering his story slightly every time he opens his mouth.

Here is a little clip of his answer:

Congressman Anthony Weiner was questioned by Luke Russert:

Weiner: “I didn’t send that picture out.”

Russert: “That’s not a picture of you?”

Weiner: “You know, I can’t say with certitude. My system was hacked. Pictures can be manipulated. Pictures can be dropped in and inserted.”

Weiner also talked about why he hasn’t reported this to authorities.

Weiner: “We don’t know exactly what happened here. It was a prank. You know, it is not a national security thing. I’m not sure I want to put national, federal resources into trying to figure out who posted a picture on Weiner’s website of, [smiling] whatever. I’m not sure it really rises – no pun intended – to that level.”

Unlike CopterGate, which is closed, WeinerGate is wide open and the questions are still coming. Weiner only follows 198 people, so reports say, so it’s peculiar as to why so many he follows are young girls? Here is a link where you can see the pictures of some of them: http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/05/gennette-was-not-alone-weiners-twitter-friends-include-dozens-of-young-lucious-hook-ups/

Now, when you add those two facts together, the tweeted weener and the usually “large” number of young girls in his “follows” list, it just “arouses” one’s curiosity and desire to know what the hell is going on. If he tweeted his weener to my daughter you can bet I would want some concrete answers to some hard questions and I would want them with “certitude.”

Anthony Weiner, NY Representative, and His Weener



Over the long holiday weekend, while many New Yorkers were roasting weeners, Anthony Weiner (or a “hacker”) was busy posting weeners on his Twitter account. The picture was of Mr. Weiner’s “bulging underwear-clad penis.”


Mr. Weiner isn’t exactly denying that he sent the tweet and has since hired an attorney to deal with the embarrassing situation since he has more pressing matters that need his attention. He claims his account was hacked and brushed off the incident. The tweet was caught by a website, that determined it was directed to a college student in Seattle, Gennette Nicole Cordova, who subsequently issued a statement denying she was involved with Weiner, who was recently married.


The story may have ended there, but Mr. Weiner never denied sending the tweet of himself in the underwear. The non-denial raised the interest of CNN and other media to pursue the matter further. Wiener released a couple of statements from his office and referred the media to their contents for answers.


The Twitter user who discovered the tweet, Dan Wolfe, denies hacking the account, but says he found the tweet at 5:45 pm on May 27^th when it went public. The incident is now being called Weinergate.

Seems like a stupid thing to do, but politicians are known for doing stupid things. I think Mr. Weiner’s punishment will come from his new bride, who is sure to raise many questions and, if she is smart, will get to the bottom of it. It may even cost him votes down the road, if an opponent chooses to exploit this “faux-pas” during future elections. Curiosity got the best of me so I searched the picture online. Of course, there it was, plain as day. No one can identify it was Mr. Weiner who was wearing the underwear, but it came directly from his account and was deleted shortly after, but not fast enough.

I’m sure the late night talk show hosts will be making the most of this story. Maybe he had one beer too many?