Today in comebacks: Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter. It might take him a while to get back to that insidery style a lot of people loved about his old Twitter feed … but on the other hand, that got him in trouble last time. Give him a follow.
I don’t have this burning, overriding desire to go out and run for office. It’s not the single animating force in my life as it was for quite some time. But I do recognize, to some degree, it’s now or maybe never for me, in terms of running for something. I’m trying to gauge not only what’s right and what feels comfortable right this second, but I’m also thinking, How will I feel in a year or two years or five years? Is this the time that I should be doing it? And then there’s the other side of the coin, which is … am I still the same person who I thought would make a good mayor?So Anthony Weiner is thinking of running for mayor of New York City, complete with New York Times Magazine profile announcing his political ambitions. Can he pull off the big comeback?
Look who’s considering a comeback? Anthony Weiner might be ready for a second chance. He’s toyed with the idea of running for NYC mayor before, but chose not to last time around, due to well-funded Michael Bloomberg pushing for a third term. Weiner, a longtime Congressman, resigned last year amid an infamous sexting scandal.
Take a look at former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s new mustache!
He’ll fit in better at Citi Field, at least.
Today in falls from grace. Perhaps he took part in Movember?
This race was kinda obvious but still pretty depressing. A reliable Democrat seat went red, thanks to one rogue tweet and one poorly-handled cover-up.
As notable as that is, the fact of the matter is, that was still him in the photos and chatlogs. However, the evidence proves that the sources involved in this Mediaite story lied and provided fake identification. Here’s Mediaite’s take on the information. This “girl,” a fan of the long-canceled teen drama “The O.C.,” was also in touch with Gennette Cordova (who received the rogue tweet) and Ginger Lee (the former porn star who said she lied for Weiner), long before the story broke. What does all this mean? Basically, these fake lesbians might have a new friend.
I had hoped to be able to continue to work… the distraction that I have created has made that impossible.Anthony Weiner resigns. @rickklein (via brooklynmutt) • How about the distraction that jerk from Howard Stern made? That was worse than impossible. No respect.
CNN’s live feed on Weinergate: MSNBC just said something about Weiner and his wife wondering if he’ll have enough money to raise his coming child. *wince*
Weiner’s probably gonna step down guys. This whole Weinergate saga has been pretty depressing, in both its conceit and the fact that Weiner actually did the deed. But it looks like it’s going to end soon. If we were Weiner, we’d run again in 2012.
The president feels, we feel at the White House, this is a distraction, as Congressman Weiner has said himself, his behavior was inappropriate, dishonesty was inappropriate.White House Press Secretary Jay Carney • responding to Weinergate. He didn’t go so far as to say Weiner should resign, though. It seems like the White House is pretty upset about this whole thing, which is understandable. Obama just made a speech about jobs today, and it’s easy to imagine him being fed up with Weiner getting all this press. Not only is Weiner’s situation bugging Democrats, but he’s taking press away from Obama. source (via • follow)
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Spokeswoman Risa Heller said Weiner wanted the leave of absence so he could be evaluated and work out a course of treatment. The statement did not say what Weiner would be treated for.
Quickly developing.
Publishing for the mere hopes that the Diane Gooch Weiner ad will show up on this post, too, to create a bizarre effect. Consider it a mental health break. (*EDIT* It did. YES. Now updated with the latest one. … And again.)
EDIT: Since it was asked, the ad company looks at the tags on the post/url, then bases the ad on what’s there. If you notice, a lot of our ads are political in nature. That’s because a lot of our posts are about politics.
An ad that just floated on our site a few minutes ago. Hrm. The woman listed in the ad, Diane Gooch, is a newspaper publisher who lost a Republican primary last year.
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