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ChrisBorg Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:22 PM
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I see Weiner as a National Security issue.
He went out of his way to become blackmailable. He put content out to people that he dearly didn't want the public or his wife to know about. This info was so important to him to keep secret that he was willing to lie to multiple media outlets. He was willing to risk his position as a U.S. Congressman to keep this secret. If these women had threatened him with exposure there is no telling what he would have been willing to do.

He went out of his way to prove the women were talking to a real Congressman when they questioned the fact...


He should never hold a National Security Clearance again.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:25 PM
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1. Or he is saying that ME
is the same thing everyone is saying when they point to the sky,
and think they are saying they are number 1.



Ashley Tisdale - Crank It Up (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnSbpPXlmvo




Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
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Dire Straits - Walk of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:26 PM
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2. Thanks for stopping in Mr. Hannity !
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ChrisBorg Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:33 PM
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6. Brilliant rebuttal. If he couldn't have been blackmailed then he wouldn't have lied.
I think the things he said and sent were essentially his own business as it didn't affect his job. Only his extreme desire to keep them secret affected his job.

If he had immediately Fessed up I would not have this opinion but his actions convinced me otherwise.
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:28 PM
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3. and Vitters? and Ensign? and Colburn?
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:30 PM
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4. You're recycling what some DUers said about Sanford
Edited on Sat Jun-11-11 07:31 PM by CJCRANE
when he disappeared over to Argentina (or the Appalachian trail or wherever it was).

Good try, but I'm not sure the situations are equivalent.
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ChrisBorg Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:34 PM
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8. I was making no equivalence argument. I am commenting on this case.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:33 PM
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5. Congressmen are cheap and are easily bought as demonstrated by the level of corporate capture
Only the precious few that can't be bought are blackmailed.

Wiener it seems couldn't be and we are seeing the aftershocks.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:33 PM
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7. Hahaha. You obviously never met people with top secret clearances.
The higher the clearance the bigger the freak. If you were to yank them for that, then the most of the intelligence agencies would be empty.
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ChrisBorg Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 07:37 PM
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9. Yes, everyone has secrets but they don't plaster them on the internet
and social networks. They don't sent head shots to prove it them.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 08:11 PM
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10. I'm sure if you looked around you would find it.
Or do it the old fashion way, talk to them. Most of them spill their guts after a few drinks.
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 08:12 PM
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11. .oh jeezus h christ on a mother fucking
pogo stick. I am at my last nerve. Is this shit ever, ever going to stop?
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 08:13 PM
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12. Thank you, this is what I've been saying all along
The fact that he put Breitbart up on that stage, in exchange for an empty promise not to release the full Monty shot proves that Weiner was extortable.

If this had happened during the Cold War days, there'd be a treason trial.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 08:17 PM
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13. Sounds like you're going out of your way to blame the victim.
The RW was stalking Weiner, then they were stalking people who followed Weiner. Why should his political enemies be allowed to wrench open the personal lives of a US Congressman & those he chooses to associate with?

There is a national security threat here - It's Breitbart & his cronies.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 08:21 PM
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14. It will be part of their playbook now..
They will do it again
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Bobcat Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 10:11 PM
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15. BS
Pure unadulerated bullshit!
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Wind Dancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 10:26 PM
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17. +1000 I agree completely!
Shakes head in total disbelief at OP.
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nemo137 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 10:16 PM
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16. WAS a national security concern.
I mean, that shoes' dropped now, right?
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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 11:35 PM
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18. I view every politician who voted for the war in Iraq as a National Security Threat
I think every damn one of them put our nation at much greater risk than Anthony Wiener's penis did and I think they all need to resign before he does.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 11:43 PM
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19. LOL
That is all.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 11:47 PM
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lol
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-11 11:47 PM
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20. lol
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