Weiner's weiner

[Gaspar]

I sent this email to a media person about an hour ago, so far I have received over 100 emails.  It was just a thought. . .

Correct me if I am wrong, but Weiner is an elected representative of the people, and his private account has been hacked (according to his own claim). This is a federal crime and any constituent he represents has the right to request a federal investigation.
Commerce in his own district may be at risk. . .get where I'm going? Had he said nothing, he may have gotten away with the whole "private investigation" thing, but he claimed he was hacked, and that puts the crime in the laps of his constituency.

[RecycleMichael]

What a great use of my tax dollars!

[Gaspar]

Apparenty I was correct. Someone perpetrated a crime against the people of his district.  I hope they catch the bastard!

432 emails now including one from someone at CNN.

Time to set up some new Outlook filters!

[Gaspar]

What a great use of my tax dollars!

All he has to do is come clean. If he is not guilty, he should be thrilled by a federal investigation.  I really hope they find the perp. Can you imagine If someone like Coburn got hacked?

[Conan71]

The Coburn hacked photo:

[Gaspar]

The Coburn hacked photo:

Looking for waste!

[RecycleMichael]

If he is not guilty, he should be thrilled by a federal investigation. 

You have no clue as to what he is going through. It is easy for you to take potshots at elected officials from afar. You have never met him, but felt completely brazen enough to jump to conclusions and decided to tell the world your opinions.

Everything about the story is incredibly embarassing and as far as you know, he is an innocent victim. Not that would matter to the partisan bomb-thrower you have turned into. I would not want my family to be drug into a discussion about inappropriate pictures, true or not. You clearly have never met his wife or kids, but have no problem making their lives hell.

What a guy you are for becoming a voice for the Glenn Beck army.

[Gaspar]

I am in complete agreement with you.  That's why I believe that the government (this is actually an actual government function) should remedy this crime. 

I mean, the guy is newly married and, to have his poor young wife put through this unjustified scandal is criminal!!!

[Townsend]

(in french accent)  ze passive aggressive...she is crazy

[Teatownclown]

Sean Hannity? That guy makes Ed Schultz look sane.

[guido911]

You have no clue as to what he is going through. It is easy for you to take potshots at elected officials from afar. You have never met him, but felt completely brazen enough to jump to conclusions and decided to tell the world your opinions.

Everything about the story is incredibly embarassing and as far as you know, he is an innocent victim. Not that would matter to the partisan bomb-thrower you have turned into. I would not want my family to be drug into a discussion about inappropriate pictures, true or not. You clearly have never met his wife or kids, but have no problem making their lives hell.

What a guy you are for becoming a voice for the Glenn Beck army.

Sheesh RM, calm down. Weiner is a big boy and can handle getting picked on a bit. Much of the grief he is getting is due to his own bungling of his message.

[Teatownclown]

It's a game, Guido. I just wonder how it plays out.

Colbert and Stewart engineered it.... AB took the bait.

[Gaspar]

And what a game it is. . .

[Gaspar]

Phone interview with an unfriendly person:

Her: So are you an attorney?

Me: No I am not.

Her: So why do you think your legal opinion has any merit?

Me: It's not a legal opinion, it's just a statement of fact based on my understanding of the law.

Her: So it's a legal opinion.

Me: No, I'm not a lawyer, but this is not rocket science. If I elect someone, and that person's personal information (i.e. identity, bank account, congressional passwords) are hacked, than the entire district of that person is compromised, therefore it is the right of the citizens of the district, represented by that person, to demand and be granted justice, or at least insurance that they have not been compromised.

Her: Are you one of Anthony Weiner's constituents?

Me:  No, or I would have demanded an investigation immediately! 

Her:  Why do you think that no one has taken this same argument in his district?

Me: It's New York's ninth district.  I don't know anything about those people, except that they elected him as their representative. . .

Still on hold. . .she had to pause for something.  Probably checking my Twitter account.

[Gaspar]

End of the interview. . .

Me: When something is established as a federal crime, and that crime is established as perpetrated against a representative of the people, that representative does not have the right to pursue justice or prosecute that crime on his/her own terms.  There is no "Elite" in this country that can claim to be a victim of crime and enjoy their own legal system above or separate of that of the people.  He claims this was a crime.  It is not his crime, it is OUR crime.