Porn star to reveal links with Representative Weiner

[hack89]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A porn star who says she exchanged text messages with embattled Representative Anthony Weiner plans to speak out publicly on Wednesday for the first time since the scandal broke.

Ginger Lee and her celebrity attorney, Gloria Allred, are scheduled to hold a news conference in Manhattan.

Lee, described as a "feature dancer" in the announcement, will explain how her relationship began with the Democratic lawmaker from New York, what Weiner asked of her when the scandal became a problem, and whether or not she still supports him, Allred said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/15/us-usa-politics-weiner-pornstar-idUSTRE75E3N820110615

[DURHAM D]

1. oh crap...

[iwishiwas]

8. I said the same thing as I read the headline.

[Chipper Chat]

33. The weiner will be extended. Boo

After a flaccid weekend I was hopeful it would just die down. But nooooooooo. Hannity will keep masturbating and O'Reilly will keep blowharding. Alas.

[wordpix]

56. Hard luck, indeed

[no_hypocrisy]

2. How much were you paid, dear?

Inquiring minds want to know . . . .

[hack89]

4. Self delete nt

[Stuckinthebush]

18. It doesn't matter

He's the dumb ass here. If you play with porn stars you are likely to get burned.

Weiner is such an idiot.

[Dreamer Tatum]

22. I doubt you're going to have much success shaming a porn star

with her role in a sex scandal.

[emilyg]

38. Why should it matter?

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Am I the only one who finds this whole debacle hilarious?

I mean, step away for a second, and this is pretty high comedy.

[RamboLiberal]

5. Most of us would be ROFL if it was a Repub

Instead of a Dem who was popular with many of us. Reminds me of the Spitzer debacle which btw I think he resigned far too easily.

[Blasphemer]

25. Quite true.... nt

[elocs]

35. I have to agree with you there. Hypocrisy is bipartisan.

However, in true juvenile fashion, we hear that there should be no consequences for Weiner since Republicans do it too.

[bitchkitty]

65. Consequences for what, exactly? n/t

[elocs]

68. How about lying for a start? Those of us with kids

have tried to let them know there are consequences for lying, particularly lying to those who trust you. When kids are you and you are trying to teach them good behavior is when they hand you the juvenile excuse, "well everybody does it". When my kid tried that I told her that "you are everybody and I expect better from you".

When it came to Anthony Weiner I expected more than the lying, stupidity, and arrogance that we got.

The point of my original answer here was that we think it is so amusing when a Republican does the things that Weiner and are overjoyed when some bad consequences come their way, and we are indignant when they try to squirm out of it, but when it comes to one of our own we want understanding for them and that they should be given a pass.

[bitchkitty]

79. Yea, the lies.

I can't really blame him though. I would have lied too in that situation, although I would not have put myself in that situation.

I don't care about understanding for him. I just don't care that much about it. He put his dick on the Net - who cares? I've seen worse (I've seen better too! LOL)

I don't think it's a big deal and certainly not worthy of nonstop coverage, but this is America. Weiner Days have begun. I just wish this nation, all of us, could keep our nose out of other people's crotches.

[NashVegas]

39. I'd Be Laughing My Head Off

[snooper2]

43. Oh come on, this is funny as shit...He'll be replaced with another dem.

Enjoy the show for a while...

Jesus the weiner jokes alone in the cartoons are hilarious :rofl:

[devilgrrl]

60. You're right - for Dems to preach on about family values and the sanctity of marriage... then this

what hypocrites.

[knowbody0]

6. count me in, comrade

[Dreamer Tatum]

23. It is hilarious, no doubt nt

[RainDog]

29. yes. and ridiculous

when Weiner's dick starts writing legislation, then I'll worry.

[former9thward]

40. Well he was a co-sponsor the Sexual Predators on the Internet Act.

So maybe his dick is writing legislation. http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20110608/pl_dailycaller/weinerswebsitevilifiesonlinesexpredators

[RainDog]

55. really?

you really want to make that claim?

okay. noted.

[former9thward]

63. Note away.

[RainDog]

71. .

[wordpix]

57. since when is it sexual predation to contact a porn star?

:crazy: I don't think so

[former9thward]

62. Is that all he contacted?

I don't think so.

[wordpix]

64. however, that is what this thread is about

[Ter]

34. Especially with that last name

He surely was picked on in school. :)

[BlueCaliDem]

7. Am I the only one who thinks this drip-drip-drip is a bit too polished to be a coincidence?

Who's behind this crap? Gloria Allred is a Democrat. What Democrats are behind this? I know Sheister Issa is linked to this non-scandal ( http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/internet/issa-aide-linked-weinergate-096417 ), but is it DWS? She's more friends with Republicans than Democrats, so I wouldn't put it past her.

At any rate, this drip-drip-drip of photographs in all the media is a sinister attempt to thoroughly destroy Anthony Weiner.

Progressives are, obviously, not welcome in the U.S. Congress.

[brooklynite]

14. I can think of a way to stop the dripping...

[RainDog]

30. yeah, my guess would be democrats trying to get rid of him

but that's just a guess.

...and a reflection on how little value I find in so-called "party loyalty."

this merely reinforces my view that people who want to be effective have to fight through organizations outside of political parties - and still it takes lots of time

[1monster]

36. Gloria Allred is a bottom-feeding attention seeker. She always steps in

on salacious cases and makes them worse.

I don't care what party affiliation she claims. If I see her name reported as the lawyer on the case, I know it is not gonna be pretty or good.

[former9thward]

41. If they don't send their dicks around they don't have to worry about the drip.

[RedCloud]

47. Not at all.By piecemeal, it appears larger than it is.

I mean if they have 70 naughty photos plus three naughty confessions who could take it all in one day?

Only if they want to get rid of him do they...

[azurnoir]

49. "Progressives are, obviously, not welcome in the U.S. Congress. ", not true

perhaps the question that should be asked is why Progressives in Congress aren't defending Weiner more vigorously if at all

eta to add link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x688019

[JDPriestly]

52. Gloria Allred should come out for a woman's right to text whatever she

wants to text. But she probably won't.

[hlthe2b]

9. As nauseating as this entire episode has become....

as creepy as Weiner's behavior may have been, to have this woman-- paired with Gloria Allred--jump in for their 15 minutes, makes me almost have sympathy for Weiner. Are we supposed to view her as a victim because he may have asked her to avoid the press?

Whatever she has to say, I find it hard to believe she was exploited in any way. Weiner is a lech and a liar--we get it. The pile on has become equally unseemly and I think there may well be unexpected backlash/consequences that may well not fall solely on Weiner.

[hack89]

11. Its like mud wrestling - even when you win you get really dirty. nt

[BeFree]

10. Great PR

The Most Famous Weiner ever!!

Weiner, two weeks ago, could have never been elected President, just because of his name.

Now he has a shot. You can hardly buy this kind of PR. My hat goes off to those putting all this together.

Go Weiner.

[HubertHeaver]

20. Weiner in 2016!

[hay rick]

51. Weiner in 2012. nt

[glinda]

12. Like attention much?

[Dreamer Tatum]

19. You're surprised that a woman who makes money by being filmed having sex

likes attention?

Wow. Whoda thunk it.

[IamK]

73. I more surprised weiner thought she would keep quite about it n/t

[frylock]

42. prolly almost as much as the guy in the towel taking pics of himself..

what was his name again?

[unionworks]

69. Haw Haw

ROTF Good one dude

[digitaln3rd]

13. Democrat or Republican..

..unless he's screwing the porn star in Congress during a vote, I don't care.

The puritans in this country are so hung up on the morality of sex in this country - who cares.

[Solomon]

15. Gloria Allred? Oh shit.

Talk about an ambulance chaser...

She gets involved in every car wreck she can. Watch for her to try and expand the issues. She'll come up with an entirely new set of damages from which she can try to get paid from.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. Gloria Allred...another of the Flavor of the Day Club. nt

[Blasphemer]

21. No kidding

I am usually repulsed by this sort of naked greed and attention seeking (see: Sarah Palin) but I have to hand it to Ms. Allred - she knows how to pick 'em.

[dkf]

26. Ugh.

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[Doctor Hurt]

28. agree except about Pelosi

that's kind of a sexist insult, unintentionally I'm sure.

[snooper2]

44. So you guys hang often?

[brooklynite]

50. How is Weiner "effective"?

He gets a lot of love here for being openly critical of conservative opponents, and making dramatic speeches. How does that translate to "effective"?

[KittyWampus]

53. As an elected politician, Weiner used his office and official twitter account Rep Weiner to hook up

with women. Funny how some just gloss right over that.

[palmtree guy]

67. right??

it was cute when the Kennedy clan did it too...

[woolldog]

74. You've never used your work email to pursue some romantic interest?

Big deal. Congressmen can't cyber or have phone sex?

[TheWraith]

54. Allred is a spotlight monger, nothing more, nothing less.

She lives for the public eye. She lives for media frenzies.

In any event, if Weiner wanted to exchange sexy messages with a porn star, I don't care. If I were a single male in his position I might be tempted to do something like that. It's the sending of lewd photos to women who didn't want them, and lying about it, that is his real problem.

Oh, and "Pelosi is a witch"? :eyes:

[madmom]

24. Just a way to keep it in the headlines. The msm was starting to talk about other things.

[Doctor Hurt]

27. you can always trust porn stars with your secrets

always.

[damntexdem]

31. Hot links with Weiner?

;-)

[JJW]

32. Well may be he's got a back up plan

If this Congress thing doesn't work out, there is always porn.

[jimmydwight]

37. Weiner

It seems like the repubs are keeping Weiner in the news so they don't have to talk about the real issues like killing medicare, approving the debt limit, etc.

[harun]

45. Weiner is winning.

[crim son]

46. He just lost me.

A little "private" tweeting of the weiner is one thing, but to have any kind of relationship with a porn star, while married, while exposing himself to various other women, shows a lack of judgement that even I am not willing to ignore. We'd laugh at it in an R but we'd also use it against an R and rightly so. Dammit, Weiner. You're an idiot and you need to go.

Dammit.

[1monster]

48. The interview is up. The porn star says she did not sext Weiner.

Gloria Alred is disgusting. Period stop.

http://www.5min.com/Video/Former-Porn-Star-Holds-Presser-on-Weinergate-517093145?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C216076

[wordpix]

58. that's odd

considering the talk about the "package" from his end.

I guess he was sexting and she wasn't responding in 100 emails. :crazy: :sarcasm:

[crim son]

76. Yeah, so the porn star is a great gal.

Weiner, not so much. Like I said, DAMMIT.

[Freddie Stubbs]

59. links...Weiner...sausage?

[Gin]

61. wonder if the people who worked for him knew about this...and

did they try to stop him?

[sarcasmo]

66. Very similar to the Tiger Woods fiasco. How many more will come out?

[VA_Jill]

70. big whoop

Ginger wants another 15 minutes!

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[Anakin Skywalker]

75. PICTURES, PLEASE! LOTS OF PICTURES! Of her, not him!

[w4rma]

77. Wait: He flirted a little bit with a porn star. Is that what this is all about?

I had to get past all of the bombastic overblown language in the article to figure that out. Incredible.

He can turn this whole thing into more power on Capitol Hill for himself and his views if he plays this right. He's a household name, now.

[Hardrada]

78. No such thing as bad publicity??