Weiner Told Porn Star to Lie, Offered PR Help

[boston bean]

Congressman Anthony Weiner instructed one of his Internet women how to lie about their relationship ... and even offered PR help from his team, which could create major legal issues for him ... TMZ has learned.

Weiner and former porn star Ginger Lee exchanged scores of sexual emails over a long period of time. When the underwear scandal broke on May 28, Lee began receiving calls from the media, and Weiner was more than happy to help her control the situation ... by lying.



http://www.tmz.com/person/more-stories/anthony-weiner

I think he will resign by the end of the week. What he told her to say is eerily remniscent of the parents statements to the press regarding thier teenage daughters following Weiner.

[Autumn]

1. If he did, that's a big problem.

using his staff like is wrong.

[Botany]

17. using his staff like is wrong

:spray:

[Autumn]

24. oops not enough coffee yet

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Hate it when I forget words.

[rucky]

27. Yep. That's where the line is drawn.

I was with him until this allegation came out (if true, but I'm still giving him the benefit of the doubt).

If we don't make the public/private distinction clear, then the Breitbarts of the world can destroy anyone they want, any time they want.

[NotThisTime]

57. It surely is, if true, he should resign... and I've stayed quiet up til now

[Broderick]

2. I feel sorry for his wife

Right after getting married he was carrying on like a fool. How humiliating. Did he just marry her for prestige?

[boston bean]

4. yeah, it's pretty bad. what an idiot he is.

I really liked him too. I am sad that he did this to his wife and then to us too.

And then gave that fuckface breitbart a podium of truth. blech....

[FBaggins]

3. Offering PR help is not the same thing as asking her to lie.

Nor would asking her to lie be a crime (AFAIK) unless she were going to be under oath and he was covering up a crime.

OTOH, he flatly denied doing this in his mea-culpa yesterday. So evidence that he was still lying at the time would be a big deal.

[boston bean]

5. he wrote to her what to say, which wasn't the truth.

and offered her PR help. As the article says, they don't know what is meant by PR help, so I will give you that one, for now.

[FBaggins]

38. Sorry... I only saw what was in the OP

I avoid TMZ at work.

I wasn't aware that he had given specific advice on what to say (that he clearly knew was a lie).

[PhillySane]

6. It's ok to lie

as long as you classify it as PR.

[CoffeeCat]

25. I'm a PR person, and we always advise...

...our clients to tell the truth. I won't work for or with anyone who lies. I mainly
service high-tech and biotech companies--and could never do political PR.

I do agree that asking her if she wants PR help--is not helping her to lie--unless he's
specifically coaching her to lie.

She may need PR help to ride through this storm. Crisis PR is a niche area of PR.
Nothing wrong with that.

If he was coaching her to lie and obfuscate--then that's not PR.

[Doctor Hurt]

7. Remember politicians: Porn Stars will NEVER sell you out.

lol

[FBaggins]

40. Yep... they would never exchange their integrity for money. n/t

[midnight]

8. I'm sure Judge Thomas has a mission accomplished sign

hanging somewhere. Really.... resign at the end of the week... Thomas was sexually harassing women and he gets to keep his job.... In fact some judge told women to expect it on the job.... Gee I wonder what ground breaking legislation has been passed under the radar of our family values assessment of this congressman who was going after this corporate tool-Thomas.

[boston bean]

11. which makes his actions even worse for those of us who would agree Thomas should be impeached.

Weiner hurt us all on that front. He did this. He has admitted it. He hurt the cause. No one else.

[frylock]

59. people are really having a difficult time grasping that

[PeaceNikki]

9. I suspect Weinergate has just begun.

I think that there will be a lot more ick to come. Some will be truthful, some false accusations, but it will get worse.

Way to go, Anthony.

[cali]

12. exactly. btw, really liked your op yesterday focusing on the stupid aspect of it all.

revelations about his behavior will continue. drip, drip, drip.

[Marr]

13. I suspect you're right, and I suspect he'll end up losing his seat for it.

That confession must've been precipitated by something. If he's trying to just move past this thing, he's going to be disappointed.

[MoonRiver]

42. He'll lose his seat AND his beautiful wife.

What a fool.

[Marr]

10. I really just don't get it.

Forget morality for a moment, I really thought Weiner was more intelligent than this. Not only did he do these things over email and texts (you may as well just paint a sign), but he continued sending messages to these women even after the story broke?

[boston bean]

14. yep, there is an ick factor here, he will not be able to overcome.

Because no one could believe anyone could be that stupid, so they start looking for alternative reasoning and none of it bodes well for him.

[Little Star]

15. How stupid can one person be to keep on sending messages....

Has the dumb fuck never heard of a land-line telephone????

The whole thing is just stupid and childish and it pisses me off to no end!

[still_one]

19. and that really makes me question his judgement /nt

[FLPanhandle]

28. This goes beyond stupid and out the other side

We need a new name for this level of idiocy.

[Botany]

16. Now I want him gone

Whatever you do in your private life as long as people aren't hurt, kids are not involved, or the livestock is not scared
I am fine w/ but for this idiot to get involved w/ a porn star knowing that the republicans thrive on personal attacks
and trash dems for anything they can find is just stupid. This is like Edwards running in 2008 w/ his personal baggage.

Damn it and I liked him too .... he was a great voice for our side.

Give the side that impeached Clinton for a b. j. the ammunition with which to shoot us. Stupid!

[still_one]

18. He won't resign. He is a phony. If he cared for progressive causes he would not have done

something so stupid. Just like vitter, ensign, and others, mostly repukes, they don't care about their constituents, they only care about their personal power

[Doctor Hurt]

21. nonsense.

sexual desire can twist people up. It doesn't mean he doesn't care. It just means he's complex. Like everyone else.

[cali]

22. and stupid. and arrogant. he was really, really stupid and arrogant about all this.

[boston bean]

26. he had almost every liberal blogger defending him... having to know it

was going to come out.

That is someone who had done immeasurable harm to our liberal voices. His shouldn't be missed. Although, I really like him before all of this.

[Doctor Hurt]

39. Most humans are stupid and arrogant

It's just what your species does. Although some of you are better than others.

[seabeyond]

43. not true. and really tired of justifying behavior with this. rw christian coalition use this

same excuse to validate behavior with.... we are all sinners.

they use it with their sinners and then raost in hell all the other sinners.

there are tons and tons of people that walk thru adulthood as grownups, responsible, with integrity

[Marr]

52. Some of "you"?

Are you some sort of AI with an internet connection?

[frylock]

61. hue-mon tetherball?

[still_one]

62. I look for something a little better, sorry. The damage that this shit does to the cause is bad /nt

[hack89]

29. But if he can't be trusted because of this "complexity"

then he needs to get a new job. Not "everyone else" is a liar.

[Doctor Hurt]

41. most people are liars.

Really, most people will lie to get out of sticky situations.

[seabeyond]

44. i would say there are a good number that have learned lying escalates the problem. nt

[Doctor Hurt]

45. you've had better luck with humans than I have

maybe I need to move.

[seabeyond]

46. i must with a number of people, but then again, not the majority. i hear this from people

mostly on the net, and truly wonder why they have all these crappy people in their life. i listen to people tell me who ALL people are, and say to people around me, that is not what i see.

i, too, wonder sometimes.

[hack89]

50. As long as they are willing to accept the consequences when caught, they can go ahead and lie

he has lost my support - I don't accept people in power lying.

[frylock]

60. is vitter complex as well?

or is the complexity dependant upon one's political affiliations?

[snooper2]

31. I know this might be hard to grasp, but your potlitical ideology

has nothing to do with how you behave and your "morals"

Just becuase one believes man is part of the cause of global warming, doesn't mean you won't go out to a bar and get fucked up and in a fight.

Just because you think Bush is an evil prick doesn't mean you won't fuck around on your husband.

Just because you spend 60 hours a week fighting for homeless causes, doesn't mean you won't steal a wallet from Dillards.

[boston bean]

32. He has hurt the liberal community and gave fuckin breitbart a megaphone

he has hurt us, even though his behavior had nothing to do with ideology.

[snooper2]

34. Everybody will forget about it in a week...You really think next time Global Warming comes up

in Congress, somebody is going to stand up and say. But, but, I hear what you are saying about the 2012 data, but Weiner had a fucking hard on and sent it to some hot chicks. So I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't support this bill :rofl:

[boston bean]

35. You think like Weiner...

[snooper2]

36. I have no clue what that is supposed to mean

so here's a chainsaw bar to look at. Use your words.... Damn, talking to my 1.5 year old online :rofl:

[boston bean]

37. it will all blow over, no big deal. keep movin on... that's what i meant. nt

[BuelahWitch]

47. He's also made Breitbart look credible

Which is one of the worst parts of it.

[still_one]

64. Just another consequence of his dumb ass move. I have no tolerance for reckless people when they

hurt a cause

[still_one]

63. Anybody who puts a picture on the internet, and doesn't realize the consequence is an idiot

and doubly so if he is a politician

Frankly, I want brighter people serving the public

If he is a public figure, and his political ideolgy is important to him, he wouldn't have pulled this shit

He has hurt the party by the stupidity of this action. It is kind of like the Darwin awards

[PassingFair]

49. Strangely enough, he is not a "member" of the Progressive Caucus.

Nor can I find him listed as a
"New Dem" or a Blue Dog.

He was generally assumed to be DLC, because
he came up under Schumer, and his
old COS left to work for the New Dems.

[City Lights]

20. Sad that he turned out to be such an idiot. nt

[FLPanhandle]

23. Just when I thought I couldn't think less of his IQ

He proves me wrong and he's even dumber than I imagined.

[BeyondGeography]

30. As they used to say in the nabe, Anthony, SCRAM

Get the fuck out. Move on. Find another way to get paid.

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. I am officially taking myself off life support on this one.

Cannot handle it anymore.

[meow mix]

48. lol

idiot

[Chimichurri]

51. How dumb can he be???? Texts messages incriminating himself? OMG. I am so disappointed

in him. I still like him but come on. He should have known better.

[flamingdem]

53. I am impressed with what an idiot he's been about this

sheesh. I don't want him to quit but he seems self destructive

[closeupready]

54. Headline is false.

Unrecced.

[boston bean]

55. I didn't make the headline up. curious as to what is false? nt

[closeupready]

56. self-delte

Self-delete, sorry, I see that TMZ has evidence about this to back up the title, I was wrong.

Cheers.

[Little Star]

58. Kick so others stop duplicating the same TMZ article!

The duplicate posts are driving me nuts! :silly: