Video - Rep Anthony Weiner Resigns

Rep Anthony Weiner has been under enormous pressure this week as pundits called for his resignation.

And today he finally pulled the trigger and resigned.

President Obama said earlier in the week that Weiner had embarrassed himself and should step down.

The media has been insisting he quit his job.

There was even pressure from inside his own party urging him to quit after his twitter sex scandal and subsequent semi-nude photos from the Congressional gym and locker room appeared.

Related: Busted – More Weiner Photos Emerge

After announcing he was seeking treatment – for what we’re not sure, and waiting for his wife to return from an overseas trip with boss Hilary Clinton, the pressure became insurmountable.

Today, Anthony Weiner resigned. He quit his job.

Weiner held a press conference in Brooklyn New York to discuss the issue, and is now the third member of the U.S. Congress this year to step down because of a sex scandal. 



He reached his decision to resign after speaking with his wife, Huma Abedin, 35, and informed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last night of his decision.

Saying he had become a distraction to his party, and citing the need for personal time to mend the broken relationship with his pregnant wife, he is leaving office immediately.

But did he really quit or was he fired?

If Weiner would not have left his post, the ensuing ethics hearings, legal wrangling, press coverage, emails, and personal attacks would have led to him being fired indirectly through an impeachment type scenario.

And then there were the cross dressing photos of him wearing a bra and women's lingerie - that probably didn't help.

He really had no choice.

Twitter has claimed its first political casualty.

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Photo – More Anthony Weiner Semi-Nude Photos Emerge From Congressional Gym and Locker Room

Poor Anthony Weiner.

You would think with a last name like that the LAST thing he would do is get involved in a scandal involving his…. well, you know…

You would think that someone in Washington would have more sense than to take a picture of his wiener and send it to a twitter follower.

But after an already scandalous week where Mr. Weiner joked, lied, confessed, cried, and said he is seeking treatment - more graphic photos have emerged.

This snowball just keeps rolling and rolling….

TMZ is reporting that Weiner took numerous partially nude photos of his iron-clad body while working out in the basement of the Rayburn building where the Congressional gym and locker room are located.

A few of them show him grabbing his weiner while taking a photo of his reflection in a mirror.

Because this happened on Government property this may be the fine line that forces him to resign.

We’re sure his wife is really proud of him. After all, she is pregnant with their first child and he is about to lose his job.

And what about this “treatment” he is seeking?

How exactly do you treat for being a narcissistic horney middle aged man with a bad streak of pride and a haughty spirit?

We don’t know of any doctors that can help, but we do know of a treatment program that is absolutely free.

It’s called karma.

Check back tomorrow for more on “The Curious Case of Weiner’s Wiener”

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Video - Anthony Weiner Admits “I Did it and it Was Mine” – Holds Press Conference

Oh my… say it isn’t so Rep Weiner.

Just moments ago Representative Anthony Weiner took to the podium in a Washington D.C. hotel and held a press conference.

Holding back tears, he told the country what we have heard so many times from so many politicians.

The scandal and cover-up.

This is how is went,

“I want to answer to some of the questions over the last 10 days and take full responsibility for my actions. I have made terrible mistakes that have hurt the people I care about the most and I’m deeply sorry…”

Sound familiar? How many times have Americans been drawn into a political cover up wanting desperately to believe their elected officials only to find out later it was all a lie - and then learn of the great time and effort spent in a cover-up.

Weiner continued,

“Last Friday I tweeted a photograph of myself as a joke to a young woman in Seattle. Once I posted it to twitter I panicked and took it down and said I’d been hacked. I then continued to stick to that story and that was a regrettable mistake.”

Okay, so he tweeted a picture of his dick to a young woman in Seattle. That’s bad…. but not Bill Clinton bad right?

Well, it gets worse. This will also be familiar to you as I know you have heard this before also.

Weiner starts to sob but continues,

“To be clear, the picture was of me and I sent it. I’m deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife and family.”

And then of course he drops the bombshell, the thing that makes a little cover-up a big problem.

He confesses,

“In addition, over the last several years I have engaged in several inappropriate conversations over twitter, Facebook, email and occasionally the phone with women I have met online. I’ve exchanged photos and messages of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. I haven’t told the truth and I’ve done things I deeply regret.”

Okay, now the tears start to really flow as he admits that most of the communication happened before his marriage, but some also took place after his marriage.

He continued,

“I have brought pain to those that trusted me the most and believed in me - and for that I’m deeply sorry.”

Wow.

So there it is - the anatomy of a cover-up. We’ve seen it before and sadly, I’m sure we’ll see it again.

Congrats to twitter for bringing down their first corrupt politician.

Related: New Weiner photos appear – Busted!

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