The Other McCain

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#WeinerGate: Who Is @PatriotUSA76? @AndrewBreitbart Wants to Know

Much suspicion in the WeinerGate scandal has focused on the Twitter user @PatriotUSA76, who identifies himself as Dan Wolfe, but who is unwilling publicly to confront questions about his role. It was @PatriotUSA76 who, some weeks ago, specifically predicted an online sex scandal involving Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), and then quickly spotted the Friday photo-Tweet […]

VIDEO: @DaTechGuyBlog Talks #Weinergate in Boston TV Interview

The fedora and Sicilian hand gestures are classic in this interview from Wednesday morning. The FOX-25 host credits Pete’s Tuesday New York Post column with helping prompt the press-conference meltdown by making the basic facts understandable to the average reader: Congressman attacked by Twitter?: MyFoxBOSTON.com If you’ll look closely, you’ll see the rosary around his […]

Who’s Winning #WeinerGate? (Video)

It ain’t Anthony Weiner, that’s for sure. Here’s a video highlight reel from Politico: And here is the ABC Evening News version of the story: Didn’t I tell you this story would not just “go away”? And wasn’t I right? Look at the Google News queue. Look at the Memeorandum aggregation. In case you are […]

All the Weiner You Can Handle: Why MSM Can’t Ignore This Scandal Now

Thanks to Tim Daniel at Left Coast Rebel for locating this video of Luke Russert’s devastating interview with Rep. Anthony Weiner: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Big props to Luke Russert for asking tough questions. Compare and contrast to the utter uselessness of CNN’s Wolf Blitzer whose Weiner […]

Oh, My: In NBC Interview, Weiner Won’t Deny Authenticity of Lewd Photo UPDATE: Interview Video Added

UPDATE 3:50 p.m. ET: Here is a video clip from the interview with NBC’s Luke Russert in which Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) refused to say “with certitude” that the photo of a man’s bulging underwear sent from his Twitter account was not actually his own crotch: Hat-tip to Ace of Spades who asks: What? Andrew Breitbart had […]

#WeinerGate: Where the Story Goes Next

Weiner calls lewd photo on Twitter a ‘distraction’ — Washington Post Lawmaker in Twitter Case Assails Reporters — New York Times Yesterday’s televised meltdown was, I think, complete vindication for those of us in the online community who spent Memorial Day weekend trying to convince people that #WeinerGate was an honest-to-goodness genuine news story. It’s not only […]

Official #WeinerGate Theme Song

(Hat-tip: Ladd Ehlinger Jr.)

#WeinerGate OMFG! @RepWeiner Gives Worst Press Conference EVAH! (Video)

I’ll add commentary and links in a few minutes. But it’s kinda superfluous after this astoundingly bad performance: UPDATE: Ace of Spades finds the video . . . arousing. The video is from Mediaite. UPDATE II: Having previously remarked on the power of simple sentences, we see in this video how Weiner fails to provide […]

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