1.) Weiner’s wife has bun in oven — The latest news from the self-made hell of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is courtesy of the NYT: “Their marriage has become the subject of intense speculation and scrutiny amid an embarrassing online sex scandal. Now, Representative Anthony D. Weiner and Huma Abedin are about to make news of a different kind: they are expecting their first child. Ms. Abedin, 35, is in the early stages of pregnancy, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.” Um… congratulations? Weiner is learning, at least. He hasn’t reacted to this story by insisting his wife’s womb was hacked and blaming Andrew Breitbart. Still no word from Andrew Sullivan, though, on the search for the real mother. Don’t be too mad at Rep. Weiner, ladies. He has already promised his wife: no sexting while the baby’s awake.
2.) Breitbart vs. O&A? — Speaking of Breitbart, yesterday the photo of Weiner’s namesake, er, leaked. Breitbart went on the Opie & Anthony show to talk about the whole mess, and they bugged him until he showed them the photo… which he had on his phone! Unfortunately for Breitbart, who had promised not to release the photo to the public, one of the show’s fans was able to grab a screencap from the radio show’s webcam of the phone being passed around the studio. So now the world has seen what Weiner only wanted to show an as-yet-unknown number of strangers he met online. Breitbart insists he didn’t want the picture to get out and is blaming the O&A show, and they’re not arguing the point. Meanwhile, Weiner has verified the provenance of the wiener, admitting it’s his. The moral of the story for all involved in this fiasco is: If you want to keep something hidden, don’t show anybody.
3.) Next sext homewrecker vexed, perplexed — And it just keeps getting worse for Weiner: yet another of his sexting parters has been discovered. The Las Vegas Sun reports: “Lisa Weiss, Ginger Lee, and Megan Broussard were all too eager to provide the details, whether through photos or Facebook-strains of their online affairs with Weiner; and Gennette Cordova, the 21-year-old from Washington who received the tweet that touched off this whole scandal had no choice. But if it were up to Traci Nobles of Athens, Ga., her contact with Weiner would have stayed a secret. ‘I really regret that this was sent to you,’ Nobles told the Las Vegas Sun, after confirming that an unnamed roommate went into her Facebook account, which had been inadvertently left open, and emailed the Sun a screen shot of a private conversation between Weiner and Nobles that appears to date from August. ‘She thought someone should know,’ Nobles said.” Man, whatever happened to privacy? Love is a very special thing between two or more Democrats, their cameraphones, and the social networking services that put their activities just a mouse-click away from full public knowledge. If you can’t exchange nude photos and sex chats with a married United States congressman, who CAN you exchange nude photos and sex chats with? This is America, people!
4.) Mayor Baldwin? — Now that Weiner’s mayoral dreams have shriveled, NYC needs a candidate who has never done anything embarrassing in front of a camera: Alec Baldwin! That’s right, the adipose-abundant actor is thinking about throwing his grease-stained hat into the ring, according to The Daily: “The ’30 Rock’ star, who has long talked about running for political office, believes Weinergate has shaken up the field of candidates enough that he might have a chance to win, a friend of the actor told The Daily. ‘Alec said, ‘Hey, maybe this changes the race. The dynamics have shifted,’ said Baldwin’s pal. ‘The Democrats need a high-profile candidate, and Alec can fill that bill.'” Why not? It isn’t like he’ll be busy filming a sequel to Heaven’s Prisoners. Come on, New Yorkers, he’d make a really great mayor! And if you don’t think so, you’re a rude, thoughtless little pig.
5.) Bachmann vs. Palin? — Yes, there’s actually news out there that doesn’t involve the genitals of elected representatives. This time they’re just showing their asses. TheDC’s Amanda Carey reports: “The tension between former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Minnesota Rep. – and potential presidential candidate – Michele Bachmann is heating up. Now representatives from the two camps are taking shots at each other. The first shot was fired Tuesday by Ed Rollins, who only recently signed on to work for Bachmann’s potential campaign… ‘Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years,’ said Rollins. ‘She got the vice-presidential thing handed to her. She didn’t go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance. She gave up her governorship.'” Michael Glasser, Palin’s chief of staff, responded: “Beltway political strategist Ed Rollins has a long, long track record of taking high profile jobs and promptly sticking his foot in his mouth. To no one’s surprise, he has done it again, while also fueling a contrived narrative about the presidential race by the mainstream media. One would expect that his woodshed moment is coming and that a retraction will be issued soon.” One thing’s for sure: Rollins has come a long way since his days as lead singer for Black Flag.
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