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| MikeZPU | Jun 11 2011, 02:40 PM Post #406 |
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Smart move -- probably his only shot at keeping his seat. Gets him out of the public eye and unavailable for questions ... until it all dies down. and then he'll come back as a mental health advocate. |
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| abb | Jun 11 2011, 02:41 PM Post #407 |
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Probably the computer geeks have reconstituted the messages between Weiner and the 17 year old girl. Pelosi and company have been tipped off. |
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| abb | Jun 11 2011, 02:42 PM Post #408 |
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56758.html Defiant Weiner won't resign, seeks 'treatment' By: Jonathan Allen and Maggie Haberman June 11, 2011 01:54 PM EDT Rep. Anthony Weiner will not resign and will instead seek treatment even as the top leaders of the Democratic Party abandoned him en masse Saturday after it was revealed that he had communicated online with a 17-year-old Delaware girl. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the party’s top campaign chiefs — Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) — all called on Weiner to resign in statements released within minutes of each other. But Weiner has ignored those calls and announced Saturday afternoon that he’s planning a leave of absence from the House so he can seek “professional treatment.” “Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person,” Weiner’s office said in a statement provided to POLITICO. “In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well. Congressman Weiner takes the views of his colleagues very seriously and has determined that he needs this time to get healthy and make the best decision possible for himself, his family and his constituents.” Weiner’s statement seems to not only buy him time as his sex scandal worsens by the day, but it also leaves the door open to either resigning or coming back after rehabilitation. Weiner, a New York Democrat, admitted on Monday that he had sent sexually charged text messages and photographs to a series of six women over three years. On Friday, FOX News reported that Wilmington-area police had visited a Delaware teenager to discuss his back-and-forth with her. Weiner and the girl’s family have told news outlets that there was no indecent communication, but the evidence that he carried on a discussion of any kind with a 17-year-old girl was clearly the final straw for Democratic leaders. Pelosi and Israel only issued their statements after asking Weiner privately to call it quits, and when he refused, they issued their coordinated barrage on Saturday afternoon. “They both called him this morning and said ‘you should resign,’ and he didn’t and they issued their statements,” a source familiar with the discussions told POLITICO. “The White House was engaged.” Patrick Gaspard, the former White House political director, was the point man for the DNC, the source said. “Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the recognition that he needs help,” Pelosi said Saturday. “I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a Member of Congress.” A day earlier, Pelosi had declined to call for him to resign after inquiries to her office. Israel and Wasserman Schultz were less generous in their assessment of their colleague. “Anthony’s inappropriate behavior has become an insurmountable distraction to the House and our work for the American people. With a heavy heart, I call on Anthony to resign,” Israel said. Calling the scandal a “sordid affair, Wasserman Schultz, who is a surrogate for President Barack Obama in her role as DNC chairman, said “the behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner’s continued service in Congress is untenable.” Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the Budget Committee Chairman and former DCCC chairman, also joined the calls to resign on Saturday. “Anthony Weiner’s repeated violation of the public trust is unacceptable,” Van Hollen said. “He can best advance the issues he fought for by resigning immediately.” Weiner’s spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a request for comment, but it’s now clear that Weiner has virtually no support in the upper echelons of the Democratic Party. The Weiner scandal is now going into its third weekend after a picture of a man’s crotch was posted on his Twitter account. After spending a week denying that it was him, Weiner held an extraordinary press conference Monday in New York and revealed that he had not only sent that picture, but had conducted sexually charged online relationships with a half dozen women. And while nobody can force Weiner to resign — short of a formal expulsion from the House, which is extremely rare — if he does return to the House on Monday after a week-long recess, he’ll basically be persona non grata in the Democratic Caucus. Weiner has informed congressional leaders he plans to seek treatment, according to Democratic insiders, and that was a factor in their decision to urge him to resign, first privately and later publicly. A “coordinated effort was kicked off once Weiner decided to seek treatment,” a senior Democratic aide told POLITICO. “Leaders have been talking to him all week. His decision to seek treatment, on top of pressure of Sunday shows and members coming back on Monday, all equaled the ultimate decision for the leaders to go today.” It was also revealed this week that Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin is pregnant — and she’s currently traveling abroad as an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. If Weiner does succumb to pressure and resign, it’s clear that the contact with the 17-year-old girl was the end game. The girl, whose name was withheld by Fox but who told the reporter she’s “doing OK,” left with her mother and the police, the network said, although it was unclear if there was a further conversation somewhere else. A Weiner spokeswoman emailed a statement in response to the reports that confirmed his contact with the girl, but denied anything was amiss. “According to Congressman Weiner, his communications with this person were neither explicit nor indecent,” said the statement. On Saturday morning, the New York Post and the New York Daily News reported that the New Castle cops had not found anything wrong in Weiner’s exchanges with the teen-ager. |
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| retiredLEO | Jun 11 2011, 02:48 PM Post #409 |
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Weiner will ask for leave of absense and check into a treatment center, he is pulling a Patirck Kennedy, still won't resign. http://www.foxnews.com/ |
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| wingedwheel | Jun 11 2011, 02:51 PM Post #410 |
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You can't throw me out I went to treatment! Oh yeah, you shouldn't investigate me either because I went to treatment........................... |
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| wingedwheel | Jun 11 2011, 02:52 PM Post #411 |
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And just for the record all I really care about what he did was the lying and whatever happened with the minor. I also must add that I haven't followed this story that much.
Edited by wingedwheel, Jun 11 2011, 02:55 PM.
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| wingedwheel | Jun 11 2011, 03:03 PM Post #412 |
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Is "sexting" something dealt with in the DSM-IV. Well it be covered in the new DSM-V? |
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| retiredLEO | Jun 11 2011, 03:04 PM Post #413 |
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He is determined to keep that paycheck, check into treatment on our dime, while earning congressional pay. |
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| Mason | Jun 11 2011, 03:05 PM Post #414 |
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. Pervert Treatment? Well, I guess they'll take your money for anything nowadays. The man has no decency or shame. . |
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| retiredLEO | Jun 11 2011, 03:21 PM Post #415 |
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I am curious, can the Speaker of the House, refuse to give Weiner a leave of absence? I believe Pelosi had to approve kennedy's when he took his leave after that accident in DC? |
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| retiredLEO | Jun 11 2011, 03:52 PM Post #416 |
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Weiner heads to rehab as Pelosi, party leaders call on him to resign By GEORGETT ROBERTS, MELISSA KLEIN and PHIL HELSEL Last Updated: 4:00 PM, June 11, 2011 Posted: 11:19 AM, June 11, 2011 More Print Weiner's pulling out -- for a little while, at least. Serial-sexting Congressman Anthony Weiner headed off to rehab and will seek a leave of absence, as Nancy Pelosi and other Dems demanded he quit following his admission to sending private Twitter messages to a 17-year-old girl. Weiner's office said the randy rep left this morning for "professional treatment," and will take a leave of absence from the House as he tries to become a better family man. “Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person,” Weiner’s office said in a statement. “In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well. Congressman Weiner takes the views of his colleagues very seriously and has determined that he needs this time to get healthy and make the best decision possible for himself, his family and his constituents." Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nothing_explicit_weiner_denies_rated_wMW8sl5M1w8ie0mwldmzdJ#ixzz1P0Es2iAd |
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| abb | Jun 11 2011, 03:57 PM Post #417 |
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I'm thinking the only way a U. S. Representative can be removed is by impeachment or by expulsion. It's very rare. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a Member of Congress. Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member." The processes for expulsion differ somewhat between the House of Representatives and the Senate. Censure, a less severe form of disciplinary action, is an official sanction of a member that does not remove a member from office. |
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| abb | Jun 11 2011, 03:58 PM Post #418 |
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Only five US Congressmen have been expelled. The last was James Trafficant in 2002. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_expelled,_censured,_or_reprimanded |
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| retiredLEO | Jun 11 2011, 04:10 PM Post #419 |
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I know, it requires a hearing to expel a rep. My question, can they just take a leave of absense on their own authority, or does the Speater of the House have to approve, such an action, by a member of congress? The Speaker of the House is the person who calls the congress into session, wouldn't he have to approve, a leave of absence for a member of congress? I have no problem if Weiner, who has mooched off the government for 20 years, resigns and seeks treatment on his own dime. Edited by retiredLEO, Jun 11 2011, 04:11 PM.
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| agatha | Jun 11 2011, 04:18 PM Post #420 |
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New Castle Mama saved the DM?
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