The New York Observer » Anthony Weiner http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:24:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Year in Review: Notions Eleven

“You will surely make noise when I take you deep,” texted Representative Anthony Weiner, the great BlackBerry lover, to his virtual inamorata, Lisa Weiss, the famous dissident, aviatrix and Vegas blackjack dealer.

“Yes I will,” she texted back. “I will be sore for days.”

This past year took the world deep, Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/12/year-in-review-notions-eleven-12202011/ Weiner, Hefner and a Week of Resignations Since early June, we’ve been forced to resign ourselves to the inconvenient truth that New York is now, basically, the Midwest as far as the weather is concerned. Long days of oppressive, unrelenting heat (the kind that would wilt corn crops, but somehow does nothing to subdue the brunch crowds at Sarabeth’s) followed by sheets Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/06/weiner-hefner-and-a-week-of-resignations/ Weiner Apologizes… to Neighbors It appears as if Anthony Weiner is going to make it through the prime-Friday-afternoon-bad-news-delivery period without the much awaited resignation announcement.

But that doesn’t mean he isn’t reaching out.

CNN gets their hands on this apology note from Weiner to his neighbors, offering his mea culpa for the press hordes who remain camped outside his apartment. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/06/weiner-apologizes%e2%80%a6-to-neighbors/ Rupert Murdoch’s UK Papers Split Decision on Weiner Story Rupert Murdoch's New York Post has made hay of the Anthony Weiner story--today's coverline, "Pop Goes the Weasel," deals (albeit tastelessly) with the just-announced pregnancy of Mr. Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin--and his London-based Times is chasing the story as well, with a smaller-than-might-be-expected touch of British restraint. Today brings the luridly-portmanteau'd "Wife of Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/06/rupert-murdochs-uk-papers-split-decision-on-weiner-story/ Anthony Weiner’s 2012 Problem: A Younger, GOP Version of Himself Anthony Weiner’s Republican opponents would seem to have one obvious advantage should they choose to challenge the embattled congressman in 2012: their to-date failure to distribute compromising photos of themselves (or parts of themselves) over the Internet. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/06/anthony-weiner%e2%80%99s-2012-problem-a-younger-gop-version-of-himself/ Time to Go, Mr. Weiner Through his own actions, Congressman Anthony Weiner has become a national punch line. It’s hard to imagine that he can effectively represent his constituents in Brooklyn when he is more likely to be seen on TMZ than on C-SPAN, more likely to be cited in a David Letterman monologue than in a news report from Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/Time-To-Go-Weiner Photo Finish: Bratty Breitbart Bogarts Weiner Fest So, Monday was fun. Not only did we learn that embattled amateur underwear model and unwavering mayoral aspirant Anthony Weiner really did tweet that infamous crotch shot to Gennette Cordova, in addition to numerous other indiscretions conducted over social media (we couldn't resist imagining how a certain member of--well, Mr. Weiner’s person--may have felt about the whole affair), but we also learned that Andrew Breitbart has no qualms about creating new photo ops for himself.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/bratty-breitbart-bogarts-weiner-fest Little Anthony: A Dispatch From Anthony Weiner’s…Well, You Know If you really want to hear about it, the first things you’ll probably want to know are whether gray is my favorite color, whether I’m more comfortable in briefs or boxers, and if I was the one who tweeted that crude portrait from coast to coast. Well, no, I prefer maroon, in loose-fitting boxers, and Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/06/anthony-weiner-weiner Twitter Forensics: Rundown of the Evidence Around @RepWeiner’s Crotch Shot What's in a tweet? More data than you realize. Detectives in the media and political blogs have scoured the web for evidence to support or counter Anthony Weiner's claim that he was the victim of a Twitter-jacking, which he initially called a "hack" but switched to calling a "prank."

Was he or wasn't he? The evidence:

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/twitter-forensics-rundown-evidence-around-repweiners-crotch-tweet We Should All Be Ashamed of Ourselves It's the last week in May and the weather is finally warm, the Hamptons commute is seasonally torturous, and our aging international businessmen are doing what has become increasingly commonplace this time of year: lecherously pursuing the housekeeping staff through the halls and in the well-appointed rooms of our fine luxury hotels. And by "increasingly Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/daily-transom/we-should-all-be-ashamed-ourselves Way Back When, Trump Gave to Weiner, Nadler, Dinkins, Green … and Giuliani Too In this week's Observer, Azi and I looked at Donald Trump's New York state political contributions, which favored Democrats over Republicans by a nearly two-to-one margin.

Not surprisingly, his New York City donations skew even more toward Democrats, and again, reflect a certain pragmatism more than any discernible political ideology.

Since the 1989 election cycle--which began Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/way-back-when-trump-gave-weiner-nadler-holzman #anthonyweinerlivetweetsObamaspeech  RepWeiner Anthony Weiner "reduce spending in the tax code" i love it. i prefer "fairness" but i quibble.2 hours ago

 RepWeiner Anthony Weiner Funny thing. Ryan agrees that the health care act Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/anthonyweinerlivetweetsobamaspeech With President’s Speech, Weiner Excited To Be Going on Offense Congressman Anthony Weiner finally likes what he's seeing from the White House.

Weiner just issued a pre-emptive press release praising President Obama for going on the offensive against the Republican fiscal plan.

"Now it's our turn," Weiner said in the statement. "For months, we have heard the one-note attacks by the GOP on the middle class and Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/presidents-speech-weiner-excited-be-going-offense Local Democrats Blast ‘Radical, Draconian’ Budget Deal A handful of discontented Democrats gathered on the steps of City Hall today to blast the $38 billion budget cut, which they called "draconian" and "morally wrong."

"The Republicans' proposed budget cuts for the fiscal years 2011 and 2012 are the most radical I've ever seen," said Jerrold Nadler, who was joined by Anthony Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/dems-blast-radical-draconian-stopgap-budget-deal Anthony Weiner On Legislating Loudly, And the Shadow of Schumer In this morning's Observer, I wrote about the selective rage of Congressman Anthony Weiner, who has emerged as the "primal scream" of a certain frustrated wing of the Democratic Party.

Weiner told me he's filling a vacuum left by his fellow Democrats, including President Obama, who haven't aggressively defended the party's recent achievements, particularly the Read More

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