All The Weiner You’re Going To See: The Pouting Thomases

Let’s see if we’ve got this right. As masterfully detailed at ABL’s place by RR friend and longtime commenter Allan, moral cesspool Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, habitually disgusting sexual harrasser and conflict-of-interest exemplar extraordinaire, having been set upon by NYC congressman like a mongoose on a cobra, finally coughs up evidence that he “forgot” over $700,000 dollars of his lovely (not really—not hardly) wife’s lobbyist income on financial disclosure forms in a Memorial Day weekend Friday evening newsdump. That same evening, NYC Congressman is victim of curiously timed Twitterfraud by a rightwing stalker, who falsely accuses him of sending a young woman a mildly louche photo which may have been a stolen private pic of his own privates.

The newsmedia, to append a prefix laughably overdignified to that vermiform entity, enthusiastically massaged by a confirmed serial liar, erupts in fountains of manic tsk-tsking, NYC congressman is omnipresent on the cablehead circuit, sitting for hard-hitting interviews for an entire week.

Over his, the Congressman’s dong. While Long-Dong-Silver enthusiast Clarence Thomas sits Supremely placid and unquestioned, waiting to kill the HCR bill his wife is paid to lobby against.

Okay! Bless your hearts, Froth Estate. Jefferson said a well-informed populace is vital to the operation of a democracy, and what a democracy we have got! Assorted professional (and semi-pro, and amateurish) work has gone into diverting attention from genuinely scandalous behavior, involving a Supreme Court Justice and his potential abuse of immense power. Conflicted Clarence has the ability to defeat legislation affecting the life and health of all Americans. So rather than a Weiner roast, isn’t it mete to keep up the heat on him?

Posted by Mrs. Polly on 06/04/11 at 02:10 PM • Permalink

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Thanks for the link love, Mrs. Polly!

One key point I would like to make about this whole tempest in a Tea Party:

When Gawker (!) obtained shirtless beefcake bathroom mirror shots of Chris Lee (R-RuPaul’s Drag Race), they held them back from publication until AFTER they had interviewed the source and done additional, you know, Big Journalism to build their air-tight case, THEN unleashed them on the world.

Comment by Allan on 06/04/11 at 02:31 PM

Mrs. P. thanks so much for focusing attention on where it should be aimed and not on the ridiculous “Weinergate” (Weinerherring?) diversion.

Comment by marindenver on 06/04/11 at 03:05 PM

So rather than a Weiner roast, isn’t it mete to keep up the heat on him?

Don’t know. But hope sumbody remembered to bring the marsh mellows. A keg of Budweiner wouldn’t hurt.

Comment by General Stuck on 06/04/11 at 03:06 PM

Seriously though, a reasonable and rational post on the situation, Mrs Polly. Which BTW, is why it’s utterly un American, in these days of trials titillations,

Asking the press to not focus on a story about the weiner of a congressman named Weiner, would be like banning sex at the whorehouse. :-)

Comment by General Stuck on 06/04/11 at 03:31 PM

Weiner knows how to play hardball, let’s see what he eventually comes up with over this whole thing.

I knew about the Supreme Paperweight Thomas issue from the very beginning, and the typical media was stone cold silent on it. Huh.

Excellent summary Mrs. Polly.

Comment by StringonaStick on 06/05/11 at 12:10 AM

Thanks, String—I forgot to mention the useless-rightwing-rubberstamp-silent-justice aspect entirely! Supreme Paperweight indeed, and not one of those swirly glass jobbers neither; Our Silent Clarence is entirely opaque.

Comment by Mrs. Polly on 06/05/11 at 12:27 AM

@Allan, I know! I was amazed to learn that Breitbart released this based on some anonymous Twitter guy without even knowing anything about him. Then like three days later he starts asking people who he is. What the hell kind of journalism is that? I mean, NO research whatsoever? That’s crazy!

Even in most cases, when a news outlet feels like they’ve got a hot story, they’ll actually “warn” the accused by saying something like, “it’s going out tomorrow, would you like to make a statement”, but someone like Breitbart just prints it without even the slightest bit of factual back-up or discretion. That’s not journalism, that’s high school rumor BS.

Comment by creesa on 06/05/11 at 12:37 PM

creesa,in this case, “high school rumor BS” is actually, literally, part of the mix, as is revenge.

Tommy Christopher, Avenger of Minor Children (well, 16-year-olds, anyhoo), has decreed Breitbart a responsible journalist in this case, so I hope you see Betty’s post dismantling that little fantasy.

Comment by Mrs. Polly on 06/05/11 at 12:49 PM

@Allan, I know! I was amazed to learn that Breitbart released this based on some anonymous Twitter guy without even knowing anything about him. Then like three days later he starts asking people who he is. What the hell kind of journalism is that? I mean, NO research whatsoever? That’s crazy!

Yeah, Breitbart needs to wise up.

Next thing you know, somebody’ll make him look like an asshole by punking him.

Comment by YAFB on 06/05/11 at 01:05 PM

@Mrs. Polly Betty’s post was great! I actually saw that Tommy Christopher piece the other day. He’s assumed Breitbart is “clean” because the source of the material is the Twitter guy, and the Twitter guy alone… or so he’s assumed. You’d at least think he’d show some criticism of his, ahem, journalistic integrity. It seems he was so worked up over the teenage girl thing, that he suddenly had a new-found love for Big Breitbart.

I don’t understand the we’re-both-parents-and-I-respect-you-for-that thing. I’ve heard this about Sarah Palin too. Stuff like, “I don’t agree with Palin’s politics but I respect her as a mother and a woman.” Wtf? Ya know, ANYONE can be a parent. Perhaps there’s something I’m just not getting because I’m not a parent yet. Haha

Regardless, I agree with Betty. Simply because Christopher and Breitbart bonded over this one incident doesn’t suddenly redeem him. He’s so overwhelmingly guilty of BS and yes, should be held accountable. I wonder if after this Tommy Christopher will ever go back to criticizing him.