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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnthony Weiner's Women: His Wife Huma Abedin V Porn Star & More – Just one month after his wedding.
Its bad enough that its now public that Weiner, 46, had a racy sexting relationship with hardcore XXX porn star Ginger Lee this spring and instructed her on how to coverup their relationship so the press wouldnt find out, but now another revelation is adding insult to injury:
On Aug. 13, 2010, just over a month after Weiner married his stunning wife Huma Abedin on July 10, 2010 in a lavish ceremony officiated by President Bill Clinton, the naughty-by-nature Congressman kicked off his sexting relationship with Las Vegas blackjack dealer Lisa Weiss, 40!
Weiss made the opening salvo on Aug. 13, 2010, sending him the the message, I am trying to find the wonderful anthony weiner who i feel [sic] in love with for yelling at those damn repubs the other day! you are awesome. The sexting really kicked up on Sept. 17, when Weiner wrote suggestively wrote, i hear liberal girls are very, uh, accomodating of others, to which she wrote of course! it is all about taking care of the little guy! Weiner then wrote, alluding to his penis, ouch. Youd be be surprised how big.
http://hollywoodlife.com/2011/06/08/anthony-weiners-women-his-wife-huma-abedin-v-porn-star-more-sexting-just-one-month-after-his-wedding/
leveymg
(36,418 posts)cooked.
Enough with the trivial distractions.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Weiner has lost his credibility.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)And, it's probably fatal to a functioning democracy.
Renew Deal
(85,152 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)I'd rather abolish monarchy, everywhere, except maybe in The Magic Kingdom.
Renew Deal
(85,152 posts)You sounded envious.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)And surprisingly a constitutional monarchy can also be a pretty well-functioning democracy. Not just the UK; Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain, all constitutional monarchies.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Granted, like the Magic Kingdom, monarchies seem to be good for tourism. Like sports stadiums, however, they really don't pay for themselves.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)When I do it's usually the BBC, although I haven't in the past few days. And I stand by the statement that most people in the UK, and certainly most people in the part of the UK I live in, are pretty indifferent.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)And television is essentially a passive medium.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)who behaves this way. That's giving them an edge in elections. I personally think there's a public and private sphere, and only in exceptional circumstances should the details of a candidate's private life ever come into play as disqualifying someone from office. We shouldn't be doing the Republican's opposition research and making causes for them, as a rule.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)And I suspect we are seeing a paradigm shift on this.
Private sphere does not include sexual harassment.
By the way...locally, the office should start a pool on when charges will be files...not whether
leveymg
(36,418 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)
arcane1
(38,613 posts)And these were supposedly private conversations. Why is this article relevant now?
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)After lying and deceiving his wife the way he did?
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Just like Bill Clinton, I do not know the "rules" of their relationship. Maybe I've lived in San Francisco for too long, who knows? But no politician is going to publicly say "we're poly".
dixiegrrrrl
(60,161 posts)I don't trust his judgement.
meow2u3
(25,250 posts)I'd call what Weiner has a massive Madonna/whore complex. That's the real reason Huma is not enough for him, even though he knows what he has at home.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)One of those people who live for the Risk/Risque - the more dangerous, the better.
And the Exhibitionist .... well the dick pics speak for themselves.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Weiss: are you as passionate in the sack as u are about politics? Im getting bored of my f*** friend
Weiner: baby youd be crawling for the door to prevent me from f***ing you silly
Weiss: nice, just what Im looking for. I want to bang the future mayor of nyc!
Weiner: making me h**d
Weiss: I love that you are always h**d when I talk to you
Weiner: Im horny a lot. sorry
Weiss: me too! u have that affect on me
Weiner: he make you c**?
Weiss:sometimes..but hes not as hot as you. he tells me Im too wild for him he cant handle me..i bet u can handle anything
Weiner: I want to feel you c** with my fat c*** in you
Gawd, I expected so much better from him - as a human being.
matthews
(497 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Its worse than I thought.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,161 posts)Great...nice emotionally mature guy, eh?
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...it's his reckless disregard he had about reaching out to total strangers and willing to put himself in compromising positions. It's downright stupid...especially from someone with high political ambitions. If he's willing to show his "schlong" to impress what else can or will he do? He's walking blackmail material.
Personally I could care less about his libido and it's up to the folks of New York City to pass judgement on him but the fact is he let the wrong head do his thinking...
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)He Was Above It All.
After all if Wall Street Got Bailed out...after bringing Financial System groveling to Congress to tap our Taxpayer Money and the EU went down...later causing terrible austerity there to compete with our own austerity policies...then Weiner looking back on President Clinton and others who've gotten off for "Sexual Indiscretions" that really offended many and showed character flaw..... Then, Weiner looked at it all and said to himself: "I CAN DO THAT...and GET AWAY WITH IT...and be MAYOR OF NYC! It is COOL!
Do we need any more of this crap behavior?
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)flamingdem
(40,891 posts)for her story.
This is why it's more than his own issue, with his visibility people can use his weakness against him
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)And did it get worse than we already know? There's a reason he wouldn't answer any questions.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)That's concerning for sure.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)his penis on the internet. It's a selfie flasher's dream. The cynic tells me this is why he's running for mayor. Not to be mayor but for this. He knew he'd get caught.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)and desperate though...to ruin his life pushing this stuff so far as to try to become mayor of NYC.. And, shows little concern for his wife, son and the people who were funding, campaigning and going to vote for him. Is that why he called himself "Carlos Danger?" Because he knew the danger of what he was doing but was compelled to do it no matter the costs.
If that's the case...he needs help...BIG TIME. Surely his backers were worried about this happening...and I wonder about their own character or lack of.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Narcissistic personality disorder.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/romance-redux/201306/5-early-warning-signs-youre-narcissist
There's a good video at the bottom of the page.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)By Mayo Clinic staff
Original Article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/compulsive-sexual-behavior/DS00144
Definition
Compulsive sexual behavior sometimes called hypersexuality, hypersexual disorder, nymphomania or sexual addiction is an obsession with sexual thoughts, feelings or behaviors that affects your health, job, relationships or other parts of your life.
Compulsive sexual behavior may involve a normally enjoyable sexual experience that becomes an obsession. Or compulsive sexual behavior may involve fantasies or activities outside the bounds of culturally, legally or morally accepted sexual behavior.
No matter what it's called or the exact nature of the behavior, untreated compulsive sexual behavior can damage your self-esteem, relationships, career and other people. But with treatment and self-help, you can manage compulsive sexual behavior and keep your urges in check.
There's a broad range of sexual activities that can be warning signs of compulsive sexual behavior. Examples include:
Having multiple sexual partners or extramarital affairs
Having sex with anonymous partners or prostitutes
Avoiding emotional involvement in sexual relationships
Using commercial phone sex conversations for gratification
Visiting sexually explicit Internet sites or services
Engaging in excessive masturbation
Frequently using pornographic materials
Engaging in masochistic or sadistic sex
Exhibitionism
Having a fixation on an unattainable sex partner
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)I've only revised my opinion recently, and I could be wrong. Because you're right, he does display some of those characteristics.
I changed my mind for a few reasons. The deep codependency, or in the case of a narcissist, co-narcissism, of Huma. It goes far beyond even the enabling behavior of the spouse of an alcoholic, in the very public display of it.
Another thing is the very choice of Huma as a spouse. She is Hillary's aid. They were married by Bill Clinton himself. Narcissists gravitate toward the high and mighty and toward other narcissists.
Finally, the run for mayor of New York so soon, and lying about when this behavior stopped, if it has. A more grandiose plan, a more public display could not have been dreamed up. It combines the splash and risk-taking necessary for a narcissist. Even if he has stopped the sexting, he's still a narcissist. It's only one manifestation of it. Unfortunately, he's got the actual personality disorder. There's no telling how far the disorder goes now, has already gone or will go in the future.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)And there is Huma who seems to have her own troubles...which might be co-dependency or a lust for her own power. Might be a different disorder with her that he latches onto and they feed each other.
Now that we've analyzed them...
....Let's hope he just resigns on his own or his backers pull the plug in funding and he has to deal with it.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)medical coding where they want a number to label people as.
That poor little boy. That's all I can say. Time for the family to exit stage left where hopefully a whole host of counselors are waiting. And New York will get a wonderful new Democratic mayor!
allin99
(894 posts)something about it would sit less ill with me. But maybe it's how juvenile he is in his texts and actions. And maybe it's his desperate need to show off, it wasn't just getting off.
Bill Clinton, although he was a cheater, he wasn't juvenile about it, and it wasn't this obvious desperate needy individual reaching out to strangers online to show his dick off to.
there's something about Weiner that isn't normal. Yes it was is gross that it was so soon after the wedding, but thre's something else about it and him that isn't sitting well with me and a whole buncha other people, even those who forgave bill and describe bill's issues as "personal". Hard to put a finger on exactly what it is.
Tikki
(15,140 posts)he takes care of his addiction. And there are programs for addictions and he can surly afford the best program.
Tikki