Anthony Weiner receives 21 months in federal prison after being convicted of sexting with a minor.

Courtesy of CNN: 

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was sentenced Monday to 21 months in federal prison for sexting with a minor. 

In addition to the prison term, Weiner also was sentenced to three years of supervised release. 

Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York stated that Weiner's sentence carried more importance because of his previous political career. 

"Because of the defendant's notoriety, there is intense interest in the defendant's plea and sentence," Cote said in court. "It could make a difference in lives and is a very significant part of this sentence." 

She added, "This is a serious crime that deserves serious punishment." 

Weiner cried when the sentence was handed down.

Let's face it, this guy is scum.

Not only is he a pig, but his extracurricular activities played a large part in helping Donald Trump win the White House.

No sexting with children, would have meant no investigation, and no last minute reopening of the Hillary Clinton email case based on what was found on Weiner's laptop.

For that alone he deserves a much longer prison sentence than this. 

Married Louisiana Republican Christian politician starts sexting with teenage boy, but he is totally NOT gay. No really!

Courtesy of Towelroad:

In a lengthy new sit-down interview with WVUE, Yenni insists there was no sex involved and that he is not gay. 

“We had some off color texts,” said Yenni in the interview. 

“Did you mean what you wrote?”, asked the interviewer Lee Zurik. 

Replied Yenni: “Probably not, because nothing was acted upon. You know, there was… there was no sex, you know? Everybody thinks, oh, something sexual happened. But there was no sex. They think these things… they think things were acted upon. They think there was, you know…. this was over a period, you know, the total time frame, probably less than two weeks.” 

“So, if you’re not going to act out on it, why do it?”, asked Zurik. 

“Exactly what I ask myself every day,” said Yenni.

Man that has to be one of the most uncomfortable interviews that I have watched in quite awhile.

By the way let me help this poor slob answer that question as to why he did this.

HE WANTED TO HAVE GAY SEX!

It may or may not have happened, but that was definitely his intent.

And the sad part is that because of his religion, and because of his fear of rejection from his community, he is going to try and live his life denying who he truly is, and probably respond to any questions about his sexuality by trying to pass as much anti-gay legislation as he possibly can.

Sarah Palin attacks Huma Abedin for coddling a man who demeans and objectifies women. Yep my irony meter just exploded again. Update!

Sarah Palin doing her part to fight the objectifying and exploitation of women.

Courtesy of Hypocritical Hanna's Facebook page:  

Unbelievable: in a tinderbox world, media's willful ignorance of Clinton personnel with top security clearance - in careless possession of highly sensitive national security communications, no less. 

Watch these tip-of-the-iceberg points about top Clinton aid Huma Abedin. It's beyond sketchy why Huma (Abedin) Weiner has not had to answer for her pals, associations and influences when in possession of some of our country's life or death communications. (Life and death communications?) As we know, who someone has "palled around with" for years matters, as it's undeniable one's worldview is helped shaped by them. (Isn't this just a retread of her old argument against President Obama?)

Recall the ridiculous hard-news investigations of every long-lost relative of mine (and even my old Wasilla Jr. High classmates I hadn't seen in decades) when the press feigned responsible vetting when I was on a national stage. Compare that to reporters today turning their blind eye to a dangerous situation where a top leader's top staffer carelessly possesses State secrets - secrets her bizarre husband, Mr. Weiner, was evidently privy to. 

Wiener inserted himself into potentially blackmailed positions by using tools containing hundreds of thousands of pieces of his wife's (thus, Clinton's) government communications. (Okay that is just bullshit. All we have been told is that there are thousands of e-mails, not that they have ANYTHING to do with Hillary.) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Anthony-Weiner-checked-facilit… You can't make this stuff up, and it's for another day that disgust is expressed for women who'd coddle a man who has it in him to demean and objectify an underage girl (my daughter Piper's age!) with his perverted sex chats.) 

(Yeah the only thing worse might be if you seduced women and turned them out as prostitutes.)

With political winds finally shifting away from Globalists (Another Alex Jones term.) who've arrogantly lorded over us to We the People, I look forward to the shift in media where basic investigative journalism becomes a norm. Recent citizen journalism has done the job we'd once tasked mainstream media to do as America's "referee" or cornerstone of democracy. That must change when the political shake-up rocks our world on November 8. 

- Sarah Palin

Palin then links to a conspiracy laced video in the vein of Alex Jones, which reputes to prove that Abedin is a secret agent from Saudi Arabia who is secretly working to overthrow democracy in America. (And here I thought Donald Trump was just doing that openly.)

First I would like to accept the atta boy that Palin just issued on behalf of all of us "citizen journalists."

Shucks tweren't nothing. Glad I could help.

However I must follow that up by pointing out that Sarah Palin is the LAST person who should be talking about demeaning or objectifying women.

ALL that she did during the 2008 campaign was use her looks and sexy librarian costume in an attempt to seduce old men into voting for the McCain/Palin ticket, and by doing so helped to set the women's rights movement back a decade or more.

As for demeaning young girls, what did she think she did to Bristol by dragging her pregnant ass out onto the national stage?

And as for protecting a victimizer remember it was not so long ago that Palin helped her son avoid jail time for drunkenly beating his girlfriend while waving a gun around.

As for Anthony Weiner I really don't think that anybody is willing to defend his disgusting actions (Hell I doubt that Anthony Weiner's parents would defend Anthony Weiner at this point.), however that cannot be blamed on Huma Abedin.

However Sarah Palin is throwing stones while standing in the most fragile of glass houses here.

Update: You know I typed this whole thing without taking into account that the candidate who Palin is endorsing is a thousand times worse than Anthony Wiener, and might actually be a child rapist, so her glass house is in fact already fractured.

Hillary Clinton's longtime personal assistant Huma Abedin is finally dumping her scumbag husband. Update!

Just in: Statement from Huma Abedin announcing separation from Anthony Weiner pic.twitter.com/DzIJ9PwSf5 via @albamonica

— MSNBC Live w/Tamron (@TamronMSNBC) August 29, 2016

Courtesy of Mother Jones:

In a statement to NBC, Huma Abedin announced she is planning to separate from her husband Anthony Weiner. 

Anthony Weiner appears to have deleted his Twitter account amid new allegations that the former New York congressman has been sending lewd messages to an unknown woman over the past 19 months, the New York Post reports. The report is the latest in a series of sexting scandals involving Weiner, including one that brought down his 2013 campaign to become the mayor of New York City. 

One of the photos allegedly sent by Weiner, the husband of Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin, includes their sleeping son.

So to the question of whether or not there are douchebags on the Left to match the douchebags on the Right, I give you exhibit A.

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner sexted a busty brunette while his son was in bed with him https://t.co/amX1TJIFn7 pic.twitter.com/qlJ8O22UvO

— New York Post (@nypost) August 29, 2016

You know in full disclosure there was a time that I really liked Anthony Weiner but damn is he a POS!

And I really feel sorry for Huma.

Not only is the poor woman now under constant attack from the Right Wing, but she also has to put up with this shit.

And I shudder to imagine how the Right Wing and Donald Trump will use this to attack Hillary Clinton. Because you know they will.

Update: Well that didn't take long.

Courtesy of the New York Times:   

But Ms. Abedin’s separation quickly became political fodder for Donald J. Trump, Mrs. Clinton’s Republican opponent. 

“Huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without him,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. 

“I only worry for the country in that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information,” he continued. “Who knows what he learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this.”

And I imagine that is only the beginning. 

As a Democrat I cannot believe I am saying this but if you live in New York City Anthony Weiner does not deserve your vote. Update!

I watched this press conference yesterday in an actual rage. So much so that I yelled at my TV.

And the part that inspired my outburst was when Huma stepped up the microphone, and with a quivering voice told the people of New York that she had forgiven her husband, and that she supported his candidacy. At that point I started yelling, "Don't do that! Don't support that liar and try to cover for his inadequacies. You're better than that, and he does not deserve to have you humiliate yourself in order to help him get a job that he is unfit to hold."

Now let tell you why I was so upset. 

During that press conference Weiner admitted that he continued sexting and sending pictures of his junk even AFTER he had been forced to resign for that very same behavior.

I work in the mental health community, and THAT is the sign of an exhibitionist with virtually NO impulse control, and one who receives a great deal of sexual gratification from having women see his penis. Furthermore there is every reason to believe that if he is not currently engaging in the same type of behavior, that he soon will be.

During the conference Huma revealed that they had attended therapy together to save their marriage, but there was NO indication that Weiner had received counseling for his sexual addiction. Therefore in my opinion there is simply NO way that he has put a stop to it on his own. At least not for long.

So no, Anthony Weiner should simply accept that his life as a politician is over and move on to the next phase. A phase which I absolutely do not believe can start until AFTER he receives some counseling for his compulsions.

I have a great deal of respect for Huma, but you think that this is the last time we will see her shamed by the antics of her husband then you are sorely mistaken, and she, and ALL women, deserve better than that.

Update: Such bad timing for this Harper's Bazaar article by Huma: 

THE GOOD WIFE 

So why am I doing this? Because Anthony has always been a smart, caring, and dedicated person, and while he’s the same public servant who wants what’s best for the people he represents, he is now something else—a better man. New Yorkers will have to decide for themselves whether or not to give him a second chance. I had to make that same decision for myself, for my son, for our family. And I know in my heart that I made the right one. 

Well I have no idea if Huma's decision to stay with her husband is a good one or not,  but I certainly do not think that Weiner has demonstrated that he should be trusted by the people of New York.