NPR's Nina Totenberg: 'I Finally Felt Sorry For Anthony Weiner'

By Noel Sheppard | June 18, 2011 | 10:41

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Did you feel sorry for disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) when he finally resigned last week?

NPR's Nina Totenberg did, and actually said so on Friday's "Inside Washington" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NINA TOTENBERG, NPR: I finally felt sorry for Anthony Weiner at that press conference with people heckling him, making him a further spectacle. I mean the guy was finally resigning. You should be able to resign in public with a little, without, and control it a little bit without having people treat it as a spectacle. He’s gone, and it just seemed incredibly mean.

Isn't it marvelous how liberals can feel sympathy for disgraced political figures when they get caught behaving badly?

Of course, such emotions only well up in them when the person involved is also a liberal.

These sentiments certainly wouldn't have been expressed by Totenberg if Weiner had an "R" next to his name.

Of admittedly lesser importance, can a woman wearing such a multi-colored blazer get away with expressing sympathy even for someone whose political views she shares?

It's one thing to have your ears burn when this woman boohoos for one of her own, but does she have to melt the eyes with her attire as well?

I mean, Hillary Clinton on her worst day wouldn't have considered wearing that jacket in public even if it came with matching pants.

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The jacket reminds me of

Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:02am.

The jacket reminds me of Heywood Hale Broun at one of the Triple Crown venues. I'll wait for comments from our fashion guru Blonde before making any more comments

The only ones I feel sorry for are Huma and his unborn child. Imagine finding out in your teens that you dad is a pervert.

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No need, rick

Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:13am.

My sister of a different mother just chimed in.

<edit> However....since you did mention my role as the Fashion Police, I have to weigh in on Moochelle. THOSE EYELASHES look idiotic...I'm reminded of Elsie the Cow, and could we PLEASE lose the ever-present Klingon Death Belt for once?

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Does the dress make her ass

Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:30pm.

Does the dress make her ass look big?

A well regulated militia being necessary to a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

It's not the dress

Submitted by jdlybrand on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:00pm.

Her ass makes her ass look big.

"What a revoltin' development this is!"

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That needed a warning

Submitted by Unsane on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 9:35pm.

You owe me a monitor and a keyboard!!!

:o)

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Oh, barf!!

Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:11am.

And that goes for both her comments AND her blazer!!

Weiner gave up any expectation of being accorded respect when he took those pictures.

MB: the jacket...

Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:43am.

Clown Wearhouse?

"We're going to laugh at the way you look."®

the media

Submitted by jessieH on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:01am.

The media can and will say anything to stop the conservative Republicans from being elected. Unfortunately for them, the American voters don't care what they say, anymore. We know they are traitors to this country, with their actions. We see the hipocracy. We hear their lies.

→ Of course, Nina

Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:04am.

Yeah, Nina. But could you please cite the law requiring a public resignation?

Truth is, Nina, you're such a "liberated woman". Every woman who contacts their Congressman should welcome pornographic photos from him rather than a cordial answer to their inquiry, right?

This is what the women-folk of the liberal movement will assent to for the socialist revolution.

Now, I'm not saying Nina is at risk of receiving such harassment, but she might have family members who are. Would she sacrifice a granddaughter into a Weiner-like situation?

Nina saw a picture and got all hot-n-bothered, is what I think happened. Get in line behind Baba Wawa.

I agree. He could have gone

Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:07am.

I agree. He could have gone off to rehab and had an aide read a statement.

I suspect Weiner was even

Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:14pm.

I suspect Weiner was even lying about rehab.. he was pure and simple waiting for his wife to shove his ass out the door. She didn't, so he felt better, and was cured.

cockroaches like wiener have amazing healing powers..

Exactly, cool arrow

Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:36am.

Weiner could have -- should have -- crawled away quietly. But he's a media hound and he wanted one more moment in front of the cameras. The hecklers were out of line, but Weiner's behavior and venue invited this kind of crap.

I doubt we have seen the last of this very sick individual. Like Spitzer, he'll find some way back into the public eye and act if nothing has transpired.

Close but no cigar, my dear Galvanic!

Submitted by Clutch1956 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 8:37pm.

Tony the Dick is a media WHORE not a media hound. And I relished the heckling that POS got, about time they got a taste of their own medicine.

And I feel sorry for Nina Totenberg

Submitted by TheHistorian on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:03am.

Not only is her sympathy misplaced, but so is her IQ. Mr. Weiner, who has only held one job since his graduation from college (representative of a district in NY) will get to keep his retirement. We will be paying this snot-nosed little shoe-scraping about $1.5 million in retirement (starting at age 50) if he lives to a normal age. Plus he keeps many of his perks such as access to the House health club for about $250/year. Not bad for someone who sends questionable pictures over the Internet.

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Is she Canadian?

Submitted by sentry_99 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:12am.

It looks like she stole that jacket from Don Cherry.

Gotta love a Redwings fan

Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:17am.

dissin on Don Cherry! Too funny sentry. :)

If there is a Hallmark store near you, check out . . .

Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:38am.

. . . the gift wrap section. You'll find the inspiration for her jacket.

Apparently Nina

Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:18am.

likes them uncut. Poor Weiner.

I would have loved to have been backstage

Submitted by Texndoc on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:23am.

You know, after Weiner walked off and after "Bye Bye, pervert!!!"
Of course he ahead of time loved that there were a hundred cameras and loved a full room and loved his "brilliant" speech they probably spent hours writing and Mr. Big Ego walks out to the hundreds of cameras all full of bluster ------and it's ruined because Howard Stern sent Benjy.

Ha! I bet he was bouncing off the walls after.

Lost in Mistranslation

Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:33am.

I think what Nina Tote-Bag meant to say was

"I finally FELT Anthony Weiner."

All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.

that is good and also

Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:09pm.

that is good and also explains the spot on her dress.

Feel sorry? I will NEVER feel

Submitted by Scuba Dude on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:45am.

Feel sorry?

I will NEVER feel sorry for what happened to this arrogant, lying piece of fecal matter. I have an idea of why Weiner was the way he was. Acting like a complete jerk on tv, yelling on the floor of the House, promoting lies and slander against anyone in the GOP. The reasons I came up with are:

A) He is a liberal

B) He is a New Yorker, specifically from NYC ( I know how they can be since I am one too :-p )

C) He is a liberal

D) He believed the media would whitewash or ignore the serious slanders and lies

E) He is a liberal

F) He thought Chuckie Cheese Upchuck Schumer would have his back.

Feel free to add.

So Nina, take your atrophied brain and go stick it. I LOVED seeing him get heckled at his speech. This lying piece of gutter trash deserved it. They do say paybacks a bitch. Weiner only received a smidgen of the what he deserves.

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." President Ronald Reagan

Weiner sponsored a Bill

Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:28pm.

To protect kids on the internet, (sure I understand it was just another power grab by the commies) then does what he hopes to protect them from. And like every proud libtard, the end justifies the means, so he thought he was an above any repercussions because of the commie media, and the commie electorate.

I have no sympathy for him, in-fact, I am glad he was caught. Any sane person who ever listen to this slimball knew he was as corrupt as they come

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Apparently, Totenburg has

Submitted by stratman on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:42am.

Apparently, Totenberg has been touched by Weiner. I guess she liked the cut of his jib.

I pity him. Is that close

Submitted by mustango on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:59am.

I pity him. Is that close enough?

Maybe for you,

Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:55pm.

Maybe for you, mustang...............personally, having seen and heard where this pencil-necked, whiny-voiced,loud-mouthed, arrogant, I-know-more-than-you, out-of-touch-with-reality, punk-assed little liberal dweeb-queebie is coming from................I'd say that he has now become his own residue. He's a classic case of a minor-league prick who got a lot more status and attention and power than he could ever deal with.............and guess what, he proved to everyone what type of person he is!!!!

damn killa you didn't leave a

Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:09pm.

damn killa you didn't leave a thing out...I applaud..

Mahalo Jim..............I

Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:39pm.

Mahalo Jim..............I whipped that out, nonstop, between sips of coffee here on an early Saturday morning on an outer island of Hawaii. I'm tired of hearing about this prick..............we've got MAJOR issues to contend with, and this little leager isn't one of them.

I applaud again, you did it

Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:57pm.

I applaud again, you did it with a handicap, coffee cup in hand...

FU Totenturd

Submitted by Bill Brasky on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:01pm.

Weiner is a flaming a-hole of a human being and this story is simply beautiful poetic justice. It disgusts me that out tax dollars are paying this stupid hole.

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Submitted by 4eyes50 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:00pm.

language, please! My eyes were still adjusting to normal color when I started reading your comments. Why use such vociferous terms to describe such a noble, upstanding citizen of our community? Why, all Nina Scrotumberg was trying to do was give an honest, unbiased description of her feelings at losing her one-time representative.

Frankly, the bloated, big-nosed blowhard should be out on his ass, making an honest living in the oldest profession. I would imagine that his nose could reach the G-spot easier...OK, even I'm gagging on that one!

She lies

Submitted by Cranky Gordon on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:02pm.

About the part about "finally" feeling sorry.

Sad thing is

Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:20pm.

I doubt were through with this cretin. New Joke City will probably elect him Mayor.

Seek Truth, Defend Liberty

I'm thinking that good old Weiner

Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:31pm.

mailed neena a picture of his junk.

hbnolikeee

I'm not sad. I'm DISGUSTED!!!

Submitted by gopcongress on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:07pm.

I"m DISGUSTED as to why state or federal prosecutors are NOT trying to prosecute Weiner. He is a CRIMINAL SEX OFFENDER.

http://goo.gl/APLxp

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Submitted by cajun2 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:27pm.

EXHIBITIONISM : intentional exposure, usually compulsive, of sex organs under inappropriate conditions,: exaggerated or inappropriate efforts to call attention to oneself

Technology has allowed perverts more avenues to express their sexual compulsions. It is a psychiatric disorder and in most states, ILLEGAL. Since Weiner was the loudest critic of anyone and all things conservative, he has been protected by his fellow liberals for some time even though they were probably aware of his "compulsions".

He did something that crossed a line even among his fellow perverts and has been "outed" because of his actions. We will never know the truth because the media's main obsession is to hide the truth until it further serves their agenda.

As much as I would like to see Weiner in jail, at least he has fallen off his high horse.

Criminally Insane

Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:55pm.

Just like a good leftist, feel sorry for the criminally insane who cannot be held accountable for their actions. Weiner is just as guilty of indecent exposure as if he flash a lady in public. Just because he might be impulsive does not exonerate him.
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tax-payers

Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 2:08pm.

And the tax-payers pay her salary? Come on Repub.............get rid of NPR. It is obvious these elite and arrogant NPR"S don't have much working in their brains.

Budget cutting idea

Submitted by HockeyKid on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 3:59pm.

Every "member" of Congress who is ousted due to criminal conviction or an ethics violation loses any claim on federal compensation, including pension, athletic club access, etc.

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