{"id":4035,"date":"2011-06-15T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T21:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2011-10-14T19:16:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T23:16:25","slug":"once-youve-lost-the-porn-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/15\/once-youve-lost-the-porn-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Once You&#8217;ve Lost the Porn Star&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m loath to wade into to this, but I think we may have reached a tipping point in Weinergate&#8230; I mean once you&#8217;ve lost the porn star, it&#8217;s all pretty much down hill isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, jokes aside, one of Congressman Anthony Weiner&#8217;s twitter and email buddies, former porn star Ginger Lee held a press conference in New York today. Ms. Lee, who was flanked by her lawyer Gloria Allred, appears to be a paragon of virture compared to Congressman Weiner. Ms. Lee. says she remains a committed liberal, but has concluded that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/06\/15\/us-usa-politics-weiner-pornstar-idUSTRE75E3N820110615\">Rep. Weiner should resign<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=994986594001&amp;playerID=19407224001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAETmrZQ~,EVFEM4AKJdQtJLv7zbMPiBGChHKnGYSG&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=994986594001&amp;playerID=19407224001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAETmrZQ~,EVFEM4AKJdQtJLv7zbMPiBGChHKnGYSG&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He asked me to lie about our communication,&#8221; Lee told a news conference in New York, flanked by celebrity attorney Gloria Allred. &#8220;I knew I couldn&#8217;t lie for him but I didn&#8217;t want to be the one who kicked him under the bus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that Anthony Weiner should resign because he lied. He lied to the public and the press for more than a week,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If he lied about this, I can&#8217;t have much faith in him about anything else.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And that folks, is what this is all about, if we can&#8217;t trust Congressman Wiener to be truthful about his personal conduct, how can we ever trust him to be truthful in his public conduct?<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I couldn&#8217;t care less about who or what he tweeted, his actions, while morally repugnant do not appear to have been criminal&#8230; What&#8217;s the old joke? In politics it&#8217;s not the crime, it&#8217;s the cover up that does you in.<\/p>\n<p>Do us a favor Congressman and resign. Save yourself, your party and the nation further embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/269692\/when-youve-lost-porn-star-daniel-foster\" target=\"_blank\">When You\u2019ve Lost the Porn Star. . .<\/a> &#8211; Daniel Foster, National Review Online<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2011\/06\/15\/weiner-watch-dems-shift-to-denial-as-wife-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weiner watch: Dems shift to denial as porn star tells media Weiner should resign<\/a> &#8211; Ed Morrissey, Hot Air<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2011\/06\/15\/capitol-hills-other-dirty-laundry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Hill\u2019s Other Dirty Laundry<\/a> &#8211; Michelle Malkin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/on-the-money\/801-economy\/166599-pelosis-net-worth-rises-62-percent-\" target=\"_blank\">Pelosi&#8217;s wealth grows by 62 percent<\/a> &#8211; The Hill<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0611\/57080.html\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats may strip Anthony Weiner of committee assignment<\/a> &#8211; Politico<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m loath to wade into to this, but I think we may have reached a tipping point in Weinergate&#8230; I mean once you&#8217;ve lost the porn star, it&#8217;s all pretty much down hill isn&#8217;t it? Anyway, jokes aside, one of Congressman Anthony Weiner&#8217;s twitter and email buddies, former porn star Ginger Lee held a press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[616,7],"tags":[744,1176,1179,1177,1178],"class_list":["post-4035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-culture-of-corruption","category-politics","tag-anthony-weiner","tag-ginger-lee","tag-sexting","tag-twitter","tag-weinergate","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-135","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4046,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/16\/breaking-weiner-tells-friends-he-will-step-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":4035,"position":0},"title":"Breaking: Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down","author":"Jeff","date":"June 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The New York Times\u00a0 is reporting this morning that embattled New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has told friends he will step down: Anthony D. 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