The Anthony Weiner Scandal Gets a Gay P*rn Parody: VIDEO

The Anthony Weiner scandal was really just asking for this parody.

Watch the YouTube-safe preview (which still has some images and language that may not be sfw), AFTER THE JUMP...

Anthony Weiner Tells Friends He'll Step Down

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is reportedly stepping down, the NYT reports:

"Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House in the wake of revelations of his lewd online exchanges with women, said a person told of Mr. Weiner’s plans...Mr. Weiner, a Democrat, came to the conclusion that he could no longer serve after having long discussions with his wife, Huma Abedin, when she returned home on Tuesday after traveling abroad with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton."

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Mr. Anthony Weiner of Brooklyn and Twitter

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Coverage of Representative Anthony Weiner's recent misbehavior has focused on his underwear, his chest, his women and his Blackberry. There are a few things we have missed.

Rep. Weiner never billed himself as a holier-than-thou moral crusader, so he is no Larry Craig, David Vitter, Chris Lee or Mark Foley -- men who spent their public careers discriminating against gays for so-called "moral" reasons but had no morals of their own. Andrew Breitbart and Fox News pass over this lack of hypocrisy when they scream bias against the media and Rep. Weiner's liberal supporters. But, while Rep. Weiner may not be a hypocrite, he is still an asshat. A married man should not send pictures of himself in various states of undress to young women. Rep. Weiner is like many men; the fact that he represents New York's 9th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens does not make him superhuman or somehow immune from the physical inclinations of some of his weak-willed brothers. That does not mean what he did was ok, but it may mean that we should stop being so offended when these things happen.

Hypocrisy and morality aside, this incident has implications for the law of technology, online privacy and ethics.

Consider some timely questions AFTER THE JUMP...

Jon Stewart Unloads on Anthony Weiner's Chest: Video

Jon Stewart covered the latest chapter of the Anthony Weiner Twitter saga and the Kanye-ing of his press conference by conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart. Stewart said the most disappointing thing about covering your friend in a scandal like this, is finding out that he's ripped.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

In related news, Mediaite looks at how Weiner's situation measures up to that of Craigslist Congressman Chris Lee, and lists "several large-scale factors in play when evaluating the egregiousness of a sexual trespass by a political figure."

Rep. Anthony Weiner Admits Lewd Photo Was His, Apologizes for Lying, Says He Won't Resign

Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) admitted this afternoon that he sent a lewd photo to a woman on Twitter and then lied about it after getting caught. Weiner said that he had intended to send the photo as a private message but lied to the public after being caught:

"I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked."

Weiner also admitted that he had similar relationships with six other women over a number of years. Earlier today, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart published a number of other revealing photos.

Weiner said he would not be resigning. Nancy Pelosi has called for an ethics investigation....

Watch the first part of his press conference, AFTER THE JUMP...