Plea deal negotiations between federal prosecutors and John Edwards broke down over the Feds insistence on jail time.
You may have heard the weekend hilarity about Sarah Palin recounting Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride warning the British not to take away our guns. Palin is not only sticking to her guns. But her fans have taken to Wikipedia attempting to rewrite Revere’s entry to conform to the new Palin orthodoxy.
MSNBC announces Ed Schultz’s “triumphant return” to the airwaves after all that ‘slut’ unfortunateness.
At announcing speech, Santorum says boys who stormed Normandy on D-Day 67 years ago were fighting for the freedoms provided by Ryan Medicare Phase Out plan.
Attune to the heady moment, the NRSC couldn’t help taking a swipe as Sen. Schumer (D-NY) — Rep. Weiner’s political mentor — over the impending 4 PM press conference.
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Andrew Breitbart, personally in attendance at Rep. Anthony Weiner’s press conference, just took to the stage, grabbed the mic and held forth to the assembled media. This was before Weiner took the stage.
Our reporter on the scene, Eric Lach, says Breitbart claimed to feel “vindicated” after initial reports blamed him for the original photo that was tweeted from Wiener’s account and accused him of hacking Weiner’s twitter account.
The presser is taking place at a Sheraton in midtown Manhattan. Also not clear how Breitbart managed to take over the event.
Eric Lach emails:
[Breitbart] was on the side when a few reporters noticed him. Then suddenly swarmed. So then he strolls up to the podium. I don’t know if he got permission or what. Now just ended after someone in back yells “thank you” and he says thank you and gets off stage.
More soon …
Weiner: I have made terrible mistakes.
Confesses to sending original Twitter pic.
Tearful apology to family and friends. “I came here to accept the full responsibility for what i have done.”
“I am not resigning.”
“I don’t know what I was thinking.” Calls his own behavior “destructive” and “dumb.”
“I regret not being honest about this. … I was embarrassed. I was humiliated.”
“This is not something that can be treated away.”
Weiner says his online relationships involved some 6 women. “Some of these relationships date back as long as three years.” Weiner has been married since last year.
Weiner says he didn’t ‘fess up to his wife until this morning.
According to Weiner, he never met any of these women, was never in the same room with them and never had sexual contact with them.
Weiner plans to run for reelection.
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Video of Rep. Anthony Weiner’s initial statement to the press: Read More
Pelosi and Rep. Steve Israel, campaign chief for House Dems, call for Ethics inquiry into Rep. Weiner (D). In other words, trap door prepped and ready.