Rep. Weiner’s Ex, Kirsten Powers: I’m Defending Him No More

by Alex Alvarez | 6:17 pm, June 8th, 2011

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As a former girlfriend of Congressman Anthony Weiner, political analyst Kirsten Powers is in a unique position to offer some very personal insight regarding Weiner, his character, and his treatment of those with whom he is romantically involved. At first, Powers was quick to defend her former boyfriend, even appearing on Hannity in an effort to change the public’s perception of her ex. (As a testament to their closeness and, perhaps, to Weiner’s character, Powers even recounts how the Congressman contacted his wife, Huma Abedin, in an effort to help Powers’ parents when they were recently stranded in Egypt.)

Even despite Monday’s lengthy and emotional press conference, when Weiner publicly admitted that he had initially lied about the nature of his relationships to various women on the web, Powers had his back. Then, she says, she saw how he had been “sneering and pointing fingers at other people for what he knew he had done” and, as a result, Powers has now completely rescinded her support for him. What’s more, she is calling for Weiner to immediately step down from his position in Congress.

In an op-ed piece published today on The Daily Beast, a disappointed Powers does not mince words when offering her thoughts on Weiner and his behavior:

This has not been my position previously during the scandal, but as I have recovered from the shock of seeing an old friend’s life unravel and have had time to get my mind around the extensive and sociopathic lying in which he engaged, there seems to be no other choice than for him to step aside and stop hurting his family, friends, and the Democratic Party. As more information trickles out about his online behavior with women, it has also become clear that he does not have the character to be in a position of leadership because of his misogynist view of women and predatory behavior.

Powers also reveals that it was Weiner himself who urged her to speak with none other than The New York Post (which does not exactly appeal to Weiner’s fan base, to say the least) to “talk about what kind of boyfriend he was.” This echos previous reports that Weiner had attempted to coach former porn actress Ginger Lee, one of the women involved in the scandal, on how to talk about Weiner to the press.

Powers also expresses concern and repulsion over Weiner’s treatment of the women with whom he interacted online, going so far as to call his online behavior “predatory.”

But even if I could see past the lying and extreme narcissism that is noteworthy even by Washington standards, there is the issue of his attitude toward women. What has emerged is a picture of a predator trolling the Internet for women—some half his age—with which to engage in cybersex. We know only about the women who were responsive to his overtures. The odds are very high that he struck out with many, and other women were victim to his unsolicited sex talk. Women should be able to “friend” a married—or unmarried—congressman on Facebook or follow him on Twitter without fear of being the recipient of lewd talk or behavior. Just because a woman “likes” your video on Facebook doesn’t mean you can send her a picture of your penis. This is textbook sexual harassment. It may not be illegal, but it’s definitely unethical.

In the end, Powers’ opinion – while just one voice in an increasingly loud and furious media maelstrom – is interesting in that she can truly act as a “character witness” where Weiner is concerned.

h/t Daily Beast

Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, Kirsten Powers, WeinerGate

Moderate

I am impressed, she can deviate from the DNC talking points.
Big Eddie

“As a former girlfriend of Congressman Anthony Weiner, political analyst Kirsten Powers …”

Believe I ‘d have kept that quiet , Kirsten .

Kirsten Weiner . Hmm.

In any case , Kirsten dodged a bullet .
TeaPartyNation

“Rep. Weiner’s Ex, Kirsten Powers: I’m Defending Him No More”

By now, of course, she’s seen it all, so just move along, nothing more to see….

EXCEPT: reports are that Mrs. The Weiner is pregnant !!!!!

Since The Weiner has been so busy with his multiple despicable perversions, I wonder: who is the father?

(Exactly where has “monica-stain” bill been lately?)
struckgld

I pity Kirsten’s parents for realizing they raised such a gullible stupid person like her.

I am betting Anthony had her doing a lot of tricks with his Weiner.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Did Kirsten get into the “endowment” question?
Sam M.

TeaPartyNation said:
“Rep. Weiner’s Ex, Kirsten Powers: I’m Defending Him No More”

By now, of course, she’s seen it all, so just move along, nothing more to see….

EXCEPT: reports are that Mrs. The Weiner is pregnant !!!!!

Since The Weiner has been so busy with his multiple despicable perversions, I wonder: who is the father?

(Exactly where has “monica-stain” bill been lately?)

Yes, inquiring minds need to know.
Dem4Ever

So Kirstin, let’s see…being Weiner’s girl friend you knew that the now infamous picture WAS that of Weiner’s breakfast sausage, yet you defended him and said it wasn’t…just like a Liberal. And only now are you coming out against him because all your Prog friends want him gone because he’s destroying the Democratic party.

Aren’t you mad only because he did it with so many women? Whoa…hell hath no fury…
struckgld

Not only is Weiner to the left of Fidel Castro, his own weenie tilts seriously to the left instead of being a straight 90 degrees out!

Seriously, Weiner’s weenie leans to the left!
Republitarian

Kirsten Powers and Weiner? WTF?

I’m about as far removed from her politically as one can be, but she’s still a premium piece of tail. I have no idea how a guy as surely and depraved as Weiner could score that.

Clearly, I still don’t understand women and probably never will.
struckgld

Republitarian said:
Kirsten Powers and Weiner? WTF?

I’m about as far removed from her politically as one can be, but she’s still a premium piece of tail. I have no idea how a guy as surely and depraved as Weiner could score that.

Clearly, I still don’t understand women and probably never will.

You haven’t seen Kirsten in the AM before she has spent 2.5 hours making herself up. ugh.
Sam M.

struckgld said:
You haven’t seen Kirsten in the AM before she has spent 2.5 hours making herself up. ugh.

Neither have you.
Just my Opinion

Now that surprised me!
I believe , were I Kirsten, I would have sit back keeping very
quiet and hoping like hell no one remembered.
sully

Yikes! Instead of defending Weiner, Kirsten should be defending her decision to date this bottom feeder in the first place. What amused me was the anecdote about Ms. Powers’ parents being stuck in Egypt. Weenie went above and beyond the call of duty to speak to his wife about it??? What’s she going to do about a couple stuck in Egypt? She’s a secretary to Hillary Clinton; hardly a diplomatic official. He could have contacted the Prez, but he instead speaks to his wife. What a good friend he was.
Cecelia

Just my Opinion said:
Now that surprised me!
I believe , were I Kirsten, I would have sit back keeping very
quiet and hoping like hell no one remembered.

Word!
Paul G

Ya know…I actually don’t care. Like Beck says…let them talk and ‘bare’ themselves. Repubs too.
BatBoy

Why does it take you libs so long to get it?
david r

Sounds like she is doing a little damage control of her own. Basically, she says he’s a nice guy except for the sexual predator thing, but now he must be cast into the great political void.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Are all Democrats Sexist Hypocrites (GOP scoundrels RESIGN!), or just those that are ELECTED?
struckgld

Want to be bet Kirsten & Weiner were doing a good bit of odd stuff 90% of American would call deviant…
struckgld

Kirsten’s Parents: “Well, it was odd when he was visiting us he would from time to time step out of the room and when he returned he was always retucking his shirt into his pants. Then he would be fumbling with his blackberry and busy texting..”
TheEagle

NORBIT Jr. said:
Are all Democrats Sexist Hypocrites (GOP scoundrels RESIGN!), or just those that are ELECTED?

When is David Vitter resigning?
felixw

In all these articles about liberal TV personalities heaping scorn on Rep. Weiner, I am missing the passages where they apologize to Andrew Breitbart for all the accusation they flung at him last week. Don’t they feel remorse for falsely charging him with hacking? Photoshopping? Lying? Spreading disinformation?

One can only conclude that the liberal media is driven by its own vanity — they are angry at Weiner from making them look like fools — but have no real ethical standards. Since when can you smear somebody and not have to apologize when it turns out that your accusation was 100% phony?
Sam M.

felixw said:
In all these articles about liberal TV personalities heaping scorn on Rep. Weiner, I am missing the passages where they apologize to Andrew Breitbart for all the accusation they flung at him last week. Don’t they feel remorse for falsely charging him with hacking? Photoshopping? Lying? Spreading disinformation?

One can only conclude that the liberal media is driven by its own vanity — they are angry at Weiner from making them look like fools — but have no real ethical standards. Since when can you smear somebody and not have to apologize when it turns out that your accusation was 100% phony?

That’s because you are a shut in and one of the most ridiculous posters ever. Nothing here.
struckgld

TheEagle said:
When is David Vitter resigning?

Why should Vitter resign? It happened more than 10 years before Hustler published the information in 2007. Vitter had already admitted it long before to his wife, friends, and family, and even went to his church to ask for forgiveness.
WildMan

I;ve known for a long time about irsten’s POOR, POOR Judgment in the political arena but, now I realize her judgment in any department would and should keep her out of offering any opinion on anything on TV. I do think she should let FOX News know what planet she is from.
Sam M.

Paul G said:
Ya know…I actually don’t care. Like Beck says…let them talk and ‘bare’ themselves. Repubs too.

If you listen to Beck you have issues.
seek

Oh for heavens sake men! Give it a rest. The woman dated him 10 years ago and that does not mean they had sex. He stated he didn’t have sex before marriage. I believe it – I think that’s why he was cybersexing and he had no actual physical contact with these women. He obviously has “issues”. He needs a shrink.

Quit throwing this woman under the bus, or into the mix. A date is a date is a date.

She obviously was fooled by his behaviour because i heard her initial comments about Weiner and think she was as shocked as the rest of us at what has come out.

I don’t agree with “painting” her with Weiner’s deviant brush. That’s not fair and there is nothing that would indicate otherwise.
greg454

I don’t agree with attacking Kirsten Powers. ANY woman could have dated Weiner and not know the truth about him unless you’re monitoring his online activity, and frankly, only people who are suspicious of cheating do that.

http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/
Dem4Ever

GROSSSSSSS! I bet she has genital warts…yuk!!!
Pablo

Kirsten is good people, she’s just kinda dumb. But she has figured out that Weiner is a dirtbag. Oh and…

Huma is pregnant.

Nice work, Weiner. What a jackass.
GoneFishing

struckgld said:
You haven’t seen Kirsten in the AM before she has spent 2.5 hours making herself up. ugh.

C’mon, thats not fair, She may not be as hot as Megyn Kelly, but shes not exactly chopped liver either. btw
Bennybombom

TeaPartyNation said:
“Rep. Weiner’s Ex, Kirsten Powers: I’m Defending Him No More”

By now, of course, she’s seen it all, so just move along, nothing more to see….

EXCEPT: reports are that Mrs. The Weiner is pregnant !!!!!

Since The Weiner has been so busy with his multiple despicable perversions, I wonder: who is the father?

(Exactly where has “monica-stain” bill been lately?)

Were you born an @ss hole or did you have extensive training?
Cause you’re pretty good at it.
greg454

Weiner is a very confused man. Born Jewish, raised secular, pro-Israel but marries a practicing Muslim. WTF? It’s like he doesn’t give a crap if his kids aren’t born Jewish, because after all, you have to be the son of a Jewish mother to be a Jew, otherwise you have to convert which is a complicated pain in the ass, and why would the sons of a Muslim woman convert? Seriously, he needs to get a divorce, stay single, sleep around, and marry a Jewish woman WHEN HE’S READY.
Bennybombom

greg454 said:
Weiner is a very confused man. Born Jewish, raised secular, pro-Israel but marries a practicing Muslim. WTF? It’s like he doesn’t give a crap if his kids aren’t born Jewish, because after all, you have to be the son of a Jewish mother to be a Jew, otherwise you have to convert which is a complicated pain in the ass, and why would the sons of a Muslim woman convert? Seriously, he needs to get a divorce, stay single, sleep around, and marry a Jewish woman WHEN HE’S READY.

Did you just make this whole thing about race?
Hum…….
Pablo

Bennybombom said:
Did you just make this whole thing about race?
Hum…….

Do you know the difference between race and religion? Hum……..
greg454

Aw, Jews are not a race, Muslims are not a race, they are a RELIGION. So no, it’s not about race, it’s about culture and religion. In fact, some Christians won’t marry Christians from other denomination, like if you want to marry a Greek Orthodox you have to convert to that religion. If you marry a Catholic and don’t convert, you have to agree to let the church raise your child. If Weiner married a Muslim there are only two possibilities: She’s a self-hating Muslim or he’s a self-hating Jew who supports Israel only to get good poll numbers in New York. Either that or he’s just nuts.
BatBoy

Pablo said:
Do you know the difference between race and religion? Hum……..

No, they don’t ….libs only run on emotion and finding Racist under every stone!
Paleoconservatarian

Sam M. said:
If you listen to Beck you have issues.

Glenn Beck also likes the saying that you can judge a man by his friends. Seeing as your only perceived reason for posting in this and any other Weiner orientated threads is simply to heap scorn on people criticizing the discredited congressmen, I’d think in your case the saying is proved to a T.
Paul G

Sam M. said:
If you listen to Beck you have issues.

Sam……your like Glackin….etc…..I don’t respond…..but if ur a prog….that’s cool….but REALLY…where is Glenn
wrong?
Paleoconservatarian

Paul G said:
Sam……your like Glackin….etc…..I don’t respond…..but if ur a prog….that’s cool….but REALLY…where is Glenn
wrong?

You just committed a tactical error in interacting with Sam M./Garth. Asking him to validate his comment on Beck will only elicit another character attack on Beck and another personal insult at you – neither of which will have anything to do with Anthony Weiner’s history of baldfaced lying to the public or progressives distancing themselves from his disreputable behavior.
Nature Freak

There is definitely a psychological component to all this self righteousness coming out of Republicans

Sometimes self guilt can result in misdirected energy.

Easier to blame Democrats than you own evil ways
Nature Freak

I am not bashing Kirsten Powers,
But does she have an agenda?

Dominique Stauss Kahn must be getting a laugh out of this from his new Austin Powers pad in Manhattan

Yes, Weiner is a jerk who needs therapy., but this is getting to the level of the Old Testament times la-aza’zeyl; (scapegoating).
cobra1

Poll: Should Congressman Anthony Weiner resign?

http://wepolls.com/p/681245/Should-Congressman-Anthony-Weiner-resign
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

Kirsten just ain’t that bright and she’s a bit naive. She still continues to defend Obungler which shows a deep level of gullibility or lack of analytical intelligence—-with the Wiener-man, well, like Jon Stewart, once the silly freak was [over-]exposed, she had to admit what a specimen of bitch-boy Demonrat A-Whiner was.
Paul G

Paleoconservatarian said:
You just committed a tactical error in interacting with Sam M./Garth. Asking him to validate his comment on Beck will only elicit another character attack on Beck and another personal insult at you – neither of which will have anything to do with Anthony Weiner’s history of baldfaced lying to the public or progressives distancing themselves from his disreputable behavior.

Yea …..I know sorry…
The Voice of Reason

Kirsten Powers is hot, but now every time I see her I am going to be grossed out. Gives me the shivers.
Nature Freak

The Voice of Reason said:
Kirsten Powers is hot, but now every time I see her I am going to be grossed out. Gives me the shivers.

I don’t care, she is still hot. Sometimes you end up in bad relationships. Trust me I know.
StewartIII

FOX Business: There’s Lies, Damn Lies, and Anthony Weiner
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/983898358001/theres-lies-damn-lies-and-anthony-weiner/
Nature Freak

Too bad, Pierre Trudeau is dead.
Pierre could teach these amateurs how to fool around with class and dignity.
Our constitutional republic is a failure.
Oh, Canada!
Just4thefax

Fact: Kirsten Powers have always had a wacko view point so I am not surprised that she came up with this stand by herself. Her parents probably gave her the I’m disowning you speech again. 1st time was to get her away from wacky Weiner boy. And 2nd times again get away from wacky Weiner boy. What a wack-a-doodle nut job she is and I hope she gets cured of her lefty disease.
Just4thefax

Fact: Okay to be nice next time just ask her What’s hanging?
dougx

She’s mad because she wasn’t on the distribution list.
Old Duffer

Odd, Powers did not mention on Fox being his former lover. (yuck, after visualizing that pic, Bleach brain wash now required) She should write a tell ll book before the porn stars beat her to it.
patricia5

when you lay down with dogs, you evidently get more than just fleas. now we all know where her nasty disposition comes from. they all deserve each other.