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When You’ve Lost the Porn Star. . .

Adult film actress / “feature dancer” Ginger Lee today called on Rep. Anthony Weiner (D., N.Y.) to resign for lying to the press and the public in the wake of the discovery that he sent explicit messages to Lee and a slew of other women. The star of such films as Lesbian Seductions 28 and Busty College Coeds P.O.V. 2 joins the president of the United States and a number of top House Democrats in urging Weiner to step down.

Lee appeared in a paparazzo-packed alcove of the New York City Friars Club (where else?) alongside her attorney, Gloria Allred (who else?). The pair claim to be in possession of hundreds of e-mails and tweets between Weiner and Lee, the product of a correspondence that spanned from March of this year until two weeks ago. The exchange reportedly started out tame, and centered around issues like health-care reform and Planned Parenthood, both of which are “important” to Ms. Lee. Weiner eventually started sending more explicit messages — parts of which Allred quoted for the press. “I have wardrobe demands too: I need to highlight my package,” one read. Another complained that “You aren’t giving my package due credit.” 

Allred said Lee rebuffed all such messages by steering the conversation back to politics. Lee told reporters plainly that she “did not sext” [sic] Anthony Weiner.

Allred also confirmed rumors that Lee was contacted by “PR people” affiliated with Congressman Weiner, although she would not say whether they were part of his official staff. She spoke cryptically of a “threat” from an unnamed individual to release a statement in Lee’s name as one of the reasons compelling Lee to break her silence. She would not elaborate on whether the individual was connected to Weiner or his staff.

Video forthcoming.

NB: The briefing was held, ironically enough, in the Milton Berle Room of the Friars Club. Check my Twitter feed for why this is hilarious.

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   06/15/11 14:25

Some of us are old enough not to need twitting to understand the irony of that venue. I saw Uncle Miltie in the 60s in Vegas during his "comeback" - what a showman he was, in drag and out.

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   06/15/11 15:01

Not old enough, but I know enough. Amusing venue choice, I can't believe it was not on purpose.

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Preilly
   06/15/11 14:37

The Honorable Charles Rangle was not called on to resign. The Honorable Barney Frank was not called on to resign. Unless someone can show a crime the Honorable Anthony Weiner has no reason to resign. The "D's" want him gone so that his name is off the front pages, late night talk shows and cable news shows because the story is hurting them.

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   06/15/11 15:18

Methinks you wish him to stay. Pray tell, is it because you like the congressman and support him, or because you enjoy watching the dems squirm over this unpleasant embarrassment?

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   06/15/11 16:55

There may be no crime. At least as long as he only lied about being hacked to the public and not to the police.

But bald faced lying to the public is certainly a betrayal of the public trust that placed him in office.

Honor used to mean something. Those without should be booted from office. I expect that will happen next election at the latest.

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   06/15/11 14:39

Apparently the only one not yet calling for Anthony Wiener to resign is . . . Anthony Wiener.

When he loses him, then MAYBE he will leave us.

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   06/15/11 14:42

RE: "Lesbian Seductions 28"

This is the anti-Star Trek of the adult video world. Only the odd numbered ones are any good, at all. ;)

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 Dave
   06/15/11 15:23

I didn't see Lesbian Seductions 27... will I be able to follow the plot of 28?

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   06/15/11 15:46

He wrote about Weiner's "official staff" - tee hee...

Yes, that WAS lame.

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   06/15/11 15:48

Mr. Foster, you strike me as a smart man.

Why are you wasting mental energy on Twitter? It's a fundamentally unserious medium devoted to truncating complicated thoughts.

Please don't link any more of your Tweets. If they're not worth printing here, don't expect us to read them.

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   06/15/11 15:49

(You had to use FOUR Tweets to tell a simple p*nis joke.)

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   06/15/11 16:27

Connected to Weiner or his staff. What?

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Malvolio
   06/15/11 17:08

“When they ask me what I saw, I can be very generous or very stingy.”
“Go on.”
“I can make you a legend. I can make you this generation's Milton Berle.”
“And Milton Berle has a...”
“Oh, not compared to you. ”

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   06/15/11 17:51

For once, people are glad to see the old prune, Gloria. Hope they actually do have a bunch of pictures. It seems that the only way to get through to the ingrate politicians is to humiliate them to no end. Eventually they will fold - weewee doesn't have quite the same power as Slick Willie. Maybe the two could go on tour - Slick Willie and his li'l weiner.

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   06/15/11 23:25

For the record, the stories about Mr. Berle were all true. Don't ask me how I know, just trust me on this. 'nuff said.

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