Over at the Washington Examiner, Charlie Spiering looks at the president’s loss of Twitter followers:

“Since @BarackObama’s busy spamming folks on Twitter, @TomRooney was kind enough to share a copy of BO’s debt plan: http://1.usa.gov/olI0Cc,” Congressman Patrick McHenry wrote linking to a blank document.

Presidential candidate Herman Cain wrote:  “@BarackObama calls for bipartisanship. Then tweets out names of GOP lawmakers to attack. #youredoingitwrong #compromise”

Must be that new kind kind of politics, put yourself forward as post-partisan while leveling partisan zingers at your political adversaries.

If Congressman Anthony Weiner weren’t married, the latest story about the recent tweet from his account should be the biggest non-scandal since a federal judge allegedly found pubic hairs on a can of Coke.

As usual, Jennifer Rubin asks all the right questions about this scandal and makes all the relevant observations:

First, if he lied he’s toast. As embarrassing as a raunchy tweet might have been, the recipient isn’t a minor, and the requisite “allow my wife and I privacy” would probably have been sufficient to quell the storm for a liberal Democrat in a safe seat. It’s a truism that voters will put up with a lot, unless you lie to them.

Exactly. She has more, so just read the whole thing.

To be sure, this kerfuffle does raise (yet again) the issue of media bias.  As per Althouse, “Imagine if Anthony Weiner were a Republican. (I know, it’s such a hackneyed visualization, but it’s important here.) The liberal/lefty blogs would be shredding him mercilessly.”  (Via Instapundit.)

Look, Congressmen are human.  They have the same weaknesses, the same strengths, as the rest of us. If Weiner’s twitter wasn’t hacked, Mr Weiner did something a lot of (single) men do when they’re lonely and longing for human connection.  Not just that, he pulled the tweet within five minutes of releasing it.

That the Democrat is married does, to be sure, add another wrinkle to the story. But, beyond that, the real issue, if indeed he tweeted the picture in question, is that he lied about it.

UPDATE: He’s not answering questions.

Bruce just forwarded me a message he got from Twitter about gay activists setting up a “Bigot List” of donors to Question 1 in Maine, the successful ballot measure to “veto” a marriage law passed by the Pine Tree State’s elected legislature.

Now, like those who publish this list, I opposed Question 1, but their determination to root through the list shows an interest in berating these individuals.  Can you imagine how they would react if radical social conservatives published the list of those who donated to the campaign to defeat Question 1 and dispatched ex-gay leaders to their homes while encouraging church-goers to boycott their businesses?

This type of behavior does little to advance the cause of gay marriage.  Indeed, if it helps anyone, it helps opponents of gay marriage, giving them an additional talking point to show the thuggish tactics of gay activists. I hope (but doubt) that other gay leaders and bloggers will join me in denouncing these antics and encourage advocates of gay marriage to make a better case of their cause.

Remember, the issue should be making the case for state recognition of same-sex marriage, not demonizing those who oppose such recognition.  These folks need take a page from the Service Members Legal Defense Network, a group whose leaders refuse to indulge in such juvenile tactics.

This is awesome.  Jimmy Fallon, who debuts as the new host of “Late Night” on NBC, is a big Tweeter user.

Here is a preview of the premiere of the show from Jimmy’s perspective onstage at 30 Rock.  He just posted this pic a few minutes ago.

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-Bruce (GayPatriot)