Anthony Weiner. I have to say, Louis, this
is pretty remarkable. I rarely say this on
the show, but I told you so. Anthony Weiner,
we heard some rumors starting last week that
he may have penis-Tweeted a couple of women,
or at least one woman. He sent out penis Tweets,
and then he denied it, he claimed that he
was having an FBI investigation look into
it, that his system was hacked, that he had
been involved in the possible manipulation
and insertion of pictures, etc., etc.
And what did I say last week, Louis? Do you
remember what it was that I said? When we
first heard about this topic, and the claim
was he can't say with certitude that the picture
isn't of him, but he most certainly did not
send anything, you remember that conversation.
Louis: Right.
David: Do you remember what it was that I
said?
Louis: You said that just him saying that
is proof that there's a chance that pictures
like this exist of him.
David: Right. Well, let me actually play for
you what I said, because it's rare that I
say I told you so, but I was dead on, Louis.
And I got emails from people on YouTube and
on the podcast...
Louis: Yeah. Come on, I don't think you need
to be Nostradamus to...
David: Hold on a second. Hold on a second,
Louis. Saying how do I even think that these
are real pictures, what is wrong with me,
how am I buying into this, it's already been
debunked. Listen to what I said a week ago
today. And you know what? Louis, filibuster
while I plug my computer in. You remember
what I said.
Louis: I remember what you said, and I remember
you having this same computer problem many
times.
David: Let's take a listen.
... is doing. What I... I'm just throwing
out a possibility that hasn't been mentioned,
which would fall under the letter of what
he's saying but not the spirit, is that he
meant to send this as a direct message to
someone on Twitter, and he accidentally Tweeted
it out publicly. That's what I think may have
happened here.
Right. And I was ridiculed for that comment,
Louis. I was ridiculed, and it turns out I
was exactly right, Anthony Weiner saying he
meant to send this as a direct message, he
accidentally sent it out publicly, he panicked,
therefore I guess when one panics, they claim
to have asked for FBI investigations and that
their system was hacked. It's completely natural,
Louis.
Louis: Alas, the wiener was that of Weiner.
David: And then here is the press conference.
Very, very sad situation.
Anthony Weiner: ... some of the questions
that have been raised over the past 10 days
or so, and take full responsibility for my
actions. At the outset, I'd like to make it
clear that I have made terrible mistakes,
that I've hurt the people I care about the
most, and I...
David: All right, and I'm not going to play
the whole thing, but the long and short of
it is Anthony Weiner said he engaged in not
one incident of penis-Tweeting, but multiple,
he was involved in Facebook conversations.
I can't even read the Facebook conversations
he was involved in. One was released, and
he discusses a ridiculous bulge in his shorts
right now, he asks if people want to see it.
It's incredible. I mean, it really is incredible.
And Weiner said that he never met in person
any of these people. These are only online
relationships. I have no evidence to support
that that's a lie, but he's been lying about
everything else, why wouldn't he lie about
that too? I'm just saying I wouldn't be surprised.
Louis: Right.
David: Natan seems really anxious to comment
on this. I guess now he's not. He was doing
all sorts of stuff with that microphone back
there.
So let's go through this one by one, Louis.
I was completely right, I was ridiculed on
the internets for this, and we know internets
are serious business, but people still choosing
to ridicule me and say that I don't know what
I'm talking about, exactly what I suggested
is what happened. Now the question is will
Anthony Weiner resign? And I'm not saying
should he resign, I'm saying will he end up
resigning? I actually believe that he will.
This is the poll up on www.DavidPakman.com
right now, will Anthony Weiner end up resigning?
And I believe that the answer is yes.
Louis: You're asking me?
David: Yeah, what do you think?
Louis: Probably.
David: I... people are saying well, you know,
the thing is, this is just his personal life.
This has nothing to do with whether he's a
good congressman or not. And I tend to agree
with that, I do tend to agree with that. The
thing is, and I like Anthony Weiner.
Louis: I do, too.
David: I love when he goes on with Megyn Kelly
on Fox News and ridicules the entire Fox News
charade.
Louis: But he'll forever be the penis-Tweeter.
David: He has... the penis-Tweeting is not
good. And you just have to think, you know
what? I'm a powerful congressman from New
York, I'm making a bigger and bigger name
for myself, progressives are championing me,
maybe I won't send out pictures of my penis
online to multiple women. What the hell, maybe
I'll just not do that.
But you know what it is? It's... we see this
so commonly, there's just something about
the personality that's required to even want
to seek major public office like this that
probably just goes along with having a certain
hey, they can't touch me type of attitude.
I think it's just clearly a personality thing.
Louis: Yeah.
David: Weren't you saying, Natan, something
about this new study that suggests that there
are... there is a much higher case of... what
was the story? That among politicians, there
are certain personality traits that are just
much more common.
Natan Pakman: Yeah, that apparently, among
CEOs, people high up in business, and politicians,
I guess something like 4% of them are, you
know, psychopathic, they have psychopathic
personalities, whereas in the general population,
it's 1%. But I don't know that that necessarily
has to do with like your likelihood of, you
know, cheating on your wife.
Louis: Well, it's all connected.
David: Well, no, no, it has to do with the
likelihood of doing things that you think
you won't get caught for. That's kind of the
idea. It's the arrogance level of it. It has
nothing to do with cheating per se.
Louis: Right.
David: That's what I think.
Louis: I mean, connected... that would be
connected to everything you do socially.
David: The funniest thing that happened as
a result of this, I think, is that Benjy Bronk
from "The Howard Stern Show" infiltrated the
press conference that Anthony Weiner did,
and this is just so funny, asking ridiculous
questions. I know the audio isn't great here.
I will... I will interpret... I will render
the questions for you as they come. Anthony
Weiner doing a great job of ignoring these
I think hilarious questions. Let's take a
listen.
Weiner: I mean, it's not... it's something
that I found useful and tasteful as a way
to get out the message, but I certainly wouldn't,
obviously, do the things that I have done
that led me...
Benjy Bronk: Are you shocked that Arnold had
sex with such an ugly woman?
Weiner: ... that led me to this place.
David: OK, so that's question number one.
If you didn't hear it, the question is, "Are
you shocked that Arnold had sex with such
an ugly woman?" That's question number one.
You... there's a still shot of Weiner, who
looks furious after that question is asked.
Doesn't stop Benjy; continues.
Weiner: Of course. Of course. Of course I
would. No. I did not. I did not.
Bronk: Will you help to support Arnold's love
child?
David: [Laughs] So that question, "Will you
help to support Arnold's love child?" which,
of course, is the height of parody, really,
ladies and gentlemen. And then the last question,
as Anthony Weiner is leaving, probably the
most graphic of the questions.
Weiner: ... privacy of the women who were
involved, but it was clearly a mistake, and
one that I deeply regret. Thank you.
Bronk: In the grey panty photos, were you
fully erect? Were you fully erect, or are
you capable of even more?
David: [Laughs] All right, so there's the
final question. In the picture with the grey
boxers, were you fully erect, or are you capable
of more? And you know what irritates me about
these? Afterwards, we had all of the... a
lot of major media saying oh, this... it's
a serious situation, and this is... the guy
is in... this is a very... we can't be joking
about this, and it's disruptive for Benjy
Bronk to be in there yelling these questions.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a congressman,
one of 435 elected members of the House of
Representatives, admitting that for a week,
he has been lying about not sending out penis
Tweets, he has been claiming that there's
an FBI investigation going on, that his system
was hacked, and he's giving a press conference
admitting that there are five, at least five
other women that fall under that, and Benjy
Bronk asking if he'll take care of Arnold's
love child, that's the disruptive thing? That's
the concern, that a comedy writer is yelling
funny questions? Give me a break.
And honestly, if this weren't... Benjy's only
there because this is the reaction he's going
to get. I think it's hilarious. I absolutely
love it. We have a congressman admitting to
penis Tweets. The problem is not Benjy Bronk
asking if he is capable of more.
Louis: Yeah. Funny stuff.
David: Very funny stuff.
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