Anthony Weiner was finally forced this morning to acknowledge he used the much-mocked nickname “Carlos Danger” for his latest batch of digital dalliances.
“Why did you pick a Hispanic name? And how dangerous were you really?” Mr. Weiner was asked during an awkward interview with Univision’s Despierta América.
The moniker, which has inspired endless videos, jokes and late night TV gags, has also drawn criticism from some in the Hispanic community, inducing from his long-shot rival Erick Salgado, who demanded an apology. But Mr. Weiner had previously managed to successfully ignore or side-step repeated inquiries about the nickname.
Pressed directly, however, the former congressman admitted the truth.
“It was a joke in my personal life between me and one person,” he responded.
“I’m not gonna comment on anything about the information that that person has chosen to release,” he added. “They can do whatever they want. They can try to harm me in any way that they want. I’m moving forward talking about the people of the City of New York.”
It was a joke in his personal life between him and one person.
Okay, that's a joke I don't want to hear any more details about.
In any case, he finally admitted to to using the name.
Like so much else about his behavior, he just should have owned up to this when it broke, gotten everything out into the open and said, "Okay there's the truth. Accept my candidacy or reject it, but that's the whole truth about the sexting."
Instead Weiner has evaded questions, offered half-truths or out-and-out lies, and given the press the opportunity to follow him around trying to pull every sexting scandal detail out of him they can.
In short, Weiner's mostly gotten what he deserves in this media circus - had he been honest from the start, he could have avoided a lot of the pain he's caused himself.
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