Another Anthony Weiner wannabe.

Steinberg, I'm sure you thought this was all a joke and very funny. But it was not a joke to Mrs. Fernandez-Karavetsos.

I guess "grow up" would be in order here - that is after you get out of jail.

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Stalking an assistant US attorney - real smart. When you get out of jail, stalk an easier target, like a cop :D

Not excusing Steinberg, but the reason people dump on the Republicans for this type of thing is that they always claim to have the moral high-ground - Christian conservative, do no evil, etc. Look at Sanitarium Santorum, or Nutty Newt, or a host of others. The Democrats are not playing that game.

But, that aside, if any one expects better from our politicians, then I have a bridge to sell them!!!

Pat-1988241 - It's not about a Democrat fooling around. It's about how the liberal press reports on it. You are claiming the liberal media is neutral when it comes to news reporting and clearly they are not. Why should this not be pointed out?

You are right. If it were a Republican it would have been in the headline. And it is not even mentioned in this story anywhere that he is a Democrat.

Hummmmmm ....... If this was you or I would the Secret Service be involved? I don't think so ---- I thought there was suppossed to be equaL protection under the law!

While perhaps all the emails aren't shown ... (Which could make a dramatic difference) nothing I saw should be interpreted as"STALKING" .. Because some guy (or woman) gets an infatuation , and sends them a suggestive email, is not by the broadest definition "Stalking" another person, and regardless of their employment by the Department of Justice, should involve the Secret Service !

Make a federal case of some jerks infatuation with a US attorney involving emails ?..... Local law enforcement or, at the best .. The FBI .... we'll spend millions something as absurd as this? ...

GET A GRIP! In the scheme of life this is like a flea creeping up a elephants leg with the intention of sexual liaison!

Regardless of any perceived media bias (I'll agree that MSNBC is biased when a conservative agrees that Faux news misstates facts), the facts are that whenever a democrat "gets caught" the conservatives whine and bawl until party leaders throw the guy (usually) out or he resigns, but when one of their own is caught, that person is never held accountable by the party that claims to walk the high ground. Vitter is still around, and Ensign would still be around too if he hadn't broken so many laws. Sanford stayed on a governor, and there are plenty more...and don't even get me started on the "C Street commune" where they live and worship each other. They are nothing more than sleezy hypocrites.

I'm sorry. I don't see anything necessarily wrong with the texts above. Clearly she made a bigger impression on him than the other way around, but it just sounds like a guy texting a woman he finds attractive who he is working with in some capacity, and as if she didn't figure out it was him. Maybe he thought it was a funny thing given the professional relationship.....Anyway not enough in the story to make an informed decision on anything...Shame MSNBC!

Some of you Repubs are hilarious in your paranoia. Do you think NBC, which filed the story, is trying to hide his political affiliation? He's an elected official which means it would take all of 3 seconds to find out. The point of the story is the guy, an elected official, sent creepy texts. BTW, how many of you are aware that Newt Gingrich's campaign staff in Virginia is being investigated for massive voter fraud? Not a topic in last night's debate, so clearly Repubs and Fox are trying to hide it correct? This victimization/persecution complex so many of you are suffering from is pretty hilarious.

Headline you will not see on MSNBC:

"Democrat Fla. lawmaker suspected of stalking US attorney"

If the lawmaker were a Republican, the affiliation WOULD HAVE BEEN revealed right on the headline.

Democrat or not, he is a weird perv. Those txt's were creepy. He isn't really bright for stalking a lawyer either. Creeper...

The stupidity of this guy is monumental. If he said something to her in person, and in private, he would have: 1. Acted like a man 2. Not provide any proof to his enemies 3. Knew right away where he stands with the lady.

Who's whining now?

Actually it is true, that there is liberal media bias when reporting. Anyone see the one with John McGee? It states right in the article that he is a Republican in the Senate. If you look at this article it makes no mention of the word democrat. And both were in trouble for sexual harrassment.

Compare:

McGee, the fourth ranking Republican in the Senate, submitted his letter of resignation Wednesday morning.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46489435

To:

The U.S. Secret Service traced the screen name to Florida House Representative Richard Steinberg of Miami Beach.

of this article. So as you can see, no mention of the word DEMOCRAT. Still think there's no bias?

How embarrassing, Florida in the news twice in 1 day and none of it positive. No wonder people think we're a bunch of backward southern yahoos. You reap what you sow. In this case, I sure hope this idiot is thrown out of our state government. Really, harassing a US Attorney? How dumb can you get? Moron. I bet this guys wife is really thrilled to be married to him about now. (total sarcasm)

The real problem isn’t Dems v. Repubs...the problem very obviously is MEN......

Out of the 100% cases of adultery/affairs/sex-scandals, 95% of them are perpetrated by males. How many headlines in politics do we have of female politicians, etc. doing this sort of thing, or having affairs while their spouse was terminally ill (i.e. Gingrich, Edwards who even got the woman pregnant while his wife is not only sick but has small children she’s taking care of)? Yea, hardly ever. The common denominator of the vast majority of these stories is MEN. And yes, I know someone will make the “astute” comment that I must hate men by making such a (factual) claim, but until you can prove me wrong, I stand by my facts.

It’s interesting how we have an entire political faction that refuses to allow women their legal rights to birth control, abortions, and other family planning means, because apparently women can’t make good decisions for themselves, and yet they’ll fund viagra for men. So the carnal needs of men are more important and health care worthy then a woman’s responsible actions in taking care of her health. It’s also interesting that men are the ones who generally accuse women of being emotional and needy, and yet the men are the ones who’ll tear their family to shreds in order to feed their needs. hmmm! Put the “indecisive,” “emotional,” “needy,” among other terms, together...and you don’t get a woman...you get a married man, specifically politician, wrecking his family.

@moonbeamracer -

It's because she's a US attorney that the Secret Service is involved - no one on here knows what kind of cases she deals with, and there's a massive amount of drug activity in Florida. The fact this unknown (at the time) person knows about her family life, to the point of naming someone (Georgie) had to be terrifying - and it's because he DID know so much about her private life that makes this a stalking case. (Been there, done that, with a former co-worker. Creep!)

Regardless of whether he's a Democrat or a Republican, he's out of control and needs to be slapped down - this is one sick puppy who thinks he can do whatever he wants to whomever he wants without consequences. How about he does the job he's being paid to do - maybe then a proven molester wouldn't have gotten his children returned to him so he could murder one and badly injure another!

I'm not sure anybody is saying that MSNBC is not biased for Democrats and against Republicans. I believe they are to some degree. What I despise is Fox News claiming they are the only fair news station available. Their bias against liberal viewpoints borders on lunacy, all while claiming no bias. I think we all just have to agree that neither station gives full accounts of stories if it doesn't fit their idealogy.

hey Dan. Two words: Wide. Stance.

Florida House Representative Richard Steinberg......Democratic Ranking Member of The Civil Justice Subcommittee, Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee....

"Legislative Service

Elected to the House in 2008, reelected subsequently

Other Public Service

Miami Beach Commissioner 2001-2008

Miami-Dade County Metropolitan Organization, Board member 2005-2008

Affiliations

Aventura Marketing Council, Trustee 2006-present

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, Mentor 1997-present, Director 2001-2009

Dade County Bar Association, Director 1999-2001, current member

Miami Beach Bar Association, Director 2000-2001, current member

Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Board of Governors, current member 2004-2008

Miami-Dade County League of Cities, past member, President 2007-2008"

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4459

Did ya notice...another Community Organizer !?!?!.....I think Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami had better revoke his "Mentor" status.....

Aluhu2012: I happened to agree with you mostly up to the point about birth control. Many women on the Republican party are not for govt. sponsored birth control. That is entirely a democratic view. Please refrain from making any claims about how all women are in line with that ideal.

Remember his name because soon he'll be governor and in 2016 he'll be running for President!

@NC open heart

I'm sorry. I don't see anything necessarily wrong with the texts above. Clearly she made a bigger impression on him than the other way around, but it just sounds like a guy texting a woman he finds attractive who he is working with in some capacity

Some one sends messages to a married woman, obviously hiding his identity, and when asked he won't say who it is then makes comments about being a parent and her family, BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT?!?!

Maybe he thought it was a funny thing given the professional relationship

YEAH REAL FUNNY!

Believe it or not, this isn't the worst sex scandal involving a politician that I've heard.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Massachusetts State Senator James Marzilli (D-Arlington)

One of the new charges against Marzilli came from a woman who told authorities she was accosted at 11 a.m. that day outside the Lowell Community Health Center. According to a press release issued this afternoon by prosecutors, Marzilli told her, "The sex is sweet, the sex is sweet, you want it, and you want to go with me."

The second new charge stemmed from a woman who told authorities she was waiting for a bus on Central Street at 1:15 p.m. when she saw Marzilli drive by three times. Prosecutors allege that the senator then parked, walked up to the victim, and asked, "“Do you have any undergarments under that?"

The other alleged attacks occurred at 11:30 a.m. on Jackson Street and at 3 p.m. on Middle Street. In total, the grand jury indicted Marzilli on four counts of annoying and accosting a person of the opposite sex. He was also indicted on charges of attempting to commit indecent assault and battery, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.

It gets better...

According to Assistant District Attorney Richard Mucci, Marzilli approached a woman sitting on a bench in downtown Lowell Tuesday afternoon. The woman charges the conversation quickly turned personal.

“Do you remember me?” Marzilli supposedly asked.

The woman said she had remembered seeing Marzilli in Lowell previously. At that time, the woman said he appeared disheveled, said Mucci.

Tuesday, Marzilli allegedly told the woman he liked her, then moved to put his hand near her waist area, but she slapped it away telling him, “Don’t you dare,” according to police reports.

The state senator made the woman uneasy by asking her questions about her body, so the woman went into a nearby building and informed the staff what had happened, the prosecutor said. Police arrived and spoke to Marzilli, who allegedly gave them the name of Martin Walsh, which happens to be the name of another state legislator, and said he lived in Medford.

As police dispatch checked out the false name for warrants and an officer went to speak to the victim, Marzilli bolted, running the wrong way up a one-way street, while locals, including a bank teller using a loudspeaker, alerted police to his whereabouts, Mucci said. Two men outside a city parking garage flagged down police, where the officers found the state senator, Mucci said.

While speaking to police, Marzilli began to cry and told the officers they were destroying his life and that his life was over, according to the police report.

As police attempted to handcuff him, Marzilli allegedly tensed up until officers convinced him to relax his arms by threatening to use pepper spray on him, Mucci said.

Once cuffed, Marzilli admitted he had given the officers the wrong name and lamented that he was a state senator and his life was over, the police report said.

In the backseat of a cruiser, Marzilli said, “I can’t believe this is happening … She was flirting with me … I was flirting with her … I can’t believe this is happening,” before an officer told him to stop and informed him of his right to remain silent, the report said.

“I really screwed up,” Marzilli said after that, according to the report.

I'm honestly at the point where I find these political sex scandals, whether -R or -D, darkly hilarious. I hope they throw the book at that perv Steinberg.

What? Another community organizer? Sounds like presidential material to me!

I'm thinking jail.

MEN-talpause! A lot of them go through it about his age....lol. However, it is extremely creepy and frightening. Be a man and say who you are, and be a man and get rejected or accepted. How in hedoubletoothpicks is she supposed to know he's not dangerous and a threat to her, especially once she's asked him to stop texting her and leave her alone.

And we all worry so much about "dog turds" on our sidewalks.

Oaktownboy, you ask if "repubs" think NBC is trying to hide their polictical preferences. Of course they are. It's not that people who pay attention don't already know. That is not the target audience. Rather it is the (God knows what percentage) of the numbnuts population that doesn't have a clue about what is going on outside of "American Idol" and "Entertainment Tonight". They only watch a snippet from the nightly network news and unfortunately cast their uninformed votes depending upon what the "unbiased" talking heads lean them toward.

It's the Moron constituency and the national media and the democrats depend upon their ignorance. Get it?

speedle:

Well said, my friend! And no, he probably doesn't get it.

@Are we there yet - I was assessing the only info we were given, the actual texts above. The characterization of the sender as stalking was declared but not substantiated by the article. Which I said was too lacking to make any judgement.....Maybe he is a stalker but the info included in no way proves it. Try critical thinking, at least once, you may find it useful in keeping your foot on the ground and out of your mouth.

Spider, you hit right on the nose.

Interesting the article doesn't indicate which party he is from. If he were a Republican, MSNBC would be sure to plaster that 'R' all over the article.

NC-

Yes, it seems based on the article more like harrassment than stalking...

speedle, spider, and anybody else that thinks their news is accurate and correct and everybody elses is wrong....got a message for you. Your thinking is exactly whats wrong with this country. What makes you think that anybody that watches MSNBC is any more or less informed than you are watching Fox News? Anybody that relies on just one source to derive their information from is, in my opinion, uninformed. For what you said about people just getting snippets from news and running with it can apply to the Fox news side as well. I watch both....and because I do, I am intelligent enough to be able to decipher crap from shineola, and if you truly watched both objectively (unfortunately will never happen), you would easily be able to identify the true perveyor of news and who is using negative attacks to spew out their message. Hint....it's really not MSNBC.

Pat1988241, Let us remind you of some of the Democratic sex offenders who obviously were playing some kind of game, as you say:

Bill Clinton; Eliot Spitzer; Barney Frank; Mel Reynolds; Steve Effman, just to name a few. Check them out. Once again, ALL sex offenders. ALL democrats.

I can't even find any mention about this affair on foxnews.com front page. They must be trying to hide it. Damn liberals.

Moonbeam Racer, Max & NC openheart:

May I suggest you read a book called "The Gift of Fear"? In it, you just may learn that there are quite a few people (of both sexes) that fixate on another person. Even when told to stop, they continue with the harassment. They just don't understand that "No." is a complete sentence. Women have to be so cautious; stalkers don't fear jail, they fear to fail--in whatever is their personal goal. Stalking is an instance where the police have an advance warning that someone is raising their hand to police and saying "Look at me, I have the potential to become dangerous."

When you have to walk through the world keeping up a certain level of caution and concern for virtually half the world population, then you may chide the other half of humanity for being a little bit paranoid, if not frightened. How many times have you feared to be raped walking across the parking lot after an extra long shift? In an elevator late at night? As you walk into your building or unlocking your car door? And those that become stalkers do much worse than rape. When it happens to a female whom you happen to love, be it family or sweetheart, your words and attitude will come back to bite you on the a$$. Go check the book out at your local library; you don't have to buy it.

Stevefoo, WHERE in the comments did anyone suggest they got their information from one source? NO WHERE. But, ignorant people make assumptions w/o knowing. As the post below, Fox news didn't have it up. What are they bias IF they put he's a Democrat? Clearly you did a poor job at covering up your true agenda/feelings with your snide comments "unfortunately will never happen" and others.

Yeah, you are "REAL" intelligent...yeah, sure...

Stevefoo, more people get their news from Sesame Street then MSNBC, truth in reporting Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Am I the only person who wants to see what she looks like?

*SMACK*

Ouch! Ok ok, sorry.

3 numbers for her for protection 357

cooch, or like my favorite friends, Smith AND Wesson.

I agree Sylvia,

It has no bearing on what political party he belongs to, it has to do with a sick & twisted indivdual!

Of course it doesn't brian...of course it doesn't. LMAO

having a daughter who was stalked I know the emotional dmage this can cause, your comments are totally without merit. How can you possibly know how the woman feels.

It wasn't phone calls. It was text messages which are much harder to deal with. I tried to block some and my cell provider said its basically block all or block none. This was a couple of years ago so I don't know if it's changed or not but providers love text messages because they charge going and coming.

Plus not everyone is a geek.

Enstrom: you're being ridiculous. Apparantly, you think "stalking" is akin to "advertising".

I'd say it definitely qualifies as stalking, though, and this guy should certainly be prosecuted for it.

About stalkers. He/she may have not sent explicit messages or photos but....when there is someone out there has decided to target you what difference does it make what political party they belong to?

I still don't know what "party" my stalker belonged to. It never occurred to me to ask. I just wanted him to STOP. At the time, there was no option of "call block" or "caller ID" so I never knew, when I picked up the phone, if it was my Mom, one of my kids, my husband, or that really creepy man who seemed to know everything I was doing. It was terrifying.

Don't make this about politics.

Seems all they are good for is feeding at the "public trough".

UDunnoBro, those who are in office as a Federal 'agent' of the government, are afforded such service by the Secret Service when crimes occur, as was portrayed here concerning the stalking/harrassment, via FL Stat. 784.048, which includes harrassment, course of conduct and cyberstalking.

The Secret Service does a lot of things, not just protect the president.

The Secret Service does a lot of things, not just protect the president.

That's right. We just don't hear about it because, well, it's secret............../

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ray

It's a secret

Well, it is very political.

You really don't want to get into a comparison or or holier than thou argument between the "family values" that Republicans ignore and those that Democrats ignore. Both sides equally have their failings on this issue, names could be rattled off for days of both R's and D's that have strayed from marriage vows, bought prostitues, raped, molested, etc.

Yeah, you noticed that? Steinberg is just another sleezy, psycho Democrat from Florida like Alan Grayson. Sick people.

Maybe you should try a little research BRTW, there's plenty of scummy Florida Republicans to go around. Maybe you remember Mark Foley and his little internet addiction to 16 year old boys (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/09/exclusive_the_s-2/). Or maybe you remember Bob Allen from the Atlantic coast trolling park bathrooms for gay sex a few years back (http://www.wesh.com/news/14541676/detail.html)? I could go on for days, or you could just go to this site to see all the R's that have eschewed their "family values" http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1709387

And the next time there's an R, you'll go on and on, and on...

We're up to Weiner...move on ..it's hard to keep up, but try to stay current

Try to keep up RP, if you're just going to try to claim most recent than Thad Viers (R-South Carolina) and Herman Cain (R-Godfather's Pizza) are the most recent two political scandals. Heck, even David Wu (D-Oregon) was more recent than Anthony Weiner. You want to talk about Mark Souder (R-Indiana), Chris Lee (R-New York), the RNC spending $3,000 at a S&M strip club, or Tom Ganley (R-Ohio)? All four of these were within the last 18 months also. Twenty-three out of the last thirty political scandals (mostly sex-related) were the work of Republicans, reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_sex_scandals_in_the_United_States

Harassment is harassment, whether it be in person or via any other medium, unless you like that kind of attention, which in turn makes YOU mental.

Fantomdog..I agree with you...an assistant US attorney must get all sorts of threats...

but when someone gets your cell phone number, that's a little too close for comfort...

& just because this person is in the House of Representatives, does this mean he can do what he likes?

stalkers are creepy...if you have ever had experience with a stalker, you can sympathize with this woman

may lisa never learn this info first hand !

JP: apparantly you don't know the meaning of "stalk". geez...get some help. Enough said.

"Next, we'll be seeing "stalking by looking at me."

That's TOO funny. And, sadly, TOO true.

Unlike Fox News that manages to repeatedly label Republicans that are caught in the act as Democrats, and then repeatedly claim that the error was accidental.

Uh, I may be the last person alive not to text but.... do you have to read them ? Can't you just delete?

uncz ...correct, the woman asked him to stop & he didn't...

he was "getting off" having this power over her

so glad this woman is who she is...gives this case a higher profile

that's if all of the "armchair experts" on this site fail to have her "branded" before the day is out

small wonder more women fail to come forward when harassed...

shame on people who support this person for his offside behaviour !

tibi001,

That's the psychological rot affecting this country today. It doesn't matter what the subject is.

I think the part of the outrage that is directed at the failure of this "journalist" to even bother to fill in that detail is justifed. It does reek of partisan censorship. I doubt they would have failed to mention it if he was a Republican.

dam,

I'll buy every bit of number 1.

Can not comment on number 2.

Number 3 - attorneys sure as hell can, do and will stalk people. It matters not what job they hold. Hacked account? Could very well happen.

Number 4 - now that is a real leap of faith to come a conclusion based upon a single "fact".

Richard,

Something else, and you might want to google this............"its just me" is the name of some song, sounds like a really weird one too, just from what I found in the search (I won't pull the site up cause I don't need anymore spam), but you can read the first line or so of the song and it sounds like a really weird one.

Start putting two and two together.......it sounds pretty obvious that she may be a victim of a fishing scam who got a hold of her address book and some personal information.

I've noticed a whole lot of spam here on these MSN boards over the past several weeks.

Considering the politician has admitted that he was the one that sent the texts I think we can disregard the hacker conspiracy theory in this case (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/mh-richard-steinberg-text-scandal-20120223,0,1931626.story). That doesn't mean Yahoo isn't a problem with their spam and hacking, but not in this case.

Coracii,

Thanks for the updated news article. At least he fessed up.

A lot of these cases are usually spam or fishing scams. I do agree with both you and richard though, in this day and age, it can be just about anyone doing the stalking........professional or none.

dam,

LOTS of popular web boards have users with numbers after the names. The reason is, you go to apply with a name and its already taken, in that case many boards will suggest a set of user names some of which are along the lines of "steve08349".

I won't disagree that it's possible the sender's account was hacked. I've gotten my share of emails and messages from friends' which turned out to be spammers using their hacked accounts. However those types of hacks generally benefit the hacker and/or spammer in some way - the messages in the article don't seem to be of use to anyone unless it's a very, very poor phish attempt on the part of the supposed hacker. Point is, most hacks make sense on some level and involve an ROI.

UDunnoBro,

Thanks for the info, I've often wondered what the deal was with the number after the names.

Personally, I'm beginning to think the only way to have any type of safety on the internet is to have some kind of fingerprint locks or iris scans on all accounts. It's sad to have to think that............but I can't imagine any other way to stop all these hackers and spammers with out costing the taxpayers billions of dollars on security forces to investigate them all.

Senior, the sad thing is, people will still make asinine comments about it like it's no big deal, like any other crime or tragedy that happens to people; until it happens to them.

Senior Player & Fantomdog agree with you two 100%

been thinking a lot about those people who make asinine comments...are they "for real" or is it possible for human beings to be that ignorant in this day & age?

until stuff happens to them...

perhaps that's what's bringing all of this misery to our doorsteps...people's need to learn by experience

wonder if some day we will all find out that we were each getting exactly what we asked for...only we failed to see this because it came in a different form?

ask for strength...& you will be sent tests to make you stronger !

a native medicine woman once told me this

and I have been wondering about her words ever since....

Oh you better believe it! I'm attending college and from day 1 I've had a guy stalking me - following me, leaving undecipherable notes, creepy texts, sleeping outside my dorm door in the wee hours of the morning, and he violently tried to break into my dorm room while I was in there with other people. I have reported this to everyone with jurisdiction on campus and city police... Nothing. He lives IN my building and has continued to harass myself, my roommate, and any other girl he comes across. He's not stopping. But the University does nothing. It's disgusting and dangerous. But I can bet you if I was some hotshots daughter or this happened to someone else with power he'd be GONE in a flash. I don't know what to do anymore. I know life is unfair and there's a sad amount of injustice in this world...but it's still heartbreaking.

This is so true. The police don't even know what cyber stalking is in some jurisdiction and will completely ignore and mock you're complaints of this kind of harassment.

aleonlore, therein lies the problem with your 'if' vitriolic statement of something you obviously know nothing about on a personal level, it's called conjecture.

It's a real story because you have an elected representative acting like a 13-year old boy who tries to let a girl know he's interested by pulling on her hair. This guy deserves the public shaming coming his way.

Harrassment is a big deal. Get that piece of crap out of leadership!

I think he deserves the stocks. the 24 hr news cycle won't shame him enough because he's a democrat and they will let this blow by.

Dude, is your name really Dick Vick? Dick Vick Jr. That's awesome!