Congressman Anthony Weiner was always a whiner and is apparently a wiener. This is the guy who hypervented on national TV about how all those mean and nasty Republicans wouldn’t vote to approve benefits for 9-11 emergency responders. CNN and the rest of the main stream media failed to notice that Democrats had overwhelming control of congress at the time and could have passed this without a single Republican vote. The reason Republicans and those Democrats with remaining brain cells blocked this bill was that liberal Democrats had loaded it up with pork.
But now Weiner was caught with his pants down, or at least with his underwear showing. There are reports that he send a lewd picture of himself to a 21 year old “friend.” I don’t know if Weiner did this or not, but when challenged by CNN today he looked guilty as sin. He gave a lengthy and convoluted explanation as to why he couldn’t answer the following question: “did you send that lewd picture from your twitter account.” Weiner wiggled, waffled and weaved in a painful attempt to avoid answering with a simple yes or no. It was so bad that even CNN noticed. Then they asked why the recently married congressman was following a 21 year old female on twitter. Good question!
I am not sure Weiner survives this, not because Democrats really care about minor issues like personal morality, but because he just looked so pathetic in handling it. It will be really hard for anyone to take him seriously after this fiasco.
Last year, CNN was literally replaying his speech comparing him to Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith goes to Washington. At the time they ignored the fact that he was lying and screaming utter nonsense. In the minds of the main stream media, bad mouthing Republicans always deserves recognition.
Now, they are laughing at him. Sometimes, what goes around comes around. When it does, it is important to sit back, watch and enjoy.
TDM