Weiner not looking like a winner

Walt has tried all weekend to refrain from reaching for the cheap joke about Anthony Weiner, the US congressman who sent a lewd photo [depends on your definition, surely. Ed.] of his underwear-clad crotch to a young woman on Twitter and then lied repeatedly to, errr, cover his ass...or thereabouts.

Trouble was, it was hard to find an original cheap joke. So I'm left with nothing to say except to ask if the congersman (as Walt Kelly would have called him) really pronounces his name like the comestible. I would have said "Winer" or "Viner" for the same reason that Speaker of the House John Boehner now insists that he be called "Bayner" instead of... well... you get the point.

Interesting that the recently-married (July 2010) Weiner has now admitted to "inappropriate contact" with six women over the course of three years through social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook and occasionally over the phone. [Didn't we use to call that "phone sex"? Ed.] [Maybe you did. I never heard of such a thing! Walt]

Rep. Weiner said he had never met or had a physical relationship with any of the women and was not even sure of their ages. He also said he had never had sex outside of his marriage. Looking at his official wedding photo (courtesy of AP) I can fully understand why Anthony would have no motivation whatever to cheat on Mrs. Weiner.

Now we have the political ramifications. The ultra-liberal congressman was thought to be in the running for the New York City mayoralty in 2013. Now it would appear that he will have some difficulty holding onto his own seat in the House of Representatives.

Even Nancy Pelosi said she was “deeply disappointed and saddened about this situation.” In a brief statement, she mentioned Weiner’s wife, his family, staff and constituents, but pointedly did not mention the congressman.

But not to worry. Anthony has another year and a bit to sit in the house as a lame dick [please check your spelling! Ed.] and after he loses the 2012 election -- should he be bold enough to run again -- there will still be lots of Weiners in Congress.