Weiner's Wiener Ironies

Weiner's Wiener Ironies

Let’s admit it. We all encounter events in our lives of which we’re not especially proud. I, for one, failed my high school chemistry final and I was once a liberal Democrat before I came to my senses. Still, I survived.

Former Sen. John Edwards couldn’t keep his pants on and hopefully will go to jail, but he’ll also survive, even if he won’t have his hairdresser in prison.

Rep. Anthony Weiner apparently couldn’t keep his pants on, either, but he should survive, personally if not politically–IF he ever learns to keep his mouth shut. He took one, small step for Weiner down that path by withdrawing from a Milwaukee speaking engagement on Friday.

Most of us enjoy at least to some extent such scandalous news and political scandals as those enveloping Edwards and Weiner. That said, the whole, smarmy Weiner-wiener-Twitter tale has gotten very old and is fast becoming less titillating than it is absurd. Weinergate will always have a redeeming factor, though, its multitude of ironies, which make its smarminess interesting, if not palatable.

The latest fillip in the story, Rep. Weiner’s staff calling the cops on a reporter for trying to report, only adds to the irony surrounding the pathetic nature of the story of the congressman who was elected and re-elected on the bases of his liberal creds and made his rep as an outspoken, progressive proponent of all things liberal and is now ultra-conservative in his craving for a return to normality.

Thanks to Weiner and despite his continual blabbering, all the facts of the Weinergate case are still ambiguous but this much is clear: Someone took a picture of someone’s bulging privates in a pair of briefs; someone transmitted the photo to a 21 year old college student on Weiner’s Twitter account; someone ratted out that yet unidentified someone.

The ironies overfloweth and the cop feature only adds to them.

According to the CBS account, Marcia Kramer went to the congressman’s Washington office in hopes of establishing some certitude regarding Weiner’s stated incertitude as to the identity of the privates in question. Kramer announced herself and her purpose, namely to interview the six-term representative from New York’s 9th cd.

Doors slammed, she was ignored, and finally was granted a very brief audience with Weiner’s press secretary, David Arnold, the gist of which discussion was more denial. Kramer left and someone in the office sicced the police on her. (http://cbsloc.al/j99deE)

Weiner has steadfastly refused to officially notify legal authorities of the alleged Twitter hacking/prank, opting instead to hire private legal counsel to investigate and protect his interests, whatever they may be. Yet, his office notified legal authorities over an innocuous request for an interview.

How ironic.

Also bubbling with irony is the Rep. Anthony Weiner-Sen. Chuck Schumer relationship, . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=4725)