THE DAILY BLADE: A Teeny Weenie Scandal
Summer is all about grilling, and since Memorial Day week-end Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has been roasting over hot coals because he may or may not have sent a photo of his, er, erect weiner to a college student in WA who may or may not be his girlfriend in a growing scandal that was inevitably dubbed "Weinergate." Ever since the eponymous scandal involving the eponymous Congressional member broke, Weiner has been the butt of penis jokes – some that were slipped in, some that beat you on the head – beginning with Gawker, which took a "long, hard look at Weinergate." Here, The Stiletto offers a furtive glance at some of the ways in which the media shafted Weiner: † Mediaite: After an introduction where Inside City Hall host Errol Lewis gave the viewers “the long and the short” of “weinergate,” Rep. Weiner had to ask: “You did not just introduce that by saying ‘the long and short of it,’ did you?”
† A New York Post editorial ("Mr. Skeevy's Skivvies"): It looks like this wiener is fully cooked. ... New Yorkers are getting a good look at a man who also lacks the sound judgment and the temperament to be their mayor -- before they make the mistake of electing him to that office.
† PRNewser (“Rep. Weiner’s Measured Response To Racy Tweet”): If his story is true, and there is a lot of back and forth about it, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner also had his YFrog account hacked and a lewd (though covered) penis pic was tweeted to a college student in Seattle.
† The Washington Post’s often droll but not always original (last item) Dana Milbank ("@RepWeiner Beats A Hasty Retweet"): [T]his town is enjoying a Weiner roast of obscene proportions. On the spit: Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York ... It should not have risen beyond minor amusement … a textbook case of bad PR, swelled it into a summer scandal. Clearly, the voluble congressman would not be able to keep his vow to zip it.
When it wants to, the MSM can rise to the occasion - as Weiner wood be the first one to admit. In fact, Weiner apologized to reporters for not being more forthcoming when the story first broke: “I’m sorry I was a little stiff yesterday.”
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James Arness, May 26, 1923 - June 3, 2011
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