Oops, I Did It Again
Two years ago I wrote a post about the ridiculous Mr Anthony Weiner - an American congressman who found himself in hot water after sending lewd text messages to a young woman half his age.
Incredibly, the irrepressible Mr Weiner has gone and done it again - but even more depressingly Mr Weiner's wife - Huma Obedin - is standing by him as he campaigns to stand as the Democratic candidate for New York Mayor.
Politics drives people mad, you know, which can be the only reason for Mr Weiner staying in the race - because he must know, deep down, that he's toast.
The BBC reported that an unnamed woman told website The Dirty she had an online relationship with
the 48-year-old last year and in response Mr Weiner - who has been leading polls of Democratic mayoral candidates, said
he was "very sorry".
If I were Huma, I would pay attention to the old saying: 'Fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, shame on me'.
In other words it's time to show Mr Weiner the door - and I only hope that New York's Democrat voters follow suit.
Two years ago I wrote a post about the ridiculous Mr Anthony Weiner - an American congressman who found himself in hot water after sending lewd text messages to a young woman half his age.
What a Knob (9 June 2011)
The biggest story in America at the moment seems to be 'Weinergate'.
The not so wholesome tale of a once respected Democratic Congressman from New York - Anthony Weiner - whose name is almost a synonym for a penis or 'wiener' as the Amercians say.
Now Mr Weiner - for reasons best known to himself - sent a text messages via Twitter to a young woman almost half his age - and attached a picture of his underpants.
The problem was that Mr Weiner (and Mr Weiner's wiener) was still in his underpants at the time.
And the offending picture fell into the hands of a blogger who spilled the beans to the world's press.
So Mr Weiner is now in the doghouse - as you can imagine - as his online exploits continued to be exposed by other women to whom he sent lewd texts or tweets.
Unsurprisingly, the Congressman is now fighting for his political life.
In a curious twist, Mr Weiner is married to Huma Abedin - deputy chief of staff to Hilary Clinton.
But I think I will have to throw up somewhere if we witness yet another example of a betrayed wife 'standing by her man' - a la Anne Sinclair in the Dominique Strauss-Khan affair.
I only hope there's not a picture of John Prescott's underpants about to emerge from cyberspace - linked to his bonking on the job with a junior, female civil servant - while 'serving' the country as Deputy Prime Minister.
Now that would be too much to bear.
The not so wholesome tale of a once respected Democratic Congressman from New York - Anthony Weiner - whose name is almost a synonym for a penis or 'wiener' as the Amercians say.
Now Mr Weiner - for reasons best known to himself - sent a text messages via Twitter to a young woman almost half his age - and attached a picture of his underpants.
The problem was that Mr Weiner (and Mr Weiner's wiener) was still in his underpants at the time.
And the offending picture fell into the hands of a blogger who spilled the beans to the world's press.
So Mr Weiner is now in the doghouse - as you can imagine - as his online exploits continued to be exposed by other women to whom he sent lewd texts or tweets.
Unsurprisingly, the Congressman is now fighting for his political life.
In a curious twist, Mr Weiner is married to Huma Abedin - deputy chief of staff to Hilary Clinton.
But I think I will have to throw up somewhere if we witness yet another example of a betrayed wife 'standing by her man' - a la Anne Sinclair in the Dominique Strauss-Khan affair.
I only hope there's not a picture of John Prescott's underpants about to emerge from cyberspace - linked to his bonking on the job with a junior, female civil servant - while 'serving' the country as Deputy Prime Minister.
Now that would be too much to bear.
