I've been disappointed, once again, in the news media's fascination with what Anthony Weiner did with his wiener.
After all, it's his "Weiner."
I'm not saying it's cool to cheat on your wife. Or to use state or federal computers for activities that are unrelated to work (if he indeed did this).
The point is this should never have been a news story anyway.
Granted, it's his fault the story got out. After all, he is the one that "accidentally" used his Twitter account to post a picture of his wiener.
And then he made the mistake of lying about it over and over again.
But then, who gave him the opportunity to do so? Who invited him, over and over again, to appear live on television, to talk about this silly issue?
The news media.
All of the channels, in fact.
And as he spoke, who showed close-ups of the man's genitals in his underwear for all to see?
The news media.
Meanwhile, there are some very important issues being set aside so that we can all learn about Weiner's wiener. For example, we've all been screwed (excuse the pun) by elites who created an economic crisis and yet continue to get even richer in spite of our suffering through pay cuts, benefit reductions, and job losses.
We're hearing nothing about how this came about, who is responsible, what should happen to them, how to prevent it from happening again, and how to finally get out of a bad economy!
I guess perhaps we are getting what we deserve. As long as we care more about what public servants do with their wieners rather than their actions as lawmakers, elites must know they can do whatever they want.
Well, as long as they don't tweet pictures of their genitals, that is.
