Democrat Wiener Erection Story

Unconvincingly, Rep. Anthony Wiener (D-NY) has tried to explained a sexual image on his Twitter account.

Over the last few days New York Congressman Anthony Wiener, a Democrat, claimed that his Twitter account had been hacked when it was revealed that “someone” sent a sexually graphic picture to a young woman in Washington State from his account.

The photo, a picture of a briefs-clad man sporting an erection, was sent to a young college student named Gennette Nicole Cordova who is a student at Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington. This young woman once Tweeted that Wiener was her “boyfriend.” No one is sure what sort of relationship Wiener has with Cordova if any. But there seems to be some links.

For his part, Rep. Wiener claims his Twitter account was hacked.

I suggest that isolated, incidental hacking is a lousy explanation. Of course, assuming that Wiener did send a sexual picture to a young female, it's understandable that he would deny it since he recently got married and his bride would likely be humiliated.

In any event, it's not clear whether anything criminal has transpired. Despite alleged vulgarity and dissembling, Wiener's only offense appears to be unforgivable public stupidity. He has arguably failed to get out in front of boner-gate.

Logically, one can expect late-night television personalities to visit this story at least once. It's got the basic ingredients for humor -- public figure, stupidity and lascivious subject matter. In media patois, the story has legs.

Tip: Charley Nestor