fragile men's egos

plant their balding scalps ~ the french call this "plugged-in" look ~ "a field of leeks"

invisibility

men fear becoming ~ invisible to women ~ inevitable

the last word

 it seems to me, it's ~ up to his constituents ~ they have the last word

no pleasure, my ass

i take no pleasure ~ calling for resignation ~ (publicly that is)

piling on

get this behind us ~ an undisclosed location ~ end this distraction

air-quotes required

he's entered treatment ~ put air-quotes around "treatment" ~ if you read aloud

what can we learn here ?

sixteen in ten years ~ one thing in common: all men ~ elect wise women

most bothersome

false accusations ~ these odious photographs ~ bearing false witness

said one student

one of my students ~ said, "men are really kind of ~ pitiful, aren't they ?"

amazing

amazing to me ~ risk so much for so little ~ shameless and stupid

what's goin' on?

it's narcissism ~ auto-eroticism ~ endless selfishness

holier than thou

anyone claiming ~ to be hypocrisy-free ~ is a hypocrite

learnings

what have we learned here? ~ the virtual is real ~ they hurt, for real

sheer stupidity

such a fucking fool ~ with zero sense of judgement ~ what were you thinking?

riveting and revolting

weiner's press event ~ riveting and revolting ~ tearfully "comes clean"

the plot sickens

edwards, now weiner ~ more boys behaving badly ~ independent dicks 

well then, THAT is reassuring

weiner speaks haiku ~ "to the best of my knowledge ~ they were all adults"

dirty tricks :: weiner's wiener (sic) – 9

because it works well ~ character defamation ~ there's seldom justice

dirty tricks :: weiner's wiener (sic) – 8

the damage is done ~ spirited and eloquent ~ now discredited

dirty tricks :: weiner's wiener (sic) – 7

you've lost jon stewart ~ "i can't say with certitude" ~ the big wang theory