“EVER SEEN A GROWN MAN NAKED, JOEY?”

6/13/11

I’ve already written more on the Anthony Weiner’s self-induced problems than the subject matter merits. See my 6/7/11 post “….’CUZ IF I WERE (A CONGRESSMAN NAMED) WEINER, EVERYONE (MUST) BE IN LOVE WITH ME!” and my 6/9/11 post “UNHAND ME, YOU FIEND!” However, the new pictures that came out this weekend (“Live, from the locker room of the Congressional gym, Anthony Weiner!”) prompted yet, and maybe not my last, post on the Weiner news that just won’t stop coming. Why? Because these pictures, along with those previously sent to comely, though presumably not nubile, young women prompted yet another big, but perhaps not as big as presumed, question, to wit: Does Congressman Weiner really think that young women in their twenties, and, in at least one case, in her teens, find men in their mid-40s physically attractive? To ask the question is to answer it, but Congressman Weiner seems to think, as I said in my 6/7/11 post, that he is the “very epitome of hotness” while most, if not all, women in the age group he was looking to target are doubtless replying with something like “Ewww.” So we can add stupidity to perversion, dishonesty, and narcissism when listing Congressman Weiner’s most salient character traits. When enumerating his physical traits, perhaps poor eyesight is the most notable.

Mr. Weiner’s lofty estimation of his physical attractiveness to women half his age reminds me of a story a friend of mine, who, like yours truly, is in the midst of what can charitably be described as “late middle age,” told me a few weeks ago over coffee. He said that he was at the gym that morning and on the next machine was a twenty something young woman of striking, almost indescribable, physical beauty. Impressed by this breathtaking young woman, my friend asked one of the trainers what machine my friend could possibly use in order to get to the point at which he might attract this young woman’s attention. The trainer promptly referred him to the ATM in the lobby of the gym.

In a similar vein, if Anthony Weiner were trying to impress the young women who aided in his self-amusement, perhaps he should have flaunted the power he holds as a United States congressman rather than his physical characteristics, at least if he were in the habit of doing his trolling during meal time. As Henry Kissinger once said (It is not hard to imagine the substance of the question to which this utterance was the answer.), “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” Mr. Weiner’s forsaking the use of this ultimate aphrodisiac in favor of his somewhat lacking physical characteristics again points out that we must add dullness to the list of Anthony Weiner’s traits that lead one to wonder why he had achieved such a lofty perch from which he is currently crashing.