Not a troll, nor a concern troll, and I couldn't resist the juvenile headline, so here goes:
He did tell Luke Russert of MSNBC that he thought his Twitter account was hacked, but as for the photo itself .... eh, not so much.
NBC’s LUKE RUSSERT: “That’s not a picture of you?”
REP. ANTHONY WEINER: “You know, I can’t say with certitude. My system was hacked. Pictures can be manipulated, pictures can be dropped in and inserted.”
Worst case scenario, this is mildly embarrassing. He'll still get reelected easily, and could probably be elected Mayor of New York. Best case scenario, it's a right-wing frameup. But who doesn't remember taking a picture of their crotch?!
We obviously don't know all the facts, so some of us should stop acting as though we do. Rep. Weiner gave an awkward press conference of sorts yesterday, so maybe we ought to lay off the theories until we know more (interesting as the theories have been). I would love to blame Breitbart and his ilk too, but I think we should let the chips fall where they may first.
Regardless of how this plays out, Weiner will remain to me one of the best progressive fighters we have in Congress.