(for anyone who doesn’t want to go to Salon:) Whoa, I did not know that. He won his first congressional race by distributing an “anonymous” flyer in crown heights right after the riots, insinuating closeness between his opponent and dinkins and j. Jackson. Sleazy start and sleazy end to his political career.
not even close
look at Ted Kennedy's rebound
BJ Clinton is the most loved pol by Democrats
Elliot Spitzer has already had almost all sin cleansed
Five years from now Weenie and Johnboy Edwards will be major domos in the Democrat party.
They embody what Democrats love.
I'm not familiar with the specifics of this, but there's at least a possibility that Weiner may have been correct on the closeness between his Dem primary opponent and Dinkins and Jackson.
It's also possible that the erstwhile opponent, now seeing Weiner in a vulnerable position, contacted Salon to do a story about this incident from 20 years ago. Some people, especially lefties, hold grudges.
Of course, I'm not a fan of Weiner at all, but I'm just trying to see this from a different angle.