Rep Weiner defends his family jewels from media scrutiny – Weiner Gate, Day 7
Rep Weiner is not giving an inch to the rising media attraction to the identity of the infamous masked wiener, as seen on his twitter account “@RepWeiner”, less than a week ago. What are the hard facts in this case? Who cares! The net result of “Weiner Gate” is that the little known, outspoken congressman from New York’s 9th district has been thrust into the National spotlight, and believe it or not, is gaining positive social stature online.
As a media and political consultant, never have I seen so few inches arousing so much negative media attention while simultaneously gaining a positive social perception. So could this political fiasco for one NY congressman be his golden ticket to reelection in 2012?
According to Twitter Counter and Adreka’s social polling metrics, Weiner’s “Alleged” weiner has gained over 60,000 twitter followers over the past week. Moreover, there is a 58% growing positive sentiment that is socially pro-Weiner, regardless if it’s his weiner or not.
So my Crisis Marketing advice to Anthony Wiener, NY Congressman for the 9th district:
1. Stand erect, take credit where credit is due, even if it’s not you, you need to own this wiener.
2. You and your wife use the media to your advantage to make light of the situation. Can you imagine the sound bite, “the secrets out, my husband has a big wiener”, says Mrs. Weiner on the David Letterman show last night.
3. Run with a plausible conspiracy theory…. “It’s my wiener; it was on my desk top, for the wife only, but someone found it and ran with the joke” or even better a plausible truth… “I posted a response to the one of my twitter followers and accidently attached the wrong file, I am truly embarrassed, but not ashamed of my big weiner”.
4. Follow up with another sound bite: If your think my Weiner’s big, you should see my balls; they have served me well both in an out of politics.
5. Conclude the internal investigation with, let the record show it is my big wiener. I sent the offending falus, by accident when I attached and posted the wrong picture online.
6. End of story.
I am feeling an entire campaign brewing…
You know he’s a swinging dick in congress and he has the balls to match, vote YES for Weiner 2012.Ok, maybe I need to work on this political campaign a little bit more.
John Cataldi
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