# Weiner in 2012? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834 "2011-06-17T14:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/1 "2011-06-17T14:20:11Z")
I suppose he could run with the current Attorney General, and create the Weiner-Holder ticket… ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/2 "2011-06-17T14:26:33Z")
Are you 12? ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/3 "2011-06-17T14:29:48Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Are you 12? Ummm no…I’m 13 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/4 "2011-06-17T15:18:49Z")
I’d like someone to run with Sec Def Robert Gates in the VP slot. I figure after a major party run lazy journalists will stop appending -gate to every scandal. Not that Weiner Gates wouldn’t be snicker-worthy… ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/5 "2011-06-17T15:25:41Z")
Being English, I find this unimpressive. Our last government had a Darling (Chancellor), a Ladyman (Transport, I believe) and two Balls. Alright, Mrs. Balls kept her maiden name, so just one ball. Like Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/6 "2011-06-17T15:37:47Z")
I wish one of the Balls would get his U.S. citizenship and then run on a ticket with Weiner for governor and lieutenant governor of New York. I’d definitely want one of their bumper stickers: “Weiner/Balls 2014: Thrusting boldly into the future!” ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/7 "2011-06-17T15:52:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I wish one of the Balls would get his U.S. citizenship and then run on a ticket with Weiner for governor and lieutenant governor of New York. I’d definitely want one of their bumper stickers: “Weiner/Balls 2014: Thrusting boldly into the future!” You are sick and I love you… The press would have yet another field day, especially if one of the Balls was having trouble finding a runnig mate. “Finally, a candidate with Balls!” ---
**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/8 "2011-06-17T16:03:54Z")
Poor bastard, I really feel sorry for him. He needs help. But the child in me can’t help but snicker! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/9 "2011-06-17T16:51:54Z")
You guys… the obvious running mate for Weiner would be one of my state’s politicians, Dick Swett. Although, he could run with Balls, too. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/10 "2011-06-17T17:32:41Z")
As a Senator, think of the bills that could pile up… Blunt-Weiner Weiner-Boxer Weiner-Burr Weiner-Coats Weiner-Corker Crapo-Weiner Franken-Weiner Weiner-Hatch Johnson-Weiner Pryor-Weiner Weiner-Sanders Weiner-Sessions Snowe-Weiner Weiner-Tester Weiner-Webb Whitehouse-Weiner Personally, I’d be hard pressed to push against the Franken-Weiner. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/11 "2011-06-17T18:15:37Z")
> [@dbx820](#): > > Poor bastard, I really feel sorry for him. He needs help. But the child in me can’t help but snicker! You have to have thick skin to go through life when your last name is a slang term for “penis”. I would have kept a low profile, or changed my name. A. Weiner? If his child is a boy, will he continue the pain by naming him Anthony Weiner, Jr.? William? Oscar? ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-in-2012/585834/12 "2011-06-17T21:17:29Z")
I suppose we should observe a moment of silence for the Richard Heads of the world. Yes, I knew one.