‘... everyone would be in love with me.’ Why every member of the Congress of the United States is watching what happens to Rep. Anthony Weiner.
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author's program note. In 1965, an obscure meat company called Oscar Mayer needed something to boost sales, which were going nowhere fast. The owner wanted results and he needed them yesterday. A jingle would help... but these guys were music schleppers... Tin Pan Alley they weren't. But they kept at it and in the best American tradition they inched towards their goal... until, bingo, they created one of the best-known ditties ever penned; pure advertising gold, worth untold millions to the company. It was short! It was sweet! It was insistent! And once you got it in your brain, you couldn't get it out. "Oh, I wish I was an Oscar Mayer weiner. That is what I'd truly like to be. For it I was an Oscar Mayer weiner. Everyone would be in love with me." You'll find the music in any search engine. Play it before reading this article. Very bright man, very stupid things. Seven-term U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) w...