Outplacement idea for Weiner: Talk show host

[KamaAina]

Think about it. Clearly his political career is now over. But the very qualities that doomed him at the polls could work for him on the air.

Take the incident with the guy in the yarmulke. Now replace him with, say, Chris Christie. BOOM!

[Scuba]

2. Janitor at Starbucks, or maybe fluffer in Hollywood.

Or maybe one of those people who sit in empty chairs at gala events so the cameras don't pick up an empty chair - no wait, too risky.

[RevStPatrick]

3. I've been thinking that for a while...

He had to stay in the race, in order to spend all the donation money he collected, or he would have to give it back. If he has anything left over, he has a certain amount of time to donate it to another campaign.

But yes, his political career is now over.
And I think he would probably be a great talk show host.
That was really all he was good for anyway... bloviating.
He didn't really have any kind of record of legislation under his belt.
But he was one of the best bloviators on "our side."
Fox News loved him, and he never let them get away with their usual shit.

There's something to be said for that...

[kentuck]

4. that's what I told my wife this morning

He could do well.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. Local talk maybe. Very limited appeal.

Very limited indeed.

[Jenoch]

6. I don't think Weiner's biggest problem is that he is

a pervert. His biggest problem is that he seems to be a jerk.

If he were to go into the talkshow business, his best chances would be for him to do something similar to Morton Downey, Jr.'s talkshow.

[KamaAina]

8. I was thinking more like a lefty counterweight to O'Really?'s.

[Jenoch]

10. I don't like O'Reilly, but his fans do.

I don't think anybody likes Weiner, so there's that problem with getting people to watch him on a talkshow.

[winter is coming]

7. Could it be on some network I never watch, like Fox News? n/t

[Pretzel_Warrior]

9. He could quite possibly do good living with Woody Allen impressions

The woody is strong with this one. LOL. I crack myself up.

[Myrina]

11. He oughta join WWE.

.... they always need one wimpy, obnoxious character who looks hilarious in trunks to play the geek that gets his ass kicked ...