With three weeks still to go in one of the most bizarre Republican primaries in history, CNN has already come out with its list of the “Top Media Disasters of the Year” – which includes memorable gaffes like Sarah Palin‘s “Blood Libel” and Rick Perry‘s debate “oops.” But topping the list was former Rep. Anthony Weiner‘s scuff with reporters about his Twitter-fueled sex scandal, which landed the public with lots of embarrassing photos before he resigned his post in June. Not only did this debacle draw a lot of laughs on late-night cable TV, but it seems a fitting winner in terms of consequences – at least as far as the Democrats are concerned — since it led to Weiner resigning a key Democratic seat in the House, which the Republicans later won in a special election.
