Bill Hutchinson

The “if” is far bigger than Anthony Weiner’s dangerous appetite for sexting, but the failed mayoral candidate says he’d be mayor if it weren’t for the Internet.

“Maybe if the Internet didn’t exist? Like, if I was running in 1955? I’d probably get elected mayor,” Weiner said, wishing it were the era of Robert Wagner Jr. in an interview for GQ magazine’s November issue.

“A lot of times, when people said to me, ‘You’re being pilloried,’ you could hear between the lines. You could hear: ‘I do this, too,’ or ‘I have this problem, too.’ But what difference does it make?” the ex-pol, also known as Carlos Danger, added.

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