I think Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce had it right when they penned the scathing, anti-establishment Cream classic “Politician.”

Sings Cream vocalist and bassist Bruce, “Hey now baby, get into my big black car. I wanna just show you what my politics are. Political man and I practice what I preach. So don’t deny me baby, not while you’re in my reach. I support the left, though I’m leaning to the right. But I’m just not there when it’s coming to a fight.”

I would imagine that New York State Congressman Anthony Weiner’s wishing he’d pulled out a copy of Cream’s 1968 release, Wheels of Fire (and took a listen), before he began firing off images and messages to all those young ladies from his Twitter and Facebook accounts. I’d like to think it would have made some kind of a difference, but then again, when it comes to politicians these days, well, nothing should really surprise us anymore.