The Democrats Need More Weiners?
Diane Ellis, Ed. ·
Mar 24, 2011 at 11:12am
Best line of the day comes from Dana Milbank:
Democrats would be better off if more of them acted like Weiners.
That doesn't exactly strike me as sage advice, but if the Democrats feel they are better served by deranged lunatics like this, by all means go find more Weiners. May I suggest downtown San Francisco at Market St. as a good place to pick up unhinged maniacs?
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Jun '10
Re: The Democrats Need More Weiners?
Diane Ellis, Ed.: Best line of the day comes from Dana Milbank:
That doesn't exactly strike me as sage advice, but if the Democrats feel they are better served by deranged lunatics like this, by all means go find more Weiners. May I suggest downtown San Francisco at Market St. as a good place to pick up unhinged maniacs? ·
The analogy is even more perfect, considering that maniacs on Market Street (of the homeless variety) are never so incoherent that they'd forget to ask for more of your money.
Jul '10
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Weiner forgot to yield back his remaining time. Tsk, tsk. How can parliamentary procedure survive these gross oversights. The pillars of Heaven are shaking.
Sep '10
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How 'bout a few anger management classes for this man.
Dana Milbank thoughtful Washington Post opinion columnist, likes Weiner's approach:
His message was, predictably, a collection of snappy comebacks to Republican accusations.
The congressman offered a few examples, employing the sort of rhetoric used to wage an argument in a schoolyard. Big government takeover? “No.” Transformation of the economy? “It wasn’t.” Socialism? “Polar opposite.” Raiding Medicare? “Nonsensical.” Burdens on small business. “None.” The individual mandate? “Ain’t a big deal.” Even the administration’s liberal granting of waivers didn’t indicate flaws in the law, but flexibility; in fact, he said, he might seek one for New York City.
Along the way, Weiner dismissed the Supreme Court, which he expects will rule the law unconstitutional, as “a corporate-dominated wing of the Republican Party.” He disparaged the Congressional Budget Office as “propeller-heads,” and he accused GOP presidential candidates of “overtly lying.”
Assert. Declaim. Yell. Stomp. Pound. Point. Insult. Exaggerate. Deny. Lie.
May '10
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Ahem.
Dec '10
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Has he been stealing Al Franken's cocaine again?
Edited on Mar 24, 2011 at 11:55amRe: The Democrats Need More Weiners?
Franco: How 'bout a few anger management classes for this man.
Dana Milbank thoughtful Washington Post opinion columnist, likes Weiner's approach:
His message was, predictably, a collection of snappy comebacks to Republican accusations.
For clarity's sake, the video I linked to wasn't the one Milbank was apparently referring to, but Weiner's style is pretty consistent. I just chose a clip that was representative of his typical angry display.
Mar '11
Re: The Democrats Need More Weiners?
A weiner by any other name...
Nov '10
Re: The Democrats Need More Weiners?
Never has there been so aptly named a representative.
Fewer Weiners, more Doolittles and Delays. :)
Jul '10
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Kennedy Smith: Ahem. · Mar 24 at 11:53am
Could you be more specific?
May '10
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Sisyphus
Could you be more specific? · Mar 24 at 12:24pm
Not without due chastisement.
Jul '10
Re: The Democrats Need More Weiners?
I will not sit Here to be berated so civilly.
I yield back My remaining characters.
May '10
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What does this say about the electorate, that such an unsuitable character like this gets elected?
Many people I know have no idea about the votes they cast, what issues are at stake, the motives of the candidates. They only seem to have one idea in mind: democrats good, republicans bad, and that's how their decisions are made.
Seems a sure formula for despotism to me.
May '10
Re: The Democrats Need More Weiners?
Have you ever been to New York City?
Nov '10
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They have plenty of Weiners. They need more Balls.
May '10
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This was the same series of events at which Weiner, while staunchly defending the health care law, announced his intention to seek a waiver for all of New York City. We now have over a thousand private groups with waivers and the entire state of Maine, with other states in line with their applications. You might ask sarcastically: why not waivers for everyone? Weiner actually praises this aspect of the law, which he refers to as "flexibility." More amusing is to see Media Matters spin the negative reaction to his comments, as if "jamming the law down our throats" is in perfect opposition to the highly uncertain process of having to petition HHS for a waiver. (Richard Epstein had an excellent piece on the inefficiency of this political rule-making process.)
May '10
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Whenever I see a video clip of Weiner, I find my eyes drifting to the ads scrawled across the bottom of the screen.
Dec '10
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Yes, I just heard about that and it now begs the question. Which is worse? A guy who casitgates the GOP for being passive by hiding behind a procedure as a way of saying no to O-Care, or a WEINER who uses a procedure to obtain a waiver for an entire city? What a loser.
Oct '10
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I gotta tell ya, I do wish we had some Repubs in the Congress with that kind of vim and vigor. I'm tired of the "my good friend" baloney. Weiner's arguments may be malarkey, but I do like his willingness to be passionate about them.
Re: The Democrats Need More Weiners?
Mike, I think this is an excellent idea. Since Republicans can't get Democrats to support ObamaCare repeal, why not a bill requiring the Administration to grant a waiver to any business or individual requesting one?
Sounds like fundamental fairness to me.