Here is New York Democrat Rep. Anthony Weiner on the House floor, yelling and pointing. Haha, he cares about his country and likes calling Republicans on their bullshit sometimes. Yeah, that is probably not going to work, but it is entertaining! The bill in question would have provided $7.4 billion in heath care benefits to 9/11 recovery workers, but it failed. Republicans said they voted against it because of “procedure,” according to Weiner’s tirade, and we always listen to people who are yelling, so let’s assume that is the whole story there. Later, Weiner was on Fox News and yelled at Rep. Peter King through the camera, even though King was standing behind him.
“Cracker jack!” “Ooooooooooooh” SO MANY BURNS!
Silly Weiner. Republicans are not “hurt” by hearing the truth. It just gives them an opportunity to sink deeper their ideological beliefs by denying the truth. You are helping them by yelling things at them.
But it is certainly enjoyable to see cable news guests in the same frame! They should do this more often. News shows should round up all the pundits and politicians they will have on in a given show and put them in a small pen, so that they are all wriggling on top of one another, shouting. Sort of like Marc Morrone’s shows, but better. [TPM]
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Someone needs to give Anthony a ray gun.
Weiner-slapped.
If Republicans were vegetation, lies would be their sunlight.
Neither of these guys can be President of Tea Party Nation. Peter King, obviously has a “title of nobility” which the new 13th Amendment will outlaw. The old 13th Amendment quaintly outlawed “involuntary servitude” but we don’t need that anymore.
Anthony Weiner can’t become President because the authors of the Constitution only envisioned (100%) white Christian men for the job. (See http://wonkette.com/417016/birthers-grand-new-strategy-no-matter-where-obama-was-born-he-cant-be-president). Plus he’s named after a hot dog.
Jack, it sounds like you want to see politicians wriggling around in excrement but can’t quite bring yourself to say so.
Gotta love that Weiner.
LOUD NOISES.
I like Anthony Weiner, but what a name — I’m going to call him Anthony Veggiedog instead.
Obama needs to get this emotional for what he believes in. The ReThuglicans have no interest in bipartisanship. For all their pretense about 9/11, when the time comes to stand up, they go AWOL.
I love it when Anthony Weiner yells at Republicans. I think he should do it every day. In fact, I think he should do it three times a day, at 4:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. The 7:00 p.m. show can be a dinner show with extra shouting and a guillotine, two drink minimum, and bring your children because watching blood be shed will make them strong.
Government of the TV, by the pundits, and for the wealthy, shall not perish from this Earth.
Weiner needs to run rhetorical boxing classes for his Demrat colleagues. The need to just keep slapping these Repubtrolls 24/7 from now to election day. Fuck civility, the teatards, Becker Peckers, and Limblonistas sure do. Just jab, jab, jab and jab. My Mama told me two wrongs don’t make a right, but here make two wrongs could make a left (jab) and in November then throw the right (off a cliff).
Wow, that must be some awesome pussy he is getting from his new Muslin wife , it has given him crazy amounts of testosterone and huge balls!! Yea for the power of the pussy!
The honorable representative from New York’s 9th District was merely inviting Peter King to eat a bag of hims.
We need to see more of this from Weiner and others. The shit head Fox guy rolling his eyes about why instances like this is the reason why Congress has low approval ratings should be done with. Weiner was right and he should be angry and we should see more anger from those on the Left instead of constant belly aching and capitulation to the lies and bull shit King and others put up.
People are angry and the only way to win elections is by exploiting that anger. It’s better people on the Left get angry over assholes using procedural motions to block good legislation than nihilist Paultards get angry over the tyranny of universal health care.
Weiner got married–what?–like 11 days ago. It seems to have unleashed something in him.
9/11 Never Forget!
Basically, the whole Repugnant strategy is just saying no, no, no like a two-year old. Any smart Dem should introduce some ultra-patriotic legislation like “protect the flag,” just to see them object to it and vote no.
I like the cut of his Weiner! And more of this please. Get Grayson as his wing-man and just light those fuckers up.
[re=628971]Serolf Divad[/re]: If? Eh, I don’t think you need the conditional there.
I would now like to see Weiner and Boehner in the same frame, if they can both fit.
we need more Weiners
Oddly, I saw this on a random flip to C-SPAN.
The GOPpers were acting very hurt. They had tremors in their voices, saying, “But, but, we just want the usual process. D-d-d-on’t say we’re not patriotic.” It was utterly weird.
I thought to myself, “And when we said that we wanted privacy rights respected and warrants for wiretaps, what happened to us?”
Oh, I think “Voted to deny 9/11 firefighters benefits” should be a banner headline.
Healthcare benefits? Silly patriots, Christie Whitman said the air was ok!
Put that in your Weiner and smoke it!
[re=628993]weejee[/re]: You are so right! The party should have some sort of “debating credibility” requirement for any potential candidates.
[re=628994]Limeylizzie[/re]: Indeed Madam.
If a Jew from New Yorks “lil Jerusalem” can marry a banging hot State Department employee with the purely islamo-fascist name of Huma Abedin (Now Huma Weiner…goodness that cries out for it’s own post, doesn’t it?) Then perhaps there is hope for us all.
I love the false dichotomy of the Faux News drone, as if “people are sick of the Senate” because of arguing, and not because the Repukes obstruct everything for every possible reason, procedure etc, they can think of. So the meme for the white-trash Americans is “gee, both parties just fight equally badly.”
I never thought I was a weiner-lover, but after seeing that weiner in action, I have to admit, I am conflicted, confused, and, well, OK, frankly, I am more than a bit curious.
[re=629014]facehead[/re]: Of course the air was OK, just because every pipe and every steel beam in the Twin Towers was covered with a layer of highly friable asbestos insulation which was pulverized to a powder and expelled into the air when the buildings collapsed and so coated the city that I could see it, glinting in the light of the streetlights, at night, when I visted NYC two months later, why is that a problem?
Translation: “STFU, Peter King, and don’t mess with Brooklyn, which had the balls to integrate the Majors and where we still know how to do the right thing.”
[re=629014]facehead[/re]: The fact that they were cleaning the streets a couple of times an hour and sometimes we had to go home feeling sick when the wind was blowing the dust towards my office building is just a coincidence!
Bill Hemmer must be wearing a tampon.
[re=629018]dijetlo[/re]: [re=629029]Prommie[/re]: Yes, and the fact that my nose bled every day for about 2 months after 9/11 was purely coincidental , also.
[re=629029]Prommie[/re]: Plus mercury from a million fluorescent tubes, burned plastic, human ashes.
I can’t help feeling a little tingle up my leg with this Weiner fellow. Pugilistic Jewish congressmen in your face, motherfuckers! (Even thugged out Rahm but that might be because Entourage is on and I like the characature of his brother.)
What I like is the fact that we’re hearing from Tony, Alan Grayson, Bernie Sanders, Barnie Frank, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, (petulant) Russ Feingold and others. They’re getting the limelight on these interviews and shit. *That* is because of the hopey-changey thing and the wave it brought in. The leadership determines who the go-to guys are. Meanwhile, more “compromised” folks w/ the Ds in their names like that Harlem dude are being eased out the door. The Rightwingers keep their crazies (diapers anyone?) and generally forlorn fucks until hell freezes over. Despite their yelling and the Beckian brownshirts, the publicans do have a branding problem and will continue to push away independents. Barry has the elegant black man constraints on him but the ferocious front guards are being let loose. If it’s deliberate, that’s some slick shit.
[re=629043]Limeylizzie[/re]: I only visited for a week, 2 months afterwards, and spent the next 6 months with chronic bronchitis and a constant fever that had me getting chest-xrays about once a month, one bout with pnuemonia, and finally, a visit to an infectious disease specialist, and those are scary, they took a gallon of blood, they did so many tests. But that could have been a coincidence, I have to admit. Did you notice the dust in the light from the streetlights at night, it looked like it was snowing when I was there.
[re=629043]Limeylizzie[/re]: [re=629045]just pixels[/re]: et al. Oh and sorry you all had to deal with such fucked up shit. Jeezus fucking Christ.
Kool Moe Weiner straight-up spiked the mic in those bitches like they was Busy Bee!
“The gentleman is correct in getting his muthafuckin’ ass handed to him!”
[re=628996]edgydrifter[/re]: Delicious!
New House rule: all members will be issued vuvuzelas to enjoy during floor speeches.
The problem was, as I understand it, that the Democrats wanted this bill to be amendment free and the Republicans wanted to put a bunch of ifs and buts on it.
You’d think that they could agree, JUST ONCE, to not put a bunch of padding for their arse holes on one bill.
Can’t do it. I guess that’s the procedural problem because the 2 guys shouting at each other are the bill co sponsors.
I have one thing I can kind of empathize with the T Party about (if that was really what the T party was about)… get rid of all of them, everyone in Congress.
The problem is that while we all sort of agree with this, many of us say don’t get rid of our guy.
[re=628998]Army of None[/re]: Yes, probably the realization that he has about six months of sex left in his life.
A Democrat who doesn’t roll over for the Republicans and Fox. What a concept.
[re=628966]MarieDeGournay[/re]: My morning dyslexia saw that as “gay run.”
“No, the gentlemen will not yield!” Or however close the quote. A fine verbal backhand, delivered with contempt. Very nice.
I bet he was just yelling at less then half full room during his remarks. I remember Grayson did the same thing and it was to an empty room. A bigger bark then their bite. Such is politics for democrats that run in the purple.
I liked how he had his sleeves rolled up. Giving the image that he was just got done some manual labor that pays in soup in the 1930s. This is an ambitious fella like “Peace Champion” Grayson.
I like such tactics since “liberalism” is a dud. Aggressive tactics and propaganda are all useful tools that “liberalism” says are bad. But this is politics, not a search for the next Buddha. Perception in politics is key and when you seem like you are week you won’t get votes. Making the republicans seem week is extremely useful especially with local issues.
Politicians like Weiner and Grayson might never become president. They will have a chance to perhaps become senator or govenor. This is just for self promotion till then. A tactic that Grayson recently started and Weiner (after calling Grayson crazy) soon embraced.
I don’t fault them. The ends do justify the means in politics. I just wish we had better people using such tactics then these two centrists.
[re=629047]Prommie[/re]: I mostly remember the smell of burning flesh that was everywhere, no-body actually mentioned it very much but we all knew what it was. Oddly enough I remember some very lovely things as well, I had only been in NYC for 2 years at the time, one was going into the local bodega on 9/11 that was run by some Palestinians , and they and I just stood there crying and they were holding my hands, it was one of the single-most extraordinary moments in my life. The other one was being in one of the first shows that opened on Broadway right after 9/11 and getting all these flowers , as you do, and the whole cast taking all their flowers to the closest fire department on 43rd and 9th, I think, and leaving them outside in memory of the firemen who hadn’t been found.
THE GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT IN SITTING!!!
I’m sorry, but I now refuse to watch video clips unless Andrew Breitbart has edited them out of context, and then they are replayed on Fox News with scary under-captions like “Anthony Weiner: Wants to give Federal Money to Muslims at 9/11 site?”
[re=629058]Jumping Jim[/re]:
Getting rid of the incumbents… More like need better voters as the reps tend to be reflective of their districts.
Vote the bums out didn’t work out so well. See “Contract” With US America and Gingrich, Newt Failures of.
The bill would pay out claims for ongoing health problems of 9/11 First Responders, by closing corporate offshore tax loopholes.
And 9 of 10 House Republicans voted “No.”
But yes John Q. Independent Voter. It’s Obama and Pelosi’s fault. Let’s vote those Republicans back in.
[re=629129]Limeylizzie[/re]: and this hardened shell of a wonkette commenter melted into a tiny puddle of salty water on my desk…
[re=629029]Prommie[/re]: The smoke lasted for well over a month.
I was living in the Bronx, working next to the Guggenheim. Most of the time, the wind blew the smoke (salty, oddly) over Brooklyn, but a few days it shifted to the south and blew it up the hill to work and over the river to home.
Remember that Christine Todd Whitman came out 24 hr later to announce that the air was perfectly fine to breathe? Well, her scientists were screaming that it wasn’t, but political appointees were keeping those reports from surfacing. Whitman quit the regime, later.
Not that it would have made any difference. The bridges were closed, so what were we going to do, stop breathing?
[re=629043]Limeylizzie[/re]: You and me, then. You up in Harlem, and me over in Pelham Bay.
[re=629262]JadedDIssonance[/re]: Sorry, I was sobbing as I was writing that, and I used to come to Wonkette for the grins!
[re=629268]Geogre[/re]: I was actually living in Brooklyn and I watched that smoke for weeks, it was unbelievable wasn’t it?
I like Rep. Weiner. I wish we had more Democratic representatives and Senators like him. And Republiklans should probably fear the day he ever walks into the Chamber with a cane. I could see him getting all Preston Brooks on someone’s ass. Maybe it will take the sight of one of their colleagues beaten unconscious to let the rest of the Republiklan Caucus know that we’re tired of fucking around.
[re=629051]Extemporanus[/re]: I loved every second of that performance. “The Gentleman is correct in turning his head sharply to the right when my hand unexpectedly makes contact with his face.”
He should change his name to Anthony Balls
[re=629408]Little Magic[/re]: Maybe when he gets enough balls to acknowledge that Palestinians are people. To me he is playing local politics in purple town and the only way to do those things is to be a DINO or a populist who runs on local issues and is extremely aggressive. Yeah he’s doing some good in subverting his bipartisan cosponsor who happens to represent the same state as him. Yeah it makes Peter King look week which will affect his future chances at reelection. That’s pretty much the point.
When Anthony needs to pack heat like Kucinich did for doing the right thing for the right reason. Then that will be the time for such a name change. Otherwise, Kucinich is the only one worthy of such a title. Dennis Balls Kucinich sounds good. Who else in politics has the balls to be an idealist? Who else has the balls to go against the grain even if it’s politically inconvenient? Who else would risk their life to uphold their principles? Only Dennis.
Weiner is a small man compared to Dennis. Weiner is just another politician.
obama is a terrorist and weiner is an asshole. They fit together well .I hope all you osma bama supporters are happy with the change.Too bad it’s your kids and grankids that will be paying the price for your being STUPID.You progressives need to either wake up or take osama back to the mud hut in his home country to be with his brother he loves so much,and don’t forget to pick up his aunt who is here illeagly on your way.
[re=629501]General Choomin[/re]: Please. Kucinich looks like someone stole his Lucky Charms. Weiner and Grayson have some actual fire in the belly. Don’t know where you get the whole centrist label for them, though.
[re=629516]zap em[/re]: Poopyhead. And fuck you.
[re=629516]zap em[/re]: O… bummer
[re=629531]imissopus[/re]: Nice point. Kucinich is a short man! He’s so short that he short! Not like the manly “peace champion” Grayson and the equally manly and MSNBC and FOX regular Weiner. Grayson who admittedly said he wasted years of his life advocating against the Iraqi war made a small fortune in those wasted years. He’s a multimillionaire now yet he needs us common folk to donate donate donate! A true shame when a millionaire asks for money bombs every quarter. Grayson the “Peace Champion” does insult leftists however when said leftists ask him to define “peace” and “champion”.
Weiner Weiner how I love him. Just like Grayson trying to tap some populism with passion. Leave your intelligence at the door because this man is angry! He’s going to yell to prove his point is right. Since politics is all about who can say things the loudest and the longest. Even if he, like Grayson, do these lil cspan speeches to a room full of tumble weeds. A pony show for those that think they are a bit smarter then the regular Shmoe.
I stand by my opinion of their position of centrists. I do not disapprove of the aggressive tactics and propaganda they use. But to say they are leftists because they introduced legislation which could not pass is a specious test of what constitutes a leftist.
Weiner and Grayson are pure and simply opportunists. They will say anything to gain influence amongst the base. Any dem who voted for the Iraqi war authorization like Weiner should not be mentioned in the same paragraph as those who voted against war. As well as the millionaire who asks for money claiming to be a “Peace Champion” while at the same breathe justifying the recent murders of peace activists.
It’s that simple. The fire in the belly is for themselves. Not for changing discourse or accomplishing a single thing. It’s a stupid trick to consolidate power and gain influence within the base. Ron Paul did the same thing in the republican base as these people are doing in the dem base. Populism is all the same shit. Hear what you want and get the opposite of what you expect.
As I said, I don’t mind propaganda nor do I see aggressive tactics as bad. I fault them on the target they wish to influence and the lack of principles they have. They have no philosophy or principle behind their message. Kucinich might be short and he doesn’t compare to those two in PR. But at least he has principles. Principles which he has demonstrated time after time even when it was not to his political advantage.
The difference between us is that I personally don’t want to elect another ass licking politician. Someone who later says that they will only keep the promises they intended to keep. Who then makes choices based on polls rather then whats obviously right and whats obviously politically safe and fucking moronic. That’s not who I want to vote for. I want to vote and elect a true leader. Something Grayson and Weiner will never be.
[re=629516]zap em[/re]: Osmabama? Jesus Fucking Christ on a Pennyfarthing you are an illiterate fucknut! What school did you drop out of? Eight fucking years of Bush fucking us up and your going off about this? Go back to RedState you shitwit! Begone!
[re=629566]General Choomin[/re]: It wasn’t a knock on his height, ya douche nozzle, but on his overall look: the oddly-shaped head, the weirdly-spaced eyes, the slightly pointy ears.
And your leftist purity tests are just as bad as the ones the Tea Party is imposing for folks on the right. Twenty percent of the electorate identifies as leftist and twenty percent (give or take) identifies as right-wing. Which means sixty percent of the people fall somewhere in the mushy middle. Principles are a lovely thing but in our system you have to compromise on them every once in awhile, it’s how things get done. Take a look sometime at how many major pieces of legislation Kucinich has managed to get through Congress over the last twenty years while also refusing to compromise on his principles. Then go eat a bag of DailyKos-approved dicks.
[re=629516]zap em[/re]:
Ooohh… Stupid and belligerent.
[re=629516]zap em[/re]: Illeagly! Really, you dumb cunt, is that a sick bird of prey?
[re=628993]weejee[/re]: I’ve maintained that the president should very publicly tell Fox News and teabaggers like “zap em” to cram it, offering to give Glenn Beck something he can damn well cry about, and see his approval rating climb back up past 60 percent.
Ol’ Yeller lives!
[re=629516]zap em[/re]: Is that like an abracadabra spell to make the scaaaaary blaaaack man go away and weave you awone? “Heagly beagly illeagly?”
[re=629566]General Choomin[/re]: tl;dr. You sure write a lot during work hours. Get a job, hippie.
Can’t tell if he’s the pot or kettle? Either way, he’s funny!
That Weiner has balls!
[re=629806]mustardman[/re]: About time somebody grew a set.
[re=629806]mustardman[/re]: hope weiner starts smearing those balls in a few right wing faces . yoohoo lindsay ?
Inglourious basterd!
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