Thursday, June 9, 2011

The Best Commentary I Have Heard about Congressmant Anthony Weiner and the Democratic Party in General.

Mike Papantonio expressed these most eloquent thoughts about Congressman Anthony Weiner on "The Ed Show" earlier this week.
Unfortunately, these comments were made before the latest alleged photo was released, which caused Papantonio to do a 180, which one can obviously understand.
However, in the course of recanting, for want of a better word, last night (June 8th), Papantonio did interject a few "pithy" comments about just how low on the evolutionary scale Andrew Breitbart is.
Here is a reasonably accurate recap of what he said on Monday night, June 6th:
"When Republican David Vitter was caught on the top of the DC Madame’s list, he didn’t resign, and Republicans stood behind him. Ensign was caught in a steamy sex tryst and then tried to cover it up with campaign funds. He didn’t resign until four years later when he had no choice. People forget that John Boner helped cover up the Mark Foley story when Foley was soliciting sex from underage Congressional pages. So it’s wrong to throw Anthony Weiner under the bus.
Look: progressives need courageous people with conviction. Weiner’s one of them. This is the time you stand behind them. It’s typical of Democrats to be afraid to go to bat for him. You could have gotten Weiner to show up for another Democrat. But it doesn’t surprise me that the Democrats ... they typically show this kind of lack of courage. They cave in. They’re afraid of every damn thing. So they won’t say, “Listen, let’s talk about what a lie is.
A lie is when you look at a camera and tell the American people that there are weapons of mass destruction, and it ends up in the deaths of thousands of Americans. THAT’S a lie. This is a bump in the road, and, if Democrats would show some courage like this Congressman does, they would be out there for him. Unfortunately, it’s a problem Democrats have. Weiner would be there for them; I can promise you that.
Boner lies every day about creating jobs, and Ryan lies every day about what he’s going to go to Medicare. These guys lie all the time. These are the lies that bother me.
What we’re missing about this whole thing is that Weiner isn’t just a Congressman. Weiner frames issues. Weiner says the things that other politicians are afraid to say. He’s like Bernie Sanders. I’m saying he’s worth fighting for because he’s the guy who will go out on the front line and say what every other Democrat might be thinking but doesn’t have the darn courage to say. And right now that’s what the Democrats need more than anything else: people with courage.
Nancy Pelosi did the right thing by calling for an ethics investigation. But don’t push this thing too much.
Let’s remember who we’re talking about. Yes, he may have some gremlins that he needs to deal with, but, when it comes to taking care of the American people, to taking care of people who are out of work, taking care of people in the country who need help, Anthony Weiner’s the guy who’s always there for them, and we’ve got to remember that as we go forward."

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