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petronius

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6. If you are the communications director for an embattled campaign, you probably

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 11:17 PM

Jul 2013

ought to know the difference between 'on the record' and 'off the record.' Better yet, you should know better than to ever engage in a vicious back-biting snarkfest with an interlocutor for whom 'on the record' is ever even a possibility. Save the angry gossip for your apolitical non-journalist ultra-trustworthy bestie back home...

Good stuff, though!

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weiner aid slams "slutbag" former intern [View all] arely staircase Jul 2013 OP

This campaign is misogyny central/so special BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #1

oh yeah slutbag was the least offensive word used arely staircase Jul 2013 #2

Barbara Morgan is Weiner's Communications Director. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #10

That's a f*&king awesome rant....... Hotler Jul 2013 #32

I can have a bit of a foul mouth myself BainsBane Jul 2013 #47

Is she from Delta Gamma at University of Maryland? sweetloukillbot Jul 2013 #48

She's a graduate of the Chris Christie charm school BainsBane Jul 2013 #61

Morgan Freeman reading said letter.... msanthrope Jul 2013 #70

I was wondering ........... Hotler Jul 2013 #38

I think we need a government-sponsored study to determine this. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #55

The person doing the complaining, though, is a woman!!!! MADem Jul 2013 #14

I know...I had to amend my post BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #17

I've heard that kind of language from young women in and around the subway on occasion. MADem Jul 2013 #20

she even dropped the C bomb arely staircase Jul 2013 #19

Good thing it wasn't Fleet Week, she'd have the Sailors blushing!!! nt MADem Jul 2013 #21

Women are perfectly capable of misogyny BainsBane Jul 2013 #29

He is going downhill fast. I am not voting for him. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #3

he would have made a good mayor arely staircase Jul 2013 #5

Anyone who has that much trouble BainsBane Jul 2013 #30

No, he wouldn't have Pale Blue Dot Jul 2013 #44

i used to call SwampG8r Jul 2013 #4

If you are the communications director for an embattled campaign, you probably petronius Jul 2013 #6

Weiner has the campaign staff he deserves. nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #7

and this woman is danger's communications director! frylock Jul 2013 #8

she certainly communicated - KittyWampus Jul 2013 #11

communicated pretty clealry arely staircase Jul 2013 #12

She seems to be a real straight shooter. JVS Jul 2013 #18

. TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #24

She's on the .... PHONE! Hope she's not, errrr, checkin' her tweets! nt MADem Jul 2013 #45

Wow, Barbara Morgan just killed it. PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #9

Once again his staff damages his campaign... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #13

Nyuck nyuck!!! That was a very clever comment! nt MADem Jul 2013 #15

thigh rod and thigh staff arely staircase Jul 2013 #16

!!! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #51

OK--you win the thread. DUzy! n/t eridani Jul 2013 #60

wooshed right over me. Nice wordplay..nt Jesus Malverde Jul 2013 #69

slutbag is harsh! flamingdem Jul 2013 #22

I think Adam & Eve sells "weiner aides" NuclearDem Jul 2013 #23

Can you imagine what kind of zoo a Weiner administration would be like? frazzled Jul 2013 #25

Women can be brutal about one another madville Jul 2013 #26

Anyone who has overheard female coworkers discussing another female coworker, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #41

This campaign is self destructing worse than Mitt Romney's did last year. Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #27

That should help with the women's vote BainsBane Jul 2013 #28

Yep. Calling another woman a slutbag and a c**t is always a good strategy Sheldon Cooper Jul 2013 #65

Elliot Spitzer thanks Anthony Weiner BainsBane Jul 2013 #31

He makes Spitzer look squeaky clean by comparison flamingdem Jul 2013 #39

and not nearly so pathetic BainsBane Jul 2013 #40

"Like, four weeks ago" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2013 #33

How about a paragraph or two so we don't have to play "follow the link" Pelican Jul 2013 #34

I'm pretty sure you'd get TOS'D for doing so! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2013 #35

Oh I read it... Pelican Jul 2013 #37

Here cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #36

its a pain in the ass with my phone arely staircase Jul 2013 #57

Fair enough... Pelican Jul 2013 #59

If this idiot becomes Mayor DonCoquixote Jul 2013 #42

New York will somehow survive not having Anthony Wiener aa mayor KinMd Jul 2013 #43

Everyone talked this guy up, but no one can name any legislation he cosponsored! MADem Jul 2013 #46

Barbara Morgan is an untapped talent. MelungeonWoman Jul 2013 #49

Weiner is probably tapping her, rest assured. nt Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #50

Well, boo hiss Warpy Jul 2013 #52

"Communications director" BainsBane Jul 2013 #62

I know, right? You'd think she'd know more expletives than that Warpy Jul 2013 #67

can you imagion MFM008 Jul 2013 #53

Buh-Bye Anthony Weiner. longship Jul 2013 #54

With all the "likes" in her statement, Are_grits_groceries Jul 2013 #56

i found that to be the like really annoying thing about her nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #58

That's like, more offensive to me than, like, the cussing. MadrasT Jul 2013 #64

Would someone please, please put the Weiner campaign down cali Jul 2013 #63

I suspect the voters will be doing that September 10th. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #66

yeah, but in the meantime, all the oxygen is getting sucked out of the race. cali Jul 2013 #68