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sabrina 1

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6. I don't know about Weiner being unelectable. This is NY we are talking about, they don't much care
Wed Jul 24, 2013, 02:29 AM
Jul 2013

about people's personal sex lives. Weiner would be infinitely superior to Quinn, cyber sex or no cyber sex. And we have no idea what Bloomberg or Kelly or Quinn have been up to in their personal lives. But they've served the real bosses of the country well, so we won't find out.

Weiner earned the wrath of the Far Right who were following him around so closely for months to try to get something on him, and we now know his 'data' was in the hands of the NSA, that he could not have hidden anything he was doing even if he tried.

The reason? He was going after Justice Clarence Thomas and was succeeding in getting Congress to change the laws re SC Justices and Recusing themselves if they have a conflict of interest. Thomas had a serious conflict of interest regarding Citizens United who helped finance his defenses before Congress during his confirmation hearings, and should have recused himself from that vote.

Weiner was furious that he had not done so and was on the air in NY regularly drumming up support to get a bill before Congress requiring SC Justices by law, to recuse themselves when they have a conflict like that. As it stands now, it is the 'honor system' and Thomas has no honor.

He was succeeding and he needed to be silenced. Granted, it was his own fault, but had he been a good little puppet, we would never have heard about it.

NYers are pretty savvy, they know a lot of this and I doubt you'd find a majority of people there who care much about this.

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hell yeah, let's make the NYPD chief Head of Homeland Security, he's got the right stuff nt msongs Jul 2013 #1
"wrongdoers" - right out of Idiot Son's mouth ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #2
Not much reason to have a constitution someone else Jul 2013 #3
more like "wrongcolors" Prospero1 Jul 2013 #11
This why Quinn needs to be zentrum Jul 2013 #4
I don't know about Weiner being unelectable. This is NY we are talking about, they don't much care sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #6
but. . .but. .but he showed his dick to someone that wasn't his wife Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #7
He made it our business. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #15
I'm one of those New Yorkers... zentrum Jul 2013 #16
Same thing with Giuliani, who did a lot worse, he moved his mistress into Gracie Mansion while his sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #17
Sigh obama2terms Jul 2013 #5
With many things in government christx30 Jul 2013 #9
Of course we can't have limits on police power.... blackspade Jul 2013 #8
Who's the NYPD chief, George Zimmerman? alp227 Jul 2013 #10
Giggity giggity giggity! KamaAina Jul 2013 #13
'Bloomberg called the bills dangerous and irresponsible and said they would make the city less safe' Indi Guy Jul 2013 #12
In ascending order, a Governor or President who won't let go. But thank Zod for this veto. What if 24601 Jul 2013 #18
Oversight and accountability inevitably leads to mass death in the streets nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #14
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