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In reply to the discussion: Weiner Should Drop Out, NYC Likely Dem Voters Tell Quinnipiac University Pol [View all]brooklynite
(96,882 posts)26. YOU said you would vote for Weiner over a Blue Dog...
If there's someone running for Mayor you think is one, let us know; if not, then the fact that you'd prefer him to a Blue Dog in Congress is irrelevent.
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Weiner Should Drop Out, NYC Likely Dem Voters Tell Quinnipiac University Pol [View all]
brooklynite
Jul 2013
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I like him but I am not sure he can beat Quinn in the runoff. I think Thompson can.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#4
corporate media & BigPharma are punishing weiner for his 2009 fight for single payer
randysoames
Jul 2013
#8
What a load. Weiner lied. He finally had to admit that the behavior continued after he resigned.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#9
Oh, sure, they held him down, made him watch porn to get erect, took photos...
Adenoid_Hynkel
Jul 2013
#11
They sure as hell are. Big deal. Dick pics. Get the hell over your embarrassments, people!
ancianita
Jul 2013
#13
You seem preoccupied with his dick and overlook that I'm QUITE PROUD OF HIS VOTING RECORD!
ancianita
Jul 2013
#31
Bullshit.That's a corporate FOX and MSNBC talking point.Judgment has not a damned thing to do with
ancianita
Jul 2013
#37
And your whole ad hominem style shows why talking points become 'my own' values. No one is an island
ancianita
Jul 2013
#39
Seriously? You really can dismiss his future because he wasn't the whip? Do you know who the
ancianita
Jul 2013
#19
THis kind of group attack is exactly how you eventually get blue dogs over hacks. Who said there
ancianita
Jul 2013
#25
I preferred him to BE THERE to fight ten blue dogs when he was there. As mayor he can
ancianita
Jul 2013
#33
He should not quit, no one likes a quitter. He may not make mayor but he should continue to try.
Sunlei
Jul 2013
#18
HE'S the goddammed best D. No one's BETTER because oppo research hasn't turned up anything.
ancianita
Jul 2013
#20
Yeah, totally agree. The guy is a joke and with him in the spotlight it hurts all Democrats.
DCBob
Jul 2013
#21
Stop being easily bullied children of REPUBLICAN media and get on with GROWNUP CAMPAIGNING!!
ancianita
Jul 2013
#23
Of course Weiner's behavior reflects on Democrats if we take him as a serious candiate.
DCBob
Jul 2013
#27
NO ONE in this country has some self-appointed right to throw away a good public record based on two
ancianita
Jul 2013
#30
Don't "dear" me. You silent DU'er cowards don't want to have to WORK for good candidates.
ancianita
Jul 2013
#35
Good rule of thumb: When a political candidate is the most frequent subject on late night comedy...
DCBob
Jul 2013
#40
Who here am I parroting? The NY'ers in the Q poll? Before all your 'befores,'
ancianita
Jul 2013
#47
I completely agree. The guy is a joke at this point and thankfully his chances of actually getting
NYC Liberal
Jul 2013
#42