Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) Strikes The Last Word

[Mrhyde719]

Run time: 05:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20GeY7sQseg   Posted on YouTube: May 25, 2011 By YouTube Member: NancyPelosi Views on YouTube: 2345   Posted on DU: May 26, 2011 By DU Member: Mrhyde719 Views on DU: 8114

 
Rep. Weiner knocks another one out of the park.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. Love that guy

Mr. Weiner always tells it like it is - THANKS MR. WEINER:kick:

[rurallib]

2. That should be edited down and made into a commercial

Jeeze that guy is good.
We need more Weiners with the gutz to stand up and tell the truth

[bobbolink]

29. Great idea! Billboards. Full-page ads.

Hardly anyone saw this, and it is a great educational tool.

[aquart]

3. He's an articulate treat, he is.

[avebury]

4. I love this guy and wish

that he was my Representative.

[Name removed]

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[Metta]

6. Even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in awhile.

Man, he was telling it and taking their pants off. He deserves higher office.

[Billy Burnett]

12. " and no disrespect to squirrels."

That was a great zinger!

[Metta]

14. Right. He wasn't mincing words.

Kudos to him.

[kag]

7. I love me some Weiner!

And I'm not ashamed to say it! (Even if it does sound a little perverted.)


:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :blush:

[Plucketeer]

8. HOLY SHIT!

I want to BUY THAT GUY A STEAK dinner! Or whatever his palate fancies - with ALL the trimmings and a coupla beers to boot! Too bad the MSM won't aire this. This is the kind of clarity and honesty that makes sane and sentient folks wanna jump up and shout!
Where ARE the rest of the Dems on this? How come we never hear them kick like this? How hard would it have been to see several other Dems standing behind Weiner while he delivered this??? Or are they worried the Ins. Ind. might cut them off???

Go Anthony Go :kick:

[gtar100]

19. CNN, Fox, ABC, CBS and NBC don't do clarity and honesty.

So tragic because this is exactly what all the numskulls out there need to hear. Having a man like Anthony Weiner in Congress gives me hope despite all the madness of politics. I'm sure the republicans did their usual dismissal of sound reasoning so they could hold onto their selfish interests but he's right, at some point the truth of their position cannot be ignored. The fact that they have to "squirrel" around their own position reveals clearly that they know what they are doing to Medicare is wrong, pure and simple - wrong.

[yodermon]

9. kicking for later

weiner '16

[FarLeftFist]

10. Brilliant!

Anthony kills them with common sense.

[LittleGirl]

11. One of the few Dems with a spine

love him!

[colorado_ufo]

13. What a guy!

Awesome defender of truthiness! Please Rep. Weiner - 2016!

[olegramps]

21. Why not 2012?

[JTFrog]

62. Because he is a Democrat and knows better.

Smart Dems know better than to primary an encumbent Dem President.
No Dem with common sense is going to be willing to ruin their career by
helping put a repig in the White House.

[Thav]

42. Weiner/Grayson ticket

that'd be a good one. either man in either position.

[ejbr]

50. +1002 n/t

[txlibdem]

57. A+

Agreed that we need the two at the helm

[Scuba]

15. Nice job Rep. Weiner. I don't always agree with him, but he nailed this one. n/t

[earcandle]

16. Thank you for this speech, Rep Weiner!

[Merlot]

17. In Washington, a "gaff" is when a republican tells the truth!

[democracy1st]

18. K & R

[seabeyond]

20. i love weiner. such a man. nt

[dlegate]

22. Wow! Nice!

Go Anthony Weiner!

[Ohio Joe]

23. "You do"

Fucking awesome! I love this guy, telling it like it is... How refreshing :D

[garthranzz]

24. Oy! I'm kvelling!

The Yiddish word for taking great pleasure in something, usually the accomplishment of a relative or friend, is kvell. When your nephew wins the spelling bee, oy, vas I kvelling.

When Weiner speak, oy, I kvell.

[Johnny Noshoes]

25. That's my congressman...

Tells it like it is and takes no prisoners...go Brooklyn!

[cachukis]

26. Was listening to Dr. Richter on my local WMNF interviewed

about Vermont's single payer and she revealed that insurance companies have reps who actually look through patient files to see if the docs are in compliance with the insurance treatment standards. I thought repubs were all about not interfering with the doc patient relationship. Is this a little corporate big brother?

[underpants]

27. F'ing hilarious and more importantly TRUE - "with no disrespect to squirrels". Spot on Anthony.

:applause: :bounce: :patriot: :spray:

[Canuckistanian]

35. That line got me too

"Now you're trying to squirrel out of it... no disrespect to squirrels"

:rofl: :rofl:

[immoderate]

44. Me too -- WHAM!

--imm

[SleeplessinSoCal]

28. "What is it Health Insurance companies do in this country?" Bumper Sticker???

[LuckyLib]

58. This needs to be asked again and again and again and again and again.

Health insurance companies are criminal enterprises feeding at the public trough to amass profit.

[RBInMaine]

30. SPOT ON GOD DAMN PERFECT !! Every Democrat needs to say EXACTLY the same things 1000 times.

[Hissyspit]

31. He WAS being awfully hard on squirrels...

[Plucketeer]

32. I've watched this three times today.

Not that I had one bit of misunderstanding about anything Anthony's said - it's just that I LOVE watching him mash Republican's faces in their own doo. He does it with SUCH class and frankness. I sure to hell hope he's there in DC for eons to come. We need to get Grayson back in that hall as well. Those two would make one hell of a tag team!

[valerief]

33. I love me some Anthony Weiner! nt

[AmericaIsGreat]

34. Got a man crush on this guy

Brilliant politician.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

36. SIR BROOKLYN!

That's how it's done.

K&R

[barbtries]

37. i love him

a great listen.

[RBInMaine]

38. Keep attacking the Republican Voucher-Care plan !

[OneGrassRoot]

39. Dayum.....I do love him. n/t

[WhiteTara]

40. What a brilliant man! Kudos to a passionate and

reasoned speech! We created it. We believe in it.

[philpotts99]

41. Don't you wish we had a President who could give a speech like that?

Obama's a good speaker and all, but, as the fellow said, we need more matter with less art. So far he has used the bully pulpit to legitimize Republican extremism-- not only on Social Security and Medicare, but also on war, arbitrary executive power, government spying on Americans, transparency, etc. etc. etc.

[Justpat]

43. I love this guy so much

but why is he the only one in our party willing to tell it like it is?

Bernie Sanders, an Independent, is the only other one in congress that I can think of who is equally as fearless in taking on the republicans.

[DMNinFL]

45. Transcript????

I have to find a transcript of this!!!! Where do I go???

[tblue37]

56. We deafies get very frustrated by posts like this! A summary would help so much. nt

[PatSeg]

46. "Own it!"

I'm sure a few on the other side of the aisle were squirming.

The first time I heard Weiner speak, I fell in love with him and he just gets better all the time. That speech was full of great talking points for the Dems to use.

[ChazInAz]

47. Snortle!

"...blind squirrel..."
Snort!

[jaxx]

48. There had to be pub heads exploding when he said that.

K&R he was great!

[moondust]

49. Kick for Captain Courageous.

:kick:

[defendandprotect]

51. "What is it that insurance companies do, anyway...?" -- Great question!!!

Middlemen to pain and suffering -- with GOP as the CEO's --

[bluecoat_fan]

52. K&R

[annabanana]

53. Gotta confess.. THIS is the kind of stuff that gets me all

hot & bothered. Very very sexy.

[CrispyQ]

54. "Own it!"

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tblue37]

55. Thanks so much for the summary for us deafies. Oh, that's right--

there isn't one.

Very frustrating.

[DFW]

59. In a nutshell

Wiener got up and admonished the Republicans to stop saying "that#s not what we meant," or
"that's not what we said" every time the public catches one of their plans and hates it. Wiener
says to them, if this is your plan then embrace it and stick to it, or change parties. We are against
your program, we say so, and we stand by our position. Republicans should stop trying to wiggle out
of standing by what they said whenever closer examination of their proposals shows them to be BS,
or downright destructive to all but insurance companies, even if they are a wholly owned subsidiary.

Hope that helps. With Wiener, being a "deafie," as you put it, is definitely a disadvantage--like
a blind man trying to appreciate a Picasso. You can get a description, but it's never going to be
an adequate substitute--sorry if my summary was lacking!

[tblue37]

61. Thank you very much!! nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

60. god that was great!

Wow!!

All I want is the truth. Just give me some truth!

[proud patriot]

63. I love that man