Anyone else really miss Anthony Weiner right now?

[The Hitman]

He'd be on Fox News, in the belly of the beast, raking Boner over the coals.

Such a waste.

[Snotcicles]

1. They got him in the nick of time.nt

[The Hitman]

5. They did. But at the same time...

I never felt any sympathy for him.

This cartoon sums it up:

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/democrats/ig/Anthony-Weiner-Cartoons/Weiner-s-Weiner.htm

He knew how much he meant to this movement, and he knew how many people looked up to him. Seriously, he was incredibly stupid.

[Snotcicles]

29. He might have been a stupid dumbass, but he was our stupid dumbass. nt

[aquart]

2. As long as we judge a man's value to his country by his penis

We will keep losing good and useful people.

[BigDemVoter]

3. I sure miss him. . .

And for the life of me, I cannot figure out why in the FUCK he resigned!

[onenote]

4. actually, if he had kept his dick in his pants he'd be on Fox

Not so sure that if he'd stayed in Congress he'd be be laying low.

[The Hitman]

7. Well...

I dont think he ever took his dick out of his pants, it was just behind a thin layer of cotton.

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. Didn't see all the pics, did you

[The Hitman]

17. From what you're insinuating... I dont think I want to.

ewwwwww

[Ruby the Liberal]

23. Trust me, you don't

I need brain bleach even after all this time.

[valerief]

12. His dick is none of our business. nt

[KittyWampus]

13. Then why did he use his Congressional title/office/twitter account to troll for hot women?

[valerief]

22. Also none of our business. OTOH, all our WARS ARE OUR BUSINESS. nt

[TheKentuckian]

6. Yup, had to get that guy out of the mix otherwise he'd be up and down the dial raising hell.

[dipsydoodle]

8. No but you've reminded me of this again

'Please Warm My Weiner' BO CARTER, Delta Blues Guitar Legend : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0M2zEx-7g

:rofl:

[DCBob]

9. no.

[valerief]

11. Yes, indeed. It's a shame he got run out of town for virtually nothing. nt

[tnlefty]

15. Virtually is correct. I've yet to see dems lining up for Wu's head

on a platter, and if the accusations against him have any truth to them, then it wasn't 'virtual', but real and physical.

I did see earlier today that Pelosi is calling for an ethics investigation. Wu has stated that he won't resign, but won't run again, but where are all of the calls for him to resign ASAP?

[SoCalDem]

28. Wu seems like a timid back-bencher who will not return after the next election

he's not worth getting agitated about.

[Middle finga]

14. It seems all of the strong liberal voices have been silenced

Weiner, Grayson and Dean have all been sidelined. We now only have the no drama Obama lead democratic party.

[onenote]

16. Who silenced Grayson? Oh, wait. It was the voters in his district.

The guy is speaking out, which is great. But he was silenced because he was a bad fit for his own district. And why hasn't Howard run for office again?

[PassingFair]

19. He's running again, you know.

You don't win them all.

Glad to see you're so positive about the race!

[The Hitman]

20. He ran a terrible campaign in '10

Let's hope he learned some lessons and can connect better with voters. If only he had ran for governor instead of Alex Sink...

[Middle finga]

21. Grayson and Feingold were victims

of Obama's ineffective governing style

[Creideiki]

35. The DCCC gave him no support

Why should someone be a Democrat if the Democrats throw anyone progressive under the bus at the first opportunity?

[onenote]

38. so why is he running as a Democrat again?

[Creideiki]

41. *shrug* It's his choice

I know you're not suggesting not supporting a Democrat for office.

[onenote]

43. I'm glad he's running. I'm glad he's a Democrat. I hope he wins.

But he needs to run a much smarter race if he expects to make a comeback in his district. He needs to put forward progressive ideas in a way that doesn't make him sound like a loose cannon, which is what turned off a lot of voters in 2010, imo.

[The Hitman]

18. I silenced Dean in 2004

I voted for Kerry because I thought he had a better shot of beating Bush.

And I regret that every day.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Thank you for saying that.

It makes this long time Dean supporter feel a little bit better.

[Middle finga]

27. I wish Dean would have stayed as the head of the DNC

That position gave him a huge platform. Tim Kaine was terrible and Wasserman-Shultz is using the seat as a part-time job.

[ProSense]

25. No because

he voted against The People's Budget.

Congress needs more voices with matching votes, not just more voices.

[SoCalDem]

26. yes and no

he said all the proper things, but he had no self-control and did himself in.

self-destructiveness is a trait we could do with less of in our legislators

if you are to be a bold speaker and are ready to poke the opposition, you had better have few (if any) skeletons in your closet, because republicans target these people the most.

[firehorse]

30. I miss him... the value of his standing up to Boehner is more than his mistakes

[WinkyDink]

31. "raking Boner over the coals". You DIDn't just write that, did you??!

[Little Star]

32. nope

[Octafish]

33. I do. Clarence Thomas doesn't.

The supreme crook seems to have dropped off Corporate McPravda's radar.

[Dawson Leery]

34. I ALWAYS OPPOSED HIS RESIGNATION!

[Raine]

36. I'd actually forgotten all about him, fame is fleeting. nt

[Wait Wut]

37. A little.

I miss Teddy more.

[pipi_k]

39. Not that boner wouldn't deserve a bit of raking over the coals, but...

what then?

How would raking boner over the coals (or slapping his hand, or kicking him in the ass, or...) change what's going on now?

:shrug:

[bdamomma]

40. me

[Vinca]

42. It's a real shame what Weiner did to himself and a huge loss to us.

He was a great spokesman, but I guess his boldness got the best of him.