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By Roy Edroso, Friday, Feb. 5 2010 @ 11:07AM
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Categories: Media, Politics
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Crapping out of the 2009 mayor's race freed Anthony Weiner from the obligation to watch his mouth, it seems. He's been tearing up the TV with snark about the idiots who disagree with him.

Last night he was on Jon Stewart's show, and when Stewart asked him if Joe Lieberman is a dick, Weiner replied, "Yes, Jon."

(No love lost there: Previously, when informed that Lieberman had misspelled his name in a letter to Harry Reid, Weiner said, "Maybe he couldn't spell 'flip-flop' or 'back-stab,' either." Also, on Harold Ford Jr.'s Senate run: "I don't think we need another Joe Lieberman.")

Weiner also claimed on the Daily Show that if he'd run for mayor, he would have "beaten Bloomberg like a rented mule."

Earlier, Weiner was on the Rachel Maddow show and, in referring to Congressnut Michele Bachmann, added, "and whoever talks to her from the mothership."

On Monday, Weiner went into the belly of the beast itself, Fox News, and stood up to local leaders who say that New York can't handle the KSM trial, manfully telling Megyn Kelly "We can have trials of bad guys and not be quivering like jelly when we do it."

As his appearances before Democratic groups have shown, he's always had it in him. We got a taste of that back in October, when Weiner debated health care reform opponent Betsy McCaughey and called her a liar and a "pyromaniac in a straw man factory." But that was at a Democratic Leadership event, attended mainly by wonks. This new stuff is on national TV.

Maybe after all the crap he had to listen to during the Health Care Town Brawls, Weiner figured it was time to dish it out instead of just taking it. Or maybe he's looking for a talk show. In any case, what a refreshing change he offers from the apology epidemic that's going on lately.

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Betty Humpter says:

Anthony Weiner has all the debating and intellectual skills of a small child -- if that small child had to have his parents called in to school for a teachers' conference on his immaturity for that age.

Posted On: Sunday, Feb. 7 2010 @ 9:22AM
Jack Mahoney says:

The New Democrats like Weiner and Grayson give hope that after decades of cowering and apologizing liberals can stop meekly accepting crap and start dishing it out. As pointed out in a Times editorial today, in every recent election cycle the Republican leadership has cynically played the fear card. Giuliani actually said with a straight face that the US was never attacked on Bush-Cheney's watch. Fear and lies have persuaded those who reject "reality-based" interpretations of the news. The underwear bomber should have been tortured by Obama, they say, when he was treated lawfully, precisely the way Bush treated the shoe bomber several years ago (when there was no discernible outcry from the right). I will enjoy the Republican boo-hooing as this new breed of "dish it out" Democrats gains ascendancy.

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 10 2010 @ 6:12AM
johnny man says:

anthony weiner is exactly the kind of guy I would vote for president. I'm almost glad our government has Republican morons in it (just not so many) so I can enjoy Weiner making fun of them. Weiner/Grayson 2012.

Posted On: Saturday, Feb. 13 2010 @ 8:55PM
joan mettler says:

Bravo Jack Mahoney. Weiner and Grayson for pres and veep. Not sure whether it's in 2112 or 2116. I hope I live long enough to see two orators who speak to the needs of the public and the denegration of self-serving politicians lead our country.

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 26 2010 @ 2:53PM
jack holland says:

Hooray,hooray for Mr.Wiener in his telling Fox Lies,[ sorry I can't call it news since its always twisted into lies}.about their misreporting the facts. Fox has the greatest group of liars I seen in my life time.They are a disgrace to america and I'll bet Bin Laden is their greatest fan.Its a shame some others don't throw some of the Fox Dung back on them.JUST use a bigger shovel.A good start .Keep it going.
Thers another untruth maker thats as bad as the Fox Den. Thats Mitch Mcconnel,R-KY. Just look up things on this Joker. He can't utter the truth either.

Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 2 2010 @ 9:43PM

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