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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-11 12:22 PM
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32. It's the lack of fight for Weiner by all democrats that's the problem.
..not that Weiner is the Democratic party.

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  -Anthoy Weiner resigns: the Democratic Party has officially been silenced. nt RIP mfcorey1  Jun-16-11 11:36 AM   #0 
  - You got it.  CaliforniaPeggy   Jun-16-11 11:38 AM   #1 
  - Don't worry.  Dept of Beer   Jun-16-11 01:01 PM   #53 
     - +1  AlabamaLibrul   Jun-16-11 04:17 PM   #87 
  - and with Obama at the helm, we go quietly,  ChairmanAgnostic   Jun-16-11 11:39 AM   #2 
  - This feels like a funeral.  robinlynne   Jun-16-11 11:40 AM   #4 
  - We might as well change the name of the democratic party. RIP democratic party. I've not  RKP5637   Jun-16-11 11:42 AM   #9 
  - The Democrats, Republicans, and Corporate Media  liberalmike27   Jun-20-11 08:22 AM   #131 
  - no fucking way. the Dem Party did this. not the other party. they did not call for his resignation.  robinlynne   Jun-16-11 11:40 AM   #3 
  - They sure as hell did -RNC Chair Rance Pubius (or whatever), Santorum,  kath   Jun-16-11 01:52 PM   #56 
  - I saw Debbie Wasserman-Schultz calling for his resignation more than any GOP'er.  NorthCarolina   Jun-17-11 09:45 AM   #119 
  - the dem party does not know how to circled the wagons  bdamomma   Jun-17-11 08:56 AM   #110 
  - They took down one of our strongest champions,  Ed Suspicious   Jun-16-11 11:42 AM   #5 
  - Don't forget that they have silenced Alan Grayson also at the ballot box.  mfcorey1   Jun-16-11 11:45 AM   #13 
  - and Russ Feingold, one of the best by far.  inna   Jun-16-11 02:36 PM   #79 
     - and Ted Kennedy is dead n/t  AlabamaLibrul   Jun-16-11 04:18 PM   #88 
        - And Wellstone was wellstoned. nt  Lorien   Jun-17-11 09:19 AM   #114 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Jun-16-11 11:50 AM   #18 
  - strongest? no  qazplm   Jun-16-11 11:53 AM   #20 
  - "They"? Didn't realize "they" made him send pictures of his cock to women not his wife  davepc   Jun-16-11 12:13 PM   #27 
  - "They" pretended this was even newsworthy.  Orsino   Jun-16-11 12:58 PM   #49 
     - Maybe if theres an entire right wing estabisment looking to take you down  davepc   Jun-16-11 02:56 PM   #81 
        - This wouldnt have been a problem at all if the dem establishment didn't legitimize it  DireStrike   Jun-16-11 05:49 PM   #93 
        - When there is a right wing estabisment looking to take one of your  Lordquinton   Jun-16-11 06:44 PM   #96 
        - This Was  unionworks   Jun-20-11 08:19 AM   #130 
        - There's always a right-wing establishment looking to take down anyone they can.  Orsino   Jun-17-11 10:46 AM   #124 
  - Woe betide us liberals/progressives - the "professional left"  mazzarro   Jun-16-11 12:37 PM   #38 
  - He took his fucking self down by being stupid enough to send a stranger pics of his cock.  phleshdef   Jun-16-11 02:32 PM   #77 
  - yea our numbers are dwindling  bdamomma   Jun-17-11 08:58 AM   #111 
  - Weiner one of our strongest champions? My ass!  Bake   Jun-17-11 09:47 AM   #120 
  - Oh, come on!! You really think he's the ONLY Democrat worth a shit?  PeaceNikki   Jun-16-11 11:42 AM   #6 
  - Thank you.  klook   Jun-16-11 11:44 AM   #12 
  - Did someone suggest that???  MattSh   Jun-16-11 12:15 PM   #29 
  - "officially been silenced" indicates one believes no voice is left.  Maru Kitteh   Jun-16-11 12:59 PM   #50 
  - It's the lack of fight for Weiner by all democrats that's the problem.  Dawgs   Jun-16-11 12:22 PM   #32 
     - Three words- Circular. Firing. Squad.  kath   Jun-16-11 01:55 PM   #60 
  - He was one of the only strong voices for single payer, protecting SS. He may not be the ONLY, but..  CrossChris   Jun-16-11 11:48 AM   #16 
  - No, very few. Which is why I am so pissed at HIM for being such a fucking idiot  PeaceNikki   Jun-16-11 11:49 AM   #17 
  - Exactly!  Lizzie Poppet   Jun-16-11 01:59 PM   #64 
  - Those are my feelings as well  Blasphemer   Jun-16-11 02:25 PM   #73 
  - I hear you on that. nt  CrossChris   Jun-16-11 03:51 PM   #85 
  - do you honestly think he would've been invited back on the shows to speak to those issues?  frylock   Jun-16-11 02:20 PM   #70 
  - You make a good point,  hifiguy   Jun-16-11 11:51 AM   #19 
  - Breitbart will likely remove them as well.  Webster Green   Jun-16-11 11:56 AM   #23 
  - lol, Weiner did this to himself.  PeaceNikki   Jun-16-11 11:58 AM   #24 
  - kinda like weiner made up all that shit about his account being hacked?  frylock   Jun-16-11 02:22 PM   #71 
  - And they'll come for them too.....  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jun-16-11 12:43 PM   #43 
  - You can count the number of real worthwhile Dems on 2 or 3 hands these days.  kath   Jun-16-11 01:54 PM   #57 
  - But Weiner was the only Democrat in Congress  nichomachus   Jun-16-11 01:58 PM   #62 
  - Fewer and fewer every day  DireStrike   Jun-16-11 05:49 PM   #94 
  - DU is pretty wacky today. Hyperbole machine in hyperdrive  emulatorloo   Jun-16-11 06:34 PM   #95 
  - Hyperbole?!? That NEVER EVER happens on DU!!  PeaceNikki   Jun-16-11 06:59 PM   #98 
  - None of the people you listed have fought corporate power half as much as Weiner did  Lorien   Jun-17-11 09:22 AM   #115 
  - Remind me what he accomplished?  Recursion   Jun-17-11 09:34 AM   #116 
  - Who are those people?  EstimatedProphet   Jun-17-11 10:00 AM   #122 
  - They silenced themselves. No one forced them to do this.  Autumn   Jun-16-11 11:42 AM   #7 
  - You're quite the drama queen  leftynyc   Jun-16-11 11:42 AM   #8 
  - Thanks!  mfcorey1   Jun-16-11 11:43 AM   #10 
  - Yep  Taverner   Jun-16-11 11:44 AM   #11 
  - This should erase all doubt---the Democrats in DC are there to lose, for show  CrossChris   Jun-16-11 11:47 AM   #14 
  - I'm really not sure I can bear to vote anymore...  kath   Jun-16-11 01:57 PM   #61 
     - that's exactly what the tea partiers and repigs want.  bdamomma   Jun-17-11 09:09 AM   #112 
  - Impeachment for war crimes? Not on the table. Wieners wiener!?  Rex   Jun-16-11 11:47 AM   #15 
  - +1000  Z_I_Peevey   Jun-16-11 02:02 PM   #66 
  - Hardly. Weiner wasn't the only voice.  MH1   Jun-16-11 11:54 AM   #21 
  - i feel like crying.  barbtries   Jun-16-11 11:55 AM   #22 
  - he couldn't catch a break? he fucking fabricated a story about being hacked..  frylock   Jun-16-11 02:24 PM   #72 
     - blah blah blah  barbtries   Jun-16-11 03:22 PM   #82 
     - i'm merely presenting the facts..  frylock   Jun-16-11 03:50 PM   #84 
        - so i gather  barbtries   Jun-16-11 05:45 PM   #92 
           - i have never once called for weiner's resignation..  frylock   Jun-16-11 06:48 PM   #97 
              - lol  barbtries   Jun-17-11 07:56 AM   #106 
     - Breitbart  unionworks   Jun-17-11 08:51 AM   #108 
  - Please... Weiner brought this on himself by his own incredibly stupid actions.  CelticThunder   Jun-16-11 12:06 PM   #25 
  - What he did was juvenile and foolish but you don't throw out the baby with the bath water.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jun-16-11 12:40 PM   #40 
     - True  fifthoffive   Jun-16-11 02:00 PM   #65 
     - People lie about sex all the time. I rather be lied to about sex than being lied to about  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jun-16-11 02:40 PM   #80 
     - yea, for sure, how many more in the Congress  bdamomma   Jun-17-11 09:14 AM   #113 
  - Weiner was only one of many voices speaking for Democrats  Freddie Stubbs   Jun-16-11 12:10 PM   #26 
  - How many? Ten-fifteen at MOST.  kath   Jun-16-11 01:58 PM   #63 
  - So the last REAL Democrat is gone?  CakeGrrl   Jun-16-11 12:15 PM   #28 
  - Wellstone ....Grayson... Feingold... Weiner....  bvar22   Jun-16-11 12:19 PM   #30 
  - Firts they came for Weiner and many said nothing. Then they came for the entire caucus......  mfcorey1   Jun-16-11 12:21 PM   #31 
  - I would say Maurice Hinchey but he's folded many of his votes under the faux Dems.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jun-16-11 12:42 PM   #42 
  - Since when was that perv official spokesman of my party? n/t  ingac70   Jun-16-11 12:22 PM   #33 
  - Sure - goodluck to you and your wimpy ass party! -- n/t  mazzarro   Jun-16-11 12:45 PM   #44 
  - Oh steaming horseshit.  A-Schwarzenegger   Jun-16-11 12:25 PM   #34 
  - Yup. We have a conservative party and a fascist party. Democracy is dead.  Odin2005   Jun-16-11 12:28 PM   #35 
  - Agree  unionworks   Jun-17-11 08:49 AM   #107 
  - I see. He had absolutely nothing to do with nothing. Exactly what we want. n/t  UTUSN   Jun-16-11 12:28 PM   #36 
  - This is sad.  oldlib   Jun-16-11 12:34 PM   #37 
  - The Democratic Party needs people like Anthony Weiner  RaleighNCDUer   Jun-16-11 12:47 PM   #45 
     - He can advise and caution the Democrats.  oldlib   Jun-16-11 04:23 PM   #89 
  - And it was silenced from within by the faux Dems.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jun-16-11 12:38 PM   #39 
  - And where was this singular voice for the past 12 years?  NYCGirl   Jun-16-11 12:41 PM   #41 
  - Bingo! n/t  Maru Kitteh   Jun-16-11 01:00 PM   #51 
  - he was a poser who found his niche in railing against repubs..  frylock   Jun-16-11 02:27 PM   #74 
     - +1 NT  NYCGirl   Jun-16-11 02:28 PM   #75 
     - There's a large section of this board that thinks if more liberals got angry on cable news shows...  Recursion   Jun-17-11 09:38 AM   #117 
  - damnit  dana_b   Jun-16-11 12:48 PM   #46 
  - not "a really good one", but better by far than most in Congress, that's for sure  inna   Jun-17-11 12:47 AM   #104 
  - The Democratic Party has made it WAY too easy to kick someone out of office.  felix_numinous   Jun-16-11 12:52 PM   #47 
  - Now Thomas won't have to recuse himself, ever.  Orsino   Jun-16-11 12:55 PM   #48 
  - Right, because if Weiner hadn't sent those picture, Thomas would have recused himself from cases  Recursion   Jun-17-11 09:41 AM   #118 
     - No, no. Let's be clear.  Orsino   Jun-17-11 10:47 AM   #125 
        - How does this mean that?  Recursion   Jun-17-11 10:59 AM   #127 
           - You're mostly right...  Orsino   Jun-17-11 11:56 AM   #128 
  - What now?  Matariki   Jun-16-11 01:01 PM   #52 
  - I'm sure the corporate media will now focus on the Republican attempt to destroy medicare  aint_no_life_nowhere   Jun-16-11 01:01 PM   #54 
  - K&R  slay   Jun-16-11 01:18 PM   #55 
  - No we don't. I'm really not sure there is any point in remaining a registered Democrat.  kath   Jun-16-11 02:02 PM   #67 
  - "I didn't leave the Party - the Party left me."  slay   Jun-16-11 03:29 PM   #83 
  - If they're not dead, they're sure coughing up blood  martymar64   Jun-16-11 08:05 PM   #100 
  - Dem Party can't survive serial liar and cheater?  Zax2me   Jun-16-11 01:54 PM   #58 
  - Instead of whining that we lost a savior, why don't we  Skidmore   Jun-16-11 01:55 PM   #59 
  - We could always put a hit out on Breitbart  martymar64   Jun-16-11 08:07 PM   #102 
  - I don't want congress to right the laws, we have had more than enough right..  Fumesucker   Jun-17-11 09:49 AM   #121 
  - the same Weiner who immediately threw Helen Thomas under the bus?  Adenoid_Hynkel   Jun-16-11 02:03 PM   #68 
  - the dems still have kucinich and franken. they just don't have the pecs that weiner did..  frylock   Jun-16-11 02:16 PM   #69 
  - You sound  unionworks   Jun-17-11 08:55 AM   #109 
  - the democratic party sealed it's own fate when it's leader offered a helping hand to the repubs..  frylock   Jun-16-11 02:29 PM   #76 
  - agree  unionworks   Jun-18-11 09:11 AM   #129 
  - And I blame Weiner for being an idiot! He caused this 100% n-t  Logical   Jun-16-11 02:33 PM   #78 
  - He silenced himself.  Starbucks Anarchist   Jun-16-11 04:16 PM   #86 
  - His party did everything it could to get him out  AlabamaLibrul   Jun-16-11 04:25 PM   #90 
  - And they were right to do so.  Starbucks Anarchist   Jun-16-11 04:39 PM   #91 
  - Do you really believe the President of The United States  Abq_Sarah   Jun-16-11 08:06 PM   #101 
  - +1  AndrewP   Jun-17-11 10:49 AM   #126 
  - ..  Canuckistanian   Jun-16-11 07:25 PM   #99 
  - drama, trauma, drama. nt  seabeyond   Jun-16-11 08:07 PM   #103 
  - He will be fine, he made it to the pool.  RandomThoughts   Jun-17-11 12:48 AM   #105 
  - The agents are taking me away to a slave labor camp as we speak.  EstimatedProphet   Jun-17-11 10:06 AM   #123 
 

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