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flamingdem

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17. True! We know he's one of ours but he is a big FAIL on that issue!

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:04 PM

Jan 2013

And the problem is that the post he's taking over from Kerry makes it a nearly done deal that the embargo will not be lifted.

Considering the millions of people that hurts, plus the reputation of the USA, I would like to see him replaced. It's NJ after all and we'll probably replace him with another Dem.

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Sen. Menendez, prostitutes and not one mention of his cubano status [View all] flamingdem Jan 2013 OP

Why would it matter that he's of Cuban descent? TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #1

He is known as a supporter of the embargo and is taking over John Kerry's role in the Senate flamingdem Jan 2013 #4

the charges are right wing tripe from the Daily Caller bigtree Jan 2013 #2

Progreso Weekly is a left wing rag flamingdem Jan 2013 #5

this article reads like it was written by someone who's decided Menendez is guilty bigtree Jan 2013 #10

I don't disagree with what you're saying but we're not journalists here flamingdem Jan 2013 #32

we're not journalists, but, this isn't journalism that you've posted bigtree Jan 2013 #34

I'd like to see you apply those criteria to other posts on DU flamingdem Jan 2013 #35

hey, what i've bothered to post here is not some attack on you. That's just absurd bigtree Jan 2013 #38

What you're not doing is understanding the information flamingdem Jan 2013 #39

well, I'm sorry you took it that way bigtree Jan 2013 #41

Well you do appear to be in violation of copyright policy yellowcanine Jan 2013 #46

so if he favored trade with Cuba dsc Jan 2013 #42

So, you are only interested in the allegations against him because he supports the Cuba embargo? Freddie Stubbs Jan 2013 #43

Tucker Carlson also pushed the lie that Kerry had an affair with a college student in 2004. blm Jan 2013 #7

that's the state of reporting these days - not new, but disturbingly ignorant bigtree Jan 2013 #15

That he is of Cuban descent is important why exactly? n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #3

My speculation also written above: flamingdem Jan 2013 #6

Got it... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #13

True! We know he's one of ours but he is a big FAIL on that issue! flamingdem Jan 2013 #17

Booker? Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #18

Perfect flamingdem Jan 2013 #20

So you live in NJ... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #26

No but I think Booker is favored to win flamingdem Jan 2013 #30

You can't prosecute if you can't produce evidence. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #31

Ask yourself why none of the major media outlets have reported this story. nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #8

They have--Miami Herald, anyway. Check Latest Breaking News. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #9

still reporting nothing more than the allegations bigtree Jan 2013 #11

No, but the FBI is investigating, so that part is not made up. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #14

investigating allegations by a republican rag, a 'tipster,' and two Dominican Republic 'prostitutes' bigtree Jan 2013 #24

Yes, that is the word. What's your point? WinkyDink Jan 2013 #25

that this is a shitstirring load of crap bigtree Jan 2013 #28

I wish EVERYONE here had your sensibility Mosaic Feb 2013 #49

I personally don't consider the Miami Herald to be a major media outlet, certainly not.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #16

The Senator is "not national in scope"---yet. Jeez. People are acting like this story is only WinkyDink Jan 2013 #21

They're not that bad but yes not exactly the New York Times flamingdem Jan 2013 #22

What is the a-hole writer's point?He's been a good Dem & a rare NON-wingnut Cuban of his generation UTUSN Jan 2013 #12

I agree and know he's one of ours but he's taking over Kerry's post and that means flamingdem Jan 2013 #19

I don't know what his position on Cuba is. He's been mainstream Dem/Lib on everything else. UTUSN Jan 2013 #23

He's not better than they are on the embargo sadly and he gives anti-embargo loons flamingdem Jan 2013 #27

DWS received money from this Doctor, too RockaFowler Jan 2013 #44

I like Menendez ... His office helped me a couple of times ... so he got himself a whore .. BFD!! nt srican69 Jan 2013 #29

It's only a deal if he knew she was underage. Otherwise...David "Pampers" Vitter is still TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #33

Ex-Sen. Ensign, prostitutes and not one mention of his Caucasian status KamaAina Jan 2013 #36

The point is that Menendez is cited as a proponent of the US Embargo against Cuba flamingdem Jan 2013 #37

It also fails to mention that he went to Rutgers Freddie Stubbs Jan 2013 #40

The wingnuts have been after Bob Menendez for many years. Nothing new here. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #45

But these kinds of allegations are pretty hard to dismiss even if they are untrue. Kablooie Jan 2013 #47

I know, and I'm sure that Bob is now vulnerable. If there's a push for him to resign, Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #48

The leadership won't try to push him out of the Senate, but he will be replaced as Chair of the FAC leveymg Feb 2013 #53

This is purely political and a load of crap Mosaic Feb 2013 #50

It's not his Cubano heritage, it's his overly close ties to AIPAC. leveymg Feb 2013 #51

Menendez is a native born American, in New York in 1954; his family immigrated in 1953 FarCenter Feb 2013 #52