Congressman Anthony Weiner Excoriates GOP on House Floor, Showing How a Dem Should Fight
CONGRESSMAN ANTHONY WEINER
It was a wonder to behold -- call it an Alan Grayson moment because there are so few of them -- a Democratic Congressman actually expressing outrage at Republicans. Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York took to the House floor to denounce the GOP for using parliamentary tactics to try and prevent a fund for the health of 9/11 responders from being established. (Can you believe their chutzpah? It just gets more other worldly in terms of hypocrisy as time passes.)
As one news article noted, Weiner ripped the Republicans to shreds. It was a wonder to behold as Weiner wouldn't yield the floor in the usual clubby fashion to GOP reps trying to take the wind out of his sails.
It's so rare for a D.C. Democrat not to act like he or she is walking on egg shells when dealing with Republicans that watching Weiner erupt in indignation kind of takes your breath away.
Weiner, who palled around with Jon Stewart in his younger days (they were roommates), doesn't hold back on outrage, which is something that the White House appears to consider bad form. But the only way to beat off the barbarians inside the gate is to denounce their radical obstructionist tactics and words.
Would that we had Weiner's fiery denunciation of the GOP in the White House, the Senate, and running like an epidemic of courage through the House of Representatives.
Anthony Weiner, Mr. Congressman, you have earned this week's BuzzFlash Wings of Justice Award.
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Congressional Cajones In Short Supply
Congress definately needs
MORE WIENERS, LESS WEENIES.
And 50 more like Alan Grayson!
Too many members do not stand up to republicans and it's worse in thesenate. I have told Ried's office he doesn't deserve to win re-election becaus he continues to let republicans run the show.
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The vote???
Anthony Weiner the hero voted FOR, Republicans filibustered, he cared about it and that's why he hollered.
The Shout Heard Round the World
Kudos to Rep. Weiner for showing Democrats how to fight the bullies (read cowards) in the Republican Party. If more Democrats did this, they would have the support of the people like never before. We want fighters against the death-cult Republicans out to destroy this country, starting with the middle class. Bravo, Rep. Weiner! Let him hear from you if you like what you saw.
maybe deserving
I have just one question.is he running for reelection in November.If he is then he probably doesn't deserve the award,if he isn't maybe we have found another Kucinich,grayson because they sure could use the help in our corporate congress.
your kidding, right?
Of course he's running for reelection, just like Grayson, Kucinch and the other 432 House members. Your studied ennui of the system rings a little hollow if you don't know some basic facts. Just trying to help...
Yawn...
It looks like Cspan is turning into Studio Wrestling. What? No chair throwing???
You know it's all fake, don't you? No, not the Studio Wrestling, the juvenile rhetorical rantings in Congress.
Don't listen to what they say (or scream), watch how they vote. They always vote for the upper 1% Plutocracy, and in the process, the Democrats and the Republicans blame each other for all the bad things going on. So on occassion, they throw WE THE PEOPLE an old, dried up bone.
If Democrats in the House were serious about changing their ways, the first thing they would do is replace DINO Nancy (Impeachment is off the table) Pelosi with a Progressive Democrat.
Here's your tantrum,
Here's your tantrum, hypocrite. The plutocracy you hypocrite (hey look you're the name-caller, I'm just repeating what you called me and what you said about Anthony Weiner when you said he threw a tantrum, hypocrite),
The "plutocracy",
voted "against",
giving the 911 heroes their health care.
That's the plutocrcacy, hypocrite, and you are helping them by saying things that are not true. The plutocracy voted against what Weiner was in favor of, and yet you attempt to mislead others and claim, oh look at how the plutocracy votes.
You mean YOUR tantrum, which also makes no sense at all!
Babble on, little boy who is "Almost11".
Since you obviously could not comprehend my comment, I shall repeat the main point:
Don't listen to what they say, watch how they vote.
It was not a tantrum, it was courage
Your comment was that you called Anthony Weiners hollering, a "tantrum".
Anthony Weiner voted FOR, health care for the 911 heroes, Republicans filibustered it, Anthony Weiner DID VOTE FOR IT.
How did you want Anthony Weiner to vote on the 911 health care bill? Against? What was the vote, big guy, on the 911 hero health care bill, that you wanted Anthony Weiner to cast?
Why are you upset with the Democrats for voting in lockstep - to give health care to the 911 heroes??????
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Weiner is one
Of a tiny minority, which includes Grayson, Waxman, and Kucinich in the House and Franken and Merkley in the Senate.
They add up to a fart in a hurricaine.
The corruption is all but complete.
Weiner showed he is one
Dems were MIA AWOL
Where were they? They were with the Republicans paling around down on K Street with the lobbyists.
It's not the Democrats who have "total control" of Congress, it is the lobbyists, who are hired by the multinational corporations, who don't make anything in the U.S. anymore (so they are in effect foreigners and aliens), who are owned by the upper 1% international Plutocracy.
The U.S. Government is now controlled by foreigners. How is this not treason? Now that's something to really shout about in Congress!
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Health care for the 911 heroes? Democrats FOR, lobbyists and Republicans AGAINST.
So? What's your point
That little molehill of a counter argument does nothing to demish the merits of my argument.
Look at what Congress passes into law and what Obama does to screw us out of our democratic rights.
I see no difference between the Republicans and the Blue Dog DINOs. They both suck up our money and give it to the upper 1% Plutocracy.
Time to grow up little boy and face the facts of life! Both parties have committed mutiny against WE THE PEOPLE and should be charged enmasse with treason.
I would be willing to let Weiner, Grayson and Kucinich avoid prosecution. But not very many more, and certainly not any Republicans, including Libertarian Republicans.
You should realize there is no statue of limitations for treason.
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F--- you ALL Democrats who don't want to stand up for Americans like it's personal to you. Jesus talked about the eye of the needle, which the powerless don't have to cross through, Anthony Weiner has crossed safely through the eye of the needle and will enter paradise, Praise Jesus, Amen.
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I'm curious little boy who is 'Almost11', who would Jesus say "F--- you" to???
Also, I didn't know that for me to "enter paradise" all I had to do was throw a temper tantrum on the floor of the House.
And finally, Jesus never got involved with politics. He was in the business of saving souls, not garnering votes. He was neither a Conservative nor a Liberal because, "My kingdom is not of this world."
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He did not throw a tantrum, what is hypocritical, is you, coming up here ranting Christian nonsense, and then calling Anthony Weiner - the American HERO - how dare you - saying it was a "tantrum".
It was NOT a tantrum, Christian, he was standing up for Americans, he was revealing true emotions, it was not a tantrum, it was a declaration, it was a pronouncement, if what he said was a tantrum then the sermon on the mount was a tantrum, you're the kind of guy who was a Roman or a Pharisee saying did you hear about the Jesus character the other day who threw a tantrum on the mount.
Shame on you. You are the one who throws tantrums, Christian hypocrite.
Where is your proof?
Talk is cheap. Voting the right way takes real courage.
By the way, since you did not respond logically to the topic of my comment, which is my accusation that you are a hypocrite, I will assume you have no counter argument.
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1. Talking the right way takes real courage.
2. Anthony Weiner DID vote the right way, the Republicans filibustered health care for the 911 heroes. Anthony Weiner DID vote the right way, sucka, that's what the hollering was about - remember?
3. Your logical point was about what Jesus would say and you can have that conversation with Him, Chrisitian, I am an atheist.
You are a lying atheist
You said:
Anthony Weiner has crossed safely through the eye of the needle and will enter paradise, Praise Jesus, Amen.
Now you claim to be an atheist? You must be a member of Atheists for Jesus.
By the way, you now have zero credibility. Say hi to Carpy for me the next time you see him.
Also, I was talking about the entire Democratic Party, and not just one loudmouth. Anyone can rant about anything in Congress. That takes zero courage. It's voting for and actually passing bills that benefit WE THE PEOPLE instead of the upper 1% plutocracy that takes courage.
Politicians' words don't count, temper tantrums count even less. It's our representatives' votes that speak louder than shoutfests in the halls of Studio Wrestling Congress.