tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6396858292503613709..comments2024-03-29T05:45:43.031-05:00Comments on Althouse: Anthony Weiner is pleased with the sheer numerosity of his ideas...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82675059123038067122013-08-12T17:25:51.427-05:002013-08-12T17:25:51.427-05:00When we moved to Fort Lauderdale 10 years ago, I w...When we moved to Fort Lauderdale 10 years ago, I was struck by all the "old people" who, we were told, were "fighting" something -- stop that hi-rise on the beach, don't close that shop we love, etc. I concluded that people that once had been powerful in their own part of the world (a job, a family, a little town) needed to regain their sense of power by "fighting" something. I understand that, and that's what the Weiner is trying to latch on to, to support his campaign. He's "fighting" for the powerless voters. <br /><br />For the sake of my native city, I hope it doesn't work, but it is POSSIBLE that it will. The Godfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575359417766667457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15257514459013478402013-08-12T17:00:38.740-05:002013-08-12T17:00:38.740-05:00Also, I think using the cliché "focusing like...<i>Also, I think using the cliché "focusing like a laser beam" should be made illegal.</i><br /><br />Well, particularly since the whole <i>point</i> of a laser beam (of the type imagined here) is that it doesn't need to be focussed.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138276375040381842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36512335609240062122013-08-12T14:19:59.540-05:002013-08-12T14:19:59.540-05:00Also, I think using the cliché "focusing like...Also, I think using the cliché "focusing like a laser beam" should be made illegal.<br /><br />However, I don't think it should be a death penalty offense, the first time. ron winkleheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07682886145531485741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-207773227593262772013-08-12T14:03:52.752-05:002013-08-12T14:03:52.752-05:00Typical Democrat fantasy. The Weiners are still f...Typical Democrat fantasy. The Weiners are still following the Clinton template. Hilary blamed a vast right wing conspiracy for Bill Clinton's scandal when he had sex with an intern in the oval office. Weiner has fingered powerful voices for hiss scandal, not his own behavior. Unfortunately, Democrats allow their politicians to evade responsibility for their behavior. Illuninatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423190828865695564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9939891190156116102013-08-12T13:37:24.026-05:002013-08-12T13:37:24.026-05:00125 ideas and the two he features in his add are:
...125 ideas and the two he features in his add are:<br /><br />"Restore discipline to our schools"<br /><br />Really, what could be more controversial?<br /><br />and <br /><br />"Single payer health plan for our city"<br /><br />To be paid for, no doubt, by further taxing the financial industry - and therefore further accelerating their flight to less punitive business climes. <br /><br />Where they will no doubt support the same policies that caused them to flee New York.ron winkleheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07682886145531485741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68570895853965676712013-08-12T13:23:42.646-05:002013-08-12T13:23:42.646-05:00Bad ideas aren't made better by amassing them ...Bad ideas aren't made better by amassing them into a big pile and using them for a political agenda.SGT Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00184808889760136366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46753001821338591392013-08-12T13:19:26.748-05:002013-08-12T13:19:26.748-05:00TV viewers in the NYC metropolitan area have been ...TV viewers in the NYC metropolitan area have been absolutely smothered by ads from Eliot Spitzer that say essentially the same thing: powerful interests are rejecting him, not Regular Joes like you and me. Blech. The person I most envy in the world is Silda Spitzer. I heard she's getting a divorce from Eliot, which unfortunately none of the rest of us seem to be able to do.Drew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073513764055068897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22444219369787971282013-08-12T13:01:00.630-05:002013-08-12T13:01:00.630-05:00A politician can't win elective office with id...A politician can't win elective office with ideas, almost by definition. Anything genuinely new and powerful will not yet have been grasped by the majority, or it would already be the conventional wisdom.<br /><br />A decent, honest politician gets elected by (1) reassuring voters he understands the conventional wisdom, and can be trusted not to go off the rails, and (2) convincing voters of his character, such that they trust him to critically evaluate any new ideas that come down the pike.<br /><br /><i>Dishonest</i> politicians appeal to <i>gullible</i> voters, like hucksters selling penis pills and make money at home schemes on late-night TVs, by appealing to their vanity and greed. <i>I have a lot of new brilliant but easily grasped ideas, which only a sneaky shadowy conspiracy opposition has heretofore thwarted. Trust me! Send me your money, vote, tweetpics in scanty panties...!</i><br /><br />Pretty much anyone who runs on "ideas" is a sociopathic weasel, and should be avoided. <i>Nobody understands me except you. I and I alone will take good care of you. What's your PIN?</i> Run, run, run, far away from this person.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138276375040381842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40259026176033776512013-08-12T13:00:01.245-05:002013-08-12T13:00:01.245-05:00I'd say stick a fork in him, but he'd prob...I'd say stick a fork in him, but he'd probably enjoy it, sext it, and then blame Republicans for hacking his account.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43389889298036879302013-08-12T12:49:57.537-05:002013-08-12T12:49:57.537-05:00He is a politician,of course, it is all about what...He is a politician,of course, it is all about what he wants. He wants them to believe that he knows what is good for them.Rockport Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472979749733378317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6311038093062356612013-08-12T12:46:26.227-05:002013-08-12T12:46:26.227-05:00Great. Two books no one bought or read. That'...Great. Two books no one bought or read. That's a contribution!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56762540581882488962013-08-12T12:02:42.511-05:002013-08-12T12:02:42.511-05:00I guess it will all boil down to what the voters o...I guess it will all boil down to what the voters of New York want. It may not be what he wants, or one of those strange cases in which they don't care. The voters of SC voted their philandering Governor in to the Congress, go figure.<br /><br />However, New Yorkers are different than those red necks down there, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82994451756423529502013-08-12T11:38:14.932-05:002013-08-12T11:38:14.932-05:00A single payer health plan.
Who is this un-named ...A single payer health plan.<br /><br />Who is this un-named single payer??madAsHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149940549262340795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42858424572139879362013-08-12T11:31:41.924-05:002013-08-12T11:31:41.924-05:00Anthony can have a much more lucrative career in p...Anthony can have a much more lucrative career in porn. Indeed he and Spitzer can make a fortune as a dynamic duo in porn hits like "Politicians Gone Wild". Or " Winerspritzer Hoses The Public" . There's a fortune to made here.cubanbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746305669005611456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3261597763610367602013-08-12T11:29:27.571-05:002013-08-12T11:29:27.571-05:00The powerful voices were in his pants, I do believ...The powerful voices were in his pants, I do believe.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172273210085495482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29557800614958832782013-08-12T11:16:40.395-05:002013-08-12T11:16:40.395-05:00"Powerful voices".... in his head.
They ..."Powerful voices".... in his head.<br />They keep telling him to to do stupid things like tweet his penis.<br />"Tweet you penis, Anthony! Tweet your penis!", they say.<br />They don't want him to win.Bob Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217663230833386582noreply@blogger.com