Anthony Weiner: Democrats' Answer to Sarah Palin?

Representative Anthony Weiner is the subject of an admiring profile in this week's Observer, which begins with a funny account of the congressman's recent appearance at a club packed with twenty-something constituents. Taking the mic in the DJ booth, Weiner cracked wise: "Every single moment that we are stroking our beards and gazing at our navel and thinking about the world we’d like to be and singing ‘Kumbaya’ is another day we’re not punching Bill O’Reilly in the nose." Not stopping there, he proceeded to roast the Tea Party:

"I follow Twitter for the Tea Party and just show up to fuck with them," Weiner said. "No, I don’t do that. I just sit at my desk and they send me talcum powder every couple of weeks." The Observer is just the latest news outlet to write about how Weiner is really hitting his stride as the media's go-to liberal "spitfire." Dana Rubinstein contends, "In a sense, Mr. Weiner has learned from his opponents across the aisle. Say what you will about the right, but it has no shortage of forceful spokespeople—from Glenn Beck to Liz Cheney and her father, Dick, from Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh. The Democratic Party? Not so much. Mr. Weiner saw that vacuum. And he filled it."

To what end? Well, Mayor Weiner. of course. He aborted a run for City Hall when Bloomberg took a third term, but he's not giving up, and says he he has no interest in a Senate upgrade. "I’m a New York City guy," Weiner explains. "I kind of view the world like that New Yorker cartoon. The only other job that ever had any interest for me is mayor." Well, that and fashion model scout.

Below, the 2006 video of Weiner that's mentioned in the article; it shows him confronting supporters of an ally's rival on a Park Slope sidewalk:

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By John Del Signore in News on April 14, 2010 3:14 PM

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soxinthecity

I wish he was the mayor, and am pissed at him for not running.

Pachinko

Poor baby, is he feeling cornered and threatened?

Telephone 280

Nasty NASTY little man, emphasis on "little". Make no mistake, Weiner is in it only for Weiner. Angry illogical nasty man.

mtauser

Because of people like Weiner I am considering moving to Israel.

The United States of America really sucks bad and I am looking to revoke my citizenship and get permanent residency in Israel now.

Its not just Weiner, its the rest of the Socialist clan from Barak Obama on down.

Ph

Are you cracked in the head?

Israel has more 'socialist' policies than the US does. For example they have mandatory healthcare that's funded by the government for chrissakes. That goes farther than what we have here even after the bill was passed.

They also have a VAT.

Instead of revoking your citizenship you should take your thick skull to the internet or even better: a library and do some damn research.

Spirit of 76

Shhhh! Let him go. More for us. Besides, he'll love his three mandatory years of service in the Israeli Army.

Professor_X

Just what we need, a mayor who turns red in the face and shoots his mouth off when he gets his feathers ruffled. It will be just like Giuliani all over again.

Has Rep. Weiner issued any statements about how he feels about squeegee men? Loud music? Firecrackers?

inoyourider

I'm still on the fence about this guy bit I love the quote

"I follow Twitter for the Tea Party and just show up to fuck with them,"

RoboticInsides

At least he's amusing. He should use the Oscar Mayer Wiener jingle.

BDS=(Boycott.Divest.Sanction)

'Far from being a pariah in his party, Mr. Lieberman won a warm welcome last night from Rep. Anthony Weiner, a Democrat of New York, who blasted Obama for having bowed down to the king of Saudi Arabia, and who catered to the CAMERA crowd with the statement, “I’ve canceled my Times subscription so many times I don’t know what to do anymore.”

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., who described himself as representing "the ZHO wing of the Democratic Party," said that aid to Palestinians should be cut off unless it produces results and that military assistance to Egypt should also be terminated, even if President Hosni Mubarak is a moderate leader.

Anthony Weiner, who called for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. ... renewal of the Iran Libya Sanctions Act, which is due to expire in August

Laffey also expressed his support for a bill sponsored by Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, which would cut off the $225 million in humanitarian funding sent to the Palestinians through the United States Agency for International Development.

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Mordicai

I like him; plus he's got Yvette's back, & that is mete with me.

BDS=(Boycott.Divest.Sanction)

sigh. such propaganda.

in concert all the papers are making Weiner out to be the peoples choice. really? which people? who is excited about this man?

the papers report the story before it happens. its like mtv pushing some crappy teenage pop star down our throats.

Weiner is no liberal hero.

the war in Iraq? yeah he voted for that!

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2003/04/14/2003-04-14_passover_rally_for_u_s__troo.html

"At a time when Jews commemorate on Passover our own historical Exodus from ancient oppression to a Promised Land, we show our support for the United States and allied forces who are freeing the Iraqi people from [dictator Saddam Hussein's] regime of terror," he said.

Weiner said there is still work to be done in the war on terrorism.

"Long after the dust is settled in Iraq, there will still be a war going on," he said. "Only when the violence ends will we lay down our arms."

war with Iran? yeah he's all for that too! is that a liberal hero Observer?

I'm so tired of elites serving us this DRIVEL and calling it news. Manipulation that they call fact, that they call....journalism.

5 seconds and a google news archive search shows what a sham it is

Splicer

We're finally getting some Democrats willing to fight back and tell it like it is. Weiner is one of them and Alan Grayson is the other.

Sommelier

Amen, Splicer! We need more Democrats who fight the gop liars the way Weiner does. As for the headline: YES!!!! Our guy know the facts, speaks the truth and speaks it well. The half-governor of Alaska? Well...