"Weinergate" Exposed

It seems crackpot film editor, James O'Keefe mentor, and Muslin scourge Andrew "Not So" Breitbart spent his Memorial Day weekend trying to gin up another faux scandal, this time involving Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). There's a good summary of the events wherein Breitbart inevitably gets his man-tits in a wringer, over here. In addition to Shirley Sherrod's pending suit over the edited tape Breitbart peddled in an attempt to make her look racist, we hope Rep. Weiner goes forward with a suit that will put Breitbart out of bidness for good.

(Photo: perpetually mad - and we mean that in both senses of the word - Andrew "Not So" Breitbart)

Quote of the Day

“If Democrats believe it’s going to go away, they’re wrong. I don’t represent the hide-under-the-desk wing of the Democratic Party. I believe we’ve got to lean into this fight. . .We have to stop cowering.” -- New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, quoted in the Kaplan Daily today, speaking about the Affordable Health Care Act that's under attack by insurance industry-sponsored Rethugs. We need a lot more Anthony Weiners in Congress.

If Dem politicians don't defend what they've voted for, they don't deserve reelection. And President Obama needs to realize that his strategy of negotiating with himself to achieve more conservative policies is a loser for his increasingly disillusioned base.

Not Buying This Ford

Political chameleon and conserva-Dem Harold "Prince Hal" Ford is putting out statements that he's considering challenging New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Dem primaries. Prince Hal had a snark-worthy interview published in the New York Times a few days ago, that showed him to be the privileged operator the transplanted Tennessean is. What NY team does he support? The one whose owner he's closest to. Been to all the boroughs in New York City? He's flown over all of them. Mingled with New Yorkers? He takes a limo to and from work -- sometimes MSNBC, sometimes Merrill Lynch, where he's a vice president. And he always has breakfast at the Regency on Park Avenue.

The superb and charismatic New York Rep. Anthony Weiner has a few great words on the subject of Prince Hal, who must think New York owes him a Senate seat. Better for Prince Hal to return to Tennessee, where he can pretend to be a Dem again.

(photo: African American [!] Prince Hal campaigned as a "Dem" in Tennessee in 2006 -- enough said)

Rep. Anthony Weiner for Health Insurance Reform Spokesman

In watching the normally aggravating "Morning Joe" today, we finally had a person who articulated the progressive case for a public option: New York Rep. Anthony Weiner. Weiner had Joe Scarborough ("Douche-borough" in Jon Stewart's memorable smackdown) unable to counter his argument that the public option -- for Weiner, it would be expansion of Medicare eventually to all Americans -- was the most cost effective way of financing our health care. Rep. Weiner kept asking a tongue-tied Doucheborough to identify the contribution that for-profit insurance companies make to health care, and why should Americans pay tens of billions of dollars for insurance company overhead and profits that don't make us any healthier.
Weiner is smart as a whip, and the Douche-man was impressed enough to invite him back this Thursday.

Rep. Weiner also scores bonus points for getting engaged to Hillary Clinton's aide Huma Abedin, who turned heads during last year's Democratic primaries.