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New Yorkers weigh in on Rep. Weiner
Rep. Anthony Weiner is under pressure in Washington to resign over his sexting-and-lying scandal, but he still enjoys support among some of his constituents in the New York City borough of Queens.
CNN's Jason Carroll is speaking with New Yorkers on the street Saturday to get their opinions.
"I have a very hard time with the resigning thing," Dale Kaplan told Carroll. "But personally, in a very selfish way, I was crying when I heard about it because he was a voice for things that I strongly believe in, and that voice has now been taken away. Who's going to take his place? Nobody. And I'm so, so incredibly upset about that.
"Should he resign? Yeah, I guess he should; everybody else is resigning," she continued. "I mean, I don't think he did anything so awful, but he's taking away from the party. ... It's just causing so much furor that we shouldn't be talking about. That's the only reason.
"I feel sorry for him as a person," Kaplan added, "because, to see a man's life fall apart right in front of your eyes, it's very, very depressing."
Others in Weiner's 9th Congressional District may be similarly conflicted. A Marist College poll released Thursday showed 56% of registered voters there don't believe he should step down; 33% believe he should. The district covers portions of Queens and Brooklyn.
Reporters swarmed Weiner when he stepped out of his Queens apartment Saturday morning, apparently to run some errands. He repeated his answers to previous questions and dismissed reporters as he ducked into an ATM kiosk.
However, he stopped and turned around when a woman ran up behind the gaggle of journalists and shouted to him:
"Thank you, Anthony! I just want to let you know that I support you no matter what. I support you, OK? That's your private life. You are a great man. I need a right man in the right position, OK? I support you. We all support you. ... All the people of New York want to make sure that you are the next mayor."
Weiner shook the woman's hand and thanked her before going back inside the banking kiosk.
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I will smite him......he shall pay for his sins... ...i am sending swarms of reporter locusts to set upon him...there will be a public media stoning...and he shall be cast out of the chamber of the house to wander in the wilderness of the private sector where he will wander for eternity in the valley of political death...
So your GOD huh,,,, so tell me, What is the deal with the platypus? Left over parts? What?
"...and he shall be cast out of the chamber of the house to wander in the wilderness of the private sector where he will wander for eternity in the valley of political death..."
...where he shall make mucho dinero and live happily ever after? (like others before him)
can you and rufusclyde just stop with the nonsense talk...really. An all knowing, all powerful being who lives in the sky? c'mon people evolve already...oh yeah invisible too
Nonsense talk? Really? Don't you know that...
"Progress is the Root of All Evil," according to General Bullmoose?
I don't know if this is a spasm of a dying leftist "Lame Stream" media hack or an example of poor, ignorant, uneducated people getting the political representation that they diserve.
the platypus was an expression of my infinite sense of humor
That's cool. I take sadistic joy in manipulating petty creatures as well. I guess we aren't so different after all...BROTHER!
This guy was a shown to be a complete idiot even before this episode and the progressives still support him. When you throw Rangle, Edwards, Jefferson and the rest in to this pot, it stinks pretty bad.
...for some reason, you left out an equally long list of loathsome Republicans...
Double standards?!?! So unbecoming of a Republican dave, you ought to be ashamed.. oh wait, I think I have that wrong. That IS what is expected of you. Carry on.
thats why they call us progressives...we try to look beyond silly distractions in order to make PROGRESS. unlike the religious right who relinquishes their decision making responsibility to some book written in the mid east dessert...which makes those people anti-progressive.
Nonsense talk? Don'tcha know that...
"Progress is the Root of All Evil," according to General Bullmoose?
Finally I think he should stay...
The media can get over it to kill the guy and this is their now only sucesses: destroying people and hiding the real issues of the country...The media loves the trash...
As far as the other polticians, liars and not competent, theives and not worth much more..
Get over it, all in the same bag...
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Space Cadet.
...learn where your caps lock key resides on your keyboard...
He is a very good politician.
Hitler was probably a cute baby; what's your point ???
Can we move on to real news? Let Weiner pay his dues and on to the next media sucking frenzy.
Let him get back to being the exceptional congressman. For every evangelist, every president, and in the modern age many women as well that have made errors in judgement make a mens and move on. It is now boring beyond belief.
Oompa loompa dupity doo I've got another riddle for you. What must you do when your account has been hacked. Only in boxers, your flag at full staff. First you must lie, so nobody would laugh. Now that the truths out, you may get the shaft. New York has
spoken, their divided in half. Feeling the pain now, a charlie horse in the calf. Not thinking with wiener you would have wore a gaff, like the, like the other reps do.
Oops
your wiener
My bad
This is a little off topic, but has anyone seen my bar-b-q apron?
Did you look on the hook on the back of the door?
what an idiot......
How many more of our elected officials are praying they are not the next one outed?
Bet there are a buncha them!
Now that we have exposed Weiner, will we also get Boehner?
Hi Satan. You are a POS.
Those with doctorates in education, psychology, and sociology stipulate that man makes his laws based upon social beliefs, mores, and norms. Well, if your norm is to accept lying then you certainly deserve the Weiner. Good luck New Yorkers on your future mayoral selection.