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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:31 AM
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I'm far more embarrassed at the widespread poverty in the USA than I ever was by Anthony Weiner
Our leadership unfortunately seems to be more embarrassed by the latter.

And our media seems alternately aghast that a congressman exchanged photos on the internet, but impressed when a congressman calls kicking children off Medicaid, "being responsible to our children's future".

You know, it is kind of sad that a talented guy like Weiner needed validation of his body and privates from someone he didn't even know to feel good about himself.

But it's sadder that our own leadership needs the validation of wealthy media talking heads in DC to feel good about themselves.

:banghead:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:33 AM
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1. i guess it is perspective. maybe felt weiner more interested in weiner
than being a responsible representative with a loud voice to address these issues
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:35 AM
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2. I'm more embarrassed at our failure to fully adopt and embrace the Metric System than I am by Weiner
Edited on Fri Jun-17-11 09:35 AM by slackmaster
Or by poverty.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:40 AM
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3. wtf
"I'm more embarrassed at our failure to fully adopt and embrace the Metric System than I am by Weiner...or by poverty"
Posted by slackmaster

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oh wait, i forgot who i was talking to.

:eyes:
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 10:04 AM
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12. I just can't allow myself to be embarrassed by actions of others, over which I have no control
You should try it.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:46 AM
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7. You should be in Congress. n/t
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Nye Bevan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:44 AM
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4. If Weiner had worked as hard at reducing poverty as he did at tweeting his cock
everyone in the US would be comfortably off.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:44 AM
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5. no
but i'm sure your simple answer sounds good to you! :hi:
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kenfrequed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:54 AM
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9. Nonsense
He spoke out and stood up and voted his conscience. If more Democratic congressmen were as right as he was on the actual issues it would be a far better world.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:44 AM
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6. recommend
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uncle ray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 09:47 AM
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8. i'm more embarrassed at our continuing of the failed drug war than i was by Anthony Weiner.
in fact i'm embarrassed by a whole lot of things more than this petty "scandal".
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 10:07 AM
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13. I'm embarrassed that this has been the leading story in the media.
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 10:00 AM
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10. I'm embarrassed that Alabama state senator Scott Beason said, "Black people are aborigines,
“illiterate,” and can be enticed to vote with buffets."

Now why isn't this a scandal that the media clings to, a story that won't go away?
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BOG PERSON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 10:03 AM
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11. i'm far more embarrassed at our rate of incarceration (highest in the world)
than by "poverty" or weiners.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 10:08 AM
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14. Maybe if our leadership ended our involvement in, say, Iraq, they could focus on sumthin' else
like social policy.
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Bluerthanblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 10:16 AM
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15. I so agree!
the way we are treating the most vunerable, the way politicians proudly promote doing so, campaigning on selfishness- is beyond shameful.

k&R
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 10:21 AM
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16. +100000
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 02:39 PM
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17. The whole of pub initiatives is far more depraved than Weiner's
peccadilloes in their entirety. :patriot:
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