Peter King and Anthony Weiner Shout Their Way Through a Fox News Interview This Morning

[Tx4obama]

Run time: 02:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZXar9bhTyg   Posted on YouTube: July 30, 2010 By YouTube Member: tpmtv Views on YouTube: 307   Posted on DU: July 30, 2010 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 4750

 
Excerpt from a TPM article:

Earlier this morning, Weiner and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) shouted and finger-pointed their way through a Fox News interview over a bill that would provide health care to rescue workers effected by the dust from the World Trade Center, which failed in the House last night.

King accused the Democrats of orchestrating a "cruel hoax" with the bill, while Weiner called it "outrageous" that Republicans would vote against it.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/peter-king-and-anthony-weiner-shout-their-way-through-a-fox-news-interview-video.php?ref=fpa

[tomm2thumbs]

1. Peter King got his ass handed to him on his very own Fox network - how appropriate

I thought he was going to end up feigning an emergency and leaving because he was unable to get his tongue to work properly to utter a single reasonable argument.

Poor poor Peter.

[dotymed]

3. The Faux "news" anchor

was trying to find a way to save King. How sickening.
The mainstream media is helping to destroy what is left of America.
Reinstate THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE.

[underpants]

17. Yes he did. Oddly Weiner used loud talk (mentioned in his floor speech) to dominate King

you couldn't hear anything that King said AND Wiener dominated the visual by stand in front of him

[Beartracks]

20. Awe-sum!

Weiner shaking his head in continuing disgust at King and underlining the pathetic voting discrepancies between the parties! Very niiiice!

Plus you're right about the visual, and it didn't help King that: a) he looked like a mob boss standing behind Elliott Ness; and b) he couldn't articulate anything substantive: "They have the majority; why didn't it pass?"; "This is phony hypocrisy!" (wtf?); "Here's the reason right here <points finger at Weiner>"; and "Mongo only pawn in game of Congress." Okay, I might have made that last one up.

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[butterfly77]

28. Lol

:rofl: Exactly!

[OnlinePoker]

2. If all it needed was a simple majority to pass, then why didn't it?

If the Democrats control the house, the failure to pass is on them. Republicans will almost always vote against bills that give money to the common man. You can expect that. But this was voted down by the Democratic majority and some of Weiner's anger should be directed that way as well.

[Tx4obama]

4. Here is a NASTY article, but it explains why....

Excerpt:

Democrats are immoral cowards for trying to pass the 9/11 health and compensation act as a bill that requires a two-thirds vote and doesn’t allow the GOP a chance to alter it, Rep. Pete King charged today.

King, a Long Island Republican, is furious because he believes the measure would pass easily as a regular bill needing a simple majority — but Democrats fear the GOP might attach toxic provisions if they get the chance.

“The Democrats are guilty of moral cowardice and a failure of leadership,” King told the Daily News this morning.

“They put this up on the suspension calendar knowing it’s not going to get a two-thirds vote,” he fumed. “It’s really morally disgraceful… They are letting cops and firefighters die because their members don’t have the guts to take a vote.”

King acknowledged that the GOP — like the Democrats when they were in the minority — regularly tries to influence legislation and even kill it when they get the chance, as they are allowed under the regular legislative rules in the House.

The out-of-power party does that by offering a “motion to recommit” on the House floor which can send a bill back to the drawing board, often with instructions on how it should be redone. Lately, the GOP has attached language on abortion, immigration and other hot-button issues that divide the Democratic Party.

The 9/11 bill, with its emphasis on health, potentially could offer a vehicle to attack the recent health care reform law, though no one has said publicly that Republicans would attempt such a ploy. Republicans already tried to attach immigration and abortion restrictions to the bill when it was being written, and could again.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/07/king-dems-take-cowardly-path-o.html#ixzz0vBGRKLQs

[JDPriestly]

13. Republicans know that it is right to vote for assistance to the heroes of 9/11

But they want the Democrats to vote and pass the legislation without them because after the bill is passed, the Republicans will point to how the Democrats spend so much money. The cost of the bill will be placed on the shoulders of the Democrats but this important bill will be passed.

Republicans do not want to take responsibility for making tough decisions about how money is spent. They just want to be able to point fingers at Democrats for spending too much.

That's the simple truth of it.

I'm 150% with the Democrats on this one.

Attaching abortion and other such amendments is obstructive, irresponsible and wrong.

[Tx4obama]

12. And here's a simplified explaination

From http://crooksandliars.com/

Excerpt:

When it became apparent that the Republicans were going to attach "poison pill" amendments to the bill that had nothing to do with 9/11 and everything to do with their political agenda, Democrats shut down the possibility of amending the bill by moving it to the suspension calendar, where a minimum 2/3rds vote is needed for it to pass.

[GOTV]

32. The procedure they used prevented modifications but required a 75% majority

not a simple majority. They could have presented it in a way that required only a simple majority but then they couldn't have prevented changes to the bill.

[jgraz]

5. I have to ask: why are Republicans so fucking UGLY?

With the exception of Senatorfold Scott Brown and a couple others, most Repukes look like extras from Lord of the Rings. WTF?

[glogrrl]

9. Ugly Rethuglicans...

They are so ugly because their of ugly insides....it comes
through.  As to extras from Lord of the Rings?  What an insult
to those guys!!

[JDPriestly]

14. After a certain age, you are responsible for how you look.

Think of it. You build muscle through exercise.

If you are constantly thinking evil thoughts, you will frown and look mean -- and as you age that look will be frozen on your face.

If you are constantly caring about people and loving them, you will smile a lot, and you will have a lot of smile wrinkles as well as a few worry ones.

Look at Mitch McConnell v. Ted Kennedy even when Ted Kennedy was very ill.

[kayakjohnny]

18. I rather like what you've just presented.

Thanks for that.

[gateley]

15. As within, so without. A reflection of their shriveled, diseased hearts. nt

[Beartracks]

21. Anyone else think King looks like Brezhnev?

Onscreen with Weiner, I thought King looked like a mob boss standing threateningly behind Elliott Ness.

But on his own, he reminded me of Leonid Brezhnev:

King


Brezhnev



LOL @ LOTR, by the way.

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[KansDem]

36. Hey, perhaps you've hit on a new nickname for their party!

"Reuglicans"

[Tx4obama]

6. Here's a link to a longer FIVE MINUTE version of the OP video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PuAh53WYzo

[butterfly77]

30. I enjoyed this longer version..

I have been waiting for years for someone to kick King's ass,Lindsay graham,LIEberman,Inhofe,Coburn,Mitch McConnell,Orrin Hatch,Shelby, the Sessions,kyl and many more of these hate filled bastards..

[asdjrocky]

7. Someone keeps shoving his finger at me like that?

I grab it and bite it off.

[felinetta]

8. I have never heard Peter King say anything smart. And yet, people vote for this nut.

[babylonsister]

10. We Need More Weiners!!1!

:hide:

[perdita9]

11. Our Weiner beats their Boehner

Republicans voting against 9/11 volunteers. There is no level to which these scum bags won't sink.

[Guilded Lilly]

16. Finger pointing FOOL

Really. What a totally immature CHILD King is.

[herbm]

19. I am a Republican from Texas and I would vote for Anthony Wiener.

[defendandprotect]

22. We need more of these "screaming" Democrats -- !!!

[lobodons]

23. Those who voted against this are Un-American

Never forget. Never ever forget. (Obviously some have.)

[Botany]

24. Here is Peter King in the summer of 2004 bragging about rigging the election

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dV67u370Pg

Peter King "We'll take care of the counting."

[Rozlee]

26. Paraphrase poster #11, Perdita9:

"Our Weiner beats their Boehner and their Peter every time."

[ProgressOnTheMove]

25. Weiner makes some great power moves, good salesmanship too.

[russspeakeasy]

27. You think that Weiner could lend his balls to a few democrats?

[ensho]

29. thank you Weiner

nt

[Greg in Cheeseland]

31. Weiner did let King have it

As much as I love seeing any Repuke getting his ass handed to him, I can't help but think that any viewer of mainstream media is going to think that this makes both sides and congress as a whole look bad. I mean, after all, this is not about politics or taking sides - it's about geting help to the first responders. I read an article that has an extended (10 min.) clip from the Fox interview in it and the author comments that it would be nice if politicians could work together as well as the first responders did after 9/11. Check it out: http://www.examiner.com/x-23316-Madison-Independent-Examiner~y2010m7d30-Bill-to-aid-911-first-responders-with-health-problems-fails-to-pass-in-House. Kind of makes sense to me, although it is clear that the Republicans are responsible for derailing this one just like they did the one that would have helped small businesses.

[gristy]

33. This is great how they put them standing next to each other for the interview

I'd like to see more of that.

[eleny]

34. How's that cracker-jack Peter King whip action working out?

So many ways to appreciate Weiner.

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[MightyAfrodite]

37. Anthony Weiner ...

will you marry me? I could just do him to death!! CTFU!! :rofl: