Weiner Heated Exchange with Voter

[warrior1]

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[quinnox]

1. this stupid b---, well, I mean she is coming off as a bully

Weiner comes out like roses in this exchange, IMHO.

[warrior1]

2. it's in the eye of the beholder

I find her question important. A teacher would have been fired if they had conducted themselves they way Mr. Weiner has.

[spooky3]

5. Agree--and true for many other employees.

[quinnox]

7. to me, he is trying his best to be polite and she is acting like a big obnoxious bully

trying to score cheap points for the cameras.

[Egnever]

10. To me it looks like he is being a weasel and trying to avoid answering the question

Odd how that works

[AtomicKitten]

37. +1

[Egnever]

9. Agreed

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. Did we listen to the same video?

She said (and he agreed) that she would be fired over his actions, but he wants to be in charge despite them.

[quinnox]

11. that is the way I see it

Not impressed by this rude, and obnoxious woman trying to bully this polite respectful gentlemen. That is the way the video seems to me.

[Ruby the Liberal]

15. So you have no problem with him being Head Chief In Charge

and allowing employees under him being FIRED for the same actions he wants people/voters to just ignore?

This ain't Medea Benjamin trying to incite a riot - this is a voter from the neighborhood asking a pretty straightforward question.

[quinnox]

17. so now you are taking a shot at Code Pink and Medea

"trying to incite a riot"

Whatever. Medea has more grace and dignity in her little finger than this big bullying woman does in her whole big and wide body.

[pintobean]

18. "this polite respectful gentlemen"

I was waiting to see if he offered to show it to her.

[Nye Bevan]

13. Yes. She is a big meanie for bullying poor Anthony Weiner.

How dare she. I hope she didn't upset him too much.

[quinnox]

16. my sympathy is with Weiner in this exchange

He should have brushed past her quickly when she started going into her very obvious sliming agenda.

[Whisp]

27. lol. you got it backwards, dude.

she is the one with a bit of dignity, he not so much.

and it is fucking true. If she was a teacher or any public employee, her job would be dust in 2 minutes flat if she did what he did.

He was a big jerkoff, like he usually is, literally and figuratively.

[Bluenorthwest]

28. A teacher or any other professional would be fired without a thought. Why should

Texting Tony get some special treatment? What's he done that bought him impunity no one else has?
He's a pompous, entitled ass.

[spooky3]

3. Her type of Stand Your Ground, I can support.

And he didn't answer her question because he had no good answer.

[warrior1]

4. that's what I thought

He can't answer because it would be the teacher would be fired.

[Katashi_itto]

14. I'm not supporting him. But he did resign from office.

[spooky3]

33. But I think the teacher's point is

That he's trying now to get a similar (to Cong.) position, and if his behavior was disqualifying enough to serve the public as a teacher, she wants an explanation for why a repetition of the behavior, while lying about it, does not also disqualify him as a candidate for mayor?

It's a good question.

There may be a good answer to that question, but he didn't provide one.

[Katashi_itto]

36. Good point

[warrant46]

6. would you call his act perversion

or something else? I wonder what the DSM would call or categorize his actions

[boston bean]

23. Creepy. nt

[warrant46]

24. for sure !!

[DeadLetterOffice]

29. "Repeated Career-Limiting Stupidity" (RCLS)

In the new DSM-5, it's a subsection of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorders...

[warrant46]

31. Thanks thats certainly a new one !!!

And most certainly fits under OCD

[Scootaloo]

12. I would call him a ferret, but I actually like ferrets

[MrSlayer]

19. "Heated?" Everyone seemed calm.

Not everyone would lose their job for doing what he did. No one would bat an eye in my line of work. And really, he doesn't have the job yet to lose. He's asking for a job despite his image problem.

She just seemed to be grandstanding for the cameras.

[quinnox]

21. + a million

she is probably a fucking teabagger.

[AtomicKitten]

40. "fucking teabagger" ??? She's a Democrat and a retired teacher.

[Bradical79]

42. You and Sarah Palin would be good friends...

You don't seem to be a big fan of "gotcha" questions

[Nuclear Unicorn]

41. "Not everyone would lose their job for doing what he did."

They're called strippers; beyond that I'm at a loss to imagine which professions analogous to mayor of NY are immune.

[burnodo]

20. Not very well done, Anthony

I'll give him props for calmly taking the question, but his weaseling out of it was not so good. Why did the video end abruptly? Was there no more?

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

22. There's no right way to handle an irrational blowhard. nt

[searchingforlight]

25. I would not vote for him if I were a New Yorker

Here is where her question makes no sense. He did resign from his job for what he did. His more recent behavior was not during the time he was a public official. He is now asking for a job back. The people of New York can choose whether to hire him or not

She would have been fired but she is free to apply for a job, even the job of her choice. The entity she applies to can choose whether to hire her or not.

Stupid premise.

[Bluenorthwest]

30. Except she, the voter, is the 'entity' to which he is applying for a job.

This was her choice as to his hiring.

[spooky3]

35. Using your analogy, I would say she is an

Interviewer who is asking a job-related question. Voters have the right to an answer, so they can better assess the candidates.

She grew more unhappy as he refused to provide an answer. Most interviewers in private industry would count that very heavily against him.

[olddots]

26. ding ding times up weiner

this has gone from sad sleaze to absurd , please quit when you're behind Anthony .

[Kahuna]

32. Weiner should have said: What? A guy can't have a hobby now?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

34. he comes across as a smug prick

he doesn't answer her question because he can't... she kicked his ass...

sP

[burnodo]

43. he didnt answer her question because he's a politician

and that is what politicians do...deflect, defend, avoid, etc.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

44. we should expect...

no, DEMAND, better.

sP

[AtomicKitten]

39. The woman is a Democrat and a retired teacher.

link: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/national/anthony-weiner-sexting-stanten-island-resident-peg-brunda-confronts-anthony-weiner

Weiner was confronted by the voter right after telling reporters he would likely soon stop answering questions about his previous online relationships.

Identifying herself as a Democrat and retired New York City Department of Education employee, Peg Brunda told Weiner she spent 21 years as a teacher and then nine as an assistant principal. As a city employee, "had I conducted myself in the manner in which you conducted yours, my job would have been gone," Brunda said.

Brunda continued, "I don't quite understand how you would feel you have the moral authority as the head administrator in the city to oversee employees when your standard of conduct is so much lower than the standard of conduct that's expected of us."