We Want Weiner: 5 Reasons & Slogans for Weiner Support

We Want Weiner: 5 Reasons & Slogans for Weiner Support
When Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) became the first democrat to call on Weiner to resign, she claimed to do so in the name of his constituents: “Having the respect of your constituents is fundamental for a Member of Congress. In light of Anthony We READ MORE

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It's "palace intrigue", where it's a dangerous game, trying to do the "right thing", in the face of a widely ignorant and mis-informed public. Most people only
know what they catch in sound bites of news or what
they see on the news while waiting for the hurricane, earthquake, flood or other natural disaster pictures to arrive. Thus, they cannot understand how raising taxes,
for example, can possibly create jobs, it just doesn't make any sense to them. Nor does the media take the
time to help. So one ignores these facts at their peril,
and must play to the misinformation that the media
is providing and that the public holds, in order to stay
out front and have any control at all.

Here, have a look at this:

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From The Daily Beast website

On the Friday of Memorial day weekend, Rep. Weiner sent a letter to
Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, accusing him of corruption-
and stating that it was widely known that his wife Ginny Thomas had
already taken nearly $700,000.00 from health care opponents and openly
advertised herself as a crack lobbyist with the "experience and connections"
to overturn the law of the land.

It didn't take long for Weiner's online "correspondance" to surface, even
though it was already the worst kept secret in Washington. As they say-
timing is everything.



The Honorable Justice Clarence Thomas
United States Supreme Court Building
1 First Street Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20543

Dear Justice Thomas:

As an Associate Justice, you are entrusted with the responsibility to exercise the highest degree of discretion and impartiality when deciding a case. As Members of Congress, we were surprised by recent revelations of your financial ties to leading organizations dedicated to lobbying against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We write today to respectfully ask that you maintain the integrity of this court and recuse yourself from any deliberations on the constitutionality of this act.

The appearance of a conflict of interest merits recusal under federal law. From what we have already seen, the line between your impartiality and you and your wife's financial stake in the overturn of health care reform is blurred. Your spouse is advertising herself as a lobbyist who has "experience and connections" and appeals to clients who want a particular decision - they want to overturn health care reform. Moreover, your failure to disclose Ginny Thomas's receipt of $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation, a prominent opponent of health care reform, between 2003 and 2007 has raised great concern.

This is not the first case where your impartiality was in question. As Common Cause points out, you "participated in secretive political strategy sessions, perhaps while the case was pending, with corporate leaders whose political aims were advanced by the [5-4] decision" on the Citizens United case. Your spouse also received an undisclosed salary paid for by undisclosed donors as CEO of Liberty Central, a 501(c)(4) organization that stood to benefit from the decision and played an active role in the 2010 elections.

Given these facts, there is a strong conflict between the Thomas household's financial gain through your spouse's activities and your role as a Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. We urge you to recuse yourself from this case. If the U.S. Supreme Court's decision is to be viewed as legitimate by the American people, this is the only correct path.

We appreciate your thoughtful consideration of this request.

Sincerely,
ANTHONY D. WEINER
Member of Congress
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Elliot Spitzer comes to mind, on the very day he was to
give a press conference about the subprime mortgage
thingy, naming names and exposing games, POW, he
get's hit with a scandal.