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Was Weiner a Gleek? Because

EmmaZahn — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:11:52 +0000

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Was Weiner a Gleek? Because in high school, he looked eerily like 'Glee' star Lea Michele in a bad wig.

I would have thought a smart

Beetlejuice — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:55:35 +0000

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I would have thought a smart politician would have had second thoughts about using a public messaging application to conduct private, personal notes to others that is susceptable to being observed and hacked by others with political agendas. However, it does seem strange all this fussing about tweets on-line when there are more serious topics in need of discussion and resolution by the MSM. It may be a distraction to avert public attention away from issues - a Shock Doctrine tool that says there's something going to happen the politicans want the public to miss.

I was reading about another Palin revisionist history lesson at an obscure blog called TPM and someone mentioned the Dunning–Kruger effect.- a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to appreciate their mistakes.

I think that wraps up Weinergate, Ryan's Medicare proposal, the debt ceiling debate and a host of other off-the-wall debates that are seriously wanting. Is it the politicians arguing their cause who are all screwed up or is it the public perception of the problem being discussed? I suspect the GOP'ers are the master manipulators behind the misrepresentation of facts simply because they are aware their base can be easily steered towards reaching erroneous conclusions based on the misleading information they supply. And not having the self-awareness to acknowledge their incompetence implies they will never realize the mistakes they've made are the root causes of the problems they complain so loudly about.

As for Weinergate, it will be a rallying point for GOPer's in 2012 just as it was for Democrats against GOPer's in past years. At least in didn't physical involve another man, woman or child. But Weiner's days are numbered and his effectiveness in Congress and the public is pretty much over ... no one will take him seriously from this point forward. And the GOPer's will be employing the Dunning–Kruger effect by throwing as much trash out for the public to view as they can to sway voters towards their agenda.

Genghis was wrong close; he

we are stardust — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:54:22 +0000

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Genghis was wrong close; he daid the first sexting was on cave walls.

(bob eckstein)

I was just thinking about

Richard Day — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:01:54 +0000

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I was just thinking about form.

I mean should it be:

You should know if this is your underpants

You should know if these are your underpants

I mean these are the types of matters that concern me most!

Amazing how journalists who

Michael Maiello — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:48:37 +0000

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Amazing how journalists who seemingly never press issues of fact when it comes to history, economics or law are all over this junk.

That made me laugh. Both the

Orlando — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:49:58 +0000

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That made me laugh. Both the irony and the actual pun. Cuz he is (sa).

Unfortunately, human-mackeral

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:34:04 +0000

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Unfortunately, human-mackeral marriage is illegal in the U.S., but I think that you can do it in the Netherlands. Not to a dead one though.

I didn't, but they're all at

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:31:39 +0000

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I didn't, but they're all at TweetCongress.com. Interestingly, Darrell Issa started following me after the CNN article.

PS Darrell Issa asshat

PS: Genghis, I do appreciate

CVille Dem — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:26:14 +0000

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PS: Genghis, I do appreciate your didactic approach to this issue, however.

[ I was particularly offended by Eric Canter's "heartfelt" empathy for Weiner's wife! I would rather be married to a dead mackeral than Eric Canter! ]

I saw the picture several

CVille Dem — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:22:47 +0000

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I saw the picture several times before I realized that I was looking at "it." This picture is so dumb I can't believe all the hullabaloo about it. I don't believe that Anthony Weiner sent it, and although I would love to have the ass-hole who did it identified, I am ready to deflate this entire non-issue.