NYC Mayor Race

[Drex]

Getting in headlines and staying relevant is far more important than having good policies or judgment. Mission accomplished.

[Quicklet]

A former Weiner campaign intern leaked info about how his campaign staff is imploding, and Weiner's communications director subsequently went ballistic about it.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...hes-intern.php

The highlights:

On Monday, Nuzzi, a college student and writer, published a story on the blog NSFWCORP that claimed multiple sources on the campaign told her there had been “six departures” from Weiner’s team, more than had been previously disclosed. She also claimed that staffers had been underpaid and that the former campaign manager, Danny Kedem, left over the weekend because Weiner “lied to him about the timing of his sexting scandal.”

Nuzzi’s post on NSFWCORP was followed up by Tuesday’s Daily News cover story in which she claimed Weiner incorrectly called multiple interns “Monica” and said people only joined Weiner’s campaign to curry favor with his wife, Huma Abedin, a close aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

TPM called Weiner’s communications director Barbara Morgan to discuss an unrelated story Tuesday and she went off on a curse-filled rant about Nuzzi, describing her as a fame hungry “bitch” who “sucked” at her job. Morgan also called Nuzzi a “slutbag,” “twat,” and “cunt” while threatening to sue her.

[archibaldcrane]

Oh my.

[RKenshin]

Don't forget about signing the defense of marriage act.

Something like 78% of the country was opposed to gay marriage at that time, not really much of a surprise.

All of which still pales in comparison to the bills the GOP was attempting to push at the time, including a "Do ask, do tell" type policy, with legal ramifications for 'hiding' it.

[Callisto]

Apparently Sidney Leathers is signing up to do a porno based on the Weiner texts.

[wipers]

Apparently Sidney Leathers is signing up to do a porno based on the Weiner texts.

Won't even have to change last name.

[Callisto]

Also I saw a picture of the intern that the campaign aide went off on, and hooo boy

[archibaldcrane]

Also I saw a picture of the intern that the campaign aide went off on, and hooo boy

She'll do.

[notorious bum]

[Salodin]

I like how the thread died with weiner.

[Outlaw]

Guy should just quit already. Apparently the whole thing started when that guy criticized him for being, "married to an Arab".

[Quicklet]

You can see intern holding the Weiner sign trying not to laugh at the start of the video.

You can also see two of the workers behind the counter just standing there recording everything on their phones.

What a joke of a campaign.

[Kerberoz]

Weiner needs to win, purely for the sake of generating Stewart/Colbert material.

C'mon NY, take one for the team.

[quannum]