Poll - 78% of Young Women Favor Weiner

[warrprayer]

<snip>

Anthony Weiner loves the ladies, and apparently they love him back.

Sugar daddy dating website SeekingArrangement.com found that 78 percent of female clients aged 18-26 approve of Weiner.


The website, which connects wealthy patrons with attractive clients, surveyed over 18,000 of its female members and discovered that 63 percent of all women surveyed approved of the New York City mayoral hopeful, with the highest approval ratings coming from the 18-26 demographic.

<snip>

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/07/29/poll-78-percent-of-young-women-approve-of-weiner

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. 78% of a sugar-daddy-seeking website's female clients like him.

Hardly an objective poll. It would probably be more accurate to say that an awful lot of women think he's a skeevy pig.

[warrprayer]

4. link to that poll please? n/t

[allin99]

10. That's what your OP is based on. did you read the piece?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. The poll is in the US News article you cited.

A poll of sugar-daddy-seekers.

[allin99]

7. it's 78% of sugardaddy members 18-26. Sugardaddy members 27-34 overwhelmingly dissaprove. lol.

[JVS]

70. Haters gonna hate.

[cali]

2. what a bullshit op title

yeah, young women who want a sugar daddy.

If you think that's fucking representative of young women as a whole, you're deluded.

It's goddamn insulting and sexist crap.

[warrprayer]

8. take it up

with u.s. news, which, last time I checked, was a legitimate news source.

[cali]

27. I'm not questioning the source, dear.

I'm questioning the poll and you presenting it as if it meant anything re support for Weiner by young women.

grab a little clue: It. does. not.

[warrprayer]

86. Bullshit op title?

hint - the title of the op is exactly, verbatim the title of the usnews article. As is every single word in the op. Reading is fun-damental.

[warrprayer]

90. I was called

a libertarian troll and worse for standing up for Edward Snowden long before others fell in on here. At this point I concede a Weiner victory is highly unlikely. However, if you remember anything about Bill Clinton, Richard Mellon and the Arkansas commission, I would point out that there truly is a right wing apparatus in place to discredit and take down real progressive canidates. And, I unhappily concede that Weiner by all means should have known better, had he even stopped his online activities after resigning, he would still have a chance. It just sickens me to see Democrats get shamed by the puppet media while Repugs get away with murder and are scott free to go their merry way, happily screwing us for the 1%. I hope you understand.

p.s. - at some points over the the last 10 years, I have lived outdoors. "Under the bridge" is a last resort. Shelters and ones car are a little better.

[GeorgeGist]

3. what a sad little man.

[allin99]

5. sugardaddy members 18-26, lmao. excellent.

[Scootaloo]

6. Others have pointed it out, but... SeekingArrangement.com?

[warrprayer]

9. the source....

U.S. News has earned a reputation as the leading provider of service news and information that improves the quality of life of its readers by focusing on health, personal finance, education, travel, cars, news and opinion. U.S. News & World Report’s signature franchises include its News You Can Use® brand of journalism and its "Best" series of consumer guides that include rankings of colleges, graduate schools, high schools, hospitals, nursing homes, mutual funds, health plans, diets and more.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Nobody is questioning the accuracy of the article itself,

or that US News is a reasonably credible source. It is laughable, though, that anyone would take the results of a sugar daddy website poll as illustrative of any level of general support for skeeky, pervy, wiener-wagging Weiner.

[warrprayer]

14. Weiner fought big pharma and insurance industry

... which is why their puppet corporate media is foaming at the mouth for Weiner


Weiner: Obama admin. 'half-pregnant' with health industries

By Jordan Fabian - 10/20/09 03:56 PM ET





Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the Obama administration is "half-pregnant" with health insurers and pharmaceutical companies, which may jeopardize the success of reform.

The congressman -- who is a leading liberal voice in the healthcare reform debate -- said that rumored deals the White House has struck with big pharmaceutical companies and insurers may guide them to abandon key elements of reform, such as a public health insurance option.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/63931-weiner-obama-admin-half-pregnant-with-health-industries#ixzz2adPQRROY
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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. He can be replaced. He's not the only, or even the most,

progressive candidate out there. "Big Pharma" and the insurance companies aren't trying to get rid of him; they don't have much reason to: For all his big talk he was actually a rather ineffective Congressman who never accomplished much. Why would they bother to "get rid" of him when he's doing such a great job of marginalizing himself? And his position on the Israel/West Bank situation is rather bizarre and waaay out of the progressive mainstream: He actually claims Israel is not occupying the West Bank. And he's a dishonest creep who disrespects women and humiliated his wife, which doesn't say much about his "progressive" values.

[warrprayer]

36. we have seen how hard

our elected democrats have fought for us since Weiner resigned.... he was made an example of.

[cali]

28. not through legislating did he do any such thing

he just ran his mouth.

he's a self-promoting piece of shit who if he gave a damn about a progressive mayor for NY would drop out and let the issues come to the forefront.

fuck that phony asshole. may this be the end of his political career.

[warrprayer]

37. his voting record

is solid progressive.

[cali]

49. voting isn't leading on legislating. ever.

[frylock]

81. and sasquatch snapped pics of weiner's dick from a UFO..

and hacked weiner's twitter account. also, that was really an android on the teevee lying about the hacked twitter account. poor weiner has zero culpability in his downfall. why don't more people realize this?

[warrprayer]

85. News Flash

every single word in the op, except for the pic of weiner and the youtube clip, even the title of the op, is taken VERBATIM from the usnews article. Not a single word in the op is mine.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

88. Doesn't matter. The article cites a poll

taken of young women who are looking for rich, powerful men to support them in exchange for sex. In other words, hookers. Not exactly what I'd call a representative demographic, nor should this "poll" be cited as evidence of widespread public (although maybe pubic) support for Weiner and/or his wiener.

Give it up. Weiner is going to have to pack up his package and go home.

[Scootaloo]

16. I'm glad you can quote an "about" link. Try reading the article you cited

Sugar daddy dating website SeekingArrangement.com found that 78 percent of female clients aged 18-26 approve of Weiner.

Now maybe you don't know what a sugar daddy is. Essentially it's a man (or woman, granted - though the term becomes "sugar momma&quot trading "gifts" of money or merchandise for sexual companionship. Female clients on this site are thus, pretty much by definition, looking for wealthy men to fuck. Wiener happens to be a wealthy man who has made his interest in fucking quite well known.

Frankly the bigger story is that even among that clientele, 23% find Wiener too much of a skeeze to go after.

[warrprayer]

19. the link I POSTED

is to u.s. news.

[Scootaloo]

24. And the article at that link cites a fucking DATING SITE POLL

Are you missing a piece to this puzzle, Warrprayer?

[EOTE]

47. Herp a derp?

The New York Times could reference a poll done by Highlights for Children. That wouldn't change the fact that the referenced poll was done by HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN. Comprende?

[warrprayer]

62. so because

you don't like their article they are not a legitimate news source? Hey, about those issues....

Vowing to “make New York City the single-payer laboratory in the country” if he is elected mayor, Anthony D. Weiner on Thursday presented an ambitious plan to create a Medicare-like system for the coverage of municipal workers, retirees and uninsured immigrant residents left out of the Affordable Care Act.


Anthony D. Weiner
DemocratFollow the Race Mr. Weiner, a Democrat who championed a Medicare-for-all style of health care as a congressman, said his plan could curb the rise of $15.5 billion in city spending on health care and save money for raises for teachers and other workers, mainly by using the city’s muscle to reduce the profits or the role of private insurance companies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/nyregion/weiner-wants-city-to-test-single-payer-health-care.html?_r=0

gee no wonder the insurance industrys puppet media is after him tooth and nail!

[EOTE]

64. Christ, you are VERY slow to get this.

No one is saying that what you linked to is not a legitimate news source. They're saying (and listen carefully here) that what the article says is not what your OP title says and the content of the article, while accurate, is incredibly stupid. You do understand what your article says, right? Did you even read a bit of it? It says that the majority of women seeking sugar daddies in the age range of 18 to 26 support Weiner. That's a pretty meaningless and stupid statement.

[warrprayer]

71. hey about those issues....

did you know this?

Vowing to “make New York City the single-payer laboratory in the country” if he is elected mayor, Anthony D. Weiner on Thursday presented an ambitious plan to create a Medicare-like system for the coverage of municipal workers, retirees and uninsured immigrant residents left out of the Affordable Care Act.


Anthony D. Weiner
DemocratFollow the Race Mr. Weiner, a Democrat who championed a Medicare-for-all style of health care as a congressman, said his plan could curb the rise of $15.5 billion in city spending on health care and save money for raises for teachers and other workers, mainly by using the city’s muscle to reduce the profits or the role of private insurance companies.



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/nyregion/weiner-wants-city-to-test-single-payer-health-care.html

[EOTE]

72. So you won't even address the lies you made in your post?

You can't really even pretend to focus on the issues when you won't even address your own lies. I used to support Weiner, but he's burned me more than once. He's an asshole who really belongs nowhere near politics. He'll get his ass handed to him, but he'll still have sorry folks like your ilk convincing him he still has an inkling of a chance at a future in politics. You're doing the party no favors, liars never do.

[warrprayer]

87. Dear EOTE

address my own lies? Not ONE SINGLE WORD in the op is from me. Even the op title is taken directly from the usnews article.

plus -http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10023370049

a few other people posted the very same article with little resulting hoopla. I get piled on, called a liar, etc.. Does anyone deserve to be attacked in such a way for having a different opinion?

[EOTE]

91. Reposting others' lies is really not any better.

And the fact that others posted the same thing and got called out on the BS (just with fewer replies) doesn't mean that you shouldn't be taken to task for posting the same BS.

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. A new definition of "MILF", should he be elected mayor. nt

[warrprayer]

15. he is a dynamic man

for a dynamic city

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Yeah, well, the kind of "dynamic" that involves texting porny photos

to strange women and publicly humiliating his wife isn't the kind of dynamic that ought to be let out in public. Weiner and his wiener need to spend some time in private.

[warrprayer]

25. you were saying something about the issues of the election?

oh, wait, no you aren't....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Personal character has a great deal to do with elections.

Weiner has exhibited (if you'll excuse the expression) horrendously bad judgment, dishonesty and disrespect for women. He continued to carry on his pervy "relationships" even after he resigned from Congress and promised to stop texting his dick all over the internet. There is no guarantee that he will ever be anything but an embarrassment to New York and the Democratic Party - he is not an honest, decent man.

[cali]

32. you haven't said anything about the issues

defending and acting as an apologist for Weiner is not discussing the issues.

On what issues, specific to NYC and being Mayor do you support Weiner?

Education?

Racial Justice?

Health Care?

What?

[warrprayer]

38. partially addressed in post 30

for more info, read his "Keys to the city" website. I have 10 minutes left on this library computer.
I'm sure now at exactly 10:35 there will be a huge pile on

[JTFrog]

39. The huge pile is in the OP. n/t

[warrprayer]

41. and back to the issues.... n/t

[JTFrog]

44. Yea, the OP was full of those.

[cali]

51. Make stuff up much? YOU never ever discuss the issues in this race

you know nothing about the issues or candidates, hon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

80. Let me clue you in, because obviously you are not getting it

At this point, it's backed by his very real collapse in the polls, Anthony Wiener is the issue.

Given his very real collapse in the polls, voters want him to go spend more time with his family, his therapist and go away.

Any politician that becomes the issue in this way...is pretty much done.

There is more, we are living it in San Diego, Anthony could cost the city money, and potentially, given his behavior, could paralyze city hall.

Finally, what you are defending is not just a narcissist (requirement for model politics), but a man who has very little respect for social boundaries or women. That is what you are defending.

And don't tell me to go take a nap. Bluntly, Anthony Weiner is done.

In the anatomy scandal, we are exactly at the same point in San Diego and NYC...the go away phase.

[cali]

50. why aren't you supporting the REAL progressive in this race?

and the one who isn't a traveling freak show sucking all the oxygen out of actual issues?

Bill de Blasio for mayor.

[WCLinolVir]

17. Yeah, who wouldn't want a texter instead of dealing with a heavy breather.

No birth control, no disease risk, no wardrobe, hell just send him someone else's picture. He's perfect.

[truebluegreen]

18. Whose?

[warrprayer]

21. whose what?

[truebluegreen]

33. Whose weiner?

I was trying to be clever...

[warrprayer]

42. I think

every possible joke has been made

[Nye Bevan]

22. WOW. Anyone else remember when US News and World Report was a respected publication?

How sad to see what they have been reduced to.

[allin99]

26. i wonder what they were thinking to publish that, i'm assuming...

they're making fun of him, but do they generally write sarcastic pieces like that?

[warrprayer]

30. ....

about the issues....


"For every investor who has made a killing during an IPO (initial public
offering), there’s a neighborhood pharmacist who has been put out of
business by a big chain. For every developer who has seen an investment
turn into a real estate bonanza, there’s a family in a neighborhood
like Sunnyside trying desperately to keep up with a rising property
tax bill. For every neighborhood strip that has celebrated the opening
of a more convenient Starbucks, there’s a hardworking middle-class
parent struggling to put his or her kids through college on the profits
earned by a small family-run business."

- Anthony Weiner

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

94. I'm pretty convinced they wrote the article with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

And I'm reasonably sure the "poll" was accurate, considering to whom it was directed. Somebody probably thought it was pretty amusing that 70% of the would-be prostitutes surveyed liked Weiner.

[brush]

31. Not buying this. nt

[warrprayer]

34. You can't buy it

because, unlike most politicians, Weiner is not for sale.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/24/weiner-gop-is-wholly-owne_n_475576.html

















Weiner: GOP Is 'Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of The Insurance Industry'









The Republican Party is "a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry," Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) charged on the House floor. When Republican Rep. Dan Lungren (Calif.) objected to the accusation and took the extraordinary step of asking that Weiner's "words be taken down," Weiner pushed back.

"You really don't want to go here, Mr. Lungren," Weiner said. Asking that words be taken down is a move on the House floor that is rarely made and carries great weight.

Weiner, after a pause, asked to have his words withdrawn and said he'd substitute new ones. "Make no mistake about it. Every single Republican I have ever met in my entire life is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the insurance industry," Weiner clarified.

[brush]

43. Maybe he can't be bought but he sure . . .

screwed up — TWICE — and counting. He's unelectable and the quicker he comes to that realization the better for himself, his family, NYC and the party.

[warrprayer]

46. and back to the issues.... n/t

[JTFrog]

48. You brought a sugar daddy poll to an issue fight and expect others to take up your cause?

What the fuck?

[warrprayer]

40. sorry, but your threats

have no effect on me.

[JTFrog]

45. +1 n/t

[geek tragedy]

52. What these totally not shallow women valued

Women rated power his most attractive quality. Second place was his occupation followed by intelligence, money and looks.

These women think that 'single payer' refers to their date.

Note also that he's about to lose what little power he ever had, as well as any career in politics, and has revealed himself to be an idiot.

So, he has his money (until Huma takes it in the divorce) and looks (ha ha).

[warrprayer]

53. from Salon

...

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/30/anthony_weiner_is_raking_it_in_as_a_corporate_consultant/



"He and his wife, Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton, disclosed last week that they had a combined income of $496,000 in 2012, most of it from Mr. Weiner’s work. The money provided a lifestyle-changing infusion for the couple, who moved from a modest home in Forest Hills, Queens, to a large apartment on Park Avenue South in Manhattan.

Mr. Weiner’s rapid rise from disgraced lawmaker to in-demand strategic consultant demonstrates the enduring power of Washington’s revolving door."

I don't think he is in it for the money.

[geek tragedy]

56. he WAS in it for the ego gratification. In six weeks time he will be out of it.

We'll see how his lobbyist paymasters feel about him then.

[NuclearDem]

54. No, really, what do you think about women who use these sites?

[geek tragedy]

57. Pretty much the same as I think about the men who use them nt

[HappyMe]

59. I think NY is an equitable distribution state.

You take away from the marriage (financially) what you put in.

[geek tragedy]

60. For pre-marital assets, yes.

For post-marital income, no.

Especially since it's very possible her connections helped him land his post-Congress cushy high paying job.

[WI_DEM]

55. kind of a bullshit poll from a bullshit site.

[warrprayer]

58. u.s.news

is a bullshit site?

[ecstatic]

61. I guess I'm the only person who laughed?

Really, you can't make this shit up!

[warrprayer]

66. pssst

I laughed too... tried to use humor to get discussion on issues... my bad.

[nolabels]

68. And remember that post, everything about what could be said about the wiener has already been posted

Comedy with irony, nothing gets richer

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. I will be blunt

Anthony Wiener will not be Mayor (which is a good thing) and he needs more treatment.

That is best for him, and NYC.

[warrprayer]

69. ...

"When you know the LORD you have no need for masturbation."
--Brice Wellington

[nadinbrzezinski]

76. Was that supposed to be funny?

'Cause it wasn't.

He won't, and it's best. A paralyzed city council is not fun.

[dionysus]

65. this is a shark jumping moment from you.

[warrprayer]

67. I rely on you

to always be on the right side of the issues

[LanternWaste]

92. Much as we rely on your prophetic knowledge that a man lacking character, judgment and integrity wil

Much as we rely on your prophetic knowledge that a man lacking character, judgment and integrity will be the next mayor...

[hughee99]

73. So how was the question worded, where those polled aware this was about politics? n/t

[warrprayer]

74. no argument there

it was not about politics.

More about charisma.

Like JFK and Clinton.

[LanternWaste]

93. And newt Gringrich, too.

"Like JFK and Clinton....


And newt Gringrich, too.

[steve2470]

75. until now, I've stayed out of these threads but....

I'm as liberal as they come on sexual issues. If he was a private citizen, what he has done would be strictly between he and his wife. I don't give a shit. I'm also not from NYC, so that further disqualifies me.

However, this guy has promised one of these women a job, from what I remember. If I was a NYC voter, I would not want a guy in public office, on public time, texting his Carlos Danger to a woman and her being able to blackmail him. Even if she doesn't blackmail him, dispensing favors to your cyber-sex partner while you're a public official is rather unethical and probably illegal if the job is in the public sphere.

He needs to get help, work on his marriage, and go get a job in the private sector. He's toast, imho. YMMV.

[nadinbrzezinski]

78. Gets worst

Some of the texts the first time were not consensual.

The law has not caught up to cyber sexual harassment. I do not see what he is doing any different than Filner. The latter, we are covering the scandal, is hands on (and not the only scandal). Why it is easier to grasp as quite possibly sexual assault and battery.

Oh and offering a job could be pay to play, a serious crime...incidentally the Feds are looking at Filner for precisely that with developers right now.

I am as liberal as they come...but this has a certain level of narcissism and disrespect for women that is not acceptable, in public sector or private sector.

That said...given the very real polls, he's done.

[steve2470]

79. yea, with cyber sexual harassment, he's mega-toast

I wasn't aware that they were not all consensual. He needs to go away, for the good of NYC and his marriage.

[katmondoo]

77. I don't believe it

I think he is extremely unappealing. As woman I say YUCK

[Vashta Nerada]

82. Don't many young women love weiner?

Sorry. Poor attempt at humor.

[frylock]

83. he has the women who fuck guys for cars and jewlery demo all sewn up

[trackfan]

84. He just has that je ne sais quoi

i guess.