Weiner:'DROP DEFENSIVE CROUCH-It takes a great man to build a barn-but any jackass can kick it down'

[kpete]

"It takes a great man to build a barn, but any jackass can kick it down," Weiner said.


Rep. Weiner urges Dems to drop 'defensive crouch' in elections
By Michael O'Brien - 09/08/10 10:32 AM ET

Democrats need to abandon their "defensive crouch" in the elections, one of their liberal leaders asserted Wednesday.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) encouraged his party to go more on the offensive, with elections less than eight weeks away.

"We've got to get out of our defensive crouch here, and start to talk about some of the things that were accomplished," Weiner said on "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business Network. "And realize that, look, we're going to have a choice in November: The Republican Party has basically said they're going to repeal a lot of these things."

Democratic leaders have, to an extent, been waging an offensive. President Obama is set to go after House GOP leader John Boehner (Ohio) during a speech in Cleveland Wednesday afternoon on the economy, and Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine will similarly blast Republicans during a speech Wednesday in Philadelphia.

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"It takes a great man to build a barn, but any jackass can kick it down," Weiner said.

more:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/117627-rep-weiner-urges-dems-to-drop-defensive-crouch-in-elections

[yurbud]

1. that applies not only to politics but what Wall Street did to our economy

They kicked it down just so they could make money on shorting it.

[vi5]

2. This is an example of what a Dem can be.....

I don't agree with him on everything, so there's no "ideological purity test". He just stands up for what he believes in and he's aggressive about it, not timid and apologetic.

Franken is another example, and probably a better one since he's more even killed although still aggressive.

Again, I don't agree with both of them on many things. But they are what they are and they stand up for what they believe in and they stand up for what are a majority of progressive, liberal, and (at one time) democratic party ideals. This is all I ask.

[gratuitous]

3. I'd rather shoot for the moon and miss

Than aim at a skunk and hit it.