Howard Fineman: Democrats Didn't Like Weiner Going On Fox News
Now that disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has resigned, the media are not only trying to help resuscitate his career but also coming up with reasons why he wasn't that well liked anyway.
Jumping on the bandwagon was the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman who told MSNBC's Chris Matthews Friday, "I also don't think a lot of people loved the fact that he was on Fox a lot" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: I didn't know this but I learned it the hard way, that people in politics don't like it when some member of Congress is always on television. They don't like it.
HOWARD FINEMAN, HUFFINGTON POST: No, they don't. And it's one thing if you get to that position through your work for others as well as yourself. It's not just expanding your own Twitter ranks and your own Facebook page and your own prominence on television and your own fundraising prowess. It's your willingness to work in the House and work on the committees and help other people raise money and do all that other kind of thing. And he wasn't widely regarded as somebody who wanted to do any of that. Now, he was a great arguer and I felt, I also don't think a lot of people loved the fact that he was on Fox a lot. You know, he would say he went on Fox to fight the fight and, you know, make the battle and join the against the conservatives, but he was also looking for eyeballs to be in front of and giving credibility to a network that a lot of the hard core Democrats in the House don't like.
MATTHEWS: I believe that's where he could probably end up in the next few months, by the way. If Spitzer found a home at CNN, I think he may well find his home with Roger Ailes. Just speculating, I don’t know anything about it I think it's the kind of liberal that I think Roger would love to get out there and say here's the guy with the dunce cap on. But he has to wear the dunce cap. You know what I mean guys? John Harris, do you think that’s too wiseass to think like that?
JOHN HARRIS, POLITICO: Well, I think on Fox they’re looking for somebody like the Washington Generals who lose every time to the Harlem Globetrotters.
FINEMAN: Yeah, and that's not Weiner.
MATTHEWS: They lose to the Globetrotters.
So, in Harris's view, all of the liberal contributors to Fox are shills hand-picked to lose to the conservative commentators. I wonder if he'd say that to Bob Beckel, Mara Liasson, and Juan Williams.
As for Matthews, this is the second time in two days he's floated the idea of Weiner going to FNC. Makes you wonder if this isn't his way to help the embattled former Congressman.
As for Weiner, he sure did like appearing on Fox. Who can forget his knock down drag out fights with Megyn Kelly such as this one back in March:
Now that's must-see TV.
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Democraps are morons.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:03pm.
They loved Weiner Man when he went on Fox with O'Reilly and mixed it up with the Big Guy.
I always wondered why O'Reilly even bothered to have the a$$hole on his show. It was obvious to anyone who spent 30 seconds watching the bastard that he was a liberal idiot and a slimy little bastard.
My daughter was in grad school at UVa not many years ago, and called one night to ask if I knew anything about a guest speaker she had in one of her classes that day. It was Cong. Weiner. I told her, yes, that I had seen him on TV a few times, and asked why. Her answer: "He's a creepy little slime bag."
I doubled her allowance the next week for being such a great judge of character! Now you'd think that if a 23 year old grad student could read this turkey in one short lecture, the MSM could have figured him out without pictures!
They should just go on same mindset shows?
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:05pm.
The whole 'tard mindset is flawed as USUAL.
Fox supposedly only has weak Liberals on, BUT YET for two days this fat POS is saying he should end up on Fox??????????????????????
Wait a bleepin' minute, were they not now and have they not been touting this pervert as A STRONG PROGRESSIVE VOICE IN THE PARTY for years?
Tell you what Tingles, have a crew of Conservatives ON and let them talk and then you can open you fat lying mouth.
By the way Tingles, HE WENT ON FOX BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN AUDIENCE 24X7.
Look at this panel of prissy little pussies.
How typical.
Leave it to MSNBC to find a
Submitted by lotr on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:49pm.
Leave it to MSNBC to find a way to blame FNC on the downfall of a little Democrat wiener.
He was just a nasty jerk
Submitted by stunned on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:35pm.
Lawmakers attributed Weiner’s failure to survive the scandal to a unique combination of factors: The racy pictures and texts were publicly available, he lied privately, publicly, proactively and repeatedly, and he had alienated many of his colleagues over the years with abrasive conduct, including a propensity to treat them and his own staff poorly.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/storie
Funny how the lib media in all its coverage of Wiener couldn't bring themselves to tell us how nasty he really was all along. As long as he was such a loud voice attacking Conservatives they covered for him all along. If he hadn't done that round of interviews lying to all the major talking heads he would still be in Congrss.
tired of liberal lies
"tired of liberal lies" I
Submitted by MightyMouth on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:42pm.
"tired of liberal lies"
I think you created the best bumper sticker for 2012. Good one stunned!
Stunned
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 11:00pm.
Your link doesn't seem to be working. Looks like the site was scrubbed.
Someone's looking out for Weiner.
I think this is the link
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:33am.
This one works.
So what he went on Fox.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 11:05pm.
None of the 24 hour cable news network shows can even get 1% of Americans to watch them.
Liberal Contamination
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 11:31pm.
I didn't like him going on Fox either. Weiner contaminated the airwaves with his leftist BS. I had to mute him out every time they had him on.
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Politicians going on Fox News instead of MSNBC
Submitted by Texndoc on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:25am.
Maybe they want an audience! If a tree falls in the woods and, you know.
If you're a liberal slime
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:51am.
If you're a liberal slime ball congressman, you can survive getting caught e-mailing pictures of your crotch to women, but - oh, man - go on Fox News a lot and you are toast....
Dems on FNC....
Submitted by big.league.slider on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 2:11am.
There are lots of current/former Dems on FNC. There's Beckel, Colmes, Williams, Krauthammer, Smith, Rivera, Estrich, Kondracke, Liasson, Ratner, etc. None have ever been fired.
On the other hand, ABC has fired Rush. NPR has fired Juan Williams.
Why did you mention Alan
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 10:12am.
Why did you mention Alan Colmes. The man is weapons grade stoooopid. If he was in Congress he'd give Sheila Jackson Lee a run for her money as being the dumbest congresscriter.
Jealousy comes in many forms and this is just another
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 6:40am.
example... Weiner couldn't pass his slime off as anything but slime on FNC. Brent would not let him which is called journalism. MSNBS could learn a thing or two about that!
NEWS FLASH!!!!! HOWARD FINEMAN!!!
Submitted by gailannr on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 9:46am.
Fox viewers wanted to throw up everytime he was on the FOX CHANNEL. We had no choice but to change channels, mute or Throw Up! So much for Fair and Balanced! Who needs it or wants it! And... that was before we found out that he was not only a WEINER, but also a WEASEL!!!
News Flash to Fineman
Submitted by Gat New York on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:07am.
While I may not have liked Weiner at least he had the kahones to go on FoxNews and mix it up.
The only place you will find Fineman is on very far left shows where is protected from any of the blue meanies (which would be how he sees anyone that does not agree with his socialst agenda).
Fineman
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:42pm.
And Fineman is an authority on what?? He only goes on lib shows acting as if he has all the answers. Who is he anyway....and where did he come from??
Tingles the Racer
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:52pm.
Tingles the Racer is really concerned that Fox will hire the "Hot Dog" and put him on at the same time he is on. Why else would he be so concerned? Only the HD could out lib the Racer!
SB & HD
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 12:13am.
Matthews/Weiner. Tune in to Matthews/Weiner's penetrating expose' of Charlie Rangel's assets in the Dominican Republic.
Sounds like something Barbara Walters would watch regularly.
It would be great if Kirsten Powers would call in to the show once a week.
Fineman
Submitted by jessieH on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 10:45am.
I got news for you, Howie. Conservatives didn't like it when Weiner went on Fox News. The guy should change his name to Weasle. The only way he could get a woman was to marry a member of the muslim brotherhood.