Mr. President, you've got 73 percent of the gay vote when you ran in 2008. Now, that was less than John Kerry got.
Paul Begala
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Paul Begala is a prominent American political consultant, strategist, and television personality, best known for his role as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been influential in shaping political discourse and strategy in the United States. Begala has also made a name for himself as a commentator on various news networks, where he provides insights on political issues and campaigns.
Mr. President, you got 73 percent of the gay vote when you ran in 2008. Now, that was less than John Kerry got.
Well, everything is about politics with people on Capitol Hill, so yes, of course.
Eric Cantor today, the Republican Majority Leader, big mistake politically in stepping up in that quote we just showed and calling on Weiner to resign.
Big mistake politically in stepping up in that quote we just showed and calling on Weiner to resign.
If he's now going to be opining on each unfaithful or cyber-unfaithful husband, he ought to have to take a position now on whether David Vitter, the senator from Louisiana, who ran on family values and then got caught on the D.C. madam's…
Weiner's behavior was abhorrent, inappropriate. He lied to the public. He lied to his wife. He seems untrustworthy. He didn't use good judgment.
He's got to get right with his wife, who's a friend of mine, and she's a remarkable woman.
I will criticize David Vitter. He ran as a family values conservative. He was on the list of the D.C. madam.
I do think, actually, public figures have a right to a private life. They don't have a right to lie to the public, to Wolf Blitzer, to their staff, to their constituents. And that's what Congressman Weiner did.
If I was the chairman of the DNC, or however your party works, Paul, I would say, hit the high road, baby.





