Dem Weprin Blames Obama After Stunning NY-9 Loss: “The Election Turned Into Referendum on Obama & I Was the Unfortunate Consequence”
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, September 16, 2011, 12:02 PM
Democrat David Weprin blamed his stunning loss in the New York special election this week on far left President Barack Obama,
“[The election] turned into a referendum of the President and I was an unfortunate consequence.”
Agreed.
The Brooklyn Paper reported:
Assemblyman David Weprin is blaming President Obama for his stunning 54–46 percent loss to former television executive Bob Turner on Tuesday, claiming that he would have won the southern Brooklyn district if the Commander in Chief was doing a better job — yet many say the Democrat sunk his own ship with several campaign missteps, as well as his refusal to shave off his 1970s-style mustache.
“[The election] turned into a referendum of the President and I was an unfortunate consequence,” Weprin (D–Queens) said during a Monday-morning quarterbacking session with this paper on Wednesday. “If this election happened when the president’s poll results were better, I could have turned this around.”
It would have been quite a feat: Weprin lost the Brooklyn side of the bi-borough district — with just 33 percent of borough voters pulling the lever for him — in the fight for disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner’s seat. As the final numbers were tallied, Weprin was trailing by more than 4,000 votes on both sides of the district.
Weprin called Turner to concede the special election and congratulate his opponent on Wednesday morning. The victor acknowledged the President’s role in the election, according to Turner.
“He said ‘The election wasn’t about you or me. It was beyond both of us.’ ” Weprin recalled.
Calls to the Turner campaign were not returned on Wednesday, but during his victory speech, Turner said his win proved that voters have “had it” with the President’s “irresponsible fiscal policies” and his “treatment of Israel.”
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Patty commented:
And this referendum isn’t just a fluke, from here on in it WILL BE the norm.
Patty commented:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/09/16/omalley_2012_election_wont_be_referendum_on_obama_111358.html
and this is another opinion
serrfer62 commented:
Yep, those Nazi stashes will kill you politically everytime…that & The Won, but mostly The Won
Nelson Muntz commented:
“Ha-ha.”
tommy mc donnell commented:
what has weprin been doing while obama has been trying to destroy israel? maybe he lost because he has been supporting the myth’s policies.
Swifty commented:
I am sure the former President Bush was really at fault for his loss. tic
Patty commented:
They will blame republicans for the their disastrous decisions. This is Obama economy, he owns it.
The list of his many dogging polices and regulations are so abundant and so critically damaging to our nation. Yet, democrats will blame the party who has suggested new ideas and they keep piling up in the Senate. Passed over for scandals, Obamacare, crony capitalism, shelling out our money for Solyndra and bad ideas that have NOT helped to solve any problems that will help the recovery of our nation.
The more the democrats repeat this, the more foolish they look.
jorgen commented:
The Dems chose Obama as candidate and that was a serious error, as also this show
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/book_shocker_staff_ignored_obama_order.html
bg commented:
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bout time..
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RL commented:
“Conservatives” are at fault, too, for taking the responsibility route. Paying your bills in full and on time with your own earnings is just not the “correct” way nowadays.
Bill Mitchell commented:
I think it was because, with that mustache, he looked remarkably like Hitler.
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2011/07/08/450×362-alg_david_weprin.jpg
burt commented:
He’s smarter than it looks!
Patty commented:
This was historic. And brought to you by non other then Barack Hussein Obama. It is about time that the Democrats do PANIC. I think they need a brick to fall on their head before they really get a clue.
Obama is too far left and this nation is Center Right. And in there is the problem. No president in U.S. history has regulated and mandated more then Obama. But for some misery reason, Democrats just can’t see the forest for the trees.
myohmy commented:
….and Weprin does not live in the district he is trying to woo. NY-9 is not that stupid.
Warthog commented:
“Crying, crying? There’s no crying in baseball.”
But apparently there is in Democrat politics.
mike191 commented:
Post3and Post7-Ditto.At least ,Weprin did not blame his defeat on the Orthodox Jews.
SheShe commented:
This was not just a vote against Obama himself, but liberal polices across the board.
Weprin was one of the state legistlators that voted to legalize gay marriage in New York., something that is against the majority of New Yorkers, especially conservative Jews, hispanics and blacks
#1AMERICAN commented:
ha ha ha …way to stick with your marxist president who you voted for…
Patty commented:
I wonder if the democrat could have won had he reached out to the Black Community like Obama has done.
Really terrible how this has become a referendum on the Jewish Population. Many Jewish people in this District, also.
Any nationality isn’t off limits and used for Political Pawns. What a disgrace.
john b commented:
“[The election] turned into a referendum of the President and I was an unfortunate consequence.”
Well, that and the fact theat Weprin didn’t live in the district and didn’t know the level of the debt.
xkaydet65 commented:
Weprin is a modern dem pol. Look to blame someone else.True, frustration and anger at Obama,personified by Ed Koch had a lot to do with the result. But so did Weprin’s stupid performance before the NYDailyNews editorial board. So did his blowing off the debate sponsored by the Juniper Valley Homeowners assoc. All that did was bring out a lot more blue collar Catholics from Glendale, Maspeth, and Middle Village who might have stayed home to watch the Yankee game otherwise. The Queens County Dems, led by Joe Crowley didn’t help by nominating Weprin, a guy who didn’t live in NY9, but whose family is minor NY Dem royalty. A perfect storm of events led to an 8 point wipeout.
Patty commented:
And Oh, my, how amazing it is when your campaign doesn’t have what it takes and when you lose it is never your fault but someone else.
Man up you wusses! Try the truth for once and speak about the greatness of a nation being methodically and deliberately slipping away by Obama.
What a shame that they just don’t realize that it is good for the Democrat to speak the truth and admit Obama is Wrong on everything.
Lauren commented:
Another crybaby liberal DemocRAT loser. Get used to it! More Democrat heads to roll!!! Yeeehaw!!!!!!
bg commented:
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“one can lead a prog-dem to reality, but
one can’t make a prog-dem realize” – bg
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Auntie Em commented:
No doubt it was a slap in the face to Obama!
However, Weprin’s vibe is not exactly conducive to winning people over. I saw him in a video and had to look away.
Reminded me of this:
Rev. 3:9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
patman commented:
I blame Weprins awful dancing skills. He’s really that bad.
Wm T Sherman commented:
Not his fault. The stars were aligned against him. Right.
During the election, a reporter asked Weprin the size of the Fedderal debt, and he guessed $4 trillion. The correct answer was of course, $14 trillion and growing. He made many other gaffes. He should have hired professional handlers to prepare and shield him, to arrange for ‘friendly interviews,’ to obtain quality adhesives for holding down his combover on windy days, all those little tricks that a real pro would know about.
What a lackluster hack and dullard he is. He is an unfortunate consequence of his mother meeting his father.
And we have Congresscreature Henry Waxman attributing the loss to Jews wanting to protect their wealth. Damn. Just, damn.
Molon Labe commented:
He’s toast. What I found especially galling is the MSM blaming it on Orothdox Jews. Orthodox are about as common as seeing a Burhka clad women in Sioux Falls. There are many Jews, but they aren’t the conservative kind in this district.
orlando commented:
WeprinK nedds to ask his self two questions. Who did I vote for in 2008? Who’s side have I voted on for the last 3 years.
WeprinK you have only himself to blame.
No Man commented:
That man is a racist.
kansas commented:
But Wasserman-Whatever said that it’s always been a tough district for Democrats. You know, all 80 years they held the seat.
mg4us commented:
But Weprin should not be disappointed. . he should be comforted that Pelosi thinks it was a good thing. . .
http://www.cnsnews.com/video/washington/pelosi-loss-rep-weiner-s-seat-was-disappointment-will-not-alter-our-plan-taking
lol lol lol
KLD commented:
I’ll theorize that it was bigger than both of them, but it wasn’t just about Obama. It was about recognizing the whole Democrat/Progressive Liberal agenda, and rejecting it. Obama is just one of the heads of the snake.
DM commented:
Stand Up For The American People
In this toxic environment, it is amazing that California Democrats have been able to successfully pushback these Tea Party Republicans’ vicious attacks and that Senator Reid also successfully defeated an aggressive Tea Party candidate. I LOVE New York, but I can’t believe that New York Democrats allowed the Tea Party define this election in New York. Those Democrats who have aggressively defended their position, who they are and the causes they represent have been SUCCESSFUL.
Nevertheless, Win, Lose, or Draw, it will be this President and the 111th Congress that history will favor during this very critical period in U.S. History. It was this President and the 111th Congress that stopped the bleeding and have kept the country from falling off the cliff. It was this President and the 111th Congress who have done everything HUMANLY possible to stabilize the U.S. economy and help the American people during these very difficult time. Yes, the President and Democrats have taken some big political hits, and I disagree with many many of their decisions; however, everything that they have done was to HELP the country and the American people; otherwise, the U.S. may have been forced to default or there may have been a government shut down during these very difficult times.
However, it is the Democrats and their supporters who must have the political will to get this message to the American people.
CHOICE: Stand Up For The Country and the American People or Provide More Free Rides For Millionaires and Wealthy Investors. I have no problem with anyone making money in America. It is good to make money. We just need to be fair to people on Main Street and the most vulnerable people in America. We must be fair and balanced. A nation cannot attain or maintain propserity with a HALF Broke, HALF Boom society.
Instead of sending a message to the President Obama, Democrats and their supporters should have challenged NY9 to protect their DISTRICT; to send a message to the TEA Party, with poverty increasing across the country, we need to stop playing political games. We desperately need people in the U.S. Congress who will help the American people get back to WORK, not provide more and more free rides for the millionaires and wealthy investor. Not only was this right thing, it was their duty.
Democrats should have asked Turner if elected would he stand by the people in NY9 or would he stand with the Tea Party Republicans. He surely cannot do both.
I cannot believe that any New Yorker or anyone would reward this bad, ugly behavior that is spewing across America. In addition, those who disagree with this ugly behavior are quickly purged from the Republican Party (Rep. Castle, DE; Senator Bennett, UT; Gov Cris, FL). So why should anyone believe that Turner can successfully oppose the Republicans obstructionist’s agenda
Democrats should have reminded NY9 that in January 2009, we were losing 500,000 jobs a month; Lehman had gone bankrupt; the auto industriy and other major U.S. corporations were verge of collapsing. And during the past five months of this year (2011) with House Controlled Republicans, the unemployment rate has been INCREASING; however, from March 2009 to April 2011 with House Controlled Democrats, the unemployment was DECREASING
Again, despite having MILLIONS of people still unemployed, it will be the Republicans who still say “No, No, No” to efforts to create jobs and getting the American people back to work just as they have done for the past two years. We must stop playing these games. We must get the American people back to work.
Yes, times are tough; but it is this PRESIDENT and DEMOCRATS who have kept the country from falling off the cliff; and it is DEMOCRATS who will keep standing up for the people struggling on Main Street and trying to grow the U.S. economy.
Look at the Jewish appointments made by this President. If anyone can work with the Jewish community, it is President Obama. Instead of strengthening the Jewish influence, not only did the NY 9 Special Election weaken the Jewish representation in congress, if Democrats are unable to BLOCK Republicans’ attack on Main Street, the residents of District 9 will be the ones who suffer the consequences. Democrats, however, must get this message to the American people.
But what I really do not understand how any New Yorker or anyone could support a political party that would push this United States to the BRINK of Default; whose Representatives would prefer to sit on the sidelines and say “No, No, No” on each and every issue rather than make a serious effort to help this country recover and move forward during these very difficult times; and who are determined to destroy the safety net of the people struggling on Main Street while giving millionaires and wealthy investors more and more free rides. What kind of U.S. Congressman would do anything like this? What kind of person would do anything like this? What happened to the American spirit? Whatever happened to country first?
New York has always been that Beacon Light of Hope for people around the world, how can any New Yorker support such vicious, ugly behavior; how can any New Yorker support any person that could watch the American people suffer, the U.S. economy fall off the cliff, and not even blink an eye?
Regardless of political party, this is America. This is America, the world’s greatest democracy. The world largest economy. Many, many people have risked their lives so that this nation shall long endure. It is our duty. It is our responsibility to complete the tasks remaining before us. We must restore civility and brinkmanship so that this nation shall long endure.
This is America. This is America. Sweet Land of Liberty. How we deal with these critical issues will determine our moral health as individuals, our cultural health as a region, our political health as a nation, and our prestige as leaders of the free world.
Peace Be With You And Across America
bg commented:
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DM #39 September 16, 2011 at 6:29 pm
41st :: Nevada :: 2010
Debt per capita: $9,419 (41st)
Unemployment rate: 14.4% (50th)
Home price change (2006-2009): -34.1% (50th)
Median household income: $53,341 (18th)
Nevada has experienced particularly rough times, largely due to the recession’s impact on tourism to Las Vegas. The value of occupied homes has decreased an astounding 34.1%, the worst in the country. The state also has 14.4% unemployment, which is the highest in the country. On top of all of this, violent crime rates are extremely high (at 727 per 100,000), making Nevada the second most violent state in the country.
2009: State Scorecard #47
2009: Child Health Scorecard #51
New State Scorecard on Children’s Health Care
Finds Wide Geographic Disparities: Feb. 2, 2011
NEVADA #51
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bg commented:
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DM #39 September 16, 2011 at 6:29 pm
here
you
go
fyi: born & raised in Manhattan, you??
eh, never mind, you didn’t say you were, ergo, you are not..
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paul52 commented:
Actions have unfortunate “consequences, Weprin. You ain’t seen nothing yet… you and the Dims! Go cry on Wasserman-Schultz’s shoulder.
mg4us commented:
#39 DM. . It appears you’ve drank the Kool-aide. . .Now to get better, need to have some TEA. . .
This president has massively spent the country deep into debt while reducing energy production and destroying jobs. . . passing secret healthcare programs (Obamacare) in the dark of night without even knowing what’s in it. .
nationalized car companies. . .
Devalued the dollar. .
And lowered the Country’s credit rating. . .
Obama is Incompetent & a thief and so are the RATs (DemocRATs)
NY-9 is a harbinger of things to come! 2012 can’t come soon enough!
Here is a movie for you man. . .and your Barack Hussein Obama mmm mmm mmm
http://www.twodeforcethemovie.com/
Midwestengr commented:
Clean Up On Aisle #39
Midwestengr commented:
Hey, look at this way Weprin. You can actually start the support group for defeated democrats come November next year instead of just joining.
KC commented:
yep, pretty much!
bobdog commented:
Weprin is now a humble ex-public servant, with much to be humble about.
Finncrisp commented:
If I had to chose the reason as the wild embrace of Marxist policies by the Democratic party, or 70′s style mustaches, I’d say the mustasche had to go…
Isn’t it obvious?
ROTFLOL
bg commented:
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DM #39 September 16, 2011 at 6:29 pm
2009 : State Scorecard : California #31
49th :: California :: 2010
49th :: California
Debt per capita: $9,228 (39th)
Unemployment rate: 12.4% (48th)
Home price change (2006-2009): -28.3% (49th)
Median household income: $58,931 (9th)
While it does not quite rank as the worst state on our list, California stands out as being among the most poorly governed. America’s most populous state has been mired in debt and political unrest for nearly a decade. It bears the unique honor of being the only state considered economically unstable enough to have its debts rated at an A- by S&P. It ranks 42nd in the country in health insurance coverage, despite having a state-sponsored health insurance program. The Golden State also ranks 48th in high school completion. Between 2006 and 2009, California experienced the second worst household value decline, with occupied homes losing an average of nearly 30% percent of their value.
2011 : Child Health Scorecard : California #44
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