Anthony Weiner Shares His Goals for 2014, Involving ‘Knife Fights’ and ‘Dead Armadillos’
2013 is almost at an end, and everyone is reflecting on their regrets this year. And I mean everyone, including Anthony Weiner, who posted a lengthy resolution of sorts on Facebook for not just himself but all progressive Americans. And yes, he references the thing you’re thinking of.
Weiner talks of a “fundamental optimism” unique to Americans and New York City, the nation’s “true capital.” After painting a picture of the kind of future every American should want to leave their child, Weiner addressed the elephant in the room.
I do want to take stock a bit of 2013. It certainly didn’t go as I had hoped. I continue to be deeply sorry that my personal mistakes undermined an amazing campaign that included too many amazing staffers to mention and hundreds of volunteers and many of you who kept active from afar with ideas, contributions and encouraging notes. (Even the snarky comments of our opponents weren’t entirely humorless).
Weiner, known pretty well as a loud and proud liberal, laments how “too often we progressives come to knife fights carrying library books,” and says it’s better to stand on principle than give an inch because, as the quote goes, “”there’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”
He also takes a shot at the “tea party wackadoo wing” of the GOP, and suggests he may write another book about his political vision in the near future.
You can read the whole thing here:
[h/t BuzzFeed]
[photo via screengrab]
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