https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/06/08/weiner-damaged-goods/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:11:33 -0400<![CDATA[Now that Weiner is damaged goods, the Democrats&#8217; knives are coming out. Case in point, this Salon article by Steve Kornacki, which digs up an incident from the beginning of Weiner&#8217;s political career in which he won his first Democratic primary with an attack against his opponents that appealed to racism. The incident reminds me&#8212;not in its charges of racism, but in its implication that Weiner was probably a ruthless bastard from the start&#8212;of another story you don&#8217;t hear much about, involving Obama&#8217;s political beginnings: how he managed to knock previous mentor Alice Palmer and all his other Democratic rivals off the ballot in his very first primary.]]>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:54:15 -0400<![CDATA[Neo-Neocon]]>https://pjmedia.com/neoneocon/2011/06/08/weiner-damaged-goods-n148401