The folks at the New York Daily News weren’t impressed with either candidate running to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner. During a Q&A session, Bob Turner, the Republican said New York City should block and Mosque being built at Ground Zero. While that may draw some criticism, the Democrat, David Weprin took the cake for the most ignorant answer. He was asked a pretty simple question – how much is the national debt.
Daily News: “Right now, how big is the debt?”
Weprin: (Pause) “Trillions.”
News: “But how many?”
Weprin: (Deer in headlights look.) “I got caught up on this once before,” referring to his inability while running unsuccessfully for city controller in 2009 to state that office’s budget.
News: “This is central to what is going on in Washington.”
Weprin: “About 4 trillion.”
News: “Four trillion is the debt?”
Weprin: “Right.”
Well, he was off only by a $10 trillion order of magnitude. As has been reported far, wide and ad nauseam, the U.S. is burdened by a debt of roughly $14 trillion.
And this man is telling voters he is ideally suited to participate in finding solutions to America’s yawning annual deficits and crushing debtload? It’s no wonder Weprin inhabits a fantasyland in which, he says, bringing troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq alone “will go a long way to reducing the deficit.” ….
My kids can answer that question!
I wonder if Politico will run a column asking if David Weprin is dumb. Probably not.
Tags: Anthony Weiner, Bob Turner, David Weprin, idiot, national debt, NY9
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