NOW I get why everyone is ticked off about Wasserman

[dixiegrrrrl]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by GP6971 (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Damn..esp. here in the South.....

[Lifelong Protester]

1. It runs opposite of Downton Abby here

and then Mercy Hospital's debut....

[elleng]

27. SHIT, that TOO!

[hedda_foil]

52. Don't forget The Good Wife. That's on at the same time too.Debbie has outdone herself.

[PatSeg]

57. The last one was scheduled

for the Saturday before Christmas AND during the Star Wars opening weekend. Not too subtle. She doesn't even try to pretend that she wants people to watch the debates.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. *Past* time, really.

Way, way overdue.

[Cassiopeia]

3. And the game will be over before the debate.

I guess it could go into some crazy 2nd overtime and extend into the debate, but it's highly unlikely.

Additionally, fuck DWS for even scheduling 3 debates on Sundays before the primary. I hope it backfires spectacularly on her chosen candidate.

[cascadiance]

45. So those in sports bars will get Leonard Nimoy to give them teleport technology...

to teleport themselves from where they are watching the game to someplace they might watch the debate?

Don't think so! Just like they screwed us Iowa fans who were being forced to choose between the debate in Des Moines versus watching the Hawkeyes set a record in season wins against Minnesota in the ONE game that the DNC could have avoided scheduling against that had its time scheduled months ahead of time. And it wasn't just the football team that was playing that day in Kinnick stadium, but record numbers of college wrestling fans from both Iowa and Oklahoma State were attending a record setting wrestling meet in that stadium earlier in the day too.

If you are talking to Iowa voters, use this example to remind them how DWS as a surrogate to Hillary was trying to keep Iowa fans from tuning in to the Democratic Debate in a similar fashion. Do they want someone that will try to drive people away from the party just to get their own handpicked candidate nominated for president?

[Cassiopeia]

46. That is a different argument.

The truth is the game is highly unlikely to run late enough to be on at the same time as the debate. It should be over about an hour before the debate starts in fact.

I'm simply arguing that one fact.

As for scheduling debates on Sunday nights at times that will likely reduce viewership I feel that is complete bullshit. However, I don't need to distort the facts to express that opinion.

[cascadiance]

49. People in to these games usually have parties they meet for those occasions...

Many aren't simply prepared to just say "Oh, the game's now over. Sorry, gotta leave and go join other friends to watch the debate.". Life doesn't work that way for most of us who aren't already dedicated to the party.

That's the real point of debates is to attract those who might channel surf or have nothing else better to do to hear what the party is all about when they might not otherwise do so. Those kind of viewers will be lost with this kind of stupid scheduling, which I've shown with another post in this thread, isn't just a random accident, as at least two of these debates were scheduled opposite critical sporting events and the one I mentioned right at the same time as the debate in the same state where the debate was located in and site of the first caucuses (Iowa).

[bvar22]

65. Most Americans will still be forced to choose.

Most Working Americans already have too much to do on a big Play-Off Sunday.
Most Americans will choose an afternoon of Play-Off football,
and leave Must Do chores for the evening.

This is something that people who who do not watch football will ever understand,
but DWS does.

[bowens43]

4. wasserman and hillary think democrats are bunch of idiots...that we will not see what they have done

they both should be thrown out of the party...

[Aerows]

51. Their supporters think we are a bunch of idiots, too

How dare we mention the glaringly obvious and complain about it!

You have some folks pretending to be Bernie supporter ^look up^ doing it.

I don't know where they attended "Rovian tricks school" but that shit is so old, carbon dating detects some half-lives.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

13. Careful, I got a sleazy hide earlier today for saying f-you to that woman. nt

[scottie55]

25. If I Said What I Really Think About The Republican DWS

They would arrest me.

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/helptimcanova

Help Tim Canova

[dorkzilla]

30. You got a hide

for saying FUCK YOU to DWS? Why? You’re not allowed to have strong opinions?

and I echo your FUCK YOU to DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

35. Yea, it was a pretty chickenshit hit. Oh well, we all know why...we all know. nt

[dorkzilla]

37. Fuck that noise

It was chickenshit.

[cascadiance]

56. I got my only hide for a post I made with an image showing her like Jar Jar...

... since it made her look more like a DINO that I was trying to make a point that she was in terms of my commentary on her actions. But the post was hidden because it was said that I was trying to make a derogatory comment on her appearance, which was low on my priority list compared to posting what I felt her identity as a DINO was and is then. There are so many pols that look worse than her, and my purpose for being on this board isn't trying to comment on others' appearances here. So careful what images you post too, or they can be intentionally misinterpreted to be hidden too.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

58. Anything not approved by some "can be intentionally misinterpreted". Have to be VERY...

...careful what you say and how you say it or you get sent to time out.

The feels get real for some who cannot have their way, you know?

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Actually the game should be over.

The second game today is a 4:30 start so it should be over for the debate.

Still is an awful time.

[Fla Dem]

39. Someone got their "facts" wrong. AFC game starts at 4:40 et. nt

[PatSeg]

60. It isn't just football

Sunday night is a big night for TV. Downton Abbey, The Good Wife, etc. The Democratic debates are purposely scheduled when they will get the smallest audience.

[Warren Stupidity]

61. That is why I wrote "still an awful time".

[awake]

7. While I do not like DWS the games should be over by 9:00 pm when the debate starts

So get the facts right 1st

[B Calm]

8. I will say the GOP was smart enough to do their debates on a week night. DWS planned this

for Hillary's benefit.

[403Forbidden]

9. She didn't think that liberals watch pro football.

[dumbcat]

14. Football is for the lower classes

not dems. Dems are above that.

[scottie55]

26. Bull

Liberals do things other than hug trees.....

[retrowire]

31. Yeah!

But I don't watch sports either. I'm a little man. lol

[a kennedy]

62. Love that advertisement with Cher singing "little man"......

It's about that tiny horse who is kinda shunned by the other normal size horses, so his owner buys him a doggie door to enter the house and become a house pet. Very cute advertisement.

[ejbr]

33. Though

that is my favorite thing to do

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. You obviously do not live in the South. n/t

Family first, church second, and football.
reverse order during football season.

[tkmorris]

54. Yanking chains as a hobby is so bourgeoisie

[Fla Dem]

44. Really!? That's doesn't even make sense. Just nonsense for the sake of a snide comment. nt

[TIME TO PANIC]

10. It's also a three day weekend in many places.

People will be going out.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Oh, I forgot about the 3 day weekend.....n/t

[Schema Thing]

11. You should remove your post, as it isn't true.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. Heads up, careful, I got a chickenshit hide earlier for criticizing that woman. nt

[SoapBox]

20. and everone should watch any criticism of that good Democrat David Brock.

Cause ya know...he's a Democrat...and The Swarm doesn't permit criticism of Democrats.

Unless they are Democrats that aren't chosen by, ya know, The Swarm...then it's totally ok to rip them apart with lies and bullshit.

[JoePhilly]

15. Whoever created that is not very bright.

But they did succeed in whipping the perpetually disgruntled into a bit of manufactured outrage.

[leftofcool]

28. Lots of poutrage going on around here today

The higher Hillary climbs in the polls, the higher the poutrage.

[99th_Monkey]

32. Are you saying that tonight is "prime time", on 3-day MLK holiday weekend?

or are you saying there really isn't a widely watched NFL football game on at the same time?

hmm. so what ARE you saying is 'not very bright' again?

[Cassiopeia]

43. I'm not sure what Joephilly is saying,

But a widely watched NFL playoff game is NOT on at the same time as the debate unless it goes into some crazy second overtime.

[Omaha Steve]

17. Help fire DWS

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[Ed Suspicious]

21. +1

[scottie55]

22. Others Are Also Fundraising

Another One For Tim Canova With More Money Raised Already

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[Omaha Steve]

29. It doesn't have the DU name, but all goes to he same place

I just like promoting the DU.

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[Iggo]

18. She's in the bag for a specific candidate in the primary.

That ain't right.

[scottie55]

19. DWS Is Obviously A Republican

Nothing else could possibly explain her actions.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz = Republican

[BlueJazz]

42. Yep, after looking at her voting record and the other stunts she's pulled, I'm still..

...scratching my head over "Why in the hell is SHE in charge?"

Oh, welcome to DU!

[smirkymonkey]

23. Sorry,watching Downton you idiot!

[SheilaT]

24. As it happens I won't be watching either of the games today,

but that's just me.

I don't watch debates, either, because I find them boring and stupid and I don't feel as if I learn anything from them.

Plus, I get all the analysis I need about them here on DU.

[cascadiance]

34. She's following the same BULLSHIT script to screw the Democratic Party out of new voters...

... that she did earlier in the Des Moines debate...



Now that college football season is over, and she can no longer pick the one prescheduled Iowa football game to alienate any Iowa independent voters who might be football fans, time to do it during the NFL playoffs too!

This Republican lite POS needs to go if we want to build this party back to what it used to be and what it SHOULD be again!!!

[BuelahWitch]

53. And then she'll blame the voters

'cause it's all their fault they didn't vote for Democrats...

[spanone]

36. the games will be over by debate time, there is no prime-time NFL game tonight.

[dorkzilla]

38. Liberals watch PBS

PBS’s most popular show is in its FINAL season and lots of people who don’t have dvr’s (they exist) will have to make a decision. Not the kindest thing, but I suspect most of the people in that demo won’t watch Downton anyway. I don’t know many young things that watch it anyway.

[emulatorloo]

47. photoshop ownership does not automatically make one a paragon of truth

As others have said, the game will be over by then.

Take all these memes with a grain of salt. Maybe good to fact check them before posting them. JMHO.

Have a great time watching the debate!

[randr]

48. How can anyone with a shread of intelligence not see the orchestration

by the DNC to give Hillary the primary win? If Hillary is to stand a chance the first thing she needs to do is remove herself from the influence of the DNC and call for the removal of DWS at the same time.
We are in an election where the establishment will NOT endure.

[blue neen]

55. Your post is incorrect.

If you don't take it down, the moderator should.

Sunday, Jan. 17

NFC: Seattle at No. 1 Carolina, 1:05 p.m. ET (Fox)
AFC: Pittsburgh at No. 1 Denver, 4:40 p.m. ET (CBS)

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25436890/nfl-playoff-schedule-postseason-dates-times-and-tv-for-each-round

[cascadiance]

59. Football games last 3 to 3 1/2 hours or longer in many instances...

That puts the last game aver probably around 8 PM if you are lucky, and more likely 8:30 PM. If people are watching the game at parties, they don't suddenly pack up and say they have five minutes to drive across town to watch a debate, so the point is that the scheduling of this DID clash with the scheduling of the debate in real human life terms in terms of the way people would watch both events, even if the game MIGHT end before the debate starts (even perhaps within a few minutes of each other).

So, NO, a moderator taking this post down would only be the NAZI thing to do, not one that that lets us discuss this in a manner that discusses the real effect of timing of events, etc. on the lives of many that might vote in this election, and how it might affect the messaging of this party getting to them, or NOT getting to them!!!

[sadoldgirl]

63. I just checked for the next 2 debates

Interesting that the last one takes place after
Super Tuesday, but

perhaps we should be happy that it is not
scheduled for June!

I hope that DWS as well as the candidate she is
trying to protect will lose.

[Rex]

64. Not everyone, some here will defend her to the end.

They like her agenda.

[GP6971]

66. Locking

Please repost in GDP