Omaha Democrats lose mayor's race;

[disillusioned73]

state party chair faults DNC Chairman Tom Perez

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/omaha-democrats-lose-mayors-race-state-party-chair-faults-dnc-chairman-tom-perez/article/2622827

It's unfortunate that in their gusto to smear and discredit one of the loudest and most popular progressives voices in the US they gave a Republican another election... well done.

[itsrobert]

1. Washington Examiner?

Why are they being used as a source on DU?

[disillusioned73]

8. Don't know who they are/were..

I thought it was a local site - I didn't read anything else on there.. if you read the article, it doesn't state anything nonfactual..

[grantcart]

24. it's an opinion piece in a paper whose only reason for existence

is to promote Republicans

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Ahh... RW sources.

Good job!

[LexVegas]

3. Who is they? nt

[disillusioned73]

10. DNC leadership..

& their willing minions..

[LexVegas]

11. Ah, this is a Democrat bashing OP.

[disillusioned73]

12. No.. it's a reminder

of what happens when knee-jerk reactions in the name of "certain politician" bashing gets us.. A Republican in office

[Kahuna7]

15. Since when does the DNC get involved in mayoral races? nt

[disillusioned73]

19. You should have.

been around about a month ago.. when this little mayors race turned into the hotbed of discussion - sparked by the DNC chair & others in high ranking positions..

[Kahuna7]

33. I saw what's been going down. I never understood why the attention

on a mayor when it's the state legislatures and governorships we need to focus on.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. hope we remember this famous sentence, when Manchin is up for re-election

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. sure, but when he defeats his primary opposition, eventually it will come down to him against a GOP

[disillusioned73]

23. If, and yes..

the good people of WV will have it's say on whether he shall remain in office vs the GOP opponent..

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. right, and I'm sure the same people who aggressively supported Mello will come out for manchin

lol

[disillusioned73]

26. There was no..

"aggressive support" for Mello - other than pointing out the hipocracy and the real intent of the whole Mello kurfuffle..

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. LOL yeah there was aggressive national support of Mello, which is why Perez had to comment on this

in the first place

had we left a local race local, none of it would have happened.

[NurseJackie]

28. Purity is for Ivory Soap ... not for vanity-based primary challenges. Especially in...

... states like West Virginia. I'd rather WIN with an imperfect Manchin than to have ANY Republican in office. I'll never truly understand the mentality of people who would rather LOSE to the Republican, because they felt it was more important to "make a personal statement". Why would they prefer that instead of having someone who actually caucuses with the Democrats? Because it's pure ego talking, that's why! It's a step backward, and people who advocate such a strategy often seem quite proud of themselves for it. It's definitely not a recipe to find any success or "progress" that benefits our nation or our party. Their pride and ego and vanity are luxuries that the most vulnerable among us cannot afford to indulge in. Sad and stupid.

[bettyellen]

4. It's a shitty RW rag.

[Foamfollower]

5. Why are you posting RW trash here?

[JHan]

6. oh yeah sure, blame Tom. lol

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. yeah, tom is the one who made this democrat and his antichoice stance national news

these people are so ridic.

they ask for more and more party purity, then go support an antichoice candidate, who fails. at which point they blame tom perez.

[JHan]

31. ++++++++++

[FSogol]

7. Unrec. RW news source.

[disillusioned73]

9. How about "The Hill"..

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/332746-controversial-dem-candidate-loses-omaha-mayoral-race

Same message - the election that everyone was up in arms about a month or so ago, and now conveniently nobody really cares about... the Dem lost

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. oh, i care. i care that people tried to normalize an antichoice candidate on a national stage

instead of letting a local election remain local

same people who cried that we need more and more ideologically pure democrats and more progressive candidates.

LOL

[disillusioned73]

16. Well then....

your beef is with the party that props up rightwing Dems all the time, then turns around and stabs this "so called" moderate right in the back..

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. no, my beef is not with Tom Perez. I don't need you to tell me who my beef is with.

i quite capable of sorting it out myself.

[JHan]

32. Apparently...

Being pro-choice is right wing now? I can't even.

[grantcart]

22. You do realize that you are quoting RW opinion on a 'RW rag to

criticize Dems. What's next quoting Fox news on how bad Obama was?

[JTFrog]

29. Washington Examiner? Are we really going to start dragging out the right wing sources here again?

For fuck's sake people.

Use a little common sense before just blindly following wherever your hatred leads you.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. +1