Frack OFF, Rendell: Investment Banker, Fracking Advocate, DNC Chair In 2000 Urged Gore To Quit

[AzDar]

I Don't Take Orders From The Likes Of Ed: Do YOU?




PhillyDeals: Rendell's "Part-Time" Gig As Senior Advisor To Investment Bank
http://articles.philly.com/2011-02-03/business/27099082_1_sales-taxes-rendell-critics-investment-bank


Ed Rendell's Fracking Ties Deeper Than Originally Thought
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/08/ed_rendells_fracking_ties_deeper_than_originally_thought_partner/

"Ed Rendell Is Undermining The Democratic Party AGAIN" (Details Rendell's "Liebermanesque" Antics/ 2007):

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/9/321014/-


From: "Down & Dirty: The Plot To Steal The Presidency By Jake Tapper"





Can't imagine why Senator Sanders and his supporters are so disliked and disrespected by someone like this...

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

[griffi94]

1. The take away I get from this.

Gore stayed in and won the nomination.
Then lost the GE because Nader convinced enough
voters that there wasn't a dimes worth of difference between Gore and Bush.

And here we are 16 years later with the far left trying
once again to torpedo the preferred Democratic candidate.

[KPN]

5. Haha. Seems more like the DNC once again trying to

railroad their agenda through. You ignored that piece.

[griffi94]

7. Uh...no

Hillary has hundreds more delegates and millions more voters.

But when the far left had a candidate that was green...well he wasn't green enough.

It's not an issue in 2016.
Bernies hardcore Bernie or Bust supporters don't have the numbers.

[AzDar]

8. "Millions more"... doesn't take into account Caucuses. And there are hundreds of PDs remaining...

[griffi94]

10. Yeah whatever

Bernie's done.

Hillary will get the nomination on the first ballot at the convention.

[AzDar]

12. Lord, If that doesn't say it all...

Philly 2016: When Hell Came To Breakfast

[griffi94]

13. Hell isn't coming to breakfast

Hillary is going to the Whitehouse.

Sorry if you find that upsetting.

Bernie has neither the numbers nor the power to
be the nominee.

He made a good run but it's done.
He doesn't have and has no way to get the number of delegates
he needs.

His 15 minutes are over even if he decides to continue
raging against the dying of the light.

[AzDar]

14. ...

[Fawke Em]

35. Hillary is more likely going to the Big House. eom

[griffi94]

36. Of course she is

Just like with the cattle futures and Whitewater and Vince Foster and Benghazi.

But this time it's really really really really....That's 4 reallys...going to happen.

[bahrbearian]

16. Why are you guys so scared to go to convention, Is hillary scared of big crowds, she doesn't ...

seem to get any, are all those Hillary voters afraid to show their faces? If you can get bernie out of the Convention now , it might be a place Hillary could get to feel comfortable. Maybe introduce Cheney or Kissinger and some of her other supporters.

[griffi94]

17. I'm not scared at all

I want it to go to the convention so when Hillary wins overwhelmingly
on the first ballot Bernie doesn't have any wiggle room.

There won't be anymore caucuses or primaries after that so his sore loser
rants will be finished.

[bahrbearian]

19. And then we can go to War! That's her record.

[griffi94]

21. Well certainly that's your position

And that's your right.

The majority doesn't hold that same view.

The majority of Democrats have given Hillary an overwhelming lead.

They seem to trust her much more than they trust Bernie.


Bernie had a good run.
But he's not going to be the nominee.

[Divernan]

30. A Clinton presidency =s everything old is new again.

New cold war!

New regime changes!

New trade deals!

New promotions of fracking!

New Cat Food Commission to privatize social security!

New grand juries investigating the first couple!

New grand jury subpoenaed documents going missing in the White House family quarters!

New presidential impeachment proceedings!

New Bimbo Eruption Squads!

New cigars!

[KPN]

9. Ah but you ignore the years of calculated manipulation

that have gone into rigging the primary to ensure Hillary's election ... lining up Superdelegates before the primary began and candidates declared, lining up the corporate media and donors (with unspoken promises), a debate schedule designed to suppress viewership, DNC attacks non-stop against the popular "insurgent", primary election shenanigans in nearly every State, etc etc.

Votes honestly earned are admirable; votes earned on the other hand dishonestly or by calculated manipulation are reprehensible.

[griffi94]

11. I didn't ignore it

It's not real. It's just an excuse as to why Bernie lost.

Democrats rejecting him is why he lost.

Democrats prefer Hillary.

[KPN]

25. Foolish.

[griffi94]

26. Whatever

In any case Bernie is too far behind in pledged
delegates to catch her.
He also trails by 3 million+ votes.

The superdelegates aren't going to break for him.

So it is what it is.

[KPN]

42. Bernie wins from here out.

[griffi94]

46. It won't matter if he does

Since the Democratic contests aren't winner take all.

He's not going to the convention with the most pledged
delegates and he's not going to be the nominee.

[GoneFishin]

27. Now you are just making shit up because your candidate can't win without cheating.

[griffi94]

31. Well, in any case

my candidate is winning.

[TimPlo]

20. So you are one of those people

That still think Bush won FL fairly? You do know that independent media counting of the ballots proved that Dole won FL. Just a bunch of "Voting irregularities" changed the count and SCOTUS ruled that recount would not happen. Man I can not believe this website some times. It really makes me wonder why on a website that is suppose to be for liberals I read so many people who have a GOP point of view on things. Like thinking Bush actually won the election and was not handed it like History has shown us.

[griffi94]

24. No. I think the USSC gave it to Bush

But I think it was close enough to steal because
Nader convinced enough voters that there wasn't
a dimes worth of difference between Gore and Bush.

The hardcore progressives and the perpetually disgruntled
seem perfectly OK with letting perfect be the enemy of good.

That seems to be a feeling that's shared with the Bernie or Bust people.

The difference is I don't think enough voters will ever believe that again.
Bush did way too much damage.

Some of Bernies supporters can't seem to stand the idea that Hillary will
be president.
They're going to be sorely disappointed.

[Samantha]

2. Do you know why the party was angry with Gore in 2000?

He ran a populist campaign. When you hear those Dems mention that Gore ran a terrible campaign, that is exactly what they are referring to.

Rendell is an anathema to me.

Sam

[TimPlo]

22. Well to be fair to Gore

He also did not have outgoing Prez out stumping for him. Bill was too busy in NY stumping for Hillary. Hell he even came to town I lived in in upstate NY and that was a small ass town of >25K.

[Samantha]

37. No, that is not quite true

He and Clinton talked about this and both thought in states where Clinton's appearance would hurt Gore, Clinton would not campaign. In states that did not care about the impeachment and subsequent soap opera, Clinton would (and did) campaign.

Sam

[tabasco]

3. Rendell is a goddamn sleazy crook.

He should be a republican.

[apcalc]

29. Ed Rendell is a good man.

[NewImproved Deal]

4. Rendell is an old Clinton Machine hack...

Note his button...

[link:|

[harun]

41. +1

[Octafish]

6. Guy sure seems to come down on the side of the CEO class all the time.

Ed Rendell Is Not Really a Democrat, He Just Plays One on TV

by Jonathan Valania
Huffington Post 02/21/2013 12:19 pm ET | Updated Apr 23, 2013

EXCERPT...

In addition to his current duties as professional-liberal-even-Joe-Sixpack-can-love on MSNBC, Ballard Spahr court jester, corporate consiglier at Greenhill & Co investment bank, Rendell is currently co-chairing the steering committee of something called The CEO Campaign To Fix The Debt — a blue-chip cabal of 130-plus plutocrats who have anted up a $43 million kitty to fund a multimedia stealth campaign/public relations offensive to convince the turkeys to vote for Thanksgiving.

Fix The Debt is pushing for radical alterations to the tax code to legalize a hundred-plus billion dollar corporate tax dodge and pass the buck onto the middle/working/underclass in the form of deep cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, all the while masquerading as a selfless crusade to save the nation from going over the [cue thunder and lightning] financial cliff. Bless their blackened hearts.

One of the Fix The Debt campaign’s main proposals for deficit reduction is creating a “territorial tax system” that would enable corporations to evade taxation on offshored earnings — which amounts to a combined $418 billion from the Fix The Debt member corporations — when they bring that money home, and giving themselves a $134 billion tax break, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies titled “The CEO Campaign to ‘Fix’ the Debt: A Trojan Horse for Massive Corporate Tax Breaks.”

Just to be clear, they are talking about paying off the national debt by pocketing $134 billion in taxes annually.

And that’s just from Fix The Debt corporate signatories. Taken as a whole, the S&P 500 currently has an estimated $1.5 trillion in revenues in offshore havens. That’s roughly the size of the national debt in 2009.

CONTINUED...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-valania/ed-rendell-fix-the-debt_b_2728295.html

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

47. I'm embarrased to admit I'm a PA resident who was fooled by him.

I don't know how I missed it. He was a Democrat, he seemed kindly and well-meaning. In the past few years I've discovered how wrong I was.

[silvershadow]

15. Fast Eddie's time of relevance is waning. nt

[Uncle Joe]

18. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, AzDar.

[pdsimdars]

23. And don't forget Tweety loves him

[hollysmom]

28. well that would be the kiss of death to me.

[amborin]

32. K&R

[Vote2016]

33. Rendell = Hillary = Rendell = Hillary

[whatchamacallit]

34. Another entitled establishment turd

Flush him.

[AzDar]

38. Dem Party Needs a thorough house-cleaning...

[CobaltBlue]

44. AzDar—You are correct; but the true power with the Ds are getting what they intend.

[JudyM]

39. Where *is* Gore, anyway???

[Blue_In_AK]

40. I'm sure you saw this one.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ex-dnc-chair-sanders-supporters-behave-convention-article-1.2629435

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman and ex-Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a huge Hillary Clinton backer, took a shot Sunday at persistent progressive challenger Bernie Sanders’ supporters, saying that they need to “behave” at the party’s nominating convention this summer.

“I think it’s going to be a great convention,” Rendell said on John Catsimatidis radio show “The Cats Roundtable” on AM 970 of the Democratic National Convention in July in Philadelphia. “But of course the key to it is the Sanders people.”


“Bernie’s going to have his name placed in nomination. We’re going to have a roll call. There’s going to be a demonstration in support of Bernie. He’s going to lose the roll call. His supporters have to behave and not cause trouble,” Rendell said. “And I think they will, and I think Sen. Sanders will send them a strong message.”

<snip>

Even though I'm almost 70 years old, when an old fossil like Rendell says I as a Bernie supporter need to "behave," I hear it as a dare. It almost makes me wish I was going to the convention so I could "misbehave" a little bit.

[cali]

43. Corrupt dems like Fast Eddie should go Fuck themselves

[CobaltBlue]

48. cali—That’s exactly what’s happening with Ds—via their reps—in Pennsylvania.

[brooklynite]

45. Ed Rendell IS NOT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION CHAIR!

He is the Chair of the Host Committee, which handles the logistics for the event.