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bvar22

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20. What is it about the TRUTH that so disturbs you?
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 07:02 PM
Jun 2016

Some documented background on Debbie Wasserman Schultz:


In 2008 Debbie Wasserman Schultz refused to endorse these 3 Democrats
who had won their Primaries and had a chance to win Republican seats:

Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Joe Garcia

Former Hialeah Democratic Mayor Raul Martinez

Democratic businesswoman Annette Taddeo

All three had won their local Democratic Primaries, and were challenging Hard Core Republican incumbents with whom Wasserman-Schultz had become cozy.
Not only did the head of the DCCC Red to Blue Program REFUSE to endorse these Democratic challengers,
but she appeared in person at at least one (possibly more) Campaign/Fundraiser for their Republican opponents.




FL-18, FL-21, FL-25: Wasserman Schultz Wants Dem Challengers to Lose
by: James L.
Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 7:15 PM EDT
<snip>

Sensing a shift in the political climate of the traditionally solid-GOP turf of the Miami area, Democrats have lined up three strong challengers -- Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair Joe Garcia, former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, and businesswoman Annette Taddeo to take on Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, respectively.

While there is an enormous sense of excitement and optimism surrounding these candidacies, some Democratic lawmakers, including Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kendrick Meek, are all too eager to kneecap these Democratic challengers right out of the starting gate in the spirit of "comity" and "bipartisan cooperation" with their Republican colleagues:

But as three Miami Democrats look to unseat three of her South Florida Republican colleagues, Wasserman Schultz is staying on the sidelines. So is Rep. Kendrick Meek, a Miami Democrat and loyal ally to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

This time around, Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their relationships with the Republican incumbents, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races.

"At the end of the day, we need a member who isn't going to pull any punches, who isn't going to be hesitant," Wasserman Schultz said.

Now, you'd expect this kind of bullshit from a backbencher like Alcee Hastings, but you wouldn't expect this kind of behavior from the co-chair of the DCCC's Red to Blue program, which is the position that Wasserman Schultz currently holds. Apparently, Debbie did not get Rahm's memo about doing whatever it takes to win:

The national party, enthusiastic about the three Democratic challengers, has not yet selected Red to Blue participants. But Wasserman Schultz has already told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that if any of the three make the cut, another Democrat should be assigned to the race.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1537










The bloggers also are furious with Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.), who similarly refuses to endorse the Democratic challengers to the three Cuban American Republicans.

They are calling for Wasserman Schultz to step down from her leadership role at the DCCC. And they're not letting up, even after one Florida liberal blogger reported that the congresswoman seemed "frustrated" by the blogs and had asked to "please help get them off my back."

This prompted even harsher reaction from perhaps the most influential of the progressive political bloggers, Markos Moulitsas, a.k.a. Kos, founder of Daily Kos, who wrote on his blog Wednesday: "On so many fronts, the Republicans are standing in the way of progress, on Iraq, SCHIP, health care, fiscal responsibility, corruption, civil liberties, and so on. Those three south Florida Republicans are part of that problem. And she's (Wasserman-Schultz) going to be 'frustrated' that people demand she do her job?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903410_3.html


Here are Kos comments on the Wasserman-Schultz betrayal of the Democratic Party:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/03/20/480511/-DCCC-Says-Uproar-Over-DWS-Recusal-Much-Ado-About-Nothing




A lot of time has passed since 2008, but I don't take these kinds of betrayals lightly. Now I find that DWS has been PROMOTED from Chair of the Red to Blue Program
to Chair of the DNC. She must be making the "Centrist" Democratic Leadership VERY HAPPY if they are rewarding THIS kind of Party Treason.

bvar22
Cursed with a memory

"I want to thank Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for being an outstanding chair of our party. (Applause.) She is a great partner."--President Obama


With "partners" like this, we don't need Republicans!


Would you care to dispute these facts, or just continue to post your characteristic unfounded and unsupported one liner insults?

Call it what it is [View all] maxrandb Jun 2016 OP
Except he was a registered Democrat. Bonx Jun 2016 #1
we know this how? MFM008 Jun 2016 #3
From news articles today. Bonx Jun 2016 #4
It doesn't matter how he registered. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #25
Not to mention, Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2016 #42
Link? jpak Jun 2016 #5
... Bonx Jun 2016 #7
From your link: bvar22 Jun 2016 #9
WTF. You slam DWS like this. Disgusting. boston bean Jun 2016 #15
What is it about the TRUTH that so disturbs you? bvar22 Jun 2016 #20
What concerns me is any comparison to a fucking homophobic, radical islamist terrorist. boston bean Jun 2016 #26
I made no such comparison. bvar22 Jun 2016 #27
That is a privately owned website, there is no mention of him on the official Florida election Rex Jun 2016 #16
The vast majority of Muslims vote Democratic. braddy Jun 2016 #35
Being a registered democrat doesn't mean you can't be conservative. NV Whino Jun 2016 #8
There are plenty of them here SwankyXomb Jun 2016 #13
Yup, Kim Davis was also a registered Democrat. totodeinhere Jun 2016 #38
lulz you fell for it too huh? Rex Jun 2016 #14
Red Herring, there are plenty of conservative democrats uponit7771 Jun 2016 #19
Still conservative.. Kim Davis was Democrat but a conservative democrat. LiberalArkie Jun 2016 #33
So what? doesn't make him a Democrat IronLionZion Jun 2016 #40
I call it homophobia. JudyM Jun 2016 #2
Sounds like it to me, elleng Jun 2016 #6
We are not served by denying the link, here, to Radical Islam. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #10
+1 (N/T) Old Crow Jun 2016 #24
Or, you were right in your first thought. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #11
Would it be HERE.... bvar22 Jun 2016 #21
It serves the warmongers to have evil enemies. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2016 #43
Radical Islam is just the Right-wing-nut-job version of Islam Dem2 Jun 2016 #12
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Conservatism fits all the religious sects of stupid uponit7771 Jun 2016 #17
Yeah, Islamic terrorism. n/t Yo_Mama Jun 2016 #18
Religious terrorism Laha Jun 2016 #22
"Religions teach to hate in this way. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #29
I'll back down and retract that Laha Jun 2016 #30
Thanks for being open to that passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #36
You've articulated it logically Duppers Jun 2016 #34
I appreciate your support for my comment Laha Jun 2016 #37
By its very nature, dogma is exclusionary. Duppers Jun 2016 #41
Oh, of course not! Religion is NEVER at fault! Never! Perish the thought! Arugula Latte Jun 2016 #23
Well turned on Fox and what are the focusing on, Obama didn't call it doc03 Jun 2016 #28
what bullshit. cali Jun 2016 #31
Why are we arguing sematics? Texasgal Jun 2016 #32
religion is the excuse, elmac Jun 2016 #39
Damn Hate! burrowowl Jun 2016 #44
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