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In reply to the discussion: wasserman schultz said something today about the debates that really concerned me... [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)77. the magic words
She is trying to do as little as possible and skate to the nomination. And DWS is more than willing to bend the rules to help Hillary.
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She is trying to do as little as possible and skate to the nomination.
And that is why the folks who claim to want to help Hillary by beating down anyone who criticizes her are hurting her. If he gets this prickly at a Bernie Sanders, who has 1/10 the budget and 1/10 the staff who whoever will win the GOP bid, how the hell does she plan to WIN the election. Yes, there are a lot of democrats who frankly have been trying to help her "skate" to the nomination since 2008, the same people who say "Hillary woulda been better in 2008" Yeah, better at war with Syria, or making outsourcing, or dismantling the last of the support state that democrats used to define themselves with. If Democrats insist on letting her ride on a sedan chair to the convention, the GOP will see that she is NOT prepared for a fight, which means all they have to do is keep people home. I am not just talking about the Nader voters who seem to think staying home and whining is the supreme act of American patriotism, I am talking about areas where people in the South will be harassed by cops, where governors will try to BLEACH the voting rolls to pure white, and where self appointed "voting monitors" will have all the restraint (and all of the guns) of Dylan Storm Roof. People who were told to fuck off, or that they need to stop whining about welfare and jobs, are not going to be able to summon the sort of unity and superhuman endurance it will take to overcome that.
again
She is trying to do as little as possible and skate to the nomination.
And that is why the folks who claim to want to help Hillary by beating down anyone who criticizes her are hurting her. If he gets this prickly at a Bernie Sanders, who has 1/10 the budget and 1/10 the staff who whoever will win the GOP bid, how the hell does she plan to WIN the election. Yes, there are a lot of democrats who frankly have been trying to help her "skate" to the nomination since 2008, the same people who say "Hillary woulda been better in 2008" Yeah, better at war with Syria, or making outsourcing, or dismantling the last of the support state that democrats used to define themselves with. If Democrats insist on letting her ride on a sedan chair to the convention, the GOP will see that she is NOT prepared for a fight, which means all they have to do is keep people home. I am not just talking about the Nader voters who seem to think staying home and whining is the supreme act of American patriotism, I am talking about areas where people in the South will be harassed by cops, where governors will try to BLEACH the voting rolls to pure white, and where self appointed "voting monitors" will have all the restraint (and all of the guns) of Dylan Storm Roof. People who were told to fuck off, or that they need to stop whining about welfare and jobs, are not going to be able to summon the sort of unity and superhuman endurance it will take to overcome that.
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wasserman schultz said something today about the debates that really concerned me... [View all]
restorefreedom
Jul 2015
OP
I can only think of one thing about ronny that makes him a minority on this site./nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#114
Only in that Biden WILL run, but, you're absolutely right that he deserves to participate in the debates...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2015
#53
I still wonder if insiders already knew of Edwards' transgressions at that point...
cascadiance
Jul 2015
#123
He's running on the democratic ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If he wins, it's the dem party.
TheNutcracker
Jul 2015
#12
Yeah, what the hell is up with that?! Seems VERY hinky that there were 4 debates by July 12 in 2007
kath
Jul 2015
#20
I guess not, since Bernie supporters are being constantly harangued that it is all over, we should
djean111
Jul 2015
#78
Yep kudos to the DNC for learning that lesson from the Repugs without having us go through it
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#90
W-S Needs To Be Very Careful And Not Exclude Bernie From Any Debate Because.....
global1
Jul 2015
#27
If the DNC had intention of preventing Bernie from participating in debates they would have stopped
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#26
There's no need to do that, and it would be a real stinkeroo of an idea.
winter is coming
Jul 2015
#38
yes, she should have openly said as head of the DNC she was favoring a candidate
Cosmocat
Jul 2015
#60
I would think what they have to do is set the criteria NOW and announce it.
Buns_of_Fire
Jul 2015
#45
I think they do go through the list of candidates and try to make the criteria
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#47
I think somebody posted a link to the official registration page. There are more than 70
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#82
The DNC has Bernie on their webpage. I thought "we were supposed to be the smart ones", smh.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#84
What is intersting here is those who think the DNC is useless and worried the DNC
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#107
So why is Bernie included from the Democratic party with the other Democrats?
still_one
Jul 2015
#127