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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Wasserman Shultz heckled with calls for more debates. Good. [View all]
Calls for more Democratic presidential primary debates grew so loud at a party convention in New Hampshire Saturday that the party's chairwoman had to raise her voice during her opening remarks and break from her speech to shout back at attendees.
Chants of "More debates" and "We want more debates" -- as well as some boos -- greeted Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz when she took the stage at the New Hampshire Democratic Party convention in Manchester. Although she largely stuck to her scripted remarks, which focused on how the party can retain the White House next year, she paused at one point to respond to the protesters.
Chants of "More debates" and "We want more debates" -- as well as some boos -- greeted Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz when she took the stage at the New Hampshire Democratic Party convention in Manchester. Although she largely stuck to her scripted remarks, which focused on how the party can retain the White House next year, she paused at one point to respond to the protesters.
SNIP with a hat tip to real small "d" democracy.
Most of the chants came from the non-delegate section -- an area set aside for people who paid to attend but are not delegates to the convention.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/19/politics/debbie-wasserman-schultz-democrats-debates/
Here's an embedded video, so if you have Twitter you can hear how LOUD this is.
https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/645239621887070208
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I have never heard her BS reasons for not having more. Whatever they are they couldnt
Dustlawyer
Sep 2015
#72
It isn't the Party's decision. It's the decision of the Party Elite that are in the pocket of the
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#32
If 'The Party' does that, they had better hope to god that Berne dies indeed lose the general...
Volaris
Sep 2015
#70
Why do we need more than 6 debates? It's not like we have 17 candidates running.
politicaljunkie41910
Sep 2015
#50
Every debate is free national media time for our candidates and our party.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2015
#78
But Clinton will most likely reward her with a position in her admin, should she win. But with
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#33
"Appointing Emmanuel was Obamas signal to sit down and STFU. " True but I thought that
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#96
That seemed more like the whole crowd letting her know what they thought.
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2015
#14
What is wrong with you. You can only describe the worth of a person in terms of a sexual act?
still_one
Sep 2015
#76
Nothing is wrong with me, and I'm not talking in sexual terms, Dr Freud.
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2015
#84
You made it ambiguous since your vocabulary is limited. It is that tough to use words like "she isn't
still_one
Sep 2015
#86
If you believe I am personally attacking you, then alert on me. Otherwise, have a good day
still_one
Sep 2015
#88
This isn't an opinion I've been kicking around. There's documentary language above.
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2015
#89
Thanks. Either way, take care. We did have a dialog of some sort, and that is a good thing
still_one
Sep 2015
#93
She answers to Clinton so heckling won't hurt. The Democratic Party Elites don't answer to the
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#34
Bernie, O'Malley, and the other non-Hillary candidates should boycott the DNC debates...
backscatter712
Sep 2015
#22
Why don't the non-Hillary candidates get together and have as many debates as they want without her?
Walk away
Sep 2015
#47
We should be emabarrassed for our party and what they have not done to advance the interests ...
slipslidingaway
Sep 2015
#67