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DonViejo

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Sun Feb 12, 2017, 03:53 PM Feb 2017

'Grow Up!': DNC Chair Candidate Says Democrats Focused Too Much on Trump's Insults [View all]

Source: Mediaite



by Josh Feldman | 12:21 pm, February 12th, 2017

One of the candidates for DNC chair said at a Democratic forum in Baltimore last night that the party needs to “grow up” and have a strong message beyond calling President Trump “offensive.”

Raymond Buckley, the chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, said at the DNC Future Forum that a lot of Americans are worried about their own economic futures and don’t really “give a crap about if the president is an insult dog.”

And that wasn’t the end of it:

“We did not offer a positive message to anyone that I’m related to. We did not offer a message to my neighbors… What we did is say ‘How offensive.’ Grow up. That’s not reality for most of America.”


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Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/grow-up-dnc-chair-candidate-says-democrats-focused-too-much-on-trumps-insults/



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Thanks. I like Buckley. Seems to have good experience elleng Feb 2017 #1
He wasn't listening. Hillary supported the $15 minimum, protecting Social Security pnwmom Feb 2017 #45
Fine to explain why you disagree with him, but it is elleng Feb 2017 #47
It is not helpful for him to disparage Hillary by saying that she had no positive message. nt pnwmom Feb 2017 #48
because trump voters wanted someone to ban muslims. hillary needed to show she would be better JI7 Feb 2017 #50
This clown has no business running for DNC chair reggaehead Feb 2017 #57
I beg to differ. Laurian Feb 2017 #2
EXACTLY!! nikibatts Feb 2017 #9
Hillary's first big speech where she hammered Trump NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #12
No there was not a media blackout. former9thward Feb 2017 #40
Not true. There were multiple times when they both were having rallies pnwmom Feb 2017 #46
Why I am not surprised you would make that post -- without evidence. former9thward Feb 2017 #53
The so-called president's rallies Percy Cholmondeley Feb 2017 #55
She sure did. Everything form Healthcare, education, jobs, the economy, civil rights, women's still_one Feb 2017 #30
Not quite. The platform was there but the message delivery was not. NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #16
I would never think of Trump as "a charismatic/engaging/powerful speaker" rurallib Feb 2017 #27
Oh for fuck's sake! leftofcool Feb 2017 #32
Charisma runs across the aisle crazycatlady Feb 2017 #33
Charismatic? WTF? hatrack Feb 2017 #39
There's also Democrats that don't have charisma either crazycatlady Feb 2017 #41
If that were true he would not have had a top-rated tv show for years. former9thward Feb 2017 #42
it wasn't top rated for years. and he lost the popular vote by millions JI7 Feb 2017 #54
He actually lost the popular vote Percy Cholmondeley Feb 2017 #56
I'm lost when it comes to applying the moonscape Feb 2017 #43
Not charisma......Demagoguery Red Mountain Feb 2017 #44
He's right marylandblue Feb 2017 #3
no he isn't. trump voters voted for him because they agreed with his bigotry JI7 Feb 2017 #10
He's right. tRump says anything and everything. Watch & Resist WHAT HE DOES. Persist. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #15
Big NO to rhis jerk and to everyone who chose not to hear Hortensis Feb 2017 #4
Precisely, the message was there but many weren't interested in it, just the "dirt" and.... George II Feb 2017 #7
* The U.S. WOULD HAVE HELD THE LINE for western liberal democracy Hortensis Feb 2017 #14
Buckley's right re insults. You're right re positive messaging. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #17
Buckley's criticizing Democrats, not Republicans, Bernardo. Hortensis Feb 2017 #18
Yes, ... as if Democrats are above reproach? As if Democrats can't be more effective and improve? Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #21
I rest my case. Hortensis Feb 2017 #22
Cartoon from 2012 Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #23
So true. But to the right, only the first illustration for both captions. Hortensis Feb 2017 #24
this obamanut2012 Feb 2017 #19
I agree with you, but I have come to see the need for a message made up of small Squinch Feb 2017 #36
I agree that the illiberal left should take on the right with Hortensis Feb 2017 #37
I agree. He's not the guy. Squinch Feb 2017 #38
You have to bully a bully. Playing nice with 45 will not work. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #5
fuck him. JI7 Feb 2017 #6
What campaign was he watching? George II Feb 2017 #8
Well Let's Just Repeat Trump's Positive Message !..and see how that works for us nt delisen Feb 2017 #11
As a woman, it is my reality when a president-to-be brags about sexually assaulting women. Solly Mack Feb 2017 #13
maybe, but we MFM008 Feb 2017 #20
Sounds to me like Buckley is alienating the base, rather than unifying it... EarthFirst Feb 2017 #25
so hes calling us ' children'?.... samnsara Feb 2017 #26
Um, no, Raymond Buckley. 6000eliot Feb 2017 #28
In politics, when someone tells you to grow up in the context of your accepting abuse... LuvLoogie Feb 2017 #29
Sorry, but this isn't the time to pull up a lounge chair and fend off negative thoughts about Trump. democrank Feb 2017 #31
Of course he is outraged, that isn't the point marylandblue Feb 2017 #35
the Trump voters wanted someone to get rid of muslims mexicans and other non whites JI7 Feb 2017 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author marylandblue Feb 2017 #34
Considering Trump EO's and intent, this is a strange comment at this time from a Democrat. JHan Feb 2017 #51
Which matters more, the message or the messenger? HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #52
Comical replies here arguing with other Dems Justice Feb 2017 #58
Mr. Buckley hasn't been keeping up with current affairs, has he? Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #59
He's a little harsh but there is truth in what he's saying LiberalLovinLug Feb 2017 #60
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