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Don't let Sanders Bully DWS and the DNC!!! Spread this (Original Post) fun n serious May 2016 OP
Manure is for spreading. John Poet May 2016 #1
That's ridiculous. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #2
After the election Demsrule86 May 2016 #6
Yeah, I'm sure he'll take that into consideration. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #7
Bwahaha. cali May 2016 #14
I bet that great democrat Bernie goes back to his ivory tower in his workinclasszero May 2016 #42
This is some byzantine and labyrinthine thinking. Chan790 May 2016 #3
But what about all the insurmountable math? kayakjohnny May 2016 #4
No we have been aware for some time Demsrule86 May 2016 #41
Says the proud owner of... 99Forever May 2016 #5
23? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #8
Yessir. 99Forever May 2016 #11
Not to mention Warren DeMontague May 2016 #16
23 hides has to be a new record! B Calm May 2016 #21
Must be doing something right if the Bernistas are so afraid. baldguy May 2016 #22
The poster has hides because the poster is rude, extreme and habitually nasty. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #33
You keep telling yourself that. baldguy May 2016 #45
this makes DWS look desperate. Exilednight May 2016 #9
"comrade Sanders", "New Idiotology Party"... demmiblue May 2016 #10
I just read the Hill article and it sounds like no one is supporting this. ucrdem May 2016 #12
Could it also be a low level Dem? I doubt Jeff Merkely would do this fun n serious May 2016 #17
Probably. ucrdem May 2016 #19
Endorsing Hillary is very much not the same thing as supporting Pay Day Debbie. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #34
Thank you. fun n serious May 2016 #18
It's true. fun n serious May 2016 #13
Ah, timing. Miles Archer May 2016 #29
K&R! stonecutter357 May 2016 #15
i just wash, rinse and repeat: islandmkl May 2016 #20
DWS should have been gone after the last midterm elections. Vinca May 2016 #23
And that's Debbie's legacy. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #35
Some dude named Roger Ryan is spamming a similar message at several sites... demmiblue May 2016 #24
Roger Ryan? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #30
Sniff, sniff. Smells like Brockian shit. cali May 2016 #39
Putting forth an argument to political figures is a "coup"? Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #25
Oh yeah, even as an acronym JackInGreen May 2016 #26
Oh, poor Debbie. Poor, poor Debbie. She gives so much, and asks so little. Miles Archer May 2016 #27
Bernie will end up being the democratic nominee! B Calm May 2016 #28
All it's missing is "FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD:" and an aol.com sender address. n/t Jester Messiah May 2016 #31
Sanders is not a Democrat. He should have zero say with in-house party decisions IMO. Trust Buster May 2016 #32
Tough. Weep over it. He does. cali May 2016 #40
Well, we shall see Cali. I don't think DWS is going anywhere between now and the end of this cycle. Trust Buster May 2016 #43
For a guy who gets nothing done, he seems astonishingly powerful. hellofromreddit May 2016 #36
In other words, DWS is pulling strings for Hillary. morningfog May 2016 #37
Thanks for posting Gothmog May 2016 #38
DWS is expendable Loki Liesmith May 2016 #44

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
2. That's ridiculous.
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:25 AM
May 2016

DWS needs to go because she's making all of us look bad.

Hillary is going to be the nominee despite her "help", not because of it.

The idea that getting rid of her is going to terrify some seven HUNDRED or so superdelegates into backing him for the nomination- you dont actually believe that, do you?

Demsrule86

(68,555 posts)
6. After the election
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:29 AM
May 2016

I am not going to stand for any rigging of the process by Sanders period. Hillary won and she gets the nomination...Bernie goes home.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
7. Yeah, I'm sure he'll take that into consideration.
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:30 AM
May 2016

Still, DWS needs to go. A lot of people in both camps recognize what a problem she is for our image.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
42. I bet that great democrat Bernie goes back to his ivory tower in his
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:07 AM
May 2016

own personal party after the primary.

I just can't picture Sanders being an enthusiastic supporter of Hillary Clinton.

I hope I'm wrong but...yeah I don't see it.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
3. This is some byzantine and labyrinthine thinking.
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:26 AM
May 2016

I'm a fan of Occam's Razor; the simplest answer almost always being the correct one.

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has done a terrible job as chair of the DNC, costing us seats in both chambers of Congress in several election cycles and ruining even any appearance of impartiality between the various wings of the party during her term in that office, long before this primary season even started...both of which are reasonable grounds for the DNC vice-chairs and prominent Democrats to want her fired from the position.

The biggest problem (of which there are many) with your theory is that the people trying to oust her, a list that supposedly includes the majority of Senate Democrats, is that they're all super-delegates and a sizeable portion of them are pledged to Hillary.

Try to twist this as you might...it really has very little to do with this primary, other than the primary has served as an exceptional stage for how godawful, fucking terrible she is at her job and why, should Democrats prevail in the GE, DWS should expect that she has no path to approval to any position in the administration of the next Democratic President based on poor performance in this position.

It's back to the swamplands of S. FL for her; back to being just another minor member of the US House of Representatives that anybody barely cares what she thinks...an exile from the inner workings of the Democratic party that was well-earned.

kayakjohnny

(5,235 posts)
4. But what about all the insurmountable math?
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:27 AM
May 2016

I thought this was a lock. Now you say it's not a lock. Won't this shake the faith in her supporters?

Demsrule86

(68,555 posts)
41. No we have been aware for some time
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:05 AM
May 2016

That Sanders is trying to steal the nominaton...he would lose a general of course because of the dirt that has yet to surface...the GOP has it and is ready...And he would lose both the support of women and minority voters...but Sanders is so arrogant he is gving it a try...she has won by all measures...and if Sanders screws with that we lose the General and the GOP sweeps they take all branches of government. She has low approval because of Bernies's attacks anyway...and honestly I fear a Trump presidency, but I don't know that I could vote for Sanders if he stole the nomination.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
33. The poster has hides because the poster is rude, extreme and habitually nasty.
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:44 AM
May 2016

If you want to openly endorse that crap the OP gets hides for please do. 23 hides.

It's worth noting that the OP is present only because the rules were changed in the middle of the game by the admins. Changing the rules with the game afoot is called cheating and it is exactly the thing that some people see as inherent to Clinton Culture. They could not function under DU community standards so Skinner dropped all standards for them. Super cute.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
45. You keep telling yourself that.
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:08 PM
May 2016

Holier-than-thou righteousness usually has the largest blinders & the biggest shoulder chips, as we have seen on DU.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
12. I just read the Hill article and it sounds like no one is supporting this.
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:33 AM
May 2016

There's one anonymous "lawmaker" who may or may not be Jeff Merkel but everyone else from Pelosi to Biden to Hoyer says they're strongly supporting her. And Sanders has already lost so what's the point? This has always been one of his more bizarre "ideals."

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
17. Could it also be a low level Dem? I doubt Jeff Merkely would do this
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:36 AM
May 2016

He is my Senator and he said he would be disappointed if Bernie did not endorse Hillary.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
34. Endorsing Hillary is very much not the same thing as supporting Pay Day Debbie.
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:47 AM
May 2016

No one has promised to support nor to endorse Pay Day Debbie. Do not expect anyone to do so. She is not Hillary Clinton. If Debbie and Hillary were running against each other I would be very strongly in Camp Clinton. Debbie is on the opposite side of so many issues from me that she might as well be in that other Party. Hillary is just a centrist. Debbie is an actual conservative.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
13. It's true.
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:33 AM
May 2016

The whole BS of the DWS ousting is purily political. Look at the timing.. that tells you all of it.

islandmkl

(5,275 posts)
20. i just wash, rinse and repeat:
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:38 AM
May 2016
Since 2008 Democrats have lost:

69 House seats

13 Senate seats

910 Legislative seats

30 State legislative chambers

12 Governorships

demmiblue

(36,841 posts)
24. Some dude named Roger Ryan is spamming a similar message at several sites...
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:01 AM
May 2016

from Truthout to The Daily Caller. Where did you find it?


Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
25. Putting forth an argument to political figures is a "coup"?
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:04 AM
May 2016

Supporting a challenger is a "coup"?

A coup is an effort by force - like real, violent force - to seize the instruments of power.

You guys get more ridiculous with each flailing effort.

JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
26. Oh yeah, even as an acronym
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:08 AM
May 2016

'NIP' is pretty fucking racist, your propaganda won't work, no matter how hard you catapult it.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
43. Well, we shall see Cali. I don't think DWS is going anywhere between now and the end of this cycle.
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:07 AM
May 2016

Sanders wants to damage her re-election hopes in Florida. I don't believe the Democrats will play along with an Independent who has continually attacked the Party in his effort to defeat her in Florida. But, time will tell.

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