2016 Postmortem

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts) Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:05 PM Feb 2016

Sign the petition to ask Pres Obama to: "Call on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to

reinstate the ban on contributions from federal lobbyists and PACs."

Petition here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-democratic-national-committee-dnc-reinstate-ban-contributions-federal-lobbyists-and-pacs

I wish the petition included a request to fire Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.

The DNC changing these rules is a deliberate move to allow Big Money to help fight the People's Movement. This is not only to help the Clinton campaign, but the campaigns of all Progressives.

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Sign the petition to ask Pres Obama to: "Call on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to (Original Post) rhett o rick Feb 2016 OP

Trump in the WH would be a disaster for this country. They are gearing up for GE with the Donald. Bill USA Feb 2016 #1

They are selling their souls to Big Money is what they are doing. It's the very reason Obama rhett o rick Feb 2016 #3

Preident Obama on DWS: bvar22 Feb 2016 #9

It's essential that we kick these DINO's out of our party. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #12

If that were true they should have waited until the general election Matariki Feb 2016 #5

done Lazy Daisy Feb 2016 #2

Perfect. The number for your vote just turned over. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #4

Done and thank you tk2kewl Feb 2016 #6

123 sigs in the last 20 minutes. Yeah. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #7

Nope. I'll happily do it after the GE. Lucinda Feb 2016 #8

Seems to me one either believes in letting Big Money dominate elections or not. rhett o rick Feb 2016 #13

I dont know how anyone can think we can win the GE this time without sufficient money Lucinda Feb 2016 #14

I"m signing - even though there is no chance he will Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #10

signed. KnR !nt m-lekktor Feb 2016 #11

1860 total signatures as of 5:10 PDT. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #15

done, now 2008 amborin Feb 2016 #16

Done williesgirl Feb 2016 #17

There is no doubt in my mind Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #18

Well, be the party pooper. Sadly I agree, but I will fight them with every tool available. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #19

2,788 signatures as of Feb 15 am. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #20

Signed and thanks, rick. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #21

Keep it up, we only need a few more signatures. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #22

Bill USA

(6,436 posts)

1. Trump in the WH would be a disaster for this country. They are gearing up for GE with the Donald.

Reply to rhett o rick (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:08 PM

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rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

3. They are selling their souls to Big Money is what they are doing. It's the very reason Obama

Reply to Bill USA (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:10 PM

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implemented the ban. Obama was right, DWS is wrong. He should fire her for the good of the Party.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)

9. Preident Obama on DWS:

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:58 PM

Feb 2016

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

The reason why DWS hasn't been fired is because she is doing exactly the job her bosses wanted her to do.
They were pleased in 2008 when she chaired the DCCC Red to Blue Program and refused to endorse DEMOCRATS in Florida because she didn't want to offend her Republican friends. Instead of being fired for this Party Treason, she was PROMOTED to the Chair of the DNC.
THAT should tell you something.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

12. It's essential that we kick these DINO's out of our party. nm

Reply to bvar22 (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:46 PM

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Matariki

(18,775 posts)

5. If that were true they should have waited until the general election

Reply to Bill USA (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:15 PM

Feb 2016

If that were true then this change in the rules wouldn't be set to disproportionately benefit Clinton.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-groups-move-to-ramp-up-financial-firepower-for-clinton/2016/02/12/23ca8e00-d1b1-11e5-abc9-ea152f0b9561_story.html

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/02/12/DNC-allows-lobbyist-PAC-contributions/3601455302364/

Over the summer, the DNC also allowed lobbyists to begin funding the Democratic nominating convention, which will take place in Philadelphia later this year. The change was due to Congress eliminating federal funds for the conventions in 2013.

The New York Times reported that at the time, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in support of the rule changes. Friday's rule changes have raised concerns among advocates of campaign finance reform that it will disproportionately benefit Clinton's campaign.

Lazy Daisy

(928 posts)

2. done

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:10 PM

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rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

4. Perfect. The number for your vote just turned over. nm

Reply to Lazy Daisy (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:11 PM

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tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

6. Done and thank you

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:23 PM

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rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

7. 123 sigs in the last 20 minutes. Yeah. nm

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:27 PM

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Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

8. Nope. I'll happily do it after the GE.

Reply to rhett o rick (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:29 PM

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This election is too important to lose for lack of funds.

The republicans spent 80 MILLION in New Hampshire alone....which is more than Bernie raised all last year, and about half of what Hillary did.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

13. Seems to me one either believes in letting Big Money dominate elections or not.

Reply to Lucinda (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:48 PM

Feb 2016

If the DNC accepts money from the billionaires, they will be able to dictate who is supported by the DNC. That won't work out well for progressives.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

14. I dont know how anyone can think we can win the GE this time without sufficient money

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 08:16 PM

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I'm all for killing Citizens United, but until we do, I don't want to lose because we don't have the money to counter the attack ads.

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)

10. I"m signing - even though there is no chance he will

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:01 PM

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m-lekktor

(3,675 posts)

11. signed. KnR !nt

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:02 PM

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rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

15. 1860 total signatures as of 5:10 PDT. nm

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 09:10 PM

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amborin

(16,631 posts)

16. done, now 2008

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 11:10 PM

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williesgirl

(4,033 posts)

17. Done

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Sun Feb 14, 2016, 03:18 AM

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Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

18. There is no doubt in my mind

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Sun Feb 14, 2016, 03:29 AM

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that he was notified ahead of time that they were going to do this. And he said nothing. I appreciate the effort but Obama is a corporatist and, at the end of the day, he'll work to ensure the corporatist candidate gets the nomination. In this case, he's been amazingly silent since this happened. That's not a coincidence.