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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 12:59 PM Jul 2016

Folks, Obama and Hillary are relieved and happy DWS is gone.

This wasn't just a Bernie thing. Far, far, far, far from it.

She was selfish to the point of undermining the DNC, Hillary and the President:



PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn’t supposed to ask Joe Biden to come to her daughter’s bat mitzvah.

Democratic National Committee staff had sent the chair to the vice president armed with four specific requests for getting him involved in raising money for the party.

She decided to scrap them for two of her own.

First, she asked Biden to do a fundraiser for her own reelection to her House seat in Florida in the primary challenge she’s facing next month. He agreed.

The second was to get down to Boca Raton for the bat mitzvah.


Want more:

When Obama agreed to do a DNC fundraiser in Miami in June — and in the end, went out of his way in his public remarks to talk about why Wasserman Schultz needed to be reelected — she for weeks hassled White House political director David Simas to get 10 of the 60 seats (which went for $10,000 each) at the event for her congressional reelection campaign’s biggest donors. She ended up filling the seats, according to people involved with planning the event, with family and friends.


Want even more:

Frustration within the DNC, the White House and the Clinton campaign was exacerbated by Wasserman Schultz’s efforts to raise her own profile by appearing more often on national television.

Luis Miranda, the communications director whom Wasserman Schultz hired last September, pitched her hard in their interview on how he would get her on TV more often. He got the job over two candidates who were recommended by the Clinton campaign.

“The biggest problem with the communications department right now is that we don’t put Debbie out there enough,” Miranda said at his first staff meeting after coming on board in September, according to people in the room.


Here's some more:

After Clinton won the nomination in June, her campaign moved quickly to try to take control of the DNC. But when Brandon Davis, former political director of the Service Employees International Union, was brought in to the DNC by Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook to be the campaign’s eyes and ears in the party office, Wasserman Schultz made comments both in introducing him to the full staff and in private conversations encouraging people to see him as working for her.

Wasserman Schultz couldn’t stop Davis’ hiring. But when the campaign tried to bring in a senior communications aide who’d be supervisor to Miranda, she dug in against the move, infuriating the Clinton campaign anew, according to people familiar with the discussions.


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-debbie-wasserman-schultz-226352#ixzz4FiR0rNmw

There's a lot more, but long story short NO ONE in positions of real responsibility now is sorry to see her gone. NO ONE.




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Folks, Obama and Hillary are relieved and happy DWS is gone. (Original Post) geek tragedy Jul 2016 OP
I can easily believe all of this. It's too bad. The convention is a dynamite show. But she is highprincipleswork Jul 2016 #1
really highlights the need to have a team player who isn't an officeholder geek tragedy Jul 2016 #2
I agree. DNC chair shouldnt hold office. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #5
and no obvious conflict of interest when dealing with media or especially donors nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #6
I wish people would quit thinking PatSeg Jul 2016 #3
as a Hillary supporter, I definitely saw her as hurting Clinton geek tragedy Jul 2016 #4
I agree PatSeg Jul 2016 #7
To be fair though... JaneyVee Jul 2016 #8
I have a tougher time saying she was treated unfairly now. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #10
She started off good, but let grudges and stubborness take over. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #12
The issue now is can the DNC recover from the damage in time for the election. progressoid Jul 2016 #9
now that she's out and Clinton is taking over 100% I think so. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #11
Hope so. There are a lot of down ticket races that can use a helping hand. progressoid Jul 2016 #14
I guess they are glad the Bernie supporters forced the issue democrattotheend Jul 2016 #13
I had no idea. I don't respond well to gripes about people's looks and personality... Hekate Jul 2016 #15
So why didn't the President fire her instead of lauding her? Scuba Jul 2016 #16
she was prepared to go into suicide bomber mode in 2013 geek tragedy Jul 2016 #17
 

highprincipleswork

(3,111 posts)
1. I can easily believe all of this. It's too bad. The convention is a dynamite show. But she is
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:03 PM
Jul 2016

her own worst enemy, and seems to deserve everything she has gotten.

I personally have spent so many hours on the phone to the DNC over her calamities.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
2. really highlights the need to have a team player who isn't an officeholder
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:11 PM
Jul 2016

to be the DNC chair.

I really hope it's Martin O'Malley.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
5. I agree. DNC chair shouldnt hold office.
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:19 PM
Jul 2016

So they can focus all of their time getting Democrats elected. If there is no pressure to have to work with a colleague in house or senate then there is more neutrality.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
3. I wish people would quit thinking
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:14 PM
Jul 2016

that attacks on Wasserman Schultz are attacks on Hillary. DWS is a disaster for the nominee and the party. This article paints a very disturbing, but not surprising picture.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
4. as a Hillary supporter, I definitely saw her as hurting Clinton
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:17 PM
Jul 2016

Precisely because she was almost eager to piss off the Sanders people. That shit did not help.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
7. I agree
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:21 PM
Jul 2016

I think she did hurt Clinton, as so many people perceived her bias as coming from the Clinton campaign.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
8. To be fair though...
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:21 PM
Jul 2016

She was unjustly dragged through the mud by Bernie fans, making it kinda hard not to be biased. Its a human sentiment.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
10. I have a tougher time saying she was treated unfairly now.
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:23 PM
Jul 2016

she really was the worst DNC chair we've had in a LONG time (worst I can remember) and the Sanders' supporters gripes have largely turned out to be true

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
12. She started off good, but let grudges and stubborness take over.
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:25 PM
Jul 2016

Getting rid of her at this point was the best thing for the party.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
11. now that she's out and Clinton is taking over 100% I think so.
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jul 2016

Especially when the rest of the inepti get sent packing (presumably they're lining up replacements so the transition is seamless)

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
15. I had no idea. I don't respond well to gripes about people's looks and personality...
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 02:25 PM
Jul 2016

...and that's what a lot of posts here seemed to be, plus just reflexive dislike based on reasons.

As a source, let's just say I trust you. Glad she's gone.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
17. she was prepared to go into suicide bomber mode in 2013
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:59 PM
Jul 2016
http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-dws-wanted-to-paint-obama-as-anti-woman-and-anti-semitic-if-ousted-as-dnc-chair/

Buried inside a Politico report about Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz‘s (D-FL) future aspirations was an interesting revelation: “When [Wasserman Schultz] sensed Obama was considering replacing her as chair in 2013, she began to line up supporters to suggest the move was both anti-woman and anti-Semitic.”

Wasserman Schultz is reportedly very much at odds with White House staffers, and rarely even speaks with President Barack Obama.


Like that ugly 1970's bathroom tile--more trouble to get rid of her than to keep her around. Until it wasn't.
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