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59millionmorons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:28 PM
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Donna Brazille for head of DNC
The rumor is she may want the job. It's time we put a black women in an important position. It comes a time when you need to not just talk about supporting minorities, it is time to show we mean it.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:29 PM
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1. Aww hell naw!!
I'm all for a fellow black chick to head the DNC, but not her.

She thinks Karl Rove is a friendly foe.

Yuck plus.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:37 PM
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6. I just finished posting the exact same thing

I didn't see your post!
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vickie Donating Member (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 10:21 PM
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27. I'm another black woman who does not want Donna. She is not
very effective on TV. She's a great organizer, but she doesn't communicate well enough - the right wing bullies always smack her around!
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demokatgurrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 10:52 AM
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40. I agree. Personally I'd like Maxine Waters but conventional Dems
are probably afraid of her. What about Carol Moaely Braun.
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demokatgurrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 10:53 AM
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41. Carol Mosely Braun: smart, articulate, cool
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:30 PM
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2. If we're going to put a black woman in charge of the DNC
she needs to have a better track record of success and a history of showing more fire and grit than Donna Brazille.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:35 PM
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4. Yea, we need a Maxine Waters type

or someone like Cynthia McKinney.

I would love to have an African American in that position. I just can't think of any , other than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton that are not in Congress.

Can someone give me other names?

Carol Mosley Braun is a classy lady but we need someone that is a pit bull.

Donna Brazille is too Rove like for me.

She is a brightlady but she disappoints me on CNN.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:43 PM
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8. For the zillionth time--Brazile won the election for Gore.
Not that I think she's the best candidate, but compare her to Shrum, fer***sakes.
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Tomee450 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 10:16 PM
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26. Absolutely right.
Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 10:21 PM by Tomee450
Susan Rice would be better than Brazille.
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:34 PM
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3. Maxine Waters and Sheila Jackson Lee are far, far better.
Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 05:37 PM by MissMarple
Too bad they are busy in Congress.

on edit. Not too bad, they are doing great and we need them there. Too bad Donna isn't more like them.
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ShaneGR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 07:32 PM
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23. Sheila Jackson Lee??? FUCK NO!
She actually has a terrible reputation on the hill. Never saw a camera she didn't like. Voted two times in a row by all of the Hill Staffers (90% total Dems AND Repugs) as the biggest windbag in the House. She never raises money, either for herself or for others.

Did I mention she's turned over her staff like 3 times since she took office?

This concludes my rant.
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geek tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:37 PM
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5. I like Terry McAuliffe better.
And I hate Terry McAuliffe.
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Beacho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:37 PM
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7. How about Cynthia McKinney?
I know she got back in, so...

How about Mosely-Braun?

Making a mole head of the party is NOT the right direction, IMHO
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October Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:50 PM
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9. Not her!
Yeah, yeah...some claim she "won" the election for Gore (in number of votes, etc.) and in name only. But it was a lackluster campaign that came down to the wire, etc. And she is so damned chummy with the GOP types. I don't trust her.
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lynintenn Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 05:52 PM
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10. I emailed the KE campign
constantly complaining about her......no way I'd rather have anyone
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:01 PM
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11. We need brilliance, not Brazille
I don't know the name. Just isolate someone, preferably young and energetic and visionary, who understands it is message and fire and clarity and expanding the playing field. Somehow. Reclaiming 1% here and there is worth more than all the money McAuliffe ever raised.

Donna Brazille is like a 9-7 head football coach. I've heard her a thousand times and she's not special enough. Sorry.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:01 PM
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12. She considers Rove a friend, she's spineless and she's ineffective
This is a ridiculous idea.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:05 PM
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13. Not just 'no, but 'HELL NO!'
Two words: Gore, 2000.

:wtf:
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:06 PM
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14. No
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:06 PM
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15. No fucking way. She is spineless and a loser
Sorry, no.

You wanna see a mass defection from the Dem Party, then go ahead.

RL
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chefgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:07 PM
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16. No f*n way!
I'm sure there are plenty of ways we could show that we support minorities without firing the final shot that would FOR SURE kill the Democratic party.

Donna Brazille is completely useless to the party. I have NEVER seen her on any talk show or in any forum where she didn't get shouted down and lose her message in the melee. She just does NOT have what we need in a DNC Chair.

-chef-
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tedoll78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:10 PM
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17. No, and no, and no.
I want someone who breathes FIRE. No more pussy-footing around.

For a prime example: I want someone willing to use ALABAMA to smear the GOP - just as they use Massachusetts against us.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:13 PM
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18. oh I would love that
Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 06:14 PM by JohnKleeb
yes, I would. "So and so is a Conservative Alabaman out of touch with mainstream american values"
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tedoll78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:35 PM
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21. It's sitting there.. waiting for us to use it..
They went heavily for Bush.. AND the voters there rejected removing racist language from their state constitution!

They've handed to us a talking point on a silver platter, and we're going to let it sit out and go cold. No wonder we lose.
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Lostnote03 Donating Member (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:28 PM
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19. Ohios' Stephanie Tubbs is one of my Favs.....
....She's busy though....
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 06:29 PM
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20. Not hell no
but FUCK NO! I want some of the crack that the OP must have been smoking to even have suggested such a thing!
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gardenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 07:29 PM
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22. No F*cking way!
I don't care what color she is on the outside. She loses elections.
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Tomee450 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 10:15 PM
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24. I don't think so.
Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 10:20 PM by Tomee450
I am not at all impressed with Brazille. I've seen her on the various shows and she is not forceful enough. She also claims to be a friend of Karl Rove. I don't understand that at all. What do they have in common?
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 10:16 PM
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25. About as wrong a choice as I can concieve of.
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:42 AM
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28. ewwww, ewwww, ewwwww.
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FrankBooth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:49 AM
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29. We need a tenacious pit bull
to lead our party of opposition. Brazille is a terrible choice for what our party needs right now. Personally, I would like to see Howard Dean as DNC chair, but of course that was only a possibility if Kerry had won.

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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:51 AM
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30. She is a disaster in everything she does!
You want a Black woman? Put Cynthia McKinney in charge!
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vetwife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:00 AM
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31. Donna won't happen...it just won't happen !
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Chili Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:06 AM
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32. I know he's needed, but I'd love to see...
Barney Frank.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:08 AM
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33. Right Size, Wrong Shape
I like the idea of getting more blacks involved in the workings of the party...these folks have been the salvation for the Democrats in recent elections. Without them there wouldn't be the big margins in the Blue states and the party wouldn't have gotten as close in Ohio & Florida...and a group that was all but ignored during the last campaign. Keep ignoring them at our own peril. We need someone who can help get these folks out to the polls and work to make sure their votes count.

I think Kwame Nfume of the NAACP might fit this bill better. He's a former Congressman and head of the CBC and an incredible organizer.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 03:59 AM
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34. respectfully..........
Are you nuts?

I want no more nice ladies. No more Donna Brazile. No more Mary Beth Cahill.

I want a baracuda.

If you want a woman of color in that slot, how about Dr. Susan Rice?

That woman has smarts and is fearless.

It IS time for Dems to capitalize on the moral authority of those who have fought for civil rights and Democratic values.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 11:00 AM
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44. I second that...Dr. Susan Rice is on sharp and savvy
woman. If not her, then Dr. Dean.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 07:15 AM
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35. How about Howard Dean... give him a chance to win the midterms
then if he decides to run in '08 he can step down in '07
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sherilocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 07:15 AM
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36. Donna Brazille is inarticulate and dull. eom
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 09:42 AM
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38. and.. she lunches with ....KARL ROVE
No thanks.. I always cringe when I hear that she's a guest on a show.. She is a nambypamby spokesperson, and not waht we need..

Why do we always bring a knife , when they have an AK47??
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Ghost of Tom Joad Donating Member (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 09:37 AM
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37. she is dreadful
another dem with no spine. I would rather have Al Sharpton. At least he wouldn't take any crap. We need someone with cajones!
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 10:06 AM
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39. No!!
Absolutely not!
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 10:54 AM
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42. No fucking way.
No fucking way. She is as spineless as Daschle was.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 10:55 AM
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43. Doesn't matter to me. Tomorrow I'm changing my party affiliation.
I became an Independent as a result of the election. If the Party ever gets its shit together, I might consider going back.
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Armstead2 Donating Member (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 11:04 AM
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45. Howard Dean
Donna B is too much of an accomodationistt.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:56 PM
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46. No way. We need an ass-kicker, not a boot-licker. . .
and Howard Dean is an ass-kicker.

:kick:
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 01:58 PM
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47. Sure- a Black woman would be great- but not that loser.
there are plenty of good Democratic Black women who would tell it like it is-she aint one of them.
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AmerDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:00 PM
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48. no way!
the women is incompetent and too much of a nitwit tv personality.
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socalover Donating Member (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:32 PM
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49. You gotta be kidding.... We are finished if this happens....
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are_we_united_yet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-04 02:32 PM
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50. Wasnt she Gore's manager?
OK. Ive heard enough
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