Why Debbie-Wasserman-Schultz never should have been appointed DNC Chairperson in the first place

[bigdarryl]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/21/1462524/-Here-s-Why-Debbie-Wasserman-Schultz-Should-Have-Never-Been-Appointed-DNC-Chair-in-the-First-Place

[djean111]

2. This is why those "always support the Dem no matter what" posts are bullshit -

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But as three Miami Democrats look to unseat three of her South Florida Republican colleagues, Wasserman Schultz is staying on the sidelines. So is Rep. Kendrick Meek, a Miami Democrat and loyal ally to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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This time around, Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their relationships with the Republican incumbents, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races.


The decision comes as Democrats believe they have their best shot in years to defeat at least one of the Cuban-American incumbents with a roster of Democrats that include former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, outgoing Miami-Dade Democratic party chair Joe Garcia and businesswoman Annette Taddeo.

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The national party, enthusiastic about the three Democratic challengers, has not yet selected Red to Blue participants. But Wasserman Schultz has already told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that if any of the three make the cut, another Democrat should be assigned to the race.

''It needs to be somebody who can roll up their sleeves,'' Wasserman Schultz said. ``I'm just not that person; it's just too sensitive for me.''

She said the situation is not unprecedented. For years, members of Florida's Congressional delegation agreed to refrain from campaigning against each other -- a pact that serves to foster goodwill among lawmakers and potentially bring more federal dollars to Florida. It also can provide incumbents with a measure of protection against challengers.

Send all of that Pledge-y Thing crap to Debbie. The Florida Democratic Party is, IMO, a corrupted DINO-saur, and Debbie pulls the strings. Those calls for "party unity" are ridiculous.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Some documented background information on Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the DNC.

Some documented background information on Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the DNC...... bvar22


http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251911615

In 2008 Debbie Wasserman Schultz refused to endorse these 3 Democrats
who had won their Primaries and had a chance to win Republican seats:

Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Joe Garcia

Former Hialeah Democratic Mayor Raul Martinez

Democratic businesswoman Annette Taddeo

All three had won their local Democratic Primaries, and were challenging Hard Core Republican incumbents with whom Wasserman-Schultz had become cozy.
Not only did the head of the DCCC Red to Blue Program REFUSE to endorse these Democratic challengers,
but she appeared in person at at least one (possibly more) Campaign/Fundraiser for their Republican opponents.



FL-18, FL-21, FL-25: Wasserman Schultz Wants Dem Challengers to Lose
by: James L.
Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 7:15 PM EDT
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Sensing a shift in the political climate of the traditionally solid-GOP turf of the Miami area, Democrats have lined up three strong challengers -- Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair Joe Garcia, former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, and businesswoman Annette Taddeo to take on Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, respectively.

While there is an enormous sense of excitement and optimism surrounding these candidacies, some Democratic lawmakers, including Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kendrick Meek, are all too eager to kneecap these Democratic challengers right out of the starting gate in the spirit of "comity" and "bipartisan cooperation" with their Republican colleagues:

But as three Miami Democrats look to unseat three of her South Florida Republican colleagues, Wasserman Schultz is staying on the sidelines. So is Rep. Kendrick Meek, a Miami Democrat and loyal ally to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

This time around, Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their relationships with the Republican incumbents, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races.

"At the end of the day, we need a member who isn't going to pull any punches, who isn't going to be hesitant," Wasserman Schultz said.

Now, you'd expect this kind of bullshit from a backbencher like Alcee Hastings, but you wouldn't expect this kind of behavior from the co-chair of the DCCC's Red to Blue program, which is the position that Wasserman Schultz currently holds. Apparently, Debbie did not get Rahm's memo about doing whatever it takes to win:

The national party, enthusiastic about the three Democratic challengers, has not yet selected Red to Blue participants. But Wasserman Schultz has already told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that if any of the three make the cut, another Democrat should be assigned to the race.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1537










The bloggers also are furious with Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.), who similarly refuses to endorse the Democratic challengers to the three Cuban American Republicans.

They are calling for Wasserman Schultz to step down from her leadership role at the DCCC. And they're not letting up, even after one Florida liberal blogger reported that the congresswoman seemed "frustrated" by the blogs and had asked to "please help get them off my back."

This prompted even harsher reaction from perhaps the most influential of the progressive political bloggers, Markos Moulitsas, a.k.a. Kos, founder of Daily Kos, who wrote on his blog Wednesday: "On so many fronts, the Republicans are standing in the way of progress, on Iraq, SCHIP, health care, fiscal responsibility, corruption, civil liberties, and so on. Those three south Florida Republicans are part of that problem. And she's (Wasserman-Schultz) going to be 'frustrated' that people demand she do her job?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903410_3.html


Here are Kos comments on the Wasserman-Schultz betrayal of the Democratic Party:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/03/20/480511/-DCCC-Says-Uproar-Over-DWS-Recusal-Much-Ado-About-Nothing

A lot of time has passed since 2008, but I don't take these kinds of betrayals lightly. Now I find that DWS has been PROMOTED from Chair of the Red to Blue Program
to Chair of the DNC. She must be making the "Centrist" Democratic Leadership VERY HAPPY if they are rewarding THIS kind of Party Treason.

bvar22

[peacebird]

5. She is a complete disgrace! Were the 3 Ds she refused to help beat Rs by any chance progressives?

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. It's not business...it's personal.

[merrily]

4. .

From her wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz#Chair_of_the_Democratic_National_Committee

Also, from democrats.org:

As the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz works every day to advance President Obama's agenda and to elect Democratic candidates across the country.

First elected to Congress in 2004, Rep. Wasserman Schultz has been a rising presence in the House and a tireless advocate for Democratic values. Prior to becoming Chair, Rep. Wasserman Schultz was DNC Vice Chair.

Rep. Wasserman Schultz became the Democratic National Committee Chair on May 4th, 2011

Untrue. She worked to block the Iran deal. She has worked to help elect Republicans in Florida. She is a member of the Congressional New Democrat Coalition. I leave it to you, dear reader, to decide how "progressive" that group is or is not. Tireless advocate for Democratic values? Hmmm. Compare the website of the Congressional New Democrat Coalition with that of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and then you tell me.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12778196 (Primer: Congressional Progressive Caucus, Blue Dog Coalition and New Democrat Coalition)

[octoberlib]

6. She was picked by Rahm Emmanuel when he was Obama's Chief of Staff,

to be DNC chair. Buddies in corruption.


Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is in a behind-the-scenes struggle with the White House, congressional Democrats and Washington insiders who have lost confidence in her as both a unifying leader and reliable party spokesperson at a time when they need her most.
Long-simmering doubts about her have reached a peak after two recent public flubs: criticizing the White House’s handling of the border crisis and comparing the tea party to wife beaters.


The perception of critics is that Wasserman Schultz spends more energy tending to her own political ambitions than helping Democrats win. This includes using meetings with DNC donors to solicit contributions for her own PAC and campaign committee, traveling to uncompetitive districts to court House colleagues for her potential leadership bid and having DNC-paid staff focus on her personal political agenda.
She’s become a liability to the DNC, and even to her own prospects, critics say.

Meanwhile, the Obama team was so serious about replacing her after 2012 that they found a replacement candidate to back before deciding against it, according to people familiar with those discussions.
Obama and Wasserman Schultz have rarely even talked since 2011. They don’t meet about strategy or messaging. They don’t talk much on the phone.
Instead, the DNC chairwoman stakes out the president of the United States at the end of photo lines at events and fundraisers.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/democrats-debbie-wasserman-schultz-111077#ixzz3v3J4jdc6

[Scuba]

7. Under DWS Democrats have lost 900+ state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, 13 Senate

... seats, and that's running agains the nitwits from the Republican party.






Great work by DINO Debbie.





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[madokie]

10. I'd say its way past time for her to go

should never have been in that position to begin with from reading her bio

[LuvNewcastle]

11. As Trump might say, the Democratic Party

is a loser party under the leadership of DWS.

[rladdi]

9. There has been several attempts to fire her, but none worked.

She enjoys the power and money she receives.

[TheBlackAdder]

12. She is embedded like a tick, like Christ Christie is in NJ--both wielding Authoritarian power. nt

[starroute]

13. Much of this has to do with her ties to the Fanjul sugar barons

I laid out a lot of the connections in a thread a few days ago. See my posts starting at http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251920336#post33 and then my own responses below it.

These ties to the Fanjuls and their lavish donations give DWS enormous power in Florida -- and Florida is viewed as a swing state that could help determine the outcome of the 2016 election.

And for what it's worth, the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation have also been recipients of Fanjul largesse.

[frylock]

14. I'm guessing that Debbie's installation was brokered behind closed doors by Clintonites..

similar to Hillary's appointment as SoS.