Pierce: It's Time to Move Forward from the Democratic Party's 2016 Mess

[mcar]

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a53442/tom-perez-dnc/

ATLANTA—Back last June, when hopes were high and Hillary Rodham Clinton had the presidency in the satchel, she was exploring her options as to a vice presidential candidate, who surely would have become vice president because HRC had the presidency in the satchel. There was one candidate on the list that got corporate America particularly nervous, and several of their intellectual mouthpieces were sent out to tell scary ghost stories about the guy. A dude from the Competitive Enterprise Institute rolled out the ol' roogie-roogie. Per NRO:

"His rewriting of U.S. labor law is probably the most fundamental attack on the free-enterprise system going on at present…If he has his way, we won't just revert to the 1930s. We'll do things that even Franklin Roosevelt couldn't do, like eliminate vast numbers of independent-contractor jobs and unionize those that remain."
And a guy from the Cato Institute held up the disembodied head of Lady Liberty.

"He essentially operationalized Eric Holder's radicalization of the Department of Justice. No civil-rights theory too crazy to pursue, no litigants too awkward to pay off."...

And what would a good, gory conservative slasher flick be without a contribution from Judicial Watch.

"[He] has shown a glaring inability to tell the truth and dispassionately apply the basic constitutional tenet of 'equal justice under law."

So, who was this Bakuninte mole-in-waiting, anyway? I'm glad you asked. It was Tom Perez, then the Secretary of Labor under Barack Obama who on Saturday afternoon was elected the next chairman of the Democratic Party despite being a Wall Street toady, a tool of the money power, and a neolib plant—at least in the minds of many of the people who opposed him. Sometimes, I imagine that being a Democrat can be very confusing...

I think Tom was quite clear," said Ellison, whom Perez named Deputy Chair of the committee immediately after the vote. "Anybody who supported me in this race, I thank you. But I want you to support Tom Perez. If you care about people who have their loved ones' cemeteries being desecrated, you got to support Tom Perez. This is not a small thing. The very fate of our nation is in the balance right now. I trust Tom Perez. If they trust me, they have to trust Tom Perez. There's a lot of action but it has to be channeled into the Democratic party. "

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R ...... nt

[Cha]

2. This is a strong powerful support statement from Ellison...

"I think Tom was quite clear," said Ellison, whom Perez named Deputy Chair of the committee immediately after the vote. "Anybody who supported me in this race, I thank you. But I want you to support Tom Perez. If you care about people who have their loved ones' cemeteries being desecrated, you got to support Tom Perez. This is not a small thing. The very fate of our nation is in the balance right now. I trust Tom Perez. If they trust me, they have to trust Tom Perez. There's a lot of action but it has to be channeled into the Democratic party. "

Thank you, mcar

[mcar]

3. Very powerful

I am glad we will continue to have his voice in the House and working with DNC chair Perez.

[Cha]

6. I know it's ideal.. and everyone who wants to

move forward with work with them!

[leftstreet]

4. Nice find

Thanks for posting this

[mcar]

5. You are welcome

I love Pierce.