Did Anyone See Tom Perez With Joy Tonight

[Me.]

What did you think?

[moondust]

1. When her first question was:

"Is Bernie joining the Democratic Party?"...I changed the channel.

[elleng]

2. Good. I muted it.

The foolishness continued.

[R B Garr]

15. Why would someone not ask that?

It's a logical question and don't see it going away.

[elleng]

17. OK to ask, but she kept harping on it.

[NCTraveler]

20. "Good. I muted it." nt.

[Adrahil]

32. Seems reasonable to me..

If Bernie wants to influence the party, he should have some skin in the game.

[bigtree]

5. it was an opening to ask whether he was going to release his voter list

...like Hillary already has.

Joy was emphasizing the importance of organizing voters.

[Me.]

7. I Thought THat She Made A Good Point

and that he avoided it rather than address it. And it annoyed me when asked if they were going to be signing up voters and he said, offhandedly, they weren't there to be carrying around clipboards. And I wondered why not when these rallies are perfect opportunity to do so.

[Chipper Chat]

3. I always watch Joy when she is on

but this time I sense that she was handed a complete script. I too just stopped watching it. The "masters " were in control.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Agree,that interview was

not going anywhere. Different Producers and writers. Joy was too constrained.

[Chipper Chat]

14. Joy is so smart she should be the next moderator of Meet the Press

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if Toad ever leaves.

[bettyellen]

28. A tip- no one uses diminutive forms to refer to females anymore.

Because they're just that- diminutive.

[Chipper Chat]

29. I was just trying to be funny.

Sorry.

[bettyellen]

30. I didn't get it- been so long since I've seen an -ess or -ette.

Thanks for not being a jerk about it! LOL.

[bettyellen]

31. I think the "script" was to use BS to promote divisiveness again....

And Perez wants to avoid that. Can't blame him there.

[Cha]

4. Don't have a tv.. did you see it, Me?

[Me.]

6. Aloha Cha

I did see it and was disappointed in his responses. He wasn't on his game and seemed to think our outstanding asset was our values, that they would lead us to wins. He later stressed the 50 state strategy. He was asked about BS which is not the problem for me that it is for others and he kept dancing around it rather than straight up addressing it. Even when pressed. I thought it was an anemic performance and felt my heart sink for the future of the Democratic Party.

Now I'm tired which is why I asked if others saw it as maybe I'm off on this.

[DURHAM D]

8. I agree.

Previously Tom was a straight shooter.

Tonight, because of the association with BS and his supporter lists, Tom was unable to answer questions in a straight forward manner. He sounded like a just another inside the beltway slimy politician who will go to great lengths to avoid answering the question posed. I was stunned.

[Me.]

10. So I Didn't Imagine It

Thank you. I tell you my heart sunk.

[DURHAM D]

12. Mine too. nt

[JHan]

16. I think that's a bit harsh..

Joy was right to ask the question, she's very no-nonsense about Dem strategies. I think if she was on her own show she would have peppered her questions a bit more but Tom is in a position where he wants party unity and doesn't want to ruffle feathers.

I've yet to read a solid reason why Sanders would refuse to share his list.

[R B Garr]

18. +1, I thought he sounded hamstrung because of the BS

association, as well. But I got the impression his goal was to shape the message being presented so that Democrats and the DNC aren't completely smeared going forward. So I wasn't completely disappointed, but he was a little reticent.

[Me.]

22. But Isn't That Something Also

Is it in the DNC's, re: ours, best interests that he be hamstrung right now? And I hope he realizes it will take more than "our values" to win. He better be thinking of getting out those clipboards.

[R B Garr]

26. Totally agree. This can't be just a damage control tour

hoping Democrats aren't maligned. It should have more structure to it. Signing people up makes sense, and it does make you wonder what's up with it all. It is annoying.

[Me.]

27. And Worrying

I so wish Dean had run

[R B Garr]

33. Me too about Dean. What a loss. I saw him on what was probably his last

interview about the position. It was on MSNBC, forgot which afternoon show, and another guest was insisting that Democrats couldn't raise corporate money, and his response was that they should fundraise however they can. Shortly after that, he announced he wouldn't seek the position. My only conclusion was that he saw how hamstrung Democrats would be with the nonsensical new purity rules and found it untenable and just another way for Republicans to savage Democrats. Why on earth would one party completely give away all their power and get absolutely nothing in return. Nothing, just Republican Presidents.

Now we see his 50-state strategy is being usurped as well. It's mind-boggling.

[Me.]

34. One Hand Tied Behind Back

Or running the race in a burlap sack

[Cha]

9. That's too bad.. no one is perfect, though,

..we all have off times.. and I'm still hopeful for our Dem Party.

[Me.]

11. I Hope So Cha

I was, up to now, a Perez supporter so this gives me no joy

[BannonsLiver]

19. Wow, someone should mark this for posterity

Pretty sure it's the first time I've ever read anything approaching criticism of Joy Reid on DU. Looks like the bloom is off the rose. Bigly.

[R B Garr]

21. Pretty sure this isn't about Joy, though.

It's about Tom Perez on with her (substituting for Rachel).

[Me.]

23. Wasn't Criticizing Joy

The bloom is still on that rose, the critique was of Perez and there the bloom is fading.

[BannonsLiver]

24. I think with a lot of people the bloom was never there with Perez

[ecstatic]

25. During the primaries, a lot of Bernie supporters complained about her.

They also hated Rachel. Not sure if they ever came around or not.