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DWS IS OUT from convention. (Original Post) Atman Jul 2016 OP
Nothing will appease the BoB folks. JoePhilly Jul 2016 #1
We certainly dodged a bullet. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #5
+1! vdogg Jul 2016 #11
no kidding i just listened to one of them on msnbc okieinpain Jul 2016 #12
Cranks. JoePhilly Jul 2016 #14
Looks like Barbara Lee, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary DURHAM D Jul 2016 #2
I don't understand. What do the boo birds actually want? Cali_Democrat Jul 2016 #4
Gary Johnson DURHAM D Jul 2016 #7
Can we be sure jehop61 Jul 2016 #8
As Bernie delegates? They have to be playing a damned long con. auntpurl Jul 2016 #24
I don't think they actually have one! Perhaps it's just "revenge" or for vanity purposes ... NurseJackie Jul 2016 #10
Now, now ... let's not call them vain. Renaissance Man Jul 2016 #13
They were though treestar Jul 2016 #21
If "wounds of vidication" is their only justification ... then it *is* vanity. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #26
WHAT? Atman Jul 2016 #32
Those are someone else's words, not mine. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #33
The emails proved that people yap via email MyNameGoesHere Jul 2016 #38
They want Bernie to be the nominee. Literally nothing else will appease them. nt auntpurl Jul 2016 #22
ITA JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #28
Because that's how democracy works. HERVEPA Jul 2016 #34
That's the way the Democratic Party needs to work JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #36
they don't have one, they're just whiny losers, they booed Bernie Sanders himself. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #25
Good! Take away the distraction, and the excuses. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #3
But we already know that, don't we? nt glennward Jul 2016 #6
Agreed. runaway hero Jul 2016 #16
At least some folks can finally STFU about her... Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #9
I know - right? JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #29
The real shame about DWS is that she has worked so hard and so long to be a part of this historic glennward Jul 2016 #15
I've worked on her campaigns. Atman Jul 2016 #19
She was horrible at her job, should have been fired in 2012 /nt demwing Jul 2016 #20
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #35
Rep. Marcia Fudge is the Permanent Chair of the 2016 Dem Convention demwing Jul 2016 #17
good. yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #18
Okay. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2016 #23
Smart move. Vinca Jul 2016 #27
Smart! Now the protestors need to get it together so we can have a good convention. onecaliberal Jul 2016 #30
Excellent! Karen_J Jul 2016 #31
Just as well. DWS had no achievements in the job she is job leaving. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #37

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
5. We certainly dodged a bullet.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:53 PM
Jul 2016

We're very fortunate that Hillary won the nomination instead of any of her competitors.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
10. I don't think they actually have one! Perhaps it's just "revenge" or for vanity purposes ...
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:55 PM
Jul 2016

... just the self satisfaction of having pissed all over what should have been an historic convention and nomination.

And to think ... they actually wonder why it is that they are held in such contempt, so frequently ridiculed, and seldom taken very seriously.

Renaissance Man

(669 posts)
13. Now, now ... let's not call them vain.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:57 PM
Jul 2016

They were called "tin foil hat" conspiracy theorists and "petulant children wanting a pony" for suggesting just months ago that DWS was presiding over a DNC that was not impartial through the primary.

It turns out that the foil wasn't so tin after all, and that they were right all along. It's going to take a while for those wounds of vindication to heal.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
21. They were though
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:02 PM
Jul 2016

Every time some election rule or ordinary thing came up that they felt didn't favor them, they blamed her.

They actually believe Bernie would have gotten m ore votes had the debates been on different nights. They accused her of favoring him over any ordinary decision, making up some reason why Bernie would have benefitted from another one.

It seemed like Bernie was entitled to win and if he wasn't, the DNC was supposed to change the way it did something. As head she was the big scapegoat.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
26. If "wounds of vidication" is their only justification ... then it *is* vanity.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:05 PM
Jul 2016

Today's behavior at the convention is exactly what I'd expect from petulant children having a tantrum.

Fuck 'em.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
32. WHAT?
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:26 PM
Jul 2016

The emails proved them correct, now they're reduced to "wounds of vindication?" They got totally screwed, they're complaints were proven to be spot-on, but now they're just petulant children?

I can picture Trump telling one of the creditors he's screwed: "It's only business."

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
28. ITA
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:09 PM
Jul 2016

They want everything. This should be the last thing they should get. Anyone who boos today or on subsequent days should be shoved outside and stripped of their credentials.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
25. they don't have one, they're just whiny losers, they booed Bernie Sanders himself.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:05 PM
Jul 2016

they're best ignored as the trolls they are

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
3. Good! Take away the distraction, and the excuses.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:52 PM
Jul 2016

If a few random whiny ass losers want to boo Barbara Lee, they'll show just what kind of people they are.

 

glennward

(989 posts)
15. The real shame about DWS is that she has worked so hard and so long to be a part of this historic
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:58 PM
Jul 2016

election and she has sacrificed much, fought off and came through four cancer operations and yet she has never given up. She has given much more to and for the Democratic cause than any of those screaming bitter-enders. I really do feel sorry for her and I have never been a big fan. But some things are just the decent thing to do and I really appreciate Hillary for having her to continue to work for her. She deserves no less.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
19. I've worked on her campaigns.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:00 PM
Jul 2016

It just makes me sad to see this. This is not the woman I helped to elect. She got blinders on and focused entirely on her friend instead of upon the job to which she was appointed. She lost her way.

Response to glennward (Reply #15)

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
17. Rep. Marcia Fudge is the Permanent Chair of the 2016 Dem Convention
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:00 PM
Jul 2016

By Robin Goist, cleveland.com
on July 24, 2016 at 12:37 PM, updated July 25, 2016 at 10:59 AM

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will not be speaking or presiding over this week's convention at all, after leaked emails appear to show top DNC aides strategizing against Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary, reports CNN.

The DNC Rules Committee revoked Wasserman Schultz's position as convention chairwoman, so instead Fudge will gavel each session to order and to close

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/07/marcia_fudge_named_permanent_c.html

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
23. Okay.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:02 PM
Jul 2016

I mean, is there anything else people want so they stop threatening to boo Senator Saunders for endorsing Hillary Clinton?

Or are we officially done here and we can move on to beating the orange fascist freak?

onecaliberal

(32,488 posts)
30. Smart! Now the protestors need to get it together so we can have a good convention.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:11 PM
Jul 2016

Stop the noise, it's going to backfire and my family and this country doesn't deserve to go down in flames because you all has a sad. Hillary wasn't my first choice but she's our candidate and we need to get her elected.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
37. Just as well. DWS had no achievements in the job she is job leaving.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 05:12 PM
Jul 2016

If she had stayed neutral in the primaries, this wouldn't have happened.

If she couldn't stay neutral, she had an obligation to resign and officially join the HRC campaign.

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