DWS let every1 know the debate schedule is up to her & there is no recourse

[Catherina]

"1 The DNC debate schedule is fixed and could only be changed by the DNC chair.

2 I am the DNC chair.

3 Therefore, the DNC debate schedule cannot be changed in any way."

but haha "We're super thrilled to hear that people are so eager to participate in our debates!"

To think some pretend that's *democracy*. Democracy will bite you in the ass yet Debbie.

[LakeVermilion]

1. Sooner than later the DNC calls or writes

asking for money. No debates, no money.

[ruffburr]

5. I'm already doing that-

I only donate directly to Bernie or occasionally a direct donation to this Senate seat or that house candidate, Nada for the DNC

[SusanCalvin]

20. I not only give them nada,

I send a note back in their postage-paid envelope explaining why.

[SoapBox]

25. Excellent idea!

[840high]

30. I did, too. Let it all out.

[RoccoR5955]

61. They already called me

and that is exactly what I told them!

[Warren Stupidity]

2. it is a chicken shit move that may hurt our chances in the general election.

The Clown Parade is going to get a lot of free airtime. The party of reasonable people, not so much. That is stupid. I don't care if it helps or hurts any particular candidate, it hurts our party.

[rhett o rick]

7. The Oligarchs and their minions don't care if Bush wins, just as long as a progressive doesn't

win. That is DWS's number one goal. Keep Sanders out.

[Zorra]

14. ^yes. nt

[Enthusiast]

28. That would be my guess.

[Scuba]

52. Bingo!

[Lorien]

57. Exactly

sign the petitions to remove DWS as DNC chair: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-debbie-wasserman

And:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-debbie-wasserman-schulz-effective-immediately-chairwoman-dnc-democratic-national-committee

[99th_Monkey]

10. "May"? This is likely to give the GE to Trump. This is SO Sick.

or whatever Trump wanna-be ReThug becomes the GOP nominee.

No matter who the Dem nominee is .. you pegged it.

24/7 wall to wall M$M Clown Car coverage through Primaries.

While Dems dither & stall .. with too-few debates, too-late to gather
the exposure momentum needed to compete.

this is political suicide for the Party, trying to bend it to the will
of the Establishment.


I hope Hillary supporters are "proud" of their candidate

This is on Hill, hell she could pick up the phone and call DWS and say
"you know, maybe we should listen to voters for the betterment of the
Party on this one. Let's have a few more/sooner debates."

But I highly doubt Clinton will do that.

[rhett o rick]

15. Trump won't be the candidate. The Bush Crime Family are glad to let Trump steal

the attention so Jeb can hide under the table until the voting just like Clinton is. I have a hunch that Rove has the goods on Trump and he, Trump will bow out when appropriate for Jeb.

[99th_Monkey]

16. Well, it was certainly considerate of Trump to call Bill Clintons to ask their 'advice'

on getting into the GOP primary race.

This nasty little Bush/Clinton Dynasty knows how to dictate the terms of our pretend "democracy"
to give them & The 1% their wildest dreams ... all on live M$M TeeVee.

[CincyDem]

26. Trump is a businessman...

My money says someone else's money (Koch Bros.???) will provide him with some incentive to step aside at an opportune moment.

He will have done his job, played his role through the primary season. Just like some former politicians are rewarded for their "service" with cushy jobs after their terms, Trump too will be rewarded for his service - only it won't involve him actually being in office.

[RoccoR5955]

62. I kind of hope that Jeb wins the nomination because...

JEB = Just Elect Bernie!

I will have a graffiti holiday with the signs, and I am sure many others will!

[rhett o rick]

66. Very good. nm

[Lorien]

58. Trump will end up as a third party candidate to split

the GOP and hand it to Hillary...at least that's their hope. Why else would one of her biggest supporters be running against her? Just Google Trump, Hillary, and the theft of an election.

[99th_Monkey]

59. Well, that theory IS consistent with Trump getting Big Dawg's "advice" about running. -nt-

[Raine1967]

49. That as the same point that O"mallet made, and he, like you,

are totally correct.

[daleanime]

3. Hey, it's important....

that republicans start months before us and get nearly twice the air time.

How could we really win if we don't give our opponents every possible advantage?

[TDale313]

4. Why the Fvck is she still chair?!?

Seriously, she's been a total disaster. Get. Her. Out!!!!

[HappyPlace]

6. We already had 9 debates at this point in 2007, 26 total.

She's toast.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. well remember how we were crushed in the 2008 election?

it is best to keep our candidates, all of whom are reasonable people with good intentions, as far away from the american public as possible, and to let the public's impression of our candidates be entirely derived from corporate media.

[HappyPlace]

9. That seems to be the plan.

Let's not mess it up with ideas and critical thinking!

[thesquanderer]

27. 2008 didn't work out so well...

...for Hillary.

[99th_Monkey]

12. You don't think DWS will get her "reward" for handing the nomination to Hillary?

Once Hillary becomes POTUS, of course.

Only problem is -- if Hillary's the nominee -- she probably won't make it
to the oval office in Nov 2016.

[SusanCalvin]

22. I think she is trying to hand the nomination to Hillary,

of course. I don't think she is succeeding.

[99th_Monkey]

24. On ^this^ we agree. nt

[840high]

32. Absolutely.

[MrMickeysMom]

63. I tend to agree with you on that...

But, DWS hasn't thought that far out… That's what power does to these people.

[nichomachus]

11. So Hillary can't be trusted in a non-scripted environment

GW Bush had the same problem.

[HereSince1628]

13. President Cheney and VP Rumsfeld handled everything but W's pretzel eating

Pretty sure Clinton would not have or want that sort of support.

[Enthusiast]

31. Yeah. The first time they left W unsupervised and he choked on a pretzel.

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[jalan48]

17. And the Hillary supporters criticize us for our attitude here on DU.

Who wouldn't be pissed off seeing this kind of crap thrown in their face? What? We're supposed to pretend it's all ok?

[Beowulf42]

18. Response

Then it is time to rid ourselves of Debbie. We need, and America needs, a vigorous and lively debate about the problems we face and the proposed solutions. I don't want to vote for a candidate and discover that I voted for Republican lite. Debbie, rig the election and you will pay. I hate to say it, but Bill Clinton was the best Republican President since Ike.

[BuelahWitch]

36. Unfortunately, we're stuck with her until at least 2017

Unless she steps down.

[SusanCalvin]

40. From your keyboard to DWS's ears. nt

[Lorien]

55. Demand that she is made to do just that. Sign the petitions:

to remove DWS as DNC chair: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-debbie-wasserman

And:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-debbie-wasserman-schulz-effective-immediately-chairwoman-dnc-democratic-national-committee

[rurallib]

19. taking "democratic" out of the democratic party.

we're in charge, not you rabble.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

23. It's hard to respect cowardice.

So I don't.

[dflprincess]

29. So if all the candidates - and it would have to be all of them -

agreed to a debated hosted by the League of Women Voters (for example) what's Debbie going to do? Announce that they all broke the rules and will be banned from the convention?

Of course, this is only a theory. I don't imagine all of them would agree to something like this.

[cherokeeprogressive]

34. What would most likely happen...

The DNC would somehow prevent the networks from televising the debate(s) nationally, even going so far as to sue.

So... the "informal" debate(s) would get absolutely no coverage at all. I'm betting that at the same time the real candidates (and not someone who simply wants to be FIRST something or other) were discussing issues, Hillary would be giving a nationally televised speech.

[jtuck004]

33. "there is no recourse" < That's pretty funny, Sure there is. November, 2016. See ya soon.

I'm bringing a pencil, just in case. Maybe you will hear that.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. I still say we should hold a vote on HER.

[Geronimoe]

37. Can't they implant a listening devise in Hillary's ear

such that Bill can tell her what to say?

We wouldn't want to have too many debates that might interfere with the Scooby Doo van tour.

[PowerToThePeople]

38. I think she is likely a Republican infiltrator.

No other reasonable reason for the results she has and hopes to achieve.

[SusanCalvin]

41. One wonders, doesn't one?

Or a corporate infiltrator (if I am not repeating myself).

Oh wait - a "Democrat" can be a corporate infiltrator as well, of course.

[PowerToThePeople]

43. Corporate democrats and republicans support the same cause. n/t

[SusanCalvin]

45. I spent some time a while ago trying to get this meme adopted:

"It's the corporations, stupid!"

[Lorien]

56. If she's allowed to continue she'll hand it all to the GOP

sign the petitions to remove DWS as DNC chair: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-debbie-wasserman

And:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-debbie-wasserman-schulz-effective-immediately-chairwoman-dnc-democratic-national-committee

[Uncle Joe]

39. That's what happens when you don't have faith in your own arguments.

Thanks for the thread, Catherina.

[Puzzledtraveller]

65. So true.

That and the people who have already paid for a HC presidency and the checks already cashed will not tolerate a loss on their investment. DWS may even be thinking self preservation to a degree.

[MoveIt]

42. left gatekeepers gotta gate keep

[Le Taz Hot]

44. DWS: "I'm the boss so just shut up about it!"

Yeah, tell me again how these are the "grown ups."

[SusanCalvin]

46. I just watched the end of Bernie's speech on CSPAN

He's a better man than I am, hugging DWS without spitting up on her shoulder.

I also didn't like what sounded to me like O'Malley's digs (very mild) at Bernie's running as a Democrat.

But then he tore into the DNC's lack of debates, and his nod to the 50-state strategy. Go Martin!

Edited to say that O'Malley, polished as he is, needs a good speech coach. Bernie, I think, is a natural.

[Le Taz Hot]

47. I like O'Malley's words but in the end,

he'll throw his support to Hillary because he's a good little party boy which is exactly what turns me off about him.

[SusanCalvin]

48. Quite possibly so.

Bernie will as well, I think, but because he considers what is best in a given situation, not because he is a party automaton.

I edited my above post to say something sorta like that. O'Malley said things I liked about the debate schedule, he was polished, but he seemed kinda canned.

Edited to add: still watching, nothing touches Bernie's urgency and conviction.

[davidpdx]

50. K & R

Nice picture

[mylye2222]

51. " L' Etat c'est moi".

Said absolute monarch Louis XIV.

Few debate to keep the most notorious candidate as safe as possible.

Pretty undemocratic decision.

[Babel_17]

53. Any new petitions we can sign? (nt)

[Lorien]

54. Sign the petitions today!

to remove DWS as DNC chair: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-debbie-wasserman

And:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-debbie-wasserman-schulz-effective-immediately-chairwoman-dnc-democratic-national-committee

[L0oniX]

60. She's a Democracy hater. n/t

[Puzzledtraveller]

64. It must be killing them

that some dare oppose.

[ericson00]

67. the REAL mistake of DWS was not pointing out how different a Democrat and a Socialist are

then we coulda gotten the inevitable loss of Bernie Sanders done earlier.