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Showing Original Post only (View all)Debbie Wassermann Schultz at it again! [View all]
This time against her opponent Tim Canova.
She needs to go. NOW.
I'm sick of her & her political bullshit and cronyism.
I messaged Tim letting him know I cross posted here on DU. He's a nice and genuine guy and I hope he chimes in here. It would be most excellent to have him here on DU!
This is unfair and undemocratic
https://goo.gl/6OeSFB
Last week, I called the Florida Democratic Party to request access to the voter file database and software known as VAN that is routinely used by Democratic candidates across the country.
I was told that our campaign would be denied access to this database because I am running against an incumbent Democrat, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. I was also told that any Democratic candidate running against an incumbent Democrat would be denied access even a lifelong progressive challenging an out-of-touch incumbent.
This is unfair and undemocratic. My opponent already has untold advantages against an insurgent progressive campaign like ours. We are refusing to take corporate money, while she has taken millions of dollars from Wall Street bankers, payday lenders, private prison companies, and other corporate special interests. How much more of an advantage does Wasserman Schultz need to silence the voices of grassroots voters in our district?
This is nothing less than an entrenched establishment throwing up roadblocks against our political revolution. Weve seen my opponent do this against Bernies presidential campaign and other progressive challengers. As head of the DNC, Wasserman Schultz has pushed strategies that suppress voter turnout, all to protect incumbents and establishment politicians. She has routinely defended the partys use of Superdelegates to block the will of Democratic voters in state after state.
All of this has made our party weaker and more vulnerable against Republicans in general elections, which is so painfully obvious with the Democratic Partys losses in the midterm elections in the past six years 13 Senate seats and 69 House seats, the biggest loss of congressional Democrats in modern political history.
Bernie Sanders had to go so far as to sue Wasserman Schultzs DNC in December to regain access to his own partys voter database. As we continue to compile alternative voter databases from other sources, rest assured that we will not allow the establishment to weaken our campaign. We will overcome any obstacles and we will fight back.
In solidarity,
Tim Canova
https://goo.gl/6OeSFB
Last week, I called the Florida Democratic Party to request access to the voter file database and software known as VAN that is routinely used by Democratic candidates across the country.
I was told that our campaign would be denied access to this database because I am running against an incumbent Democrat, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. I was also told that any Democratic candidate running against an incumbent Democrat would be denied access even a lifelong progressive challenging an out-of-touch incumbent.
This is unfair and undemocratic. My opponent already has untold advantages against an insurgent progressive campaign like ours. We are refusing to take corporate money, while she has taken millions of dollars from Wall Street bankers, payday lenders, private prison companies, and other corporate special interests. How much more of an advantage does Wasserman Schultz need to silence the voices of grassroots voters in our district?
This is nothing less than an entrenched establishment throwing up roadblocks against our political revolution. Weve seen my opponent do this against Bernies presidential campaign and other progressive challengers. As head of the DNC, Wasserman Schultz has pushed strategies that suppress voter turnout, all to protect incumbents and establishment politicians. She has routinely defended the partys use of Superdelegates to block the will of Democratic voters in state after state.
All of this has made our party weaker and more vulnerable against Republicans in general elections, which is so painfully obvious with the Democratic Partys losses in the midterm elections in the past six years 13 Senate seats and 69 House seats, the biggest loss of congressional Democrats in modern political history.
Bernie Sanders had to go so far as to sue Wasserman Schultzs DNC in December to regain access to his own partys voter database. As we continue to compile alternative voter databases from other sources, rest assured that we will not allow the establishment to weaken our campaign. We will overcome any obstacles and we will fight back.
In solidarity,
Tim Canova
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Well, that is just as much of an admission as she is likely to make of trying the same stunt with
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#2
Sanders should be compliing a database for his own use and for other progressive candidates.
mariawr
Mar 2016
#27
DU for Tim has taken in $170 since this post and mine in GD went up this AM
Omaha Steve
Mar 2016
#56
What if the incumbent is doing a shtty job & the challenger is a lifelong loyal Dem?
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#7
Politicians and other public officials are subject to criticism here regardless of your invitation.
JTFrog
Mar 2016
#50
Patrick Murphy has been a Democrat since 2012. Only changed in order to run against
djean111
Mar 2016
#23
Not at first he didn't. And I do believe part of Pelosi's job is to orchestrate votes
djean111
Mar 2016
#102
Mr. Stubbs, I will do some research, but here is the thing - Murphy turned Democrat for his own
djean111
Mar 2016
#148
What an ironic thing to say. Some say that having a (D) behind the name is all that matters.
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#90
Another Johnny-come-lately complaining about the rules of the party he just joined
Freddie Stubbs
Mar 2016
#8
"Party Over Principle" is a bankrupt philosophy, but a hard one to change, it seems n/t
arcane1
Mar 2016
#28
Guess you never considered the ISSUES for a candidate, just the letter, right?
djean111
Mar 2016
#29
True, but I suspect DWS would be on the short list for HRC's VP candidates
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#120
Not surprised that you'd chose PayDay lenders over their victims. Goes along with supporting
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#89
Would you like to defend DWS voting to send terminally ill medical marijuana users to prison?
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2016
#116
I've been leaning more towards Hillary, because of right wing smears posted here against her
LW1977
Mar 2016
#118
He seems to be confused. He's blaming the DNC for something that the FL Dem Party is doing.
Freddie Stubbs
Mar 2016
#30
And many people are not qualified to be the Democratic nominee for Congress
Freddie Stubbs
Mar 2016
#146
You realize that the current FDP Chair worked for ChoicePoint during the 2000 purge, right?
Fuddnik
Mar 2016
#132
Is that the guy who landed the plane on the Capitol grounds a while back?
CorkySt.Clair
Mar 2016
#35
Maybe Alan Grayson can send him his copy. Someone, if not Tim, should ask him to.
ancianita
Mar 2016
#55
I asked him on one of his Facebook threads, so I hope it gets passed on to him.
ancianita
Mar 2016
#98
And these were the proverbial sacrificial pawns in his chess game. Thanks. nt
earthshine
Mar 2016
#86
I've dropped my membership and any donation, not even $5, to the DNC until she is gone!
Hulk
Mar 2016
#69
I have a feeling that Debbie is typing her resignation letter to President Sanders /
FlatBaroque
Mar 2016
#88
i read here last week obama was supporting a dem challenger over a sitting dem
questionseverything
Mar 2016
#107
Debbie Wasserman Schultz loves payday lenders and votes to put medical marijuana users in PRISON.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2016
#115
People are (or not?) figuring out that you can't do stuff like this in the age of the internet
Rebkeh
Mar 2016
#124
Bad news for Professor Canova: Bernie lost Broward County by a lanslide (only 26% of the vote)
Freddie Stubbs
Mar 2016
#156