Combative? Wasserman-Schultz says Dean "less combative" yesterday. Oooooh.

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Thu Apr-03-08 11:08 AM
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Combative? Wasserman-Schultz says Dean "less combative" yesterday. Oooooh.

Edited on Thu Apr-03-08 11:20 AM by madfloridian

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the national co-chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. She has been a major player in stopping a Florida revote. Even as Bill and Hillary called for one in the beginning....she kept saying "no revote". Her words are in a link later in the post.

Then they all gave up on the revote and started blaming Barack Obama and Howard Dean for NOT breaking the rules. Hillary sent out an email as late as yesterday saying "I have repeatedly called for seating their delegates." That is true, she has done that as well as all the other stances taken.

The anger in me started again today when I read these words of Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She managed to imply that Howard Dean had been combative with Florida leaders.

It is just so ironic.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Clinton supporter, said Dean's tone was much less combative than it had been. "He's finally realized it's counterproductive to our goal of electing the next president of the United States to continue to insist on punishing the state," she said.
Wasserman Schultz says Dean not as combative

You know what, Debbie? I had sort of figured I would back off writing about you Florida Democratic leaders for a while. I figured that since the meeting with Dean yesterday, you guys would shut your mouths for a while.

But you know what? Saying that Howard Dean had a less "combative" tone is about the most offensive thing you could say. My friend says you were on TV recently blaming him for everything in the world. That has been typical of the Florida Democrats, go on TV, sound off about the bad DNC chairman and the rules committee who sanctioned the state for breaking some pretty serious rules deliberately.

Actually he went public and said there should be a revote in Florida. He gave in and said to you guys...hey, revote or follow the rules and go to the committees.

From The Atlantic

Instead, he put the state parties on notice: either they can wait and allow the credentials committee to decide whether to seat their delegates, or submit to a re-vote sanctioned under DNC rules. "We look forward to receiving their proposals should they decide to submit new delegate selection plans and will review those plans at that time," he said in the statement.

"Everyone seems to be asking what the DNC will do," a Democrat close to Dean said. "But the question is: what will the state parties do."

Dean's statement implies that he has no intention of changing the rules to accommodate any solution proposed by the candidates or the state parties. There has been some suggestion that the two remaining presidential candidates might try to broker a deal among themselves. His line in the sand narrows the options for Hillary Clinton's campaign because it is unlikely that a credentials committee would endorse a delegation congenial to her mathematical interests.

He gave them hotel rooms yesterday and said they would be seated. But the delegate apportionment was not set. It will be done by the candidates or the nominee.

Debbbie Wasserman-Schultz, you yourself have been on the frontlines loudly opposing a revote in Florida. Your words are at the link.

The irony? Bill Clinton, whose wife's campaign you co-chair, was at the same time saying that if there was no revote the voters of Florida would be "disenfranchised."

ABC News' Sarah Amos Reports: Former President Bill Clinton celebrated the Polish holiday Dingus Day in South Bend, IN this morning, rallying Hooisers around his wife Hillary's campaign. Clinton had strong words when talking about the decision not to hold new primaries in Michigan and Florida, saying the decision is "a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise" voters.

"I must say that this new strategy of denying and disempowering and disenfranchising the voters in Florida and Michigan is, I believe, a terrible mistake. Hillary believes their votes should be counted. And I don't know how we're gonna go to those people in the general election and say you gotta vote for us even though we dumped all over you in the primary," Clinton told a crowd at the Westside Democratic Club in South Bend.

That is pretty pathetic. Even Bill Clinton was pushing for a revote while the campaign co-chair was running around all over the media saying oh no no no revote. Read her own words at the link.

Combative? You want combative? The combativeness has been coming from Florida leaders, from the Clintons, from Debbie. You want more combative?

Florida Hillary superdelegate publicly demands Dean resign...Corrine Brown.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown places the blame for the delegate flap squarely on DNC Chairman Howard Dean.

"I think Howard Dean should fix the problem or resign," Brown exclaims during an interview at First Coast News studios.

But that is relatively "mild" combativeness compared to "bramble bush" Steve Geller. He said Dean was like Cartman on South Park.

The Sun Sentinel quoted him:

For Steve Geller, the mention of Howard Dean brings to mind Eric Cartman, one of South Park�s colorful cartoon characters who is known for his bullying ways.

In one famous episode Cartman became school hall monitor, bossing around his friends and repeatedly saying, �You will respect my authori-tie.�

Geller, the state Senate�s Democratic leader from Cooper City, thinks Dean and his top staffers have taken on some of Cartman�s persona in their leadership of the Democratic National Committee.

�They are so full of themselves,� Geller said Wednesday. "They think their rules are all that matter. It�s like the DNC is wearing a t-shirt that says, �You will respect my authority.��

Combative? How about this video? It is combative or just plain downright nasty and condescending. I call it the bramble bush video It is Steve Geller in all his glory on the Florida Senate floor.

Oh, I could go on. If Dean were only "combative" with Florida, then God bless him. If he is less "combative" now, then good for him.

I have never seen anything like this in my life. A stateful of Democratic leaders acting like jackasses. A presidential campaign jumping in with both feet to manipulate the situation.

And the husband of the presidential candidate is the former two-term president. He is the 800 pound gorilla in the room to whom no one says no, stop it.

On Edit: Here is Debbie WS being "combative" when asked about the 115 to 1 vote for the primary. She refuses to answer, says it is an "inappropriate" line of questioning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWrZ5UWFR8