I Voted for Bernie, But I Don't Like How Debbie Wasserman Schultz Was So Trashed!

[David Zephyr]

Mister Brad Marshall, the DNC's CFO should be immediately fired for his unforgivable emails that clearly recommended that my Democratic Parry play games in Southern states with Bernie Sanders being Jewish, his "belief" and that he may or may not be an "atheist".

Marshall is clearly too sick of a human being to hold such a powerful and privileged position within my party!

Sick? Yes, sick because it is clear he wanted to flame ugly stereotypes about Southerners, who he calls his "peeps", ugly stereotypes about Jews and their "belief" and ugly stereotypes about atheists. Marshall's emails clearly reveal his comfort in encouraging that sick shit when he thinks he's writing in private.

Marshall's recent apology is after the fact and only because he is exposed and shamed.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been hung out to dry and is taking the blame for the actions of a man who probably did tilt the balance against my candidate, Bernie. I am disappointed that Bernie called for Debbie's resignation just as she was poised to chair the convention.

This Bernie fan and voter feels Debbie got roughed up in a horrible way that I'm not comfortable with at all.

Why did the male who handled the money get a pass and the woman who had worked her heart out all year get embarrassed and smeared like this.

Get rid of the goddamned super delegate crap once and for all. Fire Brad Marshall and do so publicly. Make the Dmocratic Party more democratic. Yes, Hillary should have picked Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders to be Vice President in my opinion and I'm extremely disappointed with Tim Kaine.

But beating the hell out of Debbie Wasserman Schultz this way is totally repugnant to me.

[runaway hero]

1. She's the boss

That's why.

[DURHAM D]

3. President Obama is the boss. nt

[runaway hero]

6. some info

http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-dws-wanted-to-paint-obama-as-anti-woman-and-anti-semitic-if-ousted-as-dnc-chair/

Buried inside a Politico report about Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz‘s (D-FL) future aspirations was an interesting revelation: “When [Wasserman Schultz] sensed Obama was considering replacing her as chair in 2013, she began to line up supporters to suggest the move was both anti-woman and anti-Semitic.”

Wasserman Schultz is reportedly very much at odds with White House staffers, and rarely even speaks with President Barack Obama.

three years ago.

[David Zephyr]

11. So the piling on against her begins.

This would have never happened to a man this way. Shameful.

[runaway hero]

14. It's a cold world

She also lost two midterms. And apparently bad staff.

[Me.]

32. Absolutely Agree

Never was a fan but I have disliked the way she's been scapegoated throughout this entire election cycle. And the fact that it was a man who actually sent the email and men who have been the ones primarily calling for her head for months does indeed put a shameful cast on the entire affair.

[PragmaticLiberal]

30. That's interesting...cause it was just reported (MSNBC) DWS was resistant to resigning.

Basically President Obama put his foot down...so to speak.

[Hortensis]

60. Good message, David. DWS is no angel, but

this is about people wanting someone to blame being told everything is one person's fault, and how many bother to question that or learn the name and face of anyone else? I do not respect this behavior.

[eastwestdem]

2. Honestly, the super delegate question is a mute point. The DNC learned a big lesson

this cycle. They are clearly going to be much more strict in who they let run in their primaries, and someone who recently switched to the party is unlikely to make the cut in the future.

[NurseJackie]

4. I hope.

[glennward]

34. Amen! No good deed ever goes unpunished. nt

[Little Star]

36. I certainly hope so.

[leftofcool]

53. We can only hope!

[rateyes]

5. If you are the one riding the horse, you have to

be the one who ropes the steer. She was riding the horse. She should be held accountable along with the CFO and anyone else involved in tilting the primaries.

[David Zephyr]

8. She didn't do anything wrong.

No emails were from her.

It's bullshit that she has been so humiliated like this. I hate disloyalty for expediency.

Brad Marshall should be fired. He's the asshole

I'll be sending DWS a donation now.

[rateyes]

9. Did she know about the email and not Fire Marshall?

[Her Sister]

12. Thank YOU!!! "I'll be sending DWS a donation now."

I'll be sending DWS a donation now.

[kstewart33]

38. Bingo. nt

[NWCorona]

55. Where does the buck stop?

[StrictlyRockers]

45. I will leave this here.

https://timcanova.com/

[Iliyah]

7. Super Delegates are here to stay, and yes, they are needed

[BlueMTexpat]

10. Thank you, David!

I am not a DWS fan. But this OTT trashing has actually caused me to contribute to DWS's campaign!

The more trashing I see on DU, the more $ she'll get from me.

I also believe that when you've had time to think about it, you will change your mind about Tim Kaine. I did. He really is an outstanding choice.

[David Zephyr]

15. Thank you. I'm supporting the ticket. I'm a Democrat.

Appreciate your post.

[babylonsister]

13. She instigated many of those

e-mails. She should be held responsible.

[David Zephyr]

19. Come on. You don't know she instigated those emails.

That's unfair. She was treated cruelly. I'm ashamed she was thrown under the bus this way.

We disagree.

[babylonsister]

26. Why do you think she stepped down

if she's so guilt-free? She headed that ship and it didn't do what it was supposed to do, and lied to boot. Did you read some of the e-mails? Here you go:

https://theintercept.com/2016/07/22/dnc-staffers-mocked-the-bernie-sanders-campaign-leaked-emails-show/

[Her Sister]

16. WOMAN WAS HARASSED & BULLIED! ~ NOT COOL!

DISGUSTING! I find it disgusting when Trump does it & for sure in this case!

[BlueMTexpat]

18. Me too ...

OTT trashing of someone who was doing a very thankless job.

[Her Sister]

21. Thankfully she survived breast cancer & is a smart cookie! I wish her better than well!

[BlueMTexpat]

24. As a breast cancer survivor

myself, I too wish her better than well.

[David Zephyr]

25. I'm with you.

And I'm with Debbie.

[StrictlyRockers]

48. Or not

https://timcanova.com/

[Her Sister]

49. Nah! Am Supporting DWS! lol! :-)

[Little Star]

37. It's pretty ugly that's for sure.

[leftofcool]

54. Yea, but Bernie had to have his pound of flesh, ya know.

[Scuba]

17. My favorite thread today!

[David Zephyr]

22. I feel horrible about this. Time will prove how bad this was.

Thank you, Scuba. Really not a proud moment for my party. We are better people than this.

[babylonsister]

27. snort! nt

[pnwmom]

20. Thanks. I also was wondering why she was getting all the blame for something Brad Marshall did. n/t

[David Zephyr]

29. Women always held to higher standards

But this public humiliation this way at this moment is reprehensible. It was Marshall's email. He's a jerk. Sad for Debbie today. She deserved better than this.

[aikoaiko]

23. She fought, she lost, her watch has ended.

I'm sure she will be rewarded for her role in helping HRC with an appointment.

Others may need to be fired too, but DWS is simply being held responsible.

[Her Sister]

28. Yeah! FINITO! who cares! Till it happens again! NAH! NOT FORGETTING!

[StrictlyRockers]

47. Leaving this here

https://timcanova.com/

[aikoaiko]

56. Time to donate to Tim Canova's campaign again.

[Agnosticsherbet]

31. Putin is such a stand up paragon of freedom.

For exposing all of this out if pure love of openness.

[runaway hero]

42. Public Decorum is a lost art

And not just with Nasty Don apparently.

[Vinca]

33. The buck stops with DWS, but others should be gone as well.

I don't see why she was allowed to stay on after the debacles that were the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections. That's not trashing her, it's history.

[Bradical79]

35. Dislike for DWS predates the primaries by a good bit

That, plus her being the DNC chair, was probably why she gets more grief than anyone else with the DNC.

[Her Sister]

39. Dislike = BULLYING & HARRASSMENT! Ah, now I know!

[StrictlyRockers]

46. Leaving this here

https://timcanova.com/

[R0ckyRac00n]

40. One has to believe ultimately HRC made the decision.

Who could do so if she were opposed? She did it for the good of the party and moving forward. I appreciate that.

[David Zephyr]

61. This doesn't help our party at all.

Brad Marshall should be fired. That's it.

Debbie has led the party to a point where we will win the White House again. And now?

Americans watching won't like how Debbie was treated? Why? Because she didn't do anything wrong to be humiliated like this. Horrible.

[aikoaiko]

63. Not quite. She went on many TV interviews saying the DNC acted impartially.

She failed to take care of her house.

[Surya Gayatri]

41. Thank you, DZ, for your clear-eyed, fair assessment of the situation.

Some pretty dodgy "liberal" values are on display in the threads that cheer her public humiliation and that applaud her overt harassment.

Sickening, despicable and not worthy of true Democrats.

[David Zephyr]

57. This Bernie Leftie stands with Debbie.

Thanks for standing up for Debbie.

[Starry Messenger]

43. Thank you David.

You're a sweetie.

[David Zephyr]

58. There's my Starry Messenger!

[dsc]

44. Certainly he should go

but honestly, she was the boss here and she didn't fire him immediately after the leak when she certainly knew he sent it. For her to be fired and not him is ridiculous. But honestly, I can't see letting her stay either. She would have been gone anyhow after the election and was a figurehead after Bernie conceded in any case.

[SpareribSP]

50. DWS in a moment of honesty...

I also take the word of the Bernie campaign that DWS was terrible to them. She did some nasty stuff and I wouldn't be shocked if she was against them from the very beginning, and it's hard to feel sorry for her losing her job when she didn't do her job in the first place.

It doesn't help that on top of that she supported bad policy, supported Republicans, and didn't seem very good at running the DNC, even without the bias.

[Tatiana]

51. DWS was forced out for a reason, IMO.

If the reporting is to be believed, the President got involved.

Both Clinton and Obama are loyal to their people.

I think there may be more damaging info out there that could be leaked about DWS's shenanigans.

This is a preemptive and strategic decision to ask her to move out of the way. I don't think it's a witch hunt at all.

And yes, Marshall's actions were reprehensible.

[hobbit709]

52. She lost any respect when she openly campaigned for a Republican

and wouldn't endorse the Democrat running against said Republican.

[Tatiana]

62. Agreed. But people either forget or are unaware of this fact. n/t

[NWCorona]

59. I'm not a fan of DWS and I do believe some blame must be put on her but I actually agree

All the spotlight has been placed on her and that isn't fair.

The frenzy is on and the news must be feed.