New Hampshire DNC Official Says She Feels Insulted By Bernie Sanders

[Cali_Democrat]

Bernie Sanders Faces Skepticism From Democratic Insiders
By PATRICK HEALYAUG. 28, 2015

MINNEAPOLIS — Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, likes to say that the huge crowds at his rallies are not made up of “registered Democrats” — even though he is running for the party’s presidential nomination. No, it is “ordinary people” who are turning out to hear him, he says: Americans who are genuinely drawn to his message, not party hacks who dutifully show up at events for their political cronies.

Kathy Sullivan, a Democratic national committeewoman from New Hampshire, said she heard Mr. Sanders make that argument on television recently and winced — and then found herself wondering what he would say to a ballroom full of party regulars Friday afternoon at the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting here.

“I was like, ‘God love Bernie, but thanks for the insult,’ ” said Ms. Sullivan, an influential player in New Hampshire, where Mr. Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton are close in some opinion polls. “He’s coming to Minneapolis to see people who aren’t ordinary Americans?”

“If Bernie Sanders wants to be president of the United States, he needs the Democratic Party,” Ms. Sullivan continued. “The Democratic National Committee are people who help get the voters to come out and vote in the general election. And they’re people who have been fighting for working Americans for generations. I’d hope Bernie would see that.”

Read more:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/us/politics/bernie-sanders-faces-skepticism-from-democratic-insiders.html?_r=0

[arcane1]

1. Arcane1 feels insulted by the DNC

Cry me a river.

[emsimon33]

84. After your post. What more needs to be said.

"Cry me a river."

[LondonReign2]

115. So to summarize the information down thread,

you've got a DNC operative who attended a Hillary super-PAC training session on how to talk about Clinton's campaign while also avoiding policy issues spinning up some outrage over the guy that promotes traditional Democratic policy positions.

Oh boy.

[arcane1]

123. Welcome to the rabbit hole!

[valerief]

125. Well stated! nt

[AtomicKitten]

127. Succinct.

[hedda_foil]

141. And nobody in their right mind thinks he's talking about attracting people who aren't registered Dem

He's talking about growing the base, not abandoning it.

[840high]

128. So do I.

[Autumn]

2. I feel insulted by DNC officials.

[glinda]

36. +1

[hollysmom]

79. I'm in too, have been for a long time

[Eleanors38]

102. If Bernie insulted the DNC, LBJ would have slung dead mullets at it. nt

[Autumn]

108. ...dead mullets

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The DNC has been insulting us.

Of course the "insiders" aren't happy - Bernie is simply pointing out how useless and out of touch the DNC has become.

[Angry Dragon]

15. +41,000

the same should be said for the rnc

[leftofcool]

56. The why speak in front of them trying to get support?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

82. Maybe hoping to get them to see that the Third Way isn't the only game in town?

[hrmjustin]

4. K&R!

[Historic NY]

5. The people that actually carry the water for the Democratic Party...

the ones constantly demonized here with a variety of names.

[MohRokTah]

117. + 1,000,000,000,000 eom

[Vincardog]

6. Vincardog feels insulted by the DNC DLC and Corporatists in general. Cry me a river.

[moobu2]

7. I'm not insulted by him

I just dont like him at all. He isn't even a Democrat.

[Dawgs]

8. Ugh!

[arcane1]

11. To be fair, it's been at least a few days since that was the Daily Meme. It's due.

[Angry Dragon]

17. at least he does not sell the American people down the river

I do not trust Hillary

[Thinkingabout]

34. I don't trust Bernie.

[Angry Dragon]

38. he is better than any republican running

[Thinkingabout]

49. Did not say that.

[Angry Dragon]

142. just a comment on my part

have a nice weekend

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. Why?

Anything he's done in his political career? His messy hair? His accent? What?

[Autumn]

43. His clothing.

No fancy pantsuits for him.

[beam me up scottie]

81. !

[Thinkingabout]

48. Who knows how he would vote on the next gun law.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

54. Oh. Well, then, that wraps it up.

Sorry I asked.

[Eleanors38]

110. Why, it's GUNZ! again.

[jalan48]

119. Well, I'm glad that at least you didn't say it was because of his supporters.

[Fawke Em]

143. Well, at least he doesn't vote for unnessary wars. eom

[Thinkingabout]

144. Yes he voted against the Brady Bill and gun violence continues. There should be more gun bills.

[840high]

130. Neither do I.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Bernie caucuses with the Democrats.

More importantly, he argues better than anyone for the principles the Democratic Party used to stand for since the days of FDR, but that its establishment - the DNC, its operatives (that would be you, DWS) and its chosen candidates - seems to have forgotten about in order to curry favor with Wall Street.

[nichomachus]

20. Unlike someone

who calls herself a Democrat, but really isn't.

[randys1]

28. Wait, how can you support Hillary, be a Democrat, and not like him AT ALL?

There are too many commonalities between him, Hillary and the party.

[NorthCarolina]

93. They simply don't like his KIND

of Democrat.

[Live and Learn]

136. Follow the money! nt

[glinda]

42. Amy Klobachar, MN just co-sponsered the Dark Act.......

She runs as a Dem. I think personally it goes beyond what Label one chooses at this point but rather what actions they take. JMHO.

[cascadiance]

69. Sanders SUPPORTS good Democrats. Why is the DNC headed by someone that supported REPUBLICANS?

... and didn't want to help Democrats campaign against her REPUBLICAN FRIENDS in Florida? Details here if you don't believe me!

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/blog/453-debbie-wasserman-schultz-forgets-who-her-friends-are

And people complain about Bernie running because "he isn't a Democrat", when the DNC itself has leadership who is confused about which party she should be supporting at times. Like DINOS do some of you? Thought you did!

[leftofcool]

76. + a gadzillion of Democrats!

[peacebird]

9. Cry me a river.... The DNC has sold out the people who ACTUALLY do the work to get out the vote

The regular folks across America who donate their time at phone banks, voter drives, papering, working the polls, etc.

I guess the peasants are beginning to see the emporer has no clothes, and the DNC is just beginning to understand the sea change that is Berniementum.

I love that O'Malley and Bernie both took it to them!

[ruffburr]

10. Another-

Status Quo politician, The Third Way Has Hijacked The DNC, Status Quo will not get my VOTE, The DNC is nothing without the people whether they know it or not.

[Thinkingabout]

37. Where is your business plan?

[cascadiance]

85. Pretty simple! Bernie's business is to get business OUT of government!

Where it doesn't belong as a controlling entity, and has corrupted our government for too long too!

[Thinkingabout]

95. So Bernie is not interested in free college, and in taxing corporations, etc.

[cascadiance]

100. You asked a simplified question without details, I responded in kind...

Of course Bernie's wanting to have college that is free to kids as an investment in them, paid for by a financial transaction tax that hits the speculators on Wall Street that should be paying more for the benefits they get and don't pay adequately for in our country.

[think]

12. Cry me a river. While the Democratic party shrinks Bernie is bringing them back to the fold.

She should be thanking Bernie not disparaging him.....

[seabeyond]

13. huge crowds at his rallies are not made up of “registered Democrats”

just sayin.... and when i say what sanders says... i get a hide, or insulted, the OUTRAGE, lol

ah ha

gotta love it

[neverforget]

32. how do you know they're not "registered Democrats"? Anything to back that up?

[seabeyond]

41. bernie likes to say....?

Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, likes to say that the huge crowds at his rallies are not made up of “registered Democrats”

here is the thing. he knows who he is campaigning too. he is clear in his message, and his words and where he goes. he has repeated it for decades. an independent that has no desire to be part of the party.

it really does not take a genius to listen to sanders, and believe what he says.

[BainsBane]

73. Back up a reference to the article Sea!

How dare you actually read it! Who do you think you are?!

If Democrats aren't ordinary people, who exactly are? Republicans? Independents?

[seabeyond]

89. lmfuggin'ao. ya.... too funny. bernie says. no no no, how dare you repeat what he says. nt

[neverforget]

106. How awful to expect a link to a point.

[BainsBane]

114. I think it perfectly reasonable to expect responders

have read at least the excerpt of the article in the OP. What you asked for is right there.

[neverforget]

78. But you left this part out

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/sanders-my-supporters-arent-registered-dems-just-ordinary-people

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said on Sunday that the tens of thousands of people who turn out to his rallies aren’t “registered Democrats,” just “ordinary people” — and that’s one of his main advantages in the race.

“When I speak to 28,000 people in Portland, Oregon, and 27,000 people in Los Angeles, the vast majority of those people, they’re not, quote, unquote, ‘registered Democrats.’ They are ordinary people who are sick and tired of politics as usual,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Sanders argued that his independent status and broad appeal could be an asset if he wins the Democratic nomination, as he’d turn around “abysmal” Democratic turnout.

“One of the real advantages, I think, of me winning the Democratic primary, is that we can get a lot of young people, a lot of working people involved in the political process, getting them out to vote in a way that establishment politicians can’t,” he said.

“Democrats are losing because voter turnout is abysmal. I think we can change that.”

[seabeyond]

92. i left it out cause that was not my point. i made a statement. i was correct. EVEN bernie says.

and ummmm, dems won pres last two elections. they will win again this election. use whatever excuses and reasoning you like.

[neverforget]

103. Growing the party and building enthusiasm is a wonderful thing especially if it gets

first time voters or infrequent voters excited to vote. I don't see a downside to this but you do I take it?

[cascadiance]

87. Well, maybe some who came over from Vancouver, Washington to see him in Portland...

... aren't registered Democrats, since they don't need to be to vote for him in Washington state's "open" primaries. But I knew many Democrats there with voter registration forms in hand to help independents, etc. to register as Democrats at that very venue, as Oregonians will need to be Democrats to vote for him in the primary.

[Live and Learn]

137. And that is bad? I thought bringing in outsiders was what the DNC worked for.

Oh, is he taking their job away?

By the way, huge crowds at his rallies are ALSO made up of "registered Democrats". I know, I am one.

[seabeyond]

138. are they voting for sanders out of self interest and repug the rest of the way down the ticket?

[Live and Learn]

140. Not if they listen to Bernie.

And you wouldn't even ask a question like that if you had actually listened to him. What a ridiculous assertion.

[LWolf]

14. He definitely confronted establishment politics and politicians.

That includes the DNC, and Kathy Sullivan, if the shoe fits.


If the DNC are people who help gotv, perhaps they need to hear what Sanders is saying. Especially what he just got done saying about voter turnout, and how to get people to the polls.

For the record, it's not what the DNC has been, or is, doing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. They did such a great job with GOTV in 2010 and 2014.

They stupidly ditched the 50-state strategy and seem to be either unable or unwilling to recognize that if they want people to vote for their pre-selected candidate they need to give them a few reasons to do so. Same-old-same-old isn't a reason. Dynastic succession isn't a reason. Having the most money isn't a reason.

[LWolf]

31. A point which

the DNC seems determined to miss.

[Schema Thing]

16. Why do I have a feeling Katy Sullivan is just a rabid Lincoln Chafee partisan ;)

[4139]

19. NYT journalistic ZERO! Sullivan NH state Co-Chair for Hillary 2008...

[Thinkingabout]

51. Is it unacceptable to work for a particular candidate?

[4139]

57. NYT failure, NYT should have identified her as State co-chair for Hillary ....

I was not criticizing Sullivan but the either lazy or dumb NYT reported.

[Metric System]

21. His supporters are so hostile to the DNC. If their support for Sanders doesn't translate into

support and donations for the party, which in turn helps down-ticket Democrats, then I can understand why the party establishment doesn't want him as their candidate.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. There are plenty of reasons not to like the DNC.

Not the least of which is their hostility toward progressives. But, I guess they don't want to alienate the banksters too much.

[Autumn]

24. I quit donating and became hostile to the DNC long before Bernie decided to run as a Dem.

[leftofcool]

58. They don't want him. He insults Democrats and now he is insulting the DNC.

[cascadiance]

77. And the DNC's leadership at times liked to support Republicans instead of Democrats!

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/blog/453-debbie-wasserman-schultz-forgets-who-her-friends-are

[PFunk1]

134. Um, the DNC (and DLC) has been as been insulting the dems base for decades now.

namely those who wont buy the third way BS.

And Bernie has been more of a dem than most DNC supported dems despite not being one until he started running.

[arcane1]

22. Haha! She received "training" from a Super PAC on how to promote Clinton's candidacy

The making of a Hillary Clinton echo chamber

One day in May, operatives from a Washington-based super PAC gathered New Hampshire mayors, state representatives and local politicos at Saint Anselm College for a day of training.

They rehearsed their personal tales of how they met Hillary Rodham Clinton and why they support her for president. They sharpened their defenses of her record as secretary of state. They scripted their arguments for why the Democratic front-runner has been “a lifetime champion of income opportunity.” And they polished their on-camera presentations in a series of mock interviews.

The objective of the sessions: to nurture a seemingly grass-roots echo chamber of Clinton supporters reading from the same script across the communities that dot New Hampshire, a critical state that holds the nation’s first presidential primary.

-snip-

Kathy Sullivan, a Democratic National Committee member from New Hampshire who attended the training, said it helped her “talk about the Hillary Clinton we know.” The session included a workshop in which supporters turned to the supporters sitting next to them and practiced sharing anecdotes about Clinton that help humanize her.

“We would each tell a personal story about Hillary Clinton that is an example of the qualities about her that make her attractive as a candidate. as opposed to listing a lot of policy positions,” Sullivan said.

-snip-

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-making-of-a-hillary-clinton-echo-chamber/2015/07/07/01625c5e-24ae-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html


Phony outrage!

[Autumn]

25. "as opposed to listing a lot of policy positions"

[arcane1]

26. "Poutrage Over Policy" must be the motto today

[dreamnightwind]

55. Wow, thanks for that contribution, blows up the OP entirely - nt

[arcane1]

66. Yeah, that campaign's insincerity becomes more obvious every day n/t

[dreamnightwind]

113. sincerendipity

Not scripted, they just happen to say the same things, using a sincere-ish presentation stye, it's sincerendipity!

So Sullivan, the subject of the OP, was trained by David Brock's Correct The Record. Brock is one of the most infamous of all RW talking point and smear artists (he famously swiftboated Anita Hill and later the Clintons). He was a closeted gay man who switched sides from the right to the left, at least in part because he realized the right didn't support who he was.

My problem with that is did he transform his operating style and the essence of what he did, or did he just change uniforms? Reading up on this training, it looks to me like he changed uniforms. I have never read his books (Confession of a Right-Wing Hitman is one of them). But this whole approach of a an overly managed, scripted, coached, packaged campaign, oppo research, distributed talking points, that's what he is doing for the Clintons, and we see things like this OP.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/07/david_brock_s_correct_the_record_the_former_right_wing_operative_is_hillary.2.html

Strider (of Correct The Record) will even discuss how the organization might fend off attacks if Clinton draws a challenge from the left.

[MuseRider]

111. It does not appear to have worked all that well

at least judging the trending there.

[Live and Learn]

139. They are really showing their true colors here.

Their disdain for the non-'influential' base is quite apparent.

[John Poet]

27. The DNC did a helluva job in '10 and '14, didn't they?

“The Democratic National Committee are people who help get the voters to come out and vote in the general election."

If those elections were the results of their "help", I guess we could do without them.

[Truprogressive85]

35. Interesting

The DNC wants to keep playing centrist/3rd way bs politics don't be shock if the turn out is low

[Thinkingabout]

45. Are you promoting the non voters? BTW, how are those who was elected in those years working for

Progressive issues, how is that working for you.

[cascadiance]

83. Progressive ISSUES did win in last election when the DNC had candidates avoid them...

... and had them lose in the same states that issues like the minimum wage won! Do you see how throwing progressives under the bus LOSES elections even if Korporate Amerika wants that not to happen? Americans WANT progressive change, and they will find a way to get it, even if the DNC and other FAKE Democrats try to stand against it!

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/11/05/minimum-wage-measures-pass-overwhelmingly-even-red-states

[BeyondGeography]

30. You stay focused on what matters there, Ms. Sullivan

What preciousness.

[djean111]

33. Living here in Florida, and seeing the cronyism of Debbie Wasserman-Dino on full display -

I agree with Bernie, and don't need the DNC to tell me who to vote for.

Cronyism -
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24478039.html

Democratic party leaders have tapped Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to raise money and coach candidates in a high-stakes, aggressive bid to expand the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.

But as three Miami Democrats look to unseat three of her South Florida Republican colleagues, Wasserman Schultz is staying on the sidelines. So is Rep. Kendrick Meek, a Miami Democrat and loyal ally to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

That wasn't the case just two years ago when the pair flouted a long-standing Florida delegation agreement to not campaign against colleagues and vigorously backed Ron Klein in his winning bid to oust veteran Republican Rep. Clay Shaw.

This time around, Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their relationships with the Republican incumbents, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races.
.....

The decision comes as Democrats believe they have their best shot in years to defeat at least one of the Cuban-American incumbents with a roster of Democrats that include former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, outgoing Miami-Dade Democratic party chair Joe Garcia and businesswoman Annette Taddeo.

But Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their ties to the three Republicans are personal as well as professional: Both served in the state Legislature with Mario Diaz-Balart and say they work in concert with all three on South Florida issues.

Wasserman Schultz has also played a leading role in persuading the new Democratic majority to sustain the economic embargo against Cuba and has established close ties to the staunchly pro-embargo U.S.-Cuba Democracy political action committee, which has contributed thousands to Wasserman Schultz and Meek's campaigns.

THAT is the face of the DNC. The DNC will not direct my vote.

[TBF]

40. Is she on drugs? I stopped giving to the DNC

around the time Kerry lost. I have no interest in them anymore. They are a bourgeoisie group that left the workers behind.

[leftofcool]

61. So, a respected Democrat with an opinion is on drugs?

Got it! Maybe Bernie can win without us.

[TBF]

64. That works both ways you know -

we don't want your third-way BS and we don't have to vote for it.

[leftofcool]

68. Okay. You can win with 18% of progressives and no Dems in the GE against the Rethugs?

[TBF]

71. And you're throwing progessives under the bus -

you're not going to win with Hillary. She couldn't even win the primary in '08 much less the general.

[leftofcool]

74. LMAO!

I guess you won't be voting for her in the general?

[TBF]

98. The question is whether you're voting for Bernie. nt

[arcane1]

72. Advocating sitting out the election is not exactly helping n/t

[LondonReign2]

116. Nah. A Democrat that supported Republicans over Democrats is on drugs

[840high]

131. Maybe Hillary can win without us.

[seabeyond]

44. lmao and ohhhh, another dem thrown under the bus. how DARE she express anything but positive

about sanders even if he is dissing her party. oh wait. my party. hmmmm, our party, looking around on democratic underground

[arcane1]

46. She's a Hillary supporter who was literally trained to support her.

She's just doing her job!

[seabeyond]

47. she is a democrat. if sanders had ONE democrat that supported him, i would not throw the dem under

the bus.

dems are allowed to express how they feel about the different candidates without supporters throwing them under. we have all of dem congress, obama and every other dem being thrown under the bus cause they just do not say what sanders supporters want them to say.

another... under the bus.

he really is gonna save this dem party, ejecting out all dems. then what? he willl be all alone.

[arcane1]

50. We can start with ejecting all the corpratist faux progressives out.

And stop using Super-PAC funds to "train" people on how to avoid discussing policy when promoting their candidate

[seabeyond]

59. we need supreme crt appointees to amend citizen. nt

[arcane1]

63. They're not needed to stop training people on how to bullshit potential voters

That can stop today.

[seabeyond]

65. ??? what are you talking about? i must have missed something. nt

[seabeyond]

67. you are talking about the new hampshire woman? omg.... she is not allowed to even support someone

you oppose?

whatever arcane. done with this thread. but, it was interesting.

[arcane1]

70. Of course she's allowed.

And I'm allowed to say I prefer to discuss policy rather than use trickery. But thanks for proving my point

[seabeyond]

88. no trickery. SOME dems are gonna have a problem he isnt a dem. SOME dems are gonna have a problem

him insulting dems to shine his independent self

why would you think anything else, and they... dems, have every right to way that issue picking a candidate.

[arcane1]

91. That's not my quote so I'm not sure why you're using it.

And I thought you were done with this thread

Regardless, saying they want to promote a candidate's personality and avoid talking about their policies is trickery no matter how much they wish to spin it.

[arcane1]

96. It looks like a quote from the author of the article in the OP

Hence the lack of quotation marks.

If you can prove it's a Sanders quote, feel free. I'll say "I was wrong, he really did say that".

[seabeyond]

97. my bad. this is her issue. a legitimate issue she is allowed. that is all. i will delete the other

“I was like, ‘God love Bernie, but thanks for the insult,’ ” said Ms. Sullivan, an influential player in New Hampshire, where Mr. Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton are close in some opinion polls. “He’s coming to Minneapolis to see people who aren’t ordinary Americans?”


“If Bernie Sanders wants to be president of the United States, he needs the Democratic Party,” Ms. Sullivan continued. “The Democratic National Committee are people who help get the voters to come out and vote in the general election. And they’re people who have been fighting for working Americans for generations. I’d hope Bernie would see that.”

[arcane1]

99. I agree w/her point that people need to get out to the polls

And I suspect we'll see many more registered Dems thanks to Sanders.

[cascadiance]

75. If she's really a Democrat, she's documented as being confused about that at times!

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/blog/453-debbie-wasserman-schultz-forgets-who-her-friends-are

[FloridaBlues]

53. If you want dems to support your campaign

You can't continue saying how much you dislike them. Not a good way to win over activitist who would gotv to help you win and yes get the support of delegate's you need. Like it or not you will need them.

[LWolf]

60. Who are you talking to?

The OP certainly didn't say anything about not liking Democrats.

Neither did Sanders, who, when talking about beating Republicans, repeatedly said, "we." Referring to the Democratic Party.

Who continues to say how much he or she dislikes dems?

Please provide a link.

[whatchamacallit]

80. Haha tough shit

He's right and she's a dead-weight bureaucrat. Boo Hoo.

[CharlotteVale]

86. "Working Americans." SO fucking sick and tired of that dog whistle term.

I most certainly do not feel that the Democratic party has been "fighting" for me in any way, shape or form for many years - whether I was working or since I retired. But I resent that relentless "hard working" crap when so many people can't work or can't find work.

[840high]

133. 100% correct.

[emsimon33]

90. Frankly, the grassroots scares the DNC Sh*tless

They kicked Dean and his 50-State Strategy (which was the real power behind Obama's 2008 victory) to the curb as soon as the election was over.

The DNC is just a puppet of corporate, billionaire, and Wall Street interests.

The DNC does not want a revolution. The DNC is the status quo which has abetted the demise of the middle class and the shredding of the safety net.

[PowerToThePeople]

101. Poor me. So mistreated.

The people are the party and the nation, not the other way around.

This whole establishment, party over policy thinking is Orwell's 1984. Fascist to the core. Take it down while we have the chance.

[MuseRider]

104. Good lord.

You would think she had the vapors.

I am sure this is so VERY important and posting this here is going to change minds. IMO it makes the party look even dumber and less competent than I thought it was.

Almost everyone knows already. Most of us feel like post #1 (thanks arcane, I laughed really hard at how few words it took for you to say what most of us feel).

I want my party back. This has never been an easy or clean game. It is down and dirty. Get over yourself honey. He probably really really likes you, it is your turned on it's head party he is not crazy about. We remember when it meant something and we want it back. If being that easily offended does not disqualify you from heading a political group with an important primary then this party truly needs to start over.

Oh, and by the way, he could have run 3rd party and spoiled it all for you but he did not want to do that. He did what he thought was the best for the country and the party he does not belong to. He did not have to do that.

There is absolutely no lie to what he said and that should make the DNC think not run in silly circles getting all offended. Perhaps they should reflect? Nahhhh.

[Eleanors38]

105. Note to Ms. Sullivan: I've been a Party hack for years.

Just not your's.

[jfern]

107. We feel a lot more than insulted by a party that has lost its way

3rd way is destroying the party.

[hobbit709]

109. Anything that insults the DNC is fine in my book.

They've been insulting my intelligence for years by treating me like Charlie Brown when he tries to kick the football.

[840high]

132. ...+1

[walkingman]

112. If the Democratic Party

wants to have a DEmocratic president of the United States, they need Bernie!

[jtuck004]

118. “If Bernie Sanders wants to be president of the United States, he needs the Democratic Party,”...

That's almost as good a mood lifter as youtube puppies.

[MisterP]

120. "our party's PERFECT: it's not our fault if people choose not to respond to it!"

[Spitfire of ATJ]

121. He only insulted cronies and ha,......Ohhhhhhhh. I see.

[LWolf]

122. She doesn't like being thanked for her work.

"Thank you all for the work that you do every single day..."

[NRaleighLiberal]

124. What Bernie needs are Democrats. There is a difference.

[LWolf]

126. And Democrats need Bernie. nt

[OnyxCollie]

129. Aww.

Don't care.

[Live and Learn]

135. Good, then he made his point clear!

I think she is mistaken. It is not the DNC that gets voters to come out but having a candidate they actually like. Bernie is that candidate. The DNC is becoming irrelevant.

[MrMickeysMom]

145. No, Ms. Sullivan...

The Democratic Party need HIM!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

146. Tsk. Tsk. Sad, very sad. Heartbreaking. Tragic.

[Cha]

147. I'm insulted by BS, too.. He wanted President Obama Primaried in 2012.. he knows nothing

about what it takes to get things done.. or he acts like it anyway.

“The Democratic National Committee are people who help get the voters to come out and vote in the general election. And they’re people who have been fighting for working Americans for generations. I’d hope Bernie would see that.”

Anyone who wins the Dem Nom is going to need the Obama Coalition.. who actually got out and voted for the President Twice.. because they're smart and Obama knew how to get them out.

And, I am forever grateful to him.. not like some who have nothing but ignorant pot shots.

http://www.timesargus.com/article/20150829/NEWS01/708299946/1042/IRENE

Mahalo Cali

[Garrett78]

148. "The Democratic National Committee are people who help get the voters to come out..."

Perhaps the DNC would be more successful if Democrats did a better job of actually following the party platform. Or, better yet, the Green Party platform, but I digress. Instead of just spouting progressive rhetoric when it's convenient to do so.