Harry Reid: Rat@#$%er?

[MannyGoldstein]

So Harry Reid created a post for Elizabeth Warren, as an envoy to Liberal groups. Then, caving to Chuckie "The Senator from Wall Street" Schumer's demands, Reid just named Mark "Grannies don't need three meals a day, give their money to Wall Street" Warner to "counterbalance" Warren.

“We know he will be a great voice for business,” said North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

But some liberal observers saw the move as a sign that the party was betraying them.

“The Warren wing of the party may be exceedingly passionate and engaged, but let’s not delude ourselves into thinking that it’s carrying the day,” wrote Salon’s Luke Brinker. A blogger at the liberal Daily Kos called Warner a “Wall Street shill, and right-wing defector.”

OK, so here's where I get confused: those of us who are under the impression that there's a schism of any sort in our best of all possible Democratic Parties are regularly called rat@#$%ers for suggesting such a thing, because we're only creating a fake divide in order to destroy the party.

Rat@#$%ers!

Rat@#$%ers!

Rat@#$%ers!

And this has become a perfectly-acceptable thing to call us (although my using it here will probably get a hide, we'll see), jury-approved and all.

(Do I need to link to the posts that call this out - let me know, and I will.)

So... is Reid a rat@#$%er for creating these counterbalancing posts? What about Chuckie Schumer? Do we have a gaggle of rat@#$%ers in our Democratic leadership?

(Note: I happen to like Harry Reid, I think he's constrained somewhat by his position, but basically wants to do the right thing.)

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	Reid is a rat@#$%er!!!
	2 (67%)
	People who claim there's a schism in the Democratic Party aren't rat@#$%ers.
	0 (0%)
	Manny's a rat@#$%er, I just *know* it!
	0 (0%)
	Other (please elaborate)
	1 (33%)
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[JI7]

1. LOOK AT ME

[Control-Z]

5. And it's only Tuesday.

Friday should be out of the park.

[MannyGoldstein]

9. Ok.

Post a picture, and I will.

[SidDithers]

15. /thread...

First reply nailed it.

Sid

[DeadLetterOffice]

2. We need an option combining #'s 1 and 2.

Cuz he really, really is, and we really, really aren't.

[Cosmic Kitten]

3. Leave Harry alooooone... I want a pony!

[Sanity Claws]

4. Schumer is a ratf*****

I would have picked that if it were one of the options.

[DeadLetterOffice]

11. Ooooo, yeah, me too. Can we add that to #'s 1 & 2 ??

Cuz oh BOY is he ever.

[wyldwolf]

6. So what you're saying is...

Warren is no longer in control of the Democratic party? Short reign.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. LOL.

Firmly, she is. But the little-brained people need their circuses, of course.

[wyldwolf]

10. She is? ok. Then what's your OP all about? Oh yeah, reply #1

[JEB]

7. Warner & Schumer are the Rat@#$%ers! eom

[pscot]

12. Schumer is just a rat

A large, sleek rat. In pinstripes.

[olddots]

13. Harry is just a wishy washy candy ass

He trys so hard to please everyone that nobody is pleased .

[pscot]

14. I kind of trust Harry Reid

He's a stayer. Warren is the senior member of this outreach project by several days, so she has an edge. I'm channeling Lone Watie. Anyway I trust her, so far. Harry gave her a bully pulpit. It will be fun to watch