Please make room under the bus for Robert Reich

[Scuba]

He obviously wants Trump as President (sarcasm thingy here for those w/o the gene)


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/robert-reich-is-furious-with-debbie-wasserman-schultz-after-alleged-email-leak-fire-her-now/

Robert Reich is furious with Debbie Wasserman Schultz after alleged email leak: ‘Fire her now’

The alleged leaks reveal emails from staffers questioning former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ faith, Wasserman Schultz contacting NBC political news director Chuck Todd questioning commentary on “Morning Joe” and calling Republican nominee Donald Trump names.

Reich wrote on a Facebook post Saturday that the alleged emails “clearly show the DNC tried to sandbag Bernie’s campaign. As such, he believes “Hillary should fire Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Now. Don’t wait until next week to replace her.”

Reich continues, giving examples of alleged Clinton preference when the party should have remained impartial. “When the director of communications wanted to complain to CNN about a segment the network aired in which Bernie said he would oust the chairwoman if he were elected, Wasserman Schultz emails back, ‘he isn’t going to be president,'” he wrote.

“Other emails show officials of the DNC using ‘us’ language when referring to Hillary supporters and ‘them’ language in reference to Bernie’s,” Reich believes this is further evidence that the DNC was secretly working behind closed doors to help Clinton in the primary over Sanders.

[rjsquirrel]

1. He's been under my bus

for quite a while now.

[merrily]

2. He's asking Hillary to oust DWS for helping Hillary? And what about the other DNC employees who did

the same?

I'll throw Reich under the bus, but for reasons other than recommending DWS's dismissal.

https://timcanova.com/

[SickOfTheOnePct]

7. She's the chairwoman of the DNC

It's ultimately her responsibility to enforce the parameters of what's permitted and what's not permitted. And with responsibility comes accountability.

Time for her to demonstrate that.

[merrily]

48. I agree, but that's a different issue from expecting Hillary to fire her.

[DonViejo]

41. Terry McAuliffe called for the resignation of DWS and anyone else involved...

he was chair of the DNC 2001 - 2005

[merrily]

47. Calling upon DWS to resign is different from calling on Hillary to fire her.

[DonViejo]

50. And just how do you expect Sec'y Clinton to fire her when she doesn't have the nomination...

or the power to do so, at least until she has the nomination?

[merrily]

52. Please quote the words from Reply 2 that I used to say that I expect Hillary to fire her.

My point all along has been that Reich should not be calling on Hillary to fire Debbie.

However, let's not play brand new, either. If Hillary did not want her out, she would not have resigned.

[FBaggins]

3. He has reason to be furious. No bus needed.

There's a difference between supporting our candidate and making sure that we recognize that our future processes for selecting a Democratic nominee are... well... actually democratic.

[Scuba]

5. ^^ This right here ^^

[misterhighwasted]

8. What did they do beyond discussion?

[Scuba]

12. Examples at the link below ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2283493

[misterhighwasted]

19. That's it?? Sounds like a typical campaign doesn't it? Opponants vying for voters.

Do you really believe that any other campaign doesn't fight for their position?
I didn't hear much kumbaying for Hillary from the Sanders campaign either. Nasty worked both ways.

This is beyond over the top.
Pffft.
Glad we aren't reliving that ugly primary. Both sides have ugly actions to account for.

Putin's Russian hackers cherry picked for a reason. And the timing is perfectly placed.
The dots are unfortunately are cleverly hidden behind the big omg news feed.

[Scuba]

20. Clear violations of the impartiality rule ...

[misterhighwasted]

23. Did this occur before or after the voter data theft?

Also a violation. Just curious.

[Scuba]

25. Both, apparently.

[retrowire]

33. Scuba - 1 x misterhighwasted - 0 nt

[PatSeg]

32. The DNC's opponent

is suppose to be republicans, not other Democratic candidates.

[merrily]

49. The DNC is not part of any candidate's primary campaign.

Not as though this stuff hasn't been all over DU since the debate schedule was announced a year ago.

[Duckhunter935]

9. ^^^^this

[SickOfTheOnePct]

4. I never got involved

in the Bernie/Hillary wars here, other than serving on countless juries for GD-P posts. My goal was and is to win the Presidency, either with Hillary or with Bernie.

But this truly is disappointing, and saying that DWS and the DNC were in the bag for Hillary doesn't mean I want to Trump to win, it just means that I expect better out of Democrats, namely, DNC impartiality during the primaries.

Good post, thanks for sharing it.

[PatSeg]

36. I never got involved either

For the most part I stayed away from DU during the primaries and when I visited, it was for Breaking News or non-political threads. I never ventured into GD-P territory. I would have lost my mind.

One issue that has bothered me, however, from the beginning of the primaries has been how Wasserman Schultz was running the DNC. I wanted more debates and I wanted them aired at reasonable times. It was not for a preference of any one candidate, but I thought Democrats deserved it.

[misterhighwasted]

6. What action was taken to prove bias?

[HereSince1628]

13. Sometimes defense rides missing intent, sometimes it rides interpretations of 'acts'.

People are entitled to the best defense they can get. That doesn't mean the best defense is honest or even in the defense of honesty.

[DLevine]

10. I agree with Reich. She should be replaced asap. nt

[randome]

11. Trump and Sanders had two things in common.

1. Both joined a party they had no interest in serving.
2. Neither of them released their tax returns.

I think it's understandable why some within the party did not like Sanders. That being said, more of an effort should have been made to be as impartial as possible. But human beings are emotional, not rational, creatures.
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[misterhighwasted]

24. Has Hillary been running against Putin all along?

Hillary or Putin.
Who you going to vote for?

[randome]

27. I expect another accolade about Putin's soulful eyes should Trump win.

We don't want everything to remain the same in the world but we also don't want to throw it into turmoil just so we can shout, 'America is Great!'
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It might rain and it might not.[/center][/font][hr]

[misterhighwasted]

35. Again..America is great Again... Herr TrumpnPutinpence

Ya "we should be more like Russia and Fidel had a great governing style"
We've sure heard this theme inserted into the 2016 campaign..more often then we ever should have.
The bigger picture is revealing itself lately and its not the picture of America's future anyone should be ok with.

[FailureToCommunicate]

34. Still fighting the Primary? That will get you alerted here.

[randome]

38. I thought it might be borderline but I think the similarities are interesting.

It relates to the OP because DNC insiders being disdainful of an outsider is not an isolated incident. The RNC is not all that supportive of their own outsider.
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It might rain and it might not.[/center][/font][hr]

[OnDoutside]

14. DWS should be fired and replaced with the most right wing Democrat there is. Be careful what you

wish for !

[Scuba]

15. You mean there are Democrats further right than Debbie? I mean she supports Republicans ...

... over Democrats already.

[OnDoutside]

16. Yes, yes, even more than Debs

[Scuba]

22. The "lesser of evils" argument. I'm so sick of that.

[elmac]

29. What Scuba said

100% agree.

[OnDoutside]

42. And I'm so sick of the faux outrage, that is happier to see a bloodletting than

Donald Trump being beaten.

[Scuba]

43. If you're OK with the DNC violating its own impartiality rule that's your business. I'm not.

[OnDoutside]

44. My only concern is Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump. Now if it transpires that DWS was behind a

campaign to take down Sanders, then she should go, but not before November. To go sooner would be to give advantage to Trump.

[Scuba]

45. I'm able to do more than one thing at a time. You probably are too.

[OnDoutside]

46. Yes, especially building bridges and getting over them, while moving on.

[PatSeg]

37. That was my reaction as well

Who on earth thinks she is a progressive Democrat?

[OilemFirchen]

17. Embarrassing use of a now passé metaphor.

Try this instead: "That train left the station long ago."

Or this: "Your slip is showing."

[Hoyt]

18. Facebook, etc., have been full of this for few days, posted by Trump supporters.

We have more important things to do right now.

[Scuba]

21. Yep, the DNC has exposed the party to criticism.

[elmac]

30. exactly, its not Bernies fault, its not HRC's fault

The DNC and only the DNC owns this mess and they better be working hard to make things right including firing DWS immediately!

[Hoyt]

31. Whatever, this is not the time for sour grapes.

I think she will be dealt with accordingly.

[guillaumeb]

26. How dare Reich speak truth to power?

Definitely under the bus.

But seriously, did Reich expect anything different?

[Arazi]

28. He was never a Democrat anyway

Oh wait

[Spitfire of ATJ]

39. "Secretly"?

[lark]

40. Wasserman /schultz needs to go for many many reasons, not just one.

1 - she;s not a real dem, supports FL Repugs over Dem candidates. This sin is unforgivable and by itself is sufficient to disqualify her.
2 - Supports Israel over the US. Supported little murderer when he came here just to embarass Obama.
3 - Worst Dem losses have been under her so called leadership
4 - not an honest broker in her role as party chair


Get her out of there. Reich is 100% correct on this need for action,

[alarimer]

51. He's one of the good ones.

There are a lot of people who are going to be needed to pressure Hillary from the left. He's one of them. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are others. We cannot let the selection of Time Kaine move the dial back to the right. And Schultz has been worse than useless as DNC chair anyway, emails notwithstanding.

[Buns_of_Fire]

53. I don't know that Hillary COULD "fire" her.

But I DO know that the Clintons have the political clout to make it happen, if they so desire.

Either way, it's now moot. DWS is going, soon to be gone (and good riddance).

I don't know that immediately appointing her as Honorary Chairperson of the HRC campaign was a terrific idea, though. I know "honoraries" don't really do spit, bit it smacks of giving her a pat on the back for doing such a good job in her previous position, which leads to all sorts of different interpretations (some not so benign).