2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI Voted for Bernie, But I Don't Like How Debbie Wasserman Schultz Was So Trashed!
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
(835 posts)That's why.
DURHAM D
(32,619 posts)runaway hero
(835 posts)Buried inside a Politico report about Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultzs (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
(22,785 posts)This would have never happened to a man this way. Shameful.
runaway hero
(835 posts)She also lost two midterms. And apparently bad staff.
Me.
(35,454 posts)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
(904 posts)Basically President Obama put his foot down...so to speak.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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
(1,220 posts)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
(42,862 posts)glennward
(989 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)rateyes
(17,438 posts)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
(22,785 posts)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
(17,438 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)kstewart33
(6,551 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,861 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,376 posts)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
(22,785 posts)Appreciate your post.
babylonsister
(171,113 posts)e-mails. She should be held responsible.
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)That's unfair. She was treated cruelly. I'm ashamed she was thrown under the bus this way.
We disagree.
babylonsister
(171,113 posts)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
(6,444 posts)DISGUSTING! I find it disgusting when Trump does it & for sure in this case!
BlueMTexpat
(15,376 posts)OTT trashing of someone who was doing a very thankless job.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,376 posts)myself, I too wish her better than well.
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)And I'm with Debbie.
StrictlyRockers
(3,861 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)Thank you, Scuba. Really not a proud moment for my party. We are better people than this.
babylonsister
(171,113 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)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
(34,186 posts)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
(6,444 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,861 posts)aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)For exposing all of this out if pure love of openness.
runaway hero
(835 posts)And not just with Nasty Don apparently.
Vinca
(50,342 posts)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
(4,490 posts)That, plus her being the DNC chair, was probably why she gets more grief than anyone else with the DNC.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,861 posts)R0ckyRac00n
(84 posts)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
(22,785 posts)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
(34,186 posts)She failed to take care of her house.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)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
(22,785 posts)Thanks for standing up for Debbie.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)You're a sweetie.
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)dsc
(52,175 posts)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
(325 posts)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
(14,167 posts)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
(41,694 posts)and wouldn't endorse the Democrat running against said Republican.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)All the spotlight has been placed on her and that isn't fair.
The frenzy is on and the news must be feed.