The Democrats and the Wasserman Schultz problem

[flamingdem]

http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/democrats-and-wasserman-schultz-problem

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She has attacked President Barack Obama for his recent rapprochement with Cuba, offending many by comparing the state of human rights in that country with the Nazi Holocaust. Not only has she opposed a lessening of sanctions (she even objected to lifting President George W. Bush's ban on family visits that prevented Cuban-Americans from seeing dying parents), she helped block the testing and marketing of a promising diabetes treatment developed in Cuba.

Though the DNC chair's primary role is to help elect Democratic candidates across the country, she has refused requests for support from Democrats in neighboring U.S. House districts running against right-wing Cuban-American Republicans.

She has also been a strong advocate of bombing both the Syrian government and Syrian rebels, of supporting India's controversial nuclear program in violation of international non-proliferation agreements, and cutting all U.S. funding for the United Nations in retaliation for documenting Israeli war. In the face of the Obama administration and increasing numbers of congressional Democrats opposing the Republicans' unconditional support for controversial policies by Israel's right-wing government, Wasserman Schultz has repeatedly sided with the GOP, insisting that there should "never be daylight between the two parties" regarding Israel.

Her outspoken opposition to a modest medical marijuana proposition on the Florida ballot also alienated many Democrats. The controversy worsened when a leading Democratic funder of the proposition released emails from her office where she offered to switch sides and support the proposition if he'd stop criticizing her.

Wasserman Schultz has also made a reputation of using her position to push her political views in areas unrelated to her official duties. When the Susan G. Komen Foundation decided to no longer provide grants to Planned Parenthood, Wasserman Schultz made a call to Komen founder Nancy Brinker, who described it as "extremely ugly in its tone," scolding her for hiring Karen Handel, an opponent of abortion, as a vice president of the charity. The foundation's decision to deny Planned Parenthood funding for cancer screening was controversial even among some pro-life advocates and was eventually reversed, but those on both sides of the abortion debate found it disturbing that a sitting member of Congress and DNC chair would call a foundation head in a manner that she found "overbearing, if not threatening" on the assumption she had the right to tell a private organization whom they should hire and who should get its grants.

[monmouth4]

1. Replace her ASAP...Problem solved....n/t

[flamingdem]

3. She's gotta go asap

I suppose she'll be all in with Hillary. But Hillary will also be pro opening to Cuba etc. and clash with DWS on many matters.

[calimary]

6. ASAP.

Hillary doesn't need Miss Lost-Us-TWO-consecutive-Midterms. NONE of us needs that.

[fredamae]

2. Wasserman-Schultz is a Big

Reason Why I no longer recognize Democratic Party Leadership and no longer consider myself a member of the Establishment, Wealthy Corporate Elitists Only "democratic Club" that as Carlin always said...I will Never be Accepted to and included in!
I am a mere pawn (Carrot Chaser) in the bigger mind f**k they use to help "themselves" achieve their goals (a Bigger Piece of My Cookie Crumb) based upon "hope".

[truebrit71]

4. She has been an unmitigated disaster.

Terrible for the party.

She needs to go.

NOW!!!

[zeemike]

9. Depends on your POV.

If you are sitting on the Republican side of the field not so much. After all she gave them the ball last time in a turnover.

[SoapBox]

5. She has needed to go for a long time...

She's a disaster.

[whereisjustice]

7. Wasserman Schultz brings the flaming shitbag soul of the GOP into the Democratic Party

nurtures it and gives it comfort and sanctuary while demanding that Democrats all agree that it doesn't smell like a flaming shitbag.

She calls herself a centrist. She claims it's the only way to win elections.

I disagree.

[Vincardog]

8. ++

[Enthusiast]

20. It's a good way to lose elections.

[hollysmom]

10. excuse me are we taking anything from the right wing discredited Komen foundation on anything?

rant with other things, but please, they don't belong as a source on these pages.

[dreamnightwind]

38. That was my opinion too

I agree with the rest of it, though, DSW is generally not on the same side of things I am on, and the prty has not won with her center-right strategies. Let's be real Democrats, fight on that basis, and win on our better ideas.

[blackspade]

11. She is an anchor weight on the party.

He inexplicable support for RW nuts in Florida over Democratic candidates should be enough to end her reign of bullshit.

[Betty Karlson]

12. Don't forget she kept a gerrymandered district alive, just to be sure her GOP pal

Ross-Lehtinen could be re-elected ad infinitum.

[fbc]

13. She is horrible at her job! Fire her!!!!!!

She is a living example of everything that is wrong with the democratic party.

[Enthusiast]

19. I agree.

[HooptieWagon]

14. Just her poor results inre Dems losing seats in '10, '12, and '14...

...should have her fired. But that assumes her job is to see that Democrats get elected. If her job, assigned by her corporate masters, is to make sure progressive democrats DON'T get elected, then she's been very successful.

[leveymg]

26. Oh, let's just give her one more chance so she can lose '16, too.

After all, she represents the wing of the party that really counts - the contributor's wing with Big Bucks. Wouldn't want to offend them!

[Scuba]

15. If "the DNC chair's primary role is to help elect Democratic candidates" why does DWS still ...

... have the job?

[madfloridian]

16. Wow the John Morgan DWS feud. She opposed his Medical Marijuana bill.

The bill got 57 percent but needed 60 percent.

From February

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/behind-wasserman-schultzs-marijuana-feud-115442.html

[Eleanors38]

28. She's a hammering prohibitionist.

[nashville_brook]

17. while i agree that DWS owns our midterm disasters, i really dislike some of the rhetoric

in this article that's pushed by Politico. The gossipy stuff about her wardrobe, wrapping the article, undercuts the seriousness of the rest of the piece. It trades on a view of women in power that rubs me the wrong way. And the over-reliance on Politico just smacks of political hackery.

Yes, to all the policy critique. For SURE! But maybe take it down a notch on the "girl's a clothes horse" narrative. It sounds juvenile.

[HooptieWagon]

22. Why should the DNC cover her wardrobe budget?

Even though it was denied, just her asking shows a sense of entitlement and tone deafness.

[Enthusiast]

18. Kicked and recommended! We don't want her.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. And she looks forward to Hillary nominating her for Vice President.

[HooptieWagon]

23. If that happens, I'm changing Party reg.

[flamingdem]

32. noooooo!

Luckily she's female. Hillary will balance with a male no doubt.

[Pryderi]

24. Bring back Howard Dean!

[catrose]

25. yes!

[madfloridian]

29. We won both the House and the Senate, plus the presidency with Dean as chair.

So of course he had to be replaced. And they replaced him while he out of the country in American Samoa.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/7029

[Eleanors38]

27. Pushes her gun-control agenda relentlessly. In FLORIDA. Tone-deaf.

[Ed Suspicious]

30. She needs to go.

[DonCoquixote]

31. I live here

And seeing the way she is whipping up people to slam Grayson to protect her "friend" is sad, especially as third is a rare chance to pry loose a Senate seat. How many elections are we going to lose, and how many times dos anyone to the left of reagan have to be told in our own state that we are not wanted, yet we have to risk getting beat up and arrested just TO vote?

[flamingdem]

33. Who can call her out on this behavior?

I hear Grayson moved to the right on Cuba. He's feeling her talons big time. No protection apparently.

[yurbud]

34. on most of those it sounds like she's in sync with hillary

[GoneFishin]

35. If the Democratic Party was sincere at all about platform principles they would eject right wing

pieces of shit like her.

But the right wing of the party doesn't really give a shit about the party principles. For them, they have placed a wager on a particular team, and their first goal, above all, is to win the bet. So anyone with a D after their name is good enough, constituents be damned.

[nilesobek]

36. She doesn't have a good enough success rate to represent Bernie or Hillary.

Ideologically, Shultz seems opposed to most of the Democratic platform.

[ybbor]

37. She sucks so much

I cannot believe she is still in charge. She is the worst in every way. She makes me want to