BREAKING: Penn is officially a dumbass

[aaroh]

Mark Penn initially thought that the democrats delegate appopriation was winner-take all

From the Huffington Post:

.....Clinton picked people for her team primarily for their loyalty to her, instead of their mastery of the game. That became abundantly clear in a strategy session last year, according to two people who were there. As aides looked over the campaign calendar, chief strategist Mark Penn confidently predicted that an early win in California would put her over the top because she would pick up all the state's 370 delegates. It sounded smart, but as every high school civics student now knows, Penn was wrong: Democrats, unlike the Republicans, apportion their delegates according to vote totals, rather than allowing any state to award them winner-take-all. Sitting nearby, veteran Democratic insider Harold M. Ickes, who had helped write those rules, was horrified -- and let Penn know it. "How can it possibly be," Ickes asked, "that the much vaunted chief strategist doesn't understand proportional allocation?" And yet the strategy remained the same, with the campaign making its bet on big-state victories.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/08/mark-penn-reportedly-dumb_n_100809.html

It's official, Mark Penn is a dumbass.

[tishaLA]

1. I read that this morning

It's astonishing that someone can make so much money and still be so clueless.

[Selatius]

2. Wow, how many millions was he paid for advice? nt

[Glimmer of Hope]

3. OMG. I don't understand how someone so stupid and awful at what they do can make so much money.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. He's a con man: He took Hillary and her poor supporters for all they were worth

It's sad, really.

[Kokonoe]

5. I read that too. nt

[Kber]

6. Now that's a damn shame.

She should demand a refund.

[ingac70]

9. Birds of a feather...

she's as skanky as he is.

[Lady-Damai]

12. Did she pay him?

:popcorn:

[Kber]

21. In fact I believe she did.

:)

[yourguide]

7. On second thought...

I think Obama SHOULD pay HRCs debt to Mark Penn. :rofl::rofl:

[silverweb]

8. Clinton is a dumbass.

"Clinton picked people for her team primarily for their loyalty to her, instead of their mastery of the game."

And this is how she'd run her administration if she became President -- as if we haven't had enough corrupt, incompetent cronyism with BushCorp! :crazy:

[DB1]

10. If I was a Hillary supporter I'd be PISSED. But at who? Penn or his enablers?

[rcsl1998]

11. And Clinton Paid Him How Much For His Expertise?

[VolcanoJen]

16. Not sure, but it would seem he and Wolfsson got paid before any of her small-town vendors did.

Good to know, isn't it?

[FrenchieCat]

13. Brownie Competency

is no longer required in the White House.

[VolcanoJen]

14. Even the most die-hard Hillary supporter won't jump in to defend Mark Penn.

That's kind of a dare, but I'm taking the under. :-)

[Lucky 13]

15. that's "breaking"?

[Forkboy]

26. That was my first thought too.

I thought this was well established long ago. :)

[Occam Bandage]

17. And he was paid millions upon millions for his electoral acumen.

[ProSense]

18. Actually,

the dumbass has denied being an idiot

[VolcanoJen]

19. And remember, this guy, and Wolfson and other top advisors...

... would likely be offered top-pay positions as White House Political Advisors, funded by the American taxpayer.

It would be just the most cynical four years since Bush became president. DO NOT WANT.

[kwenu]

20. Hillary puts dumbasses in charge. That's not how you run a country.

[Cha]

22. But, but, but, bilary put sooo much faith in him and money.

[Johnny__Motown]

23. And Hillary wanted to pick a VP, Cabinet and maybe some Supreme Court Justices?

good thing she lost

[greguganus]

24. That makes Penn's boss a bigger dumbass for paying him big bucks for nothing. n/t

[pompano]

28. I just hope it was

...stupidity on Penn's part rather than a future game plan? 370 delegates is alot of delegates to start playing fair with. I could see Hillary trying to cut a deal..."OK, we'll split Fl. 50/50, I get MI. Ks. NC and the full monte in Ca. and spot you a 2pt. spread in WV. Take it or leave it"

Color me cynical, I wouldn't put it passed her trying. This thing isn't over, not to her, yet.

:sarcasm:

[AtomicKitten]

25. It occurred to me Hillary is as much of a dumbass as Bush when it comes to stuff like this.

She still owes that epic turd Penn $10 million and that lame ass didn't even know the Democratic nomination rules and calender.

She paid way too much for way too little. Kinda like Bush runs this government. Oy.

[TragedyandHope]

27. $10 million or whatever she paid him sure doesn't buy a lot of math skills

Ugh, I hope we don't have to pay his back salary.