Hillary Clinton, It's the Rigged System, Stupid!

Tom Joad · #1 12-30-2015, 11:59 AM

From 26 debates down to 6!?

I knew she was in the tank for Hillary, but I didn't realize it was this bad.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russ-b...usaolp00000592

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So in preparing the schedule of debates for the 2016 election, Wasserman Schultz pared down the number of debates scheduled from the 26 that preceded Barack Hussein Obama's nomination to a mere six in this election season. Furthermore, Wasserman Schultz ensured that the debates would be scheduled in ratings graveyards, such as the most recent debate, a Saturday night before Christmas during a nationally-televised New York Jets football game, and the next debate, a Saturday night in the middle of the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend during a nationally-televised NFL playoff game.

Boreas · #2 12-30-2015, 12:30 PM

This isn't news. It's been in the media for a while but coverage has been a bit thin in the MSMs, mostly on the editorial pages.

I've mentioned it a couple of times here too and pointed out that DWS has been in the tank for Hillary since long before she was appointed to the DNC Chair. She was Hillary's Florida Campaign Chair in 2008 so why anyone can claim to being surprised is something of a mystery. Likewise, it should be obvious why she was appointed in the first place.

By the way, this isn't the biggest thing to worry about. That would be the fact that the DNC and the Clinton campaign are rapidly scooping up all the super-delegates.

Mr. Lin · #3 12-30-2015, 05:21 PM

This particular scenario is so far removed from the spirit of democracy - the whole thing makes me sick.

bobabode · #4 12-30-2015, 05:31 PM

The last paragraph in this op-ed says it all. Those are some serious sour grapes.

"One comment I read on the Internet summed it up. He expressed his support for Bernie Sanders as the only candidate who would fix the corrupt political system. He then said if the election came down to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, he'd vote for Trump, because he'd rather have a candidate who breaks the corrupt political system than one who thrives in it."

bobabode · #5 12-30-2015, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

This isn't news. It's been in the media for a while but coverage has been a bit thin in the MSMs, mostly on the editorial pages.

I've mentioned it a couple of times here too and pointed out that DWS has been in the tank for Hillary since long before she was appointed to the DNC Chair. She was Hillary's Florida Campaign Chair in 2008 so why anyone can claim to being surprised is something of a mystery. Likewise, it should be obvious why she was appointed in the first place.

By the way, this isn't the biggest thing to worry about. That would be the fact that the DNC and the Clinton campaign are rapidly scooping up all the super-delegates.

That's exactly what Pres. Obama did to Clinton in '08.

Boreas · #6 12-30-2015, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bobabode

That's exactly what Pres. Obama did to Clinton in '08.

Yup! And it was wrong then too. It subverts the process by ignoring the will of the electorate

bobabode · #7 12-30-2015, 05:58 PM

The more rabid Bernie supporters are already bloviating about Pumas in the lefty blogoshere.

Poor dears...

JJIII · #8 12-31-2015, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

Yup! And it was wrong then too. It subverts the process by ignoring the will of the electorate

That is what pisses so many off.

bobabode · #9 01-01-2016, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

Yup! And it was wrong then too. It subverts the process by ignoring the will of the electorate

Huh? Hills lost fair and square to Pres. Obama in '08.

If Bernie's campaign staff isn't smart enough to learn from '08, that delegates are what gets you the nomination, then maybe he doesn't deserve it. <shrug>