Wasserman Schultz hypocritical about rules. 2008 said Dean's DNC rules "counterproductive" Last edited Sun Sep 20, 2015, 05:20 PM - Edit history (2)



Debbie was one of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairpersons. Both states launched attacks on Dean and the DNC because he stood by the party's rules.



I will never forget the words of Debbie Wasserman Schultz when an interviewer said Dean was following the rules.







She said no need to "stamp feet" about rules being broken.



This part really got to me.



She even told CNN that "we need to stop worrying about whether rules were broken and that all of this talk about the rules and that kind of thing is counterproductive".



She has definite rules now about debates. How would she feel if someone broke those rules under her chairmanship.



She felt strongly she was right, even when she and Ed Schultz confronted each other on Larry King live in 2008. It was a shocking confrontation.







I have no idea how this primary will end. It wasn't supposed to end last time with Obama as the winner.



I do know that manipulating the debate schedule means that the candidate with the most name recognition has the best chance. People pay attention to debates.



I do know that I feel anger building up that should not be happening. It is undemocratic to keep all party voices from being heard.



Debbie has her rules. She didn't care much for rules in 2008. Something is wrong with that picture.



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The blog generally stays away from the Dems In Disarray narratives because, too often in the past, these have been used to obscure the fact that the Republicans are running an incredible passel of public omadhauns for president. However, the blog also has been quite clear in its desire that Democratic national chairperson Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-CNN) be removed from her current position because the evidence that she's done much of anything in the post is not exactly overwhelming. This feeling, it appears, is becoming somewhat general.



.....Two national committee vice chairs, US Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and former Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak, have broken with Wasserman Schultz, taking to Facebook to push for more debates and for eliminating the penalty for candidates who stray from the rules. Under the current arrangement, they said, "more people will feel excluded from our political process, rather than included." New Hampshire state Senator Martha Fuller Clark, vice chairwoman of her state party, also criticized Wasserman Schultz for threatening to punish candidates who take part in unsanctioned debates, and echoed Kozikowski's concern that the Democratic Party is putting itself at a strategic disadvantage. "I'm very disappointed that the chair of the DNC has been unwilling to reconsider this schedule, which she determined on her own, with her staff. She did not run it by the executive committee of the DNC, she did not run it by the members of the DNC. People have been telling her that they are unhappy with this schedule, and she has been adamant about not making any changes," Fuller Clark said. "The decision that was made by Debbie Wasserman Schultz makes it harder to showcase all the candidates," the Portsmouth Democrat said. Fuller Clark said that she has not decided which candidate she will support for president.



While the Republicans are not shy about sitting the crazy aunts and uncles right there in the front parlor, the Democrats seem reluctant to show the country Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders. This is called being too clever by half. It's also called administrative incompetence.



Shortening a very very long involved story...during 2008 primary FL and MI voted to move their primaries ahead in violation of DNC rules. Howard Dean was chairman of the DNC and said rules should be obeyed.Debbie was one of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairpersons. Both states launched attacks on Dean and the DNC because he stood by the party's rules.I will never forget the words of Debbie Wasserman Schultz when an interviewer said Dean was following the rules.She said no need to "stamp feet" about rules being broken.This part really got to me.She felt strongly she was right, even when she and Ed Schultz confronted each other on Larry King live in 2008. It was a shocking confrontation.I have no idea how this primary will end. It wasn't supposed to end last time with Obama as the winner.I do know that manipulating the debate schedule means that the candidate with the most name recognition has the best chance. People pay attention to debates.I do know that I feel anger building up that should not be happening. It is undemocratic to keep all party voices from being heard.Debbie has her rules. She didn't care much for rules in 2008. Something is wrong with that picture.Edit to add the Sept 14 Charles Pierce column at Esquire: 58 Tweet