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MisterP

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71. 11 Governors, 13 Senators, 69 Reps, 913 state seats: there's only one seat left for her to lose!

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Fri May 20, 2016, 11:26 PM

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Bill Moyers: Democrats Can't Unite Until DWS Goes [View all] The Blue Flower May 2016 OP

This surely would go a long way , I would hope, in mending the fence. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #1

And me, Kelvin Mace May 2016 #30

Politics as usual. Just as this election is with two big exceptions, Bernie and Drumpf Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #32

Totally agree...great post ! libdem4life May 2016 #69

But but what about BoB???? Katashi_itto May 2016 #113

SO what happens when Clinton gives her a job in a Clinton Administration? Ferd Berfel May 2016 #129

If Sanders would except that he has lost: and stop blaming DWS lewebley3 May 2016 #138

If Sanders would except that he has lost: and stop blaming DWS.... AlbertCat May 2016 #145

This is true oldandhappy May 2016 #2

Not true: DWS is not the cause of Sanders losses: Sanders people are bullies lewebley3 May 2016 #139

Sanders people are bullies AlbertCat May 2016 #146

oh? Phlem May 2016 #151

+ 1 Scientific May 2016 #3

^^This^^ zentrum May 2016 #13

And she should take truedelphi May 2016 #4

She should go, but it isn't about DWS dreamnightwind May 2016 #5

Oh FFS Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #75

Half of Hillary's people don't like DWS either runaway hero May 2016 #80

Sander people won't stop bulliing: they have lost and the want to blame DWS lewebley3 May 2016 #140

No way. runaway hero May 2016 #141

It started in 2008. bvar22 May 2016 #143

Gross runaway hero May 2016 #158

She and Hillary are pals dflprincess May 2016 #164

So you like DWS and think she is good for unity? Silver_Witch May 2016 #84

I don't know a whole lot about DWS to know whether I "like" her or not Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #166

Wait. Do you think Sanders should run as a third party candidate? Gore1FL May 2016 #86

No different from the throng of Sanders supporters... Orrex May 2016 #137

You think he should run third party too, then? Gore1FL May 2016 #161

No, I don't think that, because that would be stupid. Orrex May 2016 #163

No Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #165

Thank you, voice of sanity, Bill Moyers! Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #6

She's fucking up a slam-dunk. Iggo May 2016 #7

Well I don't think she was ever a Democrat in spirit. Just someone who could do things and it did no LiberalArkie May 2016 #14

Rec & Kick. MerryBlooms May 2016 #8

That was it for me too! eom LittleGirl May 2016 #103

I appreciate Moyers, but WTF? Hortensis May 2016 #9

Lol! KPN May 2016 #15

Nonsense. 41.5% of your wishful "44%" have no idea Hortensis May 2016 #18

So True! demosincebirth May 2016 #35

Now be honest and admit that all of your percentages are just estimates. A Simple Game May 2016 #54

That 44% is KPN's and I believe it is way overblown, Hortensis May 2016 #92

Wow, so much information, thanks. A Simple Game May 2016 #120

Your statistic is misleading. The average person gets more than 3 minutes of news. Exilednight May 2016 #64

AVERAGE, perhaps, "more than" 3 minutes. But why? Hortensis May 2016 #91

you base this on the assumption that people only get their news from TV. Exilednight May 2016 #118

Now you are just making up crap Hortie KPN May 2016 #159

So when is the right time? Ned Flanders May 2016 #19

NO. Get your head together. Hortensis May 2016 #20

Too late Android3.14 May 2016 #49

I can certainly understand your concern that DWS might have to go now passiveporcupine May 2016 #55

The DNC is helping HUNDREDS of democratic candidates Hortensis May 2016 #108

he has become a Bernie Swooner Skittles May 2016 #59

Where have you been? The Party is split wide open. The Progressives are sick and tired rhett o rick May 2016 #67

Hear, hear! And don't forget Henry Kissinger and Robert (PNAC) Kagan! Peace Patriot May 2016 #88

That's Henry FUCKING Kissinger Paulie May 2016 #135

Devouring our own asses? She allied herself with sheldon adelson to jail medical marijuana patients. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #94

She has failed miserably at electing Dems ybbor May 2016 #105

I can't begin o assess her competence in this weird Hortensis May 2016 #109

She is divisive, dishonest and corrupt as Hell. cali May 2016 #107

Why Is DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Co-Sponsoring a Bill to Help Predatory Payday Lenders? AntiBank May 2016 #116

You sound like the NRA after a school shooting, "Now is not Dustlawyer May 2016 #127

We are in the middle of national campaigns for who Hortensis May 2016 #131

We will have to disagree because I feel the same about you. Dustlawyer May 2016 #133

For a moment, ignore the reasons in OP. HooptieWagon May 2016 #10

+1 joeybee12 May 2016 #22

+2 runaway hero May 2016 #81

Moyers is Great. zentrum May 2016 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Autumn Colors May 2016 #23

Even worse. zentrum May 2016 #33

she said it awhile ago following the early primaries when voters began asking hopemountain May 2016 #82

She said it a few months ago during THIS primary. Seems recent to me. nt stillwaiting May 2016 #124

I think DWS will resign if she believes that's the only way underthematrix May 2016 #12

She'll resign when she sees the handwriting on the wall. Then and only then. KPN May 2016 #16

Call it what you need to call it as long as she does what she needs underthematrix May 2016 #17

Your response confuses me a bit. Maybe I misunderstood. KPN May 2016 #130

cognitive dissonance or willfull ignorance? Ned Flanders May 2016 #26

This big picture. You're talking about underthematrix May 2016 #89

She is not party loyal, she is conservative and corporate loyal. bjobotts May 2016 #45

Party loyal??!! Ha Haaa KelleyKramer May 2016 #61

She's not 'party loyal'. She's DWS-HRC-WJC, Inc. loyal GoneOffShore May 2016 #66

Not really...even if she goes, joeybee12 May 2016 #21

He did have only 25 years in Congress to Hortensis May 2016 #110

can you imagine her as Press Secretary in a Clinton administration? tomm2thumbs May 2016 #24

Debbie was appointed DNC chair by Obama Geronimoe May 2016 #25

So now she hired her? joeybee12 May 2016 #27

She was Hillary 2008 campaign co-chairman Geronimoe May 2016 #36

YES!!! grasswire May 2016 #28

FIRE DWS! Donate to Democratic Underground for Tim Canova FL-23 here Omaha Steve May 2016 #29

She'll go. Probably DWS will most likely be rewarded with a cabinet position by HRC. EndElectoral May 2016 #31

I lost whatever respect I may have had for dws many years ago... mahannah May 2016 #34

Secret kill list? Obama has a secret kill list? You look like an idiot. Why post stupid crap bjobotts May 2016 #47

About that looking like an idiot thing... frylock May 2016 #51

If the real estate swindler is crowned king she may not have to go - may be irrelevant. n/t jtuck004 May 2016 #37

That would be a good start. LS_Editor May 2016 #38

Understatement. nt silvershadow May 2016 #39

The enemy from within. ReRe May 2016 #40

IF she "brings down her gavel on progressive hopes of returning the party to its legacy PatrickforO May 2016 #41

Hillary isn't going to gut the New Deal creeksneakers2 May 2016 #72

What a sad divisive man scscholar May 2016 #42

The party is split between the neoliberal Third Ways and the New Dealers. I don't think PatrickforO May 2016 #43

He's a journalist, not a propagandist for your Party. frylock May 2016 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #53

I was talking about this article, not history! scscholar May 2016 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #57

And the long silence continues . . . hatrack May 2016 #157

You have no idea who you're talking about, do you? dflprincess May 2016 #68

Probably not but I heard it pays per post Person 2713 May 2016 #78

Do you have any idea who Bill Moyers is? Fuddnik May 2016 #74

I wasn't talking about then. I'm talking about now! (ntxt) scscholar May 2016 #87

Shooting the messenger much? 99th_Monkey May 2016 #144

Bill Moyers? been speaking truth for a long time .....and that irks some . Nothing new . Person 2713 May 2016 #76

That did it. Welcome to Ignore. Hiraeth May 2016 #77

Bill Moyers? Press secretary to Pres. Lyndon Johnson? JHB May 2016 #85

Are you kidding me? Blue_In_AK May 2016 #90

If debbie wasserman schultz is the party, that means the party supports predatory lending. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #95

Yes. Very. ucrdem May 2016 #98

Bill Moyers Is Wise colsohlibgal May 2016 #44

Debbie is republican-lite Rosa Luxemburg May 2016 #46

I think she should just change parties kevink077 May 2016 #48

We will unite with Bernie - TBF May 2016 #50

Moyers got it right again. Hard for Hillaryites to throw him under the Wall Street bus. imagine2015 May 2016 #58

Wishfull thinking Egnever May 2016 #60

Obama considered replacing her in 2013 antigop May 2016 #62

Recommend for Exposure! KoKo May 2016 #153

and she was confident no one could get her out before her term was over -- 2017. antigop May 2016 #154

It would be a good start, but the Democratic Party has a long road back to being the party of labor Not Sure May 2016 #63

Anyone who thinks that will unite this party has no clue about what is going on. Skwmom May 2016 #65

It sure wouldnt hurt. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #93

Her lack of leadership...the losses...the fawning over HRC...the predatory libdem4life May 2016 #70

11 Governors, 13 Senators, 69 Reps, 913 state seats: there's only one seat left for her to lose! MisterP May 2016 #71

I'm surprised he isn't talking about a more meaningful concession creeksneakers2 May 2016 #73

How about descheduling marijuana entirely at the federal level, instead of a token change from I/II Warren DeMontague May 2016 #96

HRC might split the difference on min wage. From 12 to 10. nt stillwaiting May 2016 #125

After all the cheating, lying, and smugness, we won't unite emsimon33 May 2016 #79

i'm a proud grass roots activist and was hopemountain May 2016 #83

Haven't trusted that one in decades. nt ucrdem May 2016 #97

Today I learned that Bill Moyers is "a sad divisive man" and "that one". pa28 May 2016 #99

And Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a hero. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #101

Yep! Me too. myrna minx May 2016 #115

If ANYBODY had failed as badly at their job DonCoquixote May 2016 #100

Debbie will not be offered up. The Administration is behind her. LuvLoogie May 2016 #102

:) A poet focused on target. Impressive! Hortensis May 2016 #112

Bill Moyers speaks for me. Vote2016 May 2016 #104

This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy May 2016 #106

Looks like the DNC is now emulating James O'Keefe, releasing clips edited to make djean111 May 2016 #111

I can't wait to squeeze them into little sheriff meatballs... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #114

Kicked, recommended and I'm sure that if Hillary does become President she will have a cushy job Uncle Joe May 2016 #117

The average voter couldn't care less about DWS treestar May 2016 #119

You don't need to know FlaGranny May 2016 #126

DWS has become a scapegoat treestar May 2016 #142

Agreed. n/t Different Drummer May 2016 #156

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations. Enthusiast May 2016 #121

Where's Howard Dean when you need him? HelenWheels May 2016 #122

K & R mountain grammy May 2016 #123

A big A** Kick! nt Stellar May 2016 #128

Moyers Campbell Power of myth Protalker May 2016 #132

If resignations make the party battle ready for November, go for it! bucolic_frolic May 2016 #134

she has got to go. yuiyoshida May 2016 #136

Even if she did go it would be a symbolic gesture at best. sibelian May 2016 #147

Right. DWS isn't the problem, she's a RESULT of a deeper problem! ReallyIAmAnOptimist May 2016 #150

DWS needs to go, but that won't make all the wrongs of the past four months right. reformist2 May 2016 #148

Would you have voted for G.W. Bush in 2004 just because he fired Karl Rove? Califonz May 2016 #149

yeah I don't know about this. Phlem May 2016 #152

Losing to Tim Canova won't dis-throne her from DNC Equinox Moon May 2016 #155

She would be covenient sacrifice PATRICK May 2016 #160

Its not about who needs to go quakerboy May 2016 #162