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D.N.C. Officer Says She Was Disinvited From Debate After Calling for More of Them

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Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said she was disinvited from the first Democratic presidential primary debate in Nevada after she appeared on television and called for more face-offs.Ms. Gabbard confirmed on Sunday that her chief of staff received a message last Tuesday from the chief of staff to Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the national committee, about her attendance at the debate. A day earlier, Ms. Gabbard had appeared on MSNBC and said there should be an increase beyond the current six sanctioned debates.
A person close to the committee who asked for anonymity to discuss internal discussions insisted, however, that Ms. Gabbard had not been disinvited. Instead, the person said, an aide to Ms. Wasserman Schultz expressed a desire to keep the focus on the candidates as the debate approached, rather than on a “distraction” that could divide the party, and suggested that if Ms. Gabbard could not do that, she should reconsider going.
Ms. Gabbard insisted otherwise.
“When I first came to Washington, one of the things that I was disappointed about was there’s a lot of immaturity and petty gamesmanship that goes on, and it kind of reminds me of how high school teenagers act,” Ms. Gabbard said in a telephone interview on Sunday night. She said she would watch the debate in her district in Hawaii, which elected her to her second term last year.
“It’s very dangerous when we have people in positions of leadership who use their power to try to quiet those who disagree with them,” she added. “When I signed up to be vice chair of the D.N.C., no one told me I would be relinquishing my freedom of speech and checking it at the door.”
Holly Shulman, a spokeswoman for the committee, said the desire was to allow the Democrats to present a clear contrast with the Republicans.
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More debates! More debates! And what is the Bernie campaign think about this (the DNC black balling Tulsi Gabbard from coming to the debate), he said he is going to invite her to the debates so she can come with him. :applaud
But anyways, bigger picture here: IMO I think there should be more debates. This election is very unique and there needs to be more debates on the Democratic side. Its healthy for the Democratic party to have more debates.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
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More debates! More debates! And what is the Bernie campaign think about this (the DNC black balling Tulsi Gabbard from coming to the debate), he said he is going to invite her to the debates so she can come with him. :applaud
But anyways, bigger picture here: IMO I think there should be more debates. This election is very unique and there needs to be more debates on the Democratic side. Its healthy for the Democratic party to have more debates. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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She is suing now I believe. Wasserman Shultz is a sham of leader. She is using her position to advance Hillary against other dem candidates which is so ethically wrong that the only word that can describe it is cronyism. She absolutely disgusts me.
 
poweRob said:
She is suing now I believe. Wasserman Shultz is a sham of leader. She is using her position to advance Hillary against other dem candidates which is so ethically wrong that the only word that can describe it is cronyism. She absolutely disgusts me.
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Not very tolerant, of the DNC, is it?
 
US Conservative said:
Not very tolerant, of the DNC, is it?
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Establishment politics is alive and well in both parties. It's why the GOP's attack dog, Fox, went after Trump in that first debate. Fortunately their establishment politics backfired. Hopefully it will for the Dems establishment party as well.
 
poweRob said:
Establishment politics is alive and well in both parties. It's why the GOP's attack dog, Fox, went after Trump in that first debate. Fortunately their establishment politics backfired. Hopefully it will for the Dems establishment party as well.
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I noticed you didn't answer my question.

Was it tolerant of the dems to do this to a fellow dem?
 
US Conservative said:
I noticed you didn't answer my question.

Was it tolerant of the dems to do this to a fellow dem?
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I'm sorry. You the self appointed moderator now that people have to address your loaded questions directly?

lol

I'm not playing your BS game. I think it's rather obvious where I stand on Wasserman/Shultz. Nuff said.
 
poweRob said:
I'm sorry. You the self appointed moderator now that people have to address your loaded questions directly?

lol

I'm not playing your BS game. I think it's rather obvious where I stand on Wasserman/Shultz. Nuff said.
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Look, Im not playing a game.

Every time I ask you, you respond with some version of "everyone does it".

How am I supposed to tell what your view is, based on that response?

Does it mean you like it? Dont like it? Have no opinion?

This is why equivocation (both sides do!!!!) is such a poor reply.

Just say what you think.
 
US Conservative said:
Look, Im not playing a game.

Every time I ask you, you respond with some version of "everyone does it".

How am I supposed to tell what your view is, based on that response?

Does it mean you like it? Dont like it? Have no opinion?

This is why equivocation (both sides do!!!!) is such a poor reply.

Just say what you think.
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Really? So when you saw my first post... #2 on this thread, and I said:

Wasserman Shultz is a sham of leader.​

then finished with

She absolutely disgusts me.​

... it left questions in your mind as to what I think of her? Don't know what to say to ya then.
 
poweRob said:
Really? So when you saw my first post... #2 on this thread, and I said:

Wasserman Shultz is a sham of leader.​

then finished with

She absolutely disgusts me.​

... it left questions in your mind as to what I think of her? Don't know what to say to ya then.
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Put it in perspective, this forum is filled with lefties who say they despise certain democrats-and then without batting an eye say they will vote for them.
 
US Conservative said:
Put it in perspective, this forum is filled with lefties who say they despise certain democrats-and then without batting an eye say they will vote for them.
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I said I'd vote for Wasserman/Schultz? Well she's in Florida and I'm in New Mexico. Aside from that impediment...

I challenge you to find that quote of mine saying I'd vote for her. Good luck with that.
 
This is a really, really bad reflection on Wasserman-Schultz. Why they keep her in that role is beyond me. She got caught in a very big lie. Her claim about the Vice Chairmen knowing about this turned out to be a very big lie.

It's obvious she's on Clinton's payroll.
 
tres borrachos said:
This is a really, really bad reflection on Wasserman-Schultz. Why they keep her in that role is beyond me. She got caught in a very big lie. Her claim about the Vice Chairmen knowing about this turned out to be a very big lie.

It's obvious she's on Clinton's payroll.
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Shes exactly what the establishment in the party wants. And the rank and file is too focused on their enemies, the GOP, to care.
 
tres borrachos said:
This is a really, really bad reflection on Wasserman-Schultz. Why they keep her in that role is beyond me. She got caught in a very big lie. Her claim about the Vice Chairmen knowing about this turned out to be a very big lie.

It's obvious she's on Clinton's payroll.
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She was a hard core Clintonian trooper in 2008 against Obama as well. She's flat out abusing her position. She's getting skewered from the left for a while now for only scheduling only 6 debates and threatening the candidates if they debate outside of these 6 they will be disinvinted from the rest of the debates. Basically throwing cover for Hillary so if they debate they can't debate the front runner anymore. Effectively ending their candidacy.
 
poweRob said:
She was a hard core Clintonian trooper in 2008 against Obama as well. She's flat out abusing her position. She's getting skewered from the left for a while now for only scheduling only 6 debates and threatening the candidates if they debate outside of these 6 they will be disinvinted from the rest of the debates. Basically throwing cover for Hillary so if they debate they can't debate the front runner anymore. Effectively ending their candidacy.
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The things lefties do.

I think Sanders had his chance to hit Hillary hard over her emails but did not last night-he was pulling punches.

It may cost him his candidacy.
 
poweRob said:
She was a hard core Clintonian trooper in 2008 against Obama as well. She's flat out abusing her position. She's getting skewered from the left for a while now for only scheduling only 6 debates and threatening the candidates if they debate outside of these 6 they will be disinvinted from the rest of the debates. Basically throwing cover for Hillary so if they debate they can't debate the front runner anymore. Effectively ending their candidacy.
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Yes, she was most definitely a Hillary foot soldier in 2008. She did a piss poor job of masking her contempt for/dislike of Obama. She obviously has the same disdain for Bernie, and also the other 3 guys. She is doing everything in her power to fix this for Hillary. She is everything I can't stand about DC these days.
 
US Conservative said:
The things lefties do.

I think Sanders had his chance to hit Hillary hard over her emails but did not last night-he was pulling punches.

It may cost him his candidacy.
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Just a heads up Sir Never Objective... the GOP also has the rule that if they debate outside of the RNC sanctioned debates they will be disinvited from the rests of the RNC debates. I guess that kind of tarnishes the view of your pristine boys and girls over there in the Repub party...
 
tres borrachos said:
Yes, she was most definitely a Hillary foot soldier in 2008. She did a piss poor job of masking her contempt for/dislike of Obama. She obviously has the same disdain for Bernie, and also the other 3 guys. She is doing everything in her power to fix this for Hillary. She is everything I can't stand about DC these days.
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You see O'Malley take an on-stage jab at her from the podium? Was great.
 
poweRob said:
You see O'Malley take an on-stage jab at her from the podium? Was great.
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I love O'Malley and was so disappointed at what happened last night, but I loved how he closed the debate. Yeah I saw him jab at her.

Speaking of jabs, I was actually hoping he'd jab at Hillary and say "What in the **** are you talking about?" when she said she went to Wall Street in December of 2007 and told them to cut it out.
 
tres borrachos said:
I love O'Malley and was so disappointed at what happened last night, but I loved how he closed the debate. Yeah I saw him jab at her.

Speaking of jabs, I was actually hoping he'd jab at Hillary and say "What in the **** are you talking about?" when she said she went to Wall Street in December of 2007 and told them to cut it out.
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Aside from EVERYTHING that Chafee said, that was the biggest gaffe in the whole debate IMO and I haven't heard any of these genius pundits talking about that at all.

It's about policy and you think walking down there and asking them to knock it off is how you lead politically?
 
poweRob said:
Just a heads up Sir Never Objective... the GOP also has the rule that if they debate outside of the RNC sanctioned debates they will be disinvited from the rests of the RNC debates. I guess that kind of tarnishes the view of your pristine boys and girls over there in the Repub party...
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They have plenty of debates scheduled, and the ones Ive seen have been better.
 
US Conservative said:
They have plenty of debates scheduled, and the ones Ive seen have been better.
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Right... because discussing policy is far less better than calling each other morons and idiots and stuff. I watched the Repub one as well. I invite them to keep on rolling that clown car out there.
 
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