(The Great Veal Pen Roundup Commences: ) Perez, Ellison embark on unity tour

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 10:33am

Perez, Ellison embark on unity tour

New Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and Deputy Chair Keith Ellison are taking their buddy show on the road.

Starting later this month, the pair will embark on what they are calling a “Democratic Turnaround Tour” that hits a collection of states that the party lost in 2016 and where there are ongoing races. The first stops, beginning March 24, are in Detroit and Flint, Michigan — where Hillary Clinton was the first Democrat to lose since 1988.

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After a four-month long campaign that devolved into a messy proxy war between the establishment wing of the party and the Bernie Sanders wing of the party, the two have gone out of their way to appear together.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/perez-ellison-democratic-national-...

Well we'd better figure out what we're going to do pretty soon because the Clinton DNC has got plans to convince us they've 'changed' and they really really really care about the Bernie Bros and Bitches now and they want us to join their team again. For votes and donations, of course.

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Submitted by Big Al on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 10:56am

I know what I'm not going to do,

I'm not going to vote for or support either major party. What can those who don't want to support the duopoly do? It's either third party or an independent movement, or do your own thing with your own issue or issues. Or we can do nothing of course, let it all just happen.

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 11:37am

Third party is how I would like to see the situation resolved.

@Big Al
But we need someone to back who means what they say and won't cave when push literally comes to shove. And who is willing to stand up and do what's right when faced with the fact that the 'system' is rigged. Someone who won't take our money and support and then abandon us for those who saw to it that we were cheated out of our right to chose a candidate and the candidate was cheated out of his right to a fair primary. In other words, someone willing to stand on principal and who actually does have the 'courage' to do what is right when faced with DNC/Clinton level corruption.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by irishking on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 5:24am

how about Bernie Sanders?

@Amanda Matthews

reading between the lines, I guess you are not on Draft Bernie wagon.
kinda hard to please, aren't you?
lol

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 10:25am

@irishking It seems stupid to

@irishking It seems stupid to choose the same guy who betrayed you last time, whatever his reasons.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by irishking on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 4:09pm

Is it possible

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

you missed my weak attempt at snark.

or have you fooled me by playing it straight?

...perhaps one of us should take a break. (with a volume of slim poetry. lol)

No more is the right answer.
to Sanders and his DP, to it all.
but to say that and have it matter.

Necessity is the mother of Invention.

"La fiesta no es para los feos." - USA #1

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 6:02pm

@irishking No, I knew it was

@irishking No, I knew it was snark. Sorry for responding seriously.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by irishking on Sat, 03/11/2017 - 12:08pm

(No subject)

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 10:24am

@Big Al Best summary of the

@Big Al Best summary of the situation I've seen.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Alligator Ed on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 11:25am

Love that picture

Keith: "Tom, you must have put a target sign on my back"

Tom: "No, Keith, it actually says eat shit and die".

Both laugh.

Submitted by Not Henry Kissinger on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 1:18pm

Perez truly has a great face...

@Alligator Ed

... for radio.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

Submitted by Creosote. on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 1:44pm

I see a strong resemblance to Giuliani.

@Not Henry Kissinger
Maybe in more ways than one.

Submitted by Pluto's Republic on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 6:08pm

He needs to dump the glasses

@Not Henry Kissinger

…and get a spray tan, immediately.

And he still won't put Humpty Dumpty together again. I've never seen anything as "over" as the Democratic Party is. Maybe if they got Beyonce to tour with them…. Nah.

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 10:27am

@Pluto's Republic No, they can't win

@Pluto's Republic No, they can't win that way anymore. The only way is to have an official boogeyman and accentuate his loathsomeness at every turn.

The key to the Democratic party's success, or, at least, survival, is the loathsome extremism of the Republicans. Nothing else.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by LoneStarMike on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 8:27pm

The new face of the Democratic Party

@Not Henry Kissinger

Submitted by 2andfro on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 6:49pm

The Tom and Keith traveling snake oil show

@Alligator Ed hits the road. I wouldn't take a free ticket to that circus.

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Submitted by glitterscale on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 12:28pm

They are literally running out of veal!

The dem party has turned out its own lights to the point they aren't visible.

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glitterscale

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 5:24pm

Screw visable

@glitterscale

I'll be happier when their not viable.

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Submitted by Alligator Ed on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 4:49am

So, you don't see dead men walking?

@Socialprogressive Just wait two years, then you'll have no trouble.

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 10:34am

@Alligator Ed No, they're going to

@Alligator Ed @Alligator Ed No, they're going to ride hatred of Trump to four more years of survival. Remember all those big crowds protesting Trump?

this is why some people don't appreciate criticism of Trump. Criticism of Trump is what the DNC has to ensure its survival, and it's got damned little else. Those of us who want the DNC to die don't want to help them by propping up their most current boogeyman--and yes, criticizing Trump IS propping him up, in this Orwellian nightmare we're inhabiting, as should have been made obvious when, after a solid year of the MSM screaming about how horrible he was, he got elected, and the Dems got an undeserved fifty millionth chance at life by creating a "resistance" against him.

Focus on the bad individual isn't going to help a damned thing. The establishment has figured out how to use resistance to the One Terrible Guy for its own benefit.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Alligator Ed on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 5:51pm

The irony of most of the "Love Trumps Hate" protestors

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal is that they are just as hateful as Trump--they're just so outward-centered that they can't perceive the evil that these substanceless yet hateful protests create.

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 10:29am

@glitterscale Shades of Basil the Rat.

@glitterscale Shades of Basil the Rat. Veal's off.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by LoneStarMike on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 1:19pm

What could possibly go wrong?

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

Submitted by Mark from Queens on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 2:52pm

LoneStarMike, your entire comment should be an essay.

@LoneStarMike You nailed the whole focus group-tested/think tank-approved "branding" and talking point nonsense that these perennial losers keep insisting on.

Put it up on its own. It's a worthy reminder of what is so deeply abhorrent about these bought and sold bastards. Your graphics help drive it home too, as always.

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

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"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"

- Kurt Vonnegut

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:15pm

Yep LoneStarMike --

@Mark from Queens diary-length comment. Is there some way this can make the Rec List at Daily Kos?

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Submitted by LoneStarMike on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:47pm

I'm working on it

@Mark from Queens

I've never posted an essay here, but I'm working on it. I need to make a few more graphics and add some extra commentary to give it more zing.

Submitted by Mark from Queens on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 5:18pm

Cool, LSM. Agree with Cass too, it is just the type of essay

@LoneStarMike that TOP should see (though I refuse to to patronize that place whatsoever), something to attempt to shake the cobwebs out of the willfully ignorant, pea-brained inhabitants there.

If you don't mind me suggesting, here's a video you should consider for it too:

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"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"

- Kurt Vonnegut

Submitted by Timmethy2.0 on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:14pm

Kind of hard to "lead with your values"

@LoneStarMike

When your values deem that it is right for the Clintons and oligarchs and their lobbyists to always have the final say on the big decisions, like who will be the DNC chair and who will be the Democratic nominee for President. The DNC needs to completely reject the Clintons and all their cronies and have a re-vote for DNC chair if they want to successfully go down that road. Otherwise, they will have no credibility.

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

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Beware the bullshit factories.

Submitted by gulfgal98 on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:25pm

Sadly, they do not care

@Timmethy2.0 @Timmethy2.0 about credibility. They only care about money! They are corrupt and there is no cure for corruption.

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Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy

Submitted by Timmethy2.0 on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:46pm

Yeah, I know

@gulfgal98

DemocRATlicans

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Submitted by MsGrin on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 6:50pm

The French had a cure

@gulfgal98 I don't recommend it.

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'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member

Submitted by gulfgal98 on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:22pm

Awesome post!

@LoneStarMike I love your graphics, especially the one of Markos with Hillary in the background.

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

—

Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy

Submitted by LoneStarMike on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 7:04pm

Oh you just wait.

@gulfgal98 I just expanded my comment and added about 8 new graphics and just posted it as an essay.

It's a little bit mean, but it was therapeutic for me.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 6:09pm

Small statue provided by rich person(s)

@LoneStarMike

Confronts larger statue representing same rich person(s).

How does that work?

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

—

Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 10:39am

@LoneStarMike @Bollox Ref As a perfect

@LoneStarMike @Bollox Ref As a perfect representation of what Hillary's resistance, and the Democratic party, really is.

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

—

"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by 2andfro on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 4:56pm

Must be the fuzzy pink pussy hat for the win!

@Bollox Ref

Or something like that.

—

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --Jiddu Krishnamurti

Submitted by 2andfro on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 7:02pm

Lots of painful grins here, LSM

@LoneStarMike @LoneStarMike
Re: "And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent?"

Jellyfish are transparent. Also spineless. If history since Bill Clinton is a guide, the party's mascot should be an opaque jellyfish.

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

—

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --Jiddu Krishnamurti

Submitted by TheOtherMaven on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 8:36am

Squids,

@2andfro
fully equipped with ink to squirt around and occlude the waters.

—

There is no justice. There can be no peace.

Submitted by 2andfro on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 4:54pm

There ya go!

@TheOtherMaven

ty.

—

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --Jiddu Krishnamurti

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sat, 03/11/2017 - 4:21pm

Don't apologise for your 'rant'. Make it it's own OP like

@LoneStarMike others have said.

Perez was on CNN the other day. I watched the video and transcribed parts of it. He was asked by Jake Tapper " "What is your plan for winning back these voters and bringing them back into the Democratic fold?""

Tom Perez:

"We lead with our values and we lead with our actions. We need to talk to them about how literally hours into the Trump administration, he was a fraud. He made it harder for first time home-buyers to buy a home hours into his administration. Days later he made it harder to save for retirement. He nominates a judge for the Supreme Court who wants to eviscerate collective bargaining.

When we lead with our values as Democrats, and talk about what we've done to make sure we're protecting social security, protecting Medicare, growing good jobs in this economy. If you want good jobs elect a Democrat. That is the message we have to communicate. A message that is true that resonates in every zip code and that's what we're going to be doing all across this nation, leading with our values, leading with the facts and that facts are that Democrats grow the middle-class, Democrats protect economic security, and we need to be communicating that message everywhere.

So he basically offers up two pithy slogans - Leading with our values and Leading with our actions. and then - right on cue points out how bad Trump is, what a fraud he is, what he did "hours into his administration," etc.

Where do I even begin?

Other than Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street and Wars for profit, the Democratic Party doesn't have any values. Who came up with this crap? Was this slogan poll-tested?

Same thing goes for leading with our actions. Uh - your actions were to vote against reinstating the ban on corporate lobbyist donations to the DNC at a time when the electorate is sick and tired of the establishment. And this "action" is something you're proud of? For Real?

And you say Democrats are growing good jobs in this economy. How? Obama supported the TPP.

And when you say " If you want good jobs elect a Democrat," I think what you really mean is "If you want a good job, move overseas, because that's where all the "good jobs' went, only to replaced by shitty jobs in the service industry - many of which aren't even full time and offer little or no benefits. And you call this "protecting economic security?" Whose economic security? Wall Street's?

And you say that the DNC needs to be more transparent? How? By having an election for DNC chair that had ballots cast in secret? And even now, if someone wants to know how the DNC members voted, they have to make an appointment, and can't take any cameras.

Ge that sounds like what members of Congress had to go through just to read what was in the TPP. None of what was in it was made public for the longest time. Why is everything so "secret?" Transparency my ass!

Perez even had the nerve to ay:

We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength. And when we lead with these values I believe we succeed.

Please. The Democrats have lost 63 House seats, 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and 1,000 state legislative seats over the past eight years. This is your idea of success?

And this? We're the party of inclusion. We believe diversity is our party's greatest strength.

What choo talkin' 'bout Willis? You just shut out half the base and no one from the Bernie wing holds any significant positions within the DC. Diversity, my ass!

And what is with this “Democratic Turnaround Tour?” You only have to turn around if you're headed in the wrong direction and we already know what Nancy Pelosi thinks about that. Does this mean that the Democratic Party is now admitting that we do need to go in a new direction? If so, it's about damn time.

Nancy Pelosi:

Chuck Schumer:

Elizabeth Warren:

Cory Booker:

And let's not forget that arrogant little shit Markos "Look what I got" Moulitsas.

Sadly, I think this is nothing but symbolism. That's all the Democratic party is about these days. "Raising awareness" and "symbolism" and flowery words without every actually accomplishing anything.

Just like that symbolic statue of the girl staring down the Wall St. Bull yesterday at the Women's march.

I'm so over the Democratic party. Sorry for the long rant. It's been building up.

—

I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by LaFeminista on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 1:18pm

All I can say is "never again". I have other choices in VT

The Democrats demonstrated exactly what they stood for last year and it was not me.

Submitted by WaterLily on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:04pm

I just found myself wishing

@LaFeminista This cute little duo would visit us here in Vermont. I would LOVE to be in the front row of that appearance ...

Submitted by smiley7 on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 2:20pm

Perhaps we could put some words in their mouth...

Republicans think you can get something for nothing, cutting billions in tax revenues from the ACA and instituting an unfunded tax credit in hopes of replacing present subsidies.

AARP says Trumpcare will cost individuals before Medicare age $8,500 a year more!

Did we say Medicare?

Trumpcare cuts $600 billion from Medicare; that's a cut to Medicare, a huge one.

Trump promised not to cut Medicare

and on and on,

but what do we get from the DNC "Trumpcare needs revision." No shit Sherlocks.

Submitted by native on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 4:15pm

Sounds like it's gonna be a Turnaround Tour alright,

a turnaround and around and around in circles tour. It's a wonder they're not too dizzy to stand by now.

—

native

Submitted by 2andfro on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 6:12pm

Dear Democratic Party: So long, and thanks for all the fish

My #DemExit pledge: I will not vote for a Democrat for president as long as the Democratic Party remains controlled by neoliberals and corporatists (i.e., the party of the Clintons). Regardless of Trump or anyone else.

Nor will I ever again vote straight D ticket automatically. I'll do my homework and vote for candidates whose words and actions warrant my support. I'll look for a Green or other non-D first, but I won't eliminate a candidate just because s/he is running as a Dem.

I'm a senior, I vote, I'm not captive to MSM, and in terms of the Democratic Party, I now bear a grudge that will be hard--but not impossible--to erase.

So listen up, you whom my spouse (another former lifelong D) now calls Dummycrats: We who supported Sanders and rejected Clinton keep telling you what we want. We're still waiting to see it. Any of it. The shiny new Perez-Ellison "unity" snake oil show won't cut it. You're gonna have to walk some of that talk, and I mean on the big stuff. Until then, don't call me, I'll call you. About stuff like this:

Sanders, Schatz, Schakowsky Introduce Bill to Prevent Corporate Tax Dodging: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-schatz-sh...

Sanders bill to expand Social Security still has only one co-sponsor--why? http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/319989-sanders-introduces-b...

TTFN.

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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --Jiddu Krishnamurti

Submitted by detroitmechworks on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 7:37pm