Sanders: DNC Stacked Platform Committee with Lobbyists While Rejecting Labor Leaders

Submitted by TheJerry on Wed, 06/01/2016 - 7:43pm

US Uncut, is reporting that Bernie today stated that the DNC had rejected his proposed platform committee appointment of Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United.

DeMoro's response was:

“Labor built this party. Labor built this country. One person is enough to represent all of that?” DeMoro said. “If you look at the composition of who they chose, besides Bernie’s choices, K Street’s far better represented than the labor movement.”

There is only a single Labor representative on the committee with Clinton campaign appointee Paul Booth, an executive assistant at the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees — a labor union backing Clinton.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 06/01/2016 - 8:07pm

And DWS is stacking it with insiders

So even if she steps down before the convention, her job is done. From stacking the debates from 26-6, scheduling them on nights that better shows are on and the shenanigans between the DNC and Hillary's coffers. Plus, over ruling Obama's rules on lobbyists funding.
She will be well rewarded. Count on it.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36227-a-pay-to-play-pick-for-the-demo...

from Wasserman Schultz, who selected former Claire's Stores CEO and North Carolina resort and spa owner Bonnie Schaefer of Florida. Along with her wife, Jamie, Schaefer has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates, party organizations and super PACs in recent years.

According to data from the National Institute on Money in State Politics, Schaefer personally gave the maximum annual donation to the DNC from 2013 to 2015, a total of $98,200, and in 2015 she also gave $33,400 to the DNC Service Corp., which funds the Democratic National Convention. Her wife has given the DNC at least $57,400 since 2009. In turn, the DNC has given more to the Florida Democratic Party than to any other state's party, making its highest annual donation to the state party in 2012, the year after Wasserman Schultz became chair.

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Submitted by TheJerry on Wed, 06/01/2016 - 8:30pm

Once there is a nominee...

One thing that I have heard, over and over, for both R's and N's, once there is a nominee...the nominee is in charge and can appoint a new chair. So the question is

Is there time after the nomination, before the close of the convention to re-overhaul that platform?

Of course...

The platform is really more symbolic than real. We know this because the Repugnican's always have the most noxious and toxic platforms, but all the R's completely ignore it.

So, if Bernie wins the nomination through the ways that only we know and see, does it really matter?

How much of it is symbolic vs actionable?

Yes the symbolism, for Bernie losing to HRC is very important, he can use it as a weapon to cudgel her and say you are not following the platform we agreed upon.

However, if Bernie wins and he ignores the DWS crap, who is going to cudgel him with it? Particularly since his winning not only pledged delegates but super delegates probably means HRC is awaiting bail...

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Submitted by Lookout on Wed, 06/01/2016 - 8:53pm

not to mention...

Malloy and Frank (now a bankster) as heading the convention.
from http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/29/sanders-wants-hostile-bar... The Guardian is still including the supers in the delegate count.

Sanders’ attempt to unseat Malloy and Frank raises questions about how willing he would be to get in line behind Hillary Clinton if the former secretary of state clinches the Democratic nomination as is expected on 7 June when a number of states, including California, hold their primaries.

And then there are the convention hosts:
https://theintercept.com/2016/05/11/lobbyists-dnc-2016-convention/

The composition of the 15-member Host Committee may appear out of sync with the rhetoric of Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but the reality is that the party, in the form of the Democratic National Committee, has moved decisively to embrace the lobbying industry. In October 2015, DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., reportedly huddled with dozens of lobbyists to plan the convention in Philadelphia, and provided the influence peddlers involved with a menu of offerings in exchange for donations. In February, news reports revealed that the DNC had quietly lifted the Obama-era ban on federal lobbyist donations to the party and convention committee.

It is no longer a party of the people, but the party of the banks and corporations!

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