My favorite Bernie photo so far. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Oh wow - I'm seriously
mad as hell now.
From the article on USNEWS Is Hillary Ready for More Debates?
"Our candidates, with the exception of Bernie Sanders, aren't a bunch of crazy people. I don't worry about them saying something that would hurt the party brand." I think getting our ideas out there in the mainstream would benefit," says Boyd Brown, a Democratic National Committee member from South Carolina and an O'Malley supporter. "The more debate, the better."
Oh good Lord. Boyd Brown...
What about Bernie's platform is crazy?
Is it crazy... to fight income equality?
Is it crazy... to have Wall St. and the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes?
Is it crazy... to stop companies shipping our jobs overseas?
Is it crazy... to want to rebuild roads and bridges to put people back to work?
Is it crazy... to want to break up the big banks?
Is it crazy... to want medicare for all?
Is it crazy... to expand social security benefits?
Is it crazy... to want to make public universities free?
Is it crazy... to want to make paid vacation time?
Is it crazy... to want to free universal pre-k?
Is it crazy... to fight climate change?
Is it crazy... to want to raise the minimum wage to $15?
Boyd Brown is an O'Malley supporter... and O'Malley must be freaking crazy too because his platform page supports most of those things as well.
It's ridiculous. Democrats need to be building each other up and not tearing each other down. Buying into the bull** that Bernie is crazy is absolutely pathetic and it is something that the DNC needs to retract RIGHT NOW.
None of the Democratic candidates should be bashing each other - that's not going to help anyone. NO PERSONAL ATTACKS. Bernie style. The Republicans are the only ones who win when we fight eacht other with personal attacks.
If we talk about the issues and compare the progressive platform to the ones that the Republicans are offering.... the choice for the voters will hopefully be obvious.
Contact the DNC and have them retract this statement and have Brown apologize.
More interesting tidbits from that article below Mr. Squiggles.
We need more debates. We need more platforms to voice the progressive and democratic platform.
From the same article:
Since January, Republicans with dreams of occupying the White House have dutifully traipsed to a dozen gatherings before audiences eager to compare and contrast their options for the presidency.
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These summits aren't debates, but they do allow likely primary voters to measure a contender's message, style and substance against his or her competitors. Additionally, they attract gobs of media attention for the slew of contenders seeking a breakout moment.
Yet so far, all of this action has taken place on the Republican side.
The Democratic field, which grew to four this week, has had no such platforms. Not one.
Thankfully the PCCC wants more debates too:
In a move which could potentially place pressure on front-runner Hillary Clinton to interact with her field of Democratic rivals sooner than expected, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee has made initial inquiries to Democratic campaigns about holding one or more additional debates, beginning as early as this August.
The PCCC, an ardent cheerleader of the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party, is advocating what they're dubbing an "open debate" format, in which questions would be formulated by voters rather than media figures.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signaled swift interest in the organization's pitch.
"It's a great idea," says Lis Smith, O'Malley's deputy campaign manager. "Gov. O'Malley enjoys taking unscripted questions from voters wherever he goes, and we think it's critical that Democrats have more – not fewer – debates."
That's great Martin. Just tell your supporter at the DNC to apologize for calling Bernie crazy and I just might forgive you.
5:22 PM PT: Changed the title to "DNC Member". The DNC still needs to apologize and reprimand Brown for this offensive and shortsighted comment.
A member is representative of the DNC as a whole. This doesn't sound good. It doesn't look good.