BloggeRhythms

One of the most valuable benefits of daily blogging, is the requirement to find, sift through and attempt to analyze significant amounts of information from a wide variety of sources. And quite often in that process, particular occurrences, certain individuals and underlying goals and objectives stand out in memory. At times for positive reasons, negative at others. 

In the negative column, an individual having no particular talents or capabilities has been mentioned here on rare occasions. Simply because it’s a wonderment how someone so obviously unqualified for the title held, is able to maintain a position of leadership. And that intellectual cipher is Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

However, now that the Democrat presidential candidate race seems to be heading toward what may be a far closer contest than ever imagined, others too, are beginning to inquire as to how and why this biased Clinton flak, Schultz, holds her chairmanship at all. 

Daniel Strauss @politico.com, reports today that: “The latest controversy roiling the Democratic Party showed no signs of abating Wednesday, as Bernie Sanders’ campaign put the onus of the rift splitting Democrats on Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s failed leadership, accusing her of “throwing shade” on the Vermont senator from the beginning.” 

The triggering for the rising questioning of Schultz’s motives, arose from disruptions Saturday in Nevada at its state convention over what some perceived as unfair delegate allocations. When that led to reports of violence and threats from Sanders supporters, Schultz panned the campaign’s response as “anything but acceptable.” 

In response, Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, “pointedly accused Wasserman Schultz of undermining the Sanders campaign from the get-go and called into question her leadership. 

Saying that Sanders, ‘’categorically condemns any kind of threats that went on — absolutely unacceptable,” Weaver went on to criticize Schultz of hindering Sanders campaign since the very beginning,” citing a limited debate schedule that featured weekend debates, the campaign’s revoked access to its voter data and a joint fundraising agreement with Hillary Clinton’s campaign that Weaver said takes money away from state parties and goes to the DNC. 

“Look, I gotta say it’s not the DNC,” Weaver added. “You know, by and large, people at the DNC have been very good to us. Debbie Wasserman Schultz really is the exception.” 

Appearing on CNN on Wednesday morning, Wasserman Schultz said Sanders’ statement wasn’t good enough. “With all due respect, when there is a ‘but’ in between condemnation of violence generally, and after the word ‘but’ you go on to seemingly justify the reason that the violence and intimidation has occurred, then that falls short of making sure that going forward this kind of conduct doesn’t occur in the future,” she said. 

In his appearance on MSNBC, Weaver shot back that Wasserman Schultz’s remark was “ridiculous” and blasted her lack of leadership. 

“It’s been pretty clear almost from the get-go that she has been working against Bernie Sanders — I mean, there’s no doubt about it — for personal reasons,” he said, again ticking through the criticisms he launched earlier but this time adding that the chairwoman “appointed really hostile Hillary Clinton partisans” to head standing committees, too. 

“Debbie Wasserman Schultz has really been a divider and not really provided the kind of leadership that the Democratic Party needs,” he said. 

Thus, much like every other attempt by the Clinton’s to rig systems, stack decks, and find ways to abuse their power, they always seem to fall short when Bill’s wife is involved. Which means that just like Benghazi, email abuses, and speaking fees extorted for influence peddling, the choice of a dolt like Schultz as a party leader was another huge mistake that will likely come back to haunt them both.     

Along the same lines, things done that will prove to be harmful over time, Jeryl Bier @weeklystandard.com, writes about Kerry, as follows: 

“The Obama administration and Kerry in particular have come under increasing fire for the way the Iran deal came about, especially in light of recent admissions by White House advisor Ben Rhodes about how the deal was sold to the media and the public. 

“Earlier today Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, Austria, where much of the work on last year's Iran nuclear deal took place. Kerry often addresses the embassy staff as he travels from country to country, thanking them for their behind the scenes work and engaging in lighthearted banter with his audience. In this case, Kerry suggested that the staff in Vienna would have some good stories to tell their grandchildren about their time in the embassy as the nuclear talks with Iran were taking place:

“[W]e jammed you all last year and the year before with countless meetings here. So you've been very, very much a part of an extraordinary journey that has produced an historic outcome, and that's something that you can take with you forever, maybe tell – embellish it a little bit for the grandchildren, tell them how you sat in a room and got Zarif to give in to your mighty persuasion. (Laughter.) Whatever you want, folks. (Laughter.)”

And that, in only one paragraph, clearly defines the ingrained underlying beliefs and attitudes of those at the top of the current administration. Because the truth rarely, if ever, matters at all to them. The objective is always to “embellish” whatever the truth may be to fit the expectations of particular audiences. Whether it’s one’s grandchildren, friends, foes, other relatives, or the American public.  

Bringing us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife. 

Manu Raju, Senior Political Reporter @cnn.com writes about the previously mentioned violence on Saturday at the Nevada state convention. And in carefully reading the article, some quite telling revelations are found about the race in general. Whether intended or not. 

Mr. Raju begins: “Sen. Barbara Boxer, a veteran of Democratic politics, says she never saw anything quite like this before. 

“Loud cursing, shouting, obscene gestures and vile insults, including crude comments about the female anatomy. It was all on display over the weekend as supporters of Bernie Sanders turned the Nevada State Democratic Convention into chaos. 

"I was not able to stop these people for doing what they did," Boxer, a Hillary Clinton supporter, told CNN. "Apparently they've done it before. .... This group of about 100 were very vocal, and I can't describe it -- disrespectful doesn't even explain it, it was worse than that." 

Then, Mr. Raju tells us that: “On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said he had a "long conversation" with Sanders to lay out what happened in Nevada. 

"He said that he condemns that. I'm confident he does," Reid told reporters. "This is a test of leadership." 

“Reid declined to comment when asked if he was worried that Sanders' backers could upend the national convention this summer. 

"At (the Nevada) convention, the Democratic leadership used its power to prevent a fair and transparent process from taking place," said Sanders, adding that there have been "zero reports" of violence during his massive rallies across the country.”

And this is where the most interesting part of the story lies. Because while Boxer was very clear at the outset in her support of Bill’s wife, Reid’s next answer seems to suggest that he believes the race is far from over 

“Asked to respond Tuesday afternoon, Reid was angry, telling CNN it a "silly statement" that "someone else prepared for him." 

"Bernie should say something -- not have some silly statement," Reid said. "Bernie is better than that. ... I'm surprised by his statement. I thought he was going to do something different." 

So, not only have the recent primary’s shown that Sanders campaign is alive and well, the highest ranking Democrat senator seems to be very much in agreement with him. And, far more importantly, there’s likely no one more well-informed about Democrat national politics than Reid is, underlining the value of his thoughts.  

Which brings up the ongoing question again: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys reading this?   

That’s it for today folks.    

  

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