Posted on 08/30/2015 8:40:57 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A feud within the Democratic Party spilled into the open Friday at the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Minneapolis, as presidential candidate and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley used his speech to the convention to publicly chide DNC leaders for limiting the number of presidential debates.
Mr. O'Malley said that DNC officials had not only silenced debate among Democratic candidates but silenced the party’s ability to respond to Republican presidential candidates, whose recent TV debate reached more than 20 million Americans.
“They malign our president’s record of achievement, they denigrate women and immigrant families. They doubled down, on trickle down, and they tell their false stories,” he said. “And, we respond — with crickets, tumbleweeds, a cynical move to delay and limit our own party debates.”
He questioned what was becoming of the Democratic Party and the way it selects its presidential nominee.
Mr. O'Malley’s criticism of his party officials was greeted with applause and cheers from the crowd of state party chairman in the ballroom of the Hilton Minneapolis.
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has suffered a fierce backlash from the state party leaders who make up the DNC membership over her imposing strict limits on the number of debates. But Mr. O'Malley’s speech in front of the DNC membership was the most public rebuke yet.
Ms. Wasserman Schultz, who has allowed for only six debates with the first one postponed until October, has been accused of trying to benefit Hillary Rodham Clinton, the front-runner for the nomination who would have the most to lose on a debate stage.
Ms. Wasserman Schultz also has threatened that any candidate or media outlet that participates in debates outside the official schedule will be banned from the remainder of the party-sanctioned debates in 2016.
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Maryland “Freak State” PING!
What a goofball. What a crew of candidates.
One is an old, ugly, hippie socialist and the other is...well...guess there’s no difference
They should be thankful they didn't have to speak about this...it would be the shortest speech in history.
Did little Debbie cry?
Wow darn wish had more popcorn to watch the Establishment and the Communist eating each other. While Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson are tip toeing thru the tulips =)
Oh, so cute!
Looks like Dominant is about to ‘barber’ Submissive:
http://ratguide.com/health/integumentary_skin/barbering.php
-JT
There’s something about her that just don’t seem right, gets the Hank Hill in me to wonderin.
lol!
100% 
The fun isn’t limited to watching angry Republicans.
Trump & Co. have the ‘rats frantic as well.
This has been good for conservatives, after seven years of Uniparty bullsqueeze.
(Yeah yeah, I know. Just lay back and think of strawberries.)
Martin: Hold the mayo, Debbie!
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