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Home Front: Politix
Rep. Keith Ellison Announces Candidacy for Chairman of the DNC
2016-11-15
[MEDIAITE] Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison has officially announced his bid for chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Ever since Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
’s defeat at the hands of President-Elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, the Democratic Party has fallen into a state of disarray and panic. The election has prompted calls for new leadership, and as a popular progressive who recognized Trump’s chances of victory early on, Ellison was quickly pegged as a potential candidate for the party’s chair.

"Democrats win when we harness the power of everyday people and fight for the issues they care about," Ellison said in a statement released on Monday. "If given the opportunity to serve, I will work tirelessly to make the Democratic Party an organization that brings us together and advances an agenda that improves people’s lives."

Posted by:Fred

#12  They are going back to the playbook and using it again, without revisions.

Isn't that something like the definition of insanity: doing the same thing again and expecting a different result?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2016-11-15 19:23  

#11  They think they can continue, as Obama did, to fool enough of the people enough of the time.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-11-15 11:57  

#10  They do like having our past/current enemies as members of the Democrat party don't they.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-15 11:15  

#9  #8 This may provide some explanation. Posted by Besoeker Perfect.
Posted by: Tennessee   2016-11-15 10:18  

#8  This may provide some explanation.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-11-15 09:40  

#7  They are trying to find another "Obama Hussein". Problem is Obama stuck to the teleprompter scripts and won. Plus after 8 years of such people, this ain't 2008 anymore.
Posted by: Chusoger Lover of the Munchkins9178   2016-11-15 09:36  

#6  The demoncrats really don't want to win elections, do they?
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-11-15 09:01  

#5  Ellison has now publicly denied that he was a member of the Nation of Islam.

He was a member under the name Ellison X Mohammud or Ellison Hakim but this is a pretty thin disguise.

Personally, I'd like him to be the voice and face of the national Democratic Party.
Posted by: lord garth   2016-11-15 08:17  

#4   Trump promises to clean the MB from government. Can this be applied retroactively to those with sympathies to the MB such as Ellison? I thought the MB (or was it CAIR) was named as a co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial in Texas a few years back and considered a fellow-traveler terrorist.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-11-15 08:09  

#3  
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-11-15 08:09  

#2  ...and a clear product of urban America, after you just lost nearly all of rural America.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-11-15 07:57  

#1  ...So, to recap:

1. A Democratic candidate runs to the far left.
2. Said candidate gets her ass handed to her, Congress remains in the hands of the other guys, as do a pretty solid majority of the state legislatures. This can in no small way be laid directly to the feet of a political philosophy that is terrifyingly liberal, anti-American, and anti-democratic.
3. After just about a week of careful, reasoned analysis of the reasons for said defeat, the Democrats nominate as their new leader someone who is even more terrifyingly liberal, anti-American, and anti-democratic.

Got it.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2016-11-15 05:04  

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