{"id":38514,"date":"2016-05-21T19:46:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T23:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38514"},"modified":"2016-05-21T19:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T23:59:30","slug":"bernie-what-in-the-world-took-you-so-friggin-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38514","title":{"rendered":"Bernie, what in the world took you so friggin&#8217; long?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38514\">SOTN<\/a> Editor&#8217;s Note:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dear Bernie, what the heck has taken you so long to chase DWS out-of-town.<br \/>\nDebbie Wasserman Shultz is &#8212; by far &#8212; the most untrustworthy and prevaricating chair either party has ever seen. \u00a0There is nothing even close to her perfidious MO.<\/p>\n<p>The woman has NO right being a DNC Chair or any other chair whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>Why did you allow her to crush your campaign at every turn?<\/p>\n<p>Why did you allow her to set you up for unwarranted persecution for stuff neither you nor your supporters ever did.<\/p>\n<p>Good God, Bernie, wake up! \u00a0Would you?! WTFU! \u00a0You had Clinton on the run the whole campaign season and yet somehow you allowed her to put you on the defensive. \u00a0If you&#8217;re so easily intimidated and threatened, then how are you going to sit in the Oval Office for even an hour. \u00a0They&#8217;ll make mincemeat of you &#8230; all day long!<\/p>\n<p>Look it, SOTN has no dog in this fight. \u00a0We have no use for either party. \u00a0However, we do want to see both major parties wrecked and ruined beyond repair. \u00a0Trump has done a heckuva job on the GOP side; you had an unparalleled opportunity to do some serious damage on the other side of the aisle. \u00a0Instead you folded; not once, but again, and again, and again.<\/p>\n<p>Please, Bernie, get with the freakin&#8217; program and show some fang. \u00a0That&#8217;s all you gotta do is bear some teeth, and those two chickenhawks will flee like the chickens they are.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, this (2016) is the Chinese <em>Year of the Fire Monkey<\/em>. \u00a0FYI, the <em>Fire Monkey<\/em> cannot lose in his year. \u00a0You see Trump doing anything he damn well pleases and he just keeps on winning. \u00a0You&#8217;re were set up in much the same way. \u00a0Set up by who? \u00a0The <em>Universe<\/em>, that&#8217;s who! \u00a0If you had gotten with the program earlier in the season, you would have had the nomination sewn up already.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, it&#8217;s not too late. \u00a0The <em>Fire Monkey<\/em> can come from way behind and still win the day. \u00a0That&#8217;s a big part of the <em>Fire Monkey<\/em> magic. \u00a0So let&#8217;s get busy claiming the nomination that is yours to WIN, not lose. \u00a0Capiche?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38514\">State of the Nation<\/a><br \/>\nMay 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline__title\">Bernie Sanders Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz Will Be Gone From DNC If He\u2019s President<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"headline__subtitle\">He also endorsed her primary challenger.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"author-card__details-container\">Sam Levine<a class=\"author-card__details__name\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sam-levine\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;author&quot;}}\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-card__microbio\">Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/bernie-sanders\/\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:0}}\">Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-Vt.) went all in on Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/debbie-wasserman-schultz\/\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1}}\">Debbie Wasserman Schultz<\/a>\u00a0(D-Fla.), the head of the Democratic National Committee,\u00a0on Saturday, saying he supports a primary challenger in her re-election bid for her House seat and would remove her from the DNC if elected president.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has repeatedly accused the DNC, which is neutral in the Democratic primary, of favoring his rival, former Secretary of State <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/hillary-clinton\/\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2}}\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/21\/politics\/bernie-sanders-debbie-wasserman-schultz\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:3}}\">\u201cclearly\u201d favors the DNC head\u2019s opponent<\/a>, law professor Tim Canova.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis views are much closer to mine than Wasserman Schultz\u2019s,\u201d the senator said in an interview that will air Sunday on \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect to the current chairperson, if elected president, she would not be reappointed to be chair of the DNC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wasserman Schultz <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/bernie-sanders-debbie-wasserman-schultz-dnc-petition-hillary-clinton-favoritism-angry-fuming\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:4}}\">criticized Sanders<\/a> this week after his supporters unleashed<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/bernie-sanders-nevada-dem-chair_us_573b4b8de4b0aee7b8e7dfa2\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:5}}\">brutal sexist attacks<\/a>\u00a0on the head of the Nevada Democratic party.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Weaver, Sanders\u2019 campaign manager, said this week that Wasserman Schultz has been \u201cthrowing shade\u201d on Sanders\u2019 campaign for a long time. Sanders also sued the DNC after it claimed he improperly accessed voter data and blocked his access to a database, <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/278228-sanders-drops-lawsuit-against-dnc\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:6}}\">but he dropped the suit in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/obama-debbie-wasserman-schultz_us_56f93747e4b0a372181a53e1\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:7}}\">Barack Obama endorsed<\/a> Wasserman Schultz, whose term ends in January next year. He had nominated her\u00a0<span id=\":sm.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/bernie-sanders-debbie-wasserman-schultz_us_5740c0cee4b045cc9a713056\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/bernie-sanders-debbie-wasserman-schultz_us_5740c0cee4b045cc9a713056<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note: Dear Bernie, what the heck has taken you so long to chase DWS out-of-town. Debbie Wasserman Shultz is &#8212; by far &#8212; the most untrustworthy and prevaricating chair either party has ever seen. \u00a0There is nothing even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38514\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}