Donna Brazile: I Will Rebuild With You, Mr. President

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This needs to be discussed in this forum, goddammit!

Donna Brazile: I Will Rebuild With You, Mr. President

Sickening excerpt:

The president has set a national goal and defined a national purpose. This is something I believe with all my heart: When we are united, nothing can stop us. We will not waver, we will not tire, and we will not stop until the streets are clean, every last brick has been replaced and every last family has its home back.

Bush talked about how we bury our family and friends. We grieve and mourn. We march to a solemn song and then we rejoice and step out and form the second line. That line is now open to every American to join us in rebuilding a great region of this country. New Orleans will rise again. My hometown is down but not out, and with the help of every American, it will be back on its feet, bigger and brighter than ever.

Mr. President, I am ready for duty. I am ready to stir those old pots again. Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work.

The entire Article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/16/AR2005091602167_pf.html


I have to admit, I found this in the Editorials Forum, but this is political, and needs to be discussed here, too.

In the Katrina aftermath, we found out that Donna could not find her family. They were missing in the flood waters, and she was desperate to find them. She was still searching for her mentally challenged sister almost a week after the flood devastated the grop home she was living in. Everntually, thank goodness, she was located, and Donna had her family back.

This is her reaction? I know she is a personal friend of Karl Rove. She is very open about that friendship and has never tried to hide it. But, it does give me pause, as a Democrat, to have one of this Party's "leaders", "advisors", "spokespeople" writing pro-Bush Op-Eds for the Washington Post. It speaks to the reason our Party is in as much trouble as itis in, imo. ----- She and we, by associaltion, are identifying with our abusers far too often and far too publicly.

She has always been too collusionist for my taste, too "middle", but this is the effing last straw. She needs to just shove off, and take Lieberman, and all the other DINOs with her. I am sick of this continual public political betrayal from her and other "advisors"/"leaders".

We need to wise up about who we allow to speak for us, as a Party. All the Howard Deans in the world are not going to make up for this kind of Republican-loving hand-holding Cumbaya bullshit.

TC

[TallahasseeGrannie]

This brings up such an interesting

dilemma. When do you get in bed with the Devil? Is it ever to your advantage to do so?

[Love Bug]

3. Maybe the question is: how LONG has she been in bed with the devil?

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4. better question...

how do we get the rest of this Party's "spokespeople" out of bed with the devil? I think she's been in bed with the devil so long, she's lost to us.

Maybe we just need to run the other way as fast as we can, and never look back. We will be well-rid of the lot of them.

TC

[Pepperbelly]

1. and she managed Gore's campaign ... or

should i say mis-managed?

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2. Mis-managed...

and we are suffering the consequences of it now.

TC

[bunny planet]

15. if she's a friend of Roves, perhaps she mismanaged Gore's

campaign 'accidentally on-purpose.' I was hoping that once she hopefully found her family, she would have an outspoken epiphany and really come out strong against the Republicans. Guess that 'friendship' with the powerful Rove is too important, as if he'd really help her out in the end if it came down to it. Maybe he used his influence to help find her family for her, sooner than others could, thereby buying her cooperation. Who knows, but it sucks. She also joined in on the swiftboating of Senator Kerry before the election, some Democrat huh?

[paulk]

5. would a better strategy be to tell Bush to fuck off

rather than hold his feet to the fire on his speech?


What are you trying to say?


Bush promised to rebuild New Orleans - would you rather he didn't?

Are you so partisan that you would rather see the federal government do nothing?

Brazille is calling him on his promises. She wants her city rebuilt.

How is that "Republican-loving hand-holding Cumbaya bullshit"?

[philosophie_en_rose]

6. "I'm with you, Mr. President."

Sounds like an endorsement of all the shitty things he's done since Katrina.

On edit: I don't know anything about her, so I'm not making a judgment. However, I can understand how her language sounds insensitive.

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7. No, not at all...

But did it have to be a prominent spokesperson from this Party? She didn't have to write that Op-Ed. As far as I know, Op-Eds for the other side are not required writing.

Why are the supposed "leaders" of our Party the biggest "cavers"? Her style has always been too Republican-friendly, but this does cross the line into "Republican-loving hand-holding Cumbaya bullshit" if ANYTHING does.

Sorry you don't see it that way.

TC

On edit: If there is a quid pro quo for this Op-Ed, for her endorsement of this President, then I hope it is a good one, because this piece of writing is going to come back and bite her hard in the future. Count on it!

[surratt616]

8. Donna Brazil

If anyone has an e-mail address for Ms. Brazil please post it. I think she should hear from some real democrats. She could have waited until Mr. President actually did something besides talk.

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11. Here ya go!

Email: [e-mail]

TC

[bluedawg12]

9. How about just stating the ideas for recovery

with out the free advertising for the preznit?

You know speak from the first person not derivative kudos?

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10. Even that would have been better than THIS bullshit!

It's because (I'll bet anything) her friend Karl begged her to help Shrubber out, and promised her some goodie in the rebuilding either for her family or their neighborhood if she wrote this. It's only a guess based on how Washington generally works, but it stinks no matter WHY she did it!

TC

[Gloria]

25. It's the damned, over the top cheerleading that gets me....

Good, you want NOLA rebuilt--but, before you serve yourself up to Chimpy, stand back for a few days, try to uncouple your emotions, and take a rational look at how the setup is already in play.

Did you EVER hear a Republican CHEERLEAD any Democrat???? EVER?????

I continue to throw up...

[Donna Zen]

12. Exactly!

An OpEd focused on rebuilding the region, and hopeful for its outcome. As a matter of fact, with the many flaws regarding the possible abuse of the money, Brazile could have used her space to call for strict over sight.

BTW, I was told by someone who knows, that Donna Brazile's hands were tied up during the Gore campaign because of the chain of command, and who controlled the funds. Also, Brazile really brought home Florida, which Gore won. She is one of the best at GOTV.

None of that makes any difference about her willingness to praise der leader, but it seems to the designated day for Dems to roll over. What is worse about this behavior is how they leave the Dems with courage who have spoken out, without a leg to stand on.

[Gloria]

26. Perhaps they tied her hands because they lost some trust in her....

her ties to Rove, etc....wasn't he involved in some fake video tape thing? Maybe at some point they became a bit uneasy about her....

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14. I'm really angry, too... But, I find the term "Oreo" offensive...

Sorry, I do. Racial epithets just have no place in this argument. They are always wrong. I don't know her racial make-up, and don't care. I do care about her politics, though. Now, THAT you can criticize!

TC

[Ishoutandscream2]

16. Donna is, I'm afraid, a DINO

She seems to be doing well. It doesn't about the rest. Keep sleeping with the enemy, Donna. We can do better.

[bluedog]

17. she sending the WRONG message to our base!

when we see what went wrong with this disaster.she sees through rose colored glasses.....what if her family had not survived.would she still be speaking this way...would she still publicly support bush?........Donna has for a long time been a republican leaning spokesperson.......look who her friends are....

[Neshanic]

18. Is there such a thing a s a Log Cabin Lesbian Democrat?

I think she's started a new thing.

Shut up you DLC shill.

[Catrina]

19. I don't think it's new

I've never once listened to her without having to ask 'whose side is she on?'

Then, a few months ago, while looking up the woman who was behind all the articles (rightwing) about the Oil For Food program, which tried to destroy Kofi Anan ~ I found that the 'reporter' (sorry, I forget her name) who was presented as non-partisan, turned out belonged to a super rightwing think tank. And guess who else did? Donna Brazil!!

Sorry I didn't save the info, maybe someone else has more on Donna's memberships ~ but that explained a lot to me. And I was NOT aware of her friendship with Karl Rove!! What decent person would associate with a man whose sole purpose in life is to destroy YOUR political party?

I don't think she's a DLC shill, I think she's a rightwing infiltrator at this point. I just wish she, or someone else would clarify that she does not speak for Democrats. I, personally, do not sleep with the enemy. She is either suffering from Stolkholm Syndrome or is an undercover rightwinger, or she so wants to be 'accepted' that she sucks up the other side, like, I hate to use the analogy again, an abused wife desperately seeking the approval and love of the abuser! Either way, I have no use for her.

To praise a man who is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents in Iraq based on lies, torture, the gutting of all social programs that help the least among us, and now this latest travesty??? I would not want her for a neighbor, let alone a spokesperson for the party I support.

[Andromeda]

29. You've expressed my feelings exactly.

I couldn't have said it better.

[priller]

20. Her sister is not the only one who's "mentally challenged"

in that family. Donna Brazile has always been full of bad advice, but this takes the cake.

[KoKo]

27. Bush and CNN rescued her Dad and Sister who lives in Assisted Living

in New Orleans. Donna did a plea on CNN with Blitzer in the "Situation Room" where Blitz said "You've been a friend of CNN for years, Donna, now tell us your story of your family."

Within two days Brazill'es family was rescued and Wolf revisted her trials and tribulations over the rescue and reuniting of her family.

Donna was always with them and they helped her in her time of need devoting a whole CNN segment to her families plight.

But, what about all the other families who hadn't been rescued? Donna has "friends in high places" so of course she loves Bush...when didn't she ever love him. :shrug:

[xkenx]

21. I Listened To That Bush-HO

during the 2000 campaign when she made me wonder whose campaign manager she was!! This is more proof. As O.P. said, enough of this Cumbaya bullshit. Sucking up to the Rethugs never succeeds. Donna Brazile should never be allowed into a Dem. forum of any sort. And that goes for all the other Rethug-lite frauds masquerading themselves as Democrats.

[VaLabor]

22. More here

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/17/145456/298

[Arkana]

23. Oh, God...the tacos I had for lunch are coming back.

Donna Brazile disgusts me. She's used every opportunity she's had to stab Democrats in the back and support Repubs.

[cantstandbush]

24. Any friend of Karl Rove can be no friend of mine. Period.

I am really amazed by the lack of integrity and principle of some Dems.

[welshTerrier2]

28. YES - tell bush to fuck off ...

any public statement by any Democrat requires the necessary context ... this statement by Brazile was a disgrace ...

it's OK for Democrats to say they will work with the President to solve national problems ... but we don't need to make bush look like a national hero in the process ...

did bush put real environmentalists in charge to ensure that the eco-structure is not ignored? did he build real oversight structures to ensure that the best interests of the citizens of NO are served or did he appoint right-wing republicans? in other words, what vision of government is embodied in what bush wants to do?

Democrats should acknowledge that bush is throwing substantial funds and efforts at the problem (finally) but that the "power structures" are likely to serve corporate interests and not the average citizen ... bush is putting corporate interests ahead of the interests of the people by not giving residents oversight authority to the reconstruction ...

every single thing the right-wing does has a noble backdrop ... we're in Iraq to get the terrorists who want to hurt us and to build democracy for the Iraqi people ... yeah, right ... we're "saving Social Security" ... we have a "clean air initiative" ...

yeah, tell bush to fuck off ... tell him that we don't trust the structure of government being established to oversee the spending and the rebuilding ... as with Iraq, the stated goals may be noble, but that becomes meaningless when the process is corrupt ... there's nothing wrong with Brazile talking about such things as "rebuild, clean every brick, every family back home" but, as usual, yet another Democrat is "missing the overall" ... those words were from Deep Throat ... he also said "follow the money" ... trust me, bush is dedicated to serving the wrong constituency ... that's what Brazile doesn't get ...