DNC chairwoman Wasserman Schultz compares Gov. Scott Walker to a domestic abuser

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2014-09-04 13:09

Story here. Excerpt:

'On Wednesday, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz used some fairly graphic language to describe Republican Gov. Scott Walker during a visit to Wisconsin.

"Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand," Wasserman Schultz said at a roundtable discussion in Milwaukee on women's issue, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. "I know that is stark. I know that is direct. But that is reality." She added: "What Republican Tea Party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back. It is not going to happen on our watch."

In response, Republican Lt. Gov Rebecca Kleefisch said she was "shocked" that Wasserman Schultz used language that would normally describe domestic violence, in reference to Walker: "I think the remarks were absolutely hideous and the motive behind them was despicable."

The campaign of Walker's Democratic opponent, businesswoman Mary Burke — whom Wasserman Schultz was attempting to boost — distanced themselves from the comments. "That's not the type of language that Mary Burke would use, or has used, to point out the clear differences in this contest," said Burke press secretary Stephanie Wilson, who also added: "There is plenty that she and Governor Walker disagree on — but those disagreements can and should be pointed out respectfully."'

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It's been noted for a very long time, millenia in fact, that a serious hazard of occupying a high position in gov't/society is that you tend to find yourself, willingly or not, surrounded by ppl who out of fear or star-struckness, become your yes-men/-women. After a time, you begin to believe your own press releases, as it were. You begin to believe your own propaganda. You begin to think *everyone* thinks/talks like you and if they don't, well, they're _obviously_ wrong, crazy, malevolent, or a combination of these.

In short, you're in a bubble. A delusive one at that.

Supposedly (who knows if it was true), the ancient Romans started a tradition at some point, perhaps when a few too many victorious generals found themselves on the working ends of swords wielded by Praetorian guardsmen after the emperor ordered their heads relocated to the top of ten-foot poles outside the Senate or some other official building. The tradition was this: A victorious general had a slave with him in his chariot whose job was to keep repeating over and over to the general, as he was cheered through the streets in his victory parade to eventually meet the emperor publicly, words to the effect: "Remember, thou art mortal." Can't help but think this kept more than a few Roman generals from premature demise due to the arrogance that comes of being a bit too over-heralded and butt-kissed.

Well thankfully, we're passed the days of summary executions ordered by emperors for mere transgressions of deferential protocol. (Well, I hope so, anyway.) But my point here is that maybe senior/prominent people such as highly-placed politicians, corporate leaders, etc., should add one more personal assistant to their small army of suchwhats: Someone to remind them at least once an hour of some one of their personal failings, or something they're bad at ("So you're the president, so what... you still can't play golf with less than a 20-stroke handicap and near as I can tell, you never will, either. You suck."). In this particular case, perhaps a personal asst. like that would have, prior to the int'w, reminded Mme. W-S that she's far from America's personal choice of highly-placed political leaders (i.e., no popular vote for her chairmanship of the DNC was done, not even among ordinary registered Dems), and that should she start talking like her now well-confirmed batty colleagues Nutty Nan the Moon-bat and VAWA Joe the Pander-bot (the Hildebeast need not be mentioned further, as it's so cliched as to be almost boring), she too will become the regular butt of late night talk show host jokes and political cartoonists will start drawing her with little bubbles floating over her head like they do the others. And if she becomes a liability to THE PARTY by causing even their own candidates to head for the exit when she shows up at the reception, there'll be a new DNC head soon enough.

So, she may not want to pay for another personal asst. whose sole job is to remind her of reality? I'd say to her, as I would anyone in danger of disappearing into this sort of bubble-abyss of self-delusion: Get over it and cough up the change. It'll be worth every penny.

Oh yeah, and stop being a sexist bigot. That's another one.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2014-09-05 02:11