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Lanny Davis Flips Out At DNC Rules Meeting - "I'm F-ing Angry"
Lanny Davis got into a shouting match with John Ausman at the DNC rules committee meeting today. Huffpo has the story here. Here's a nice piece of it
Ausman: [My proposal] is very generous, because Obama was initially
fighting for a situation where Clinton would net 6 delegates, now it's
19.
Davis: Don't say you're being generous.Ausman: I can say we're being generous.
Davis: But you're allowed to and I'm allowed to disagree...
Ausman: But I'm the one who's on the petition...
Reporter: Ok ok, why don't we --
Ausman: Are you a representative of Clinton?
Davis: No, I'm actually just a person...
Ausman: Are you a designated representative of Clinton?
Davis: I am not a designated representative.
Ausman: Then why don't we have a designated representative speak for Clinton and you be silent?
Asked about the exchange with Ausman, he said: "I'm f-ing angry."
I'd love to see video of this Lanny meltdown. This all fits in nicely with Josh's post on the front page.
Comments (11)
Lanny Davis and Harold Ickes, it seems to me, have been the most strident, often disrespectfully so, of either candidate's operatives. Basically it seems they're both really poor losers.
Ickes, in fact, just stated that MI resolution "is not a good way" toward party unity and that Clinton reserves her right to take the matter to the convention credentials committee.
It is likely after Tuesday that party leaders and unpledged (super) delegates will put a stop to the nominating process.
May 31, 2008 6:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ickes disgusts me. His vote to ignore those 600,000 voters before the primaries occurred in MI and FL show how principled he is.
May 31, 2008 7:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Remember, these people like Ickes, Wolfson, Lanny Davis that Hillary has surrounded herself with -- these are the people and types of people who would be in her administration. The same arrogant, bullying types like Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld. I, personally, have had quite enough of that.
May 31, 2008 8:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
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May 31, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmm. That was supposed to be something like this:
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May 31, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Upon further thought I should add Bill Clinton as one of the most odious campaign operatives.
May 31, 2008 7:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I actually googled "Lanny Davis weasel" one day, and it's hilarious how many people agree with my assertion that "weasel" describes him perfectly.
May 31, 2008 7:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
LMAO!!!!!!!!! He resembles a weasel.
May 31, 2008 7:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just want to let everybody know, for historical reference, that May 31 was the day a dam break sent a 60-foot wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing over 2,200 people.
I just automatically think of May 31 as Johnstown Flood Day, in case that ever pops up in conversation and it seems inexplicable or inappropriate to you.
That's just how I remember it's May 31.
So don't freak out or make a big deal out of it if I bring it up.
May 31, 2008 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have to agree with some...Lanny Davis, Harold Ickes, and Stephanie Stubbs have been the most annoying and pitiful Hillary supporters of this campaign. Let's hope to hear from them again after Obama clinches.
May 31, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have to agree with some...Lanny Davis, Harold Ickes, and Stephanie Stubbs have been the most annoying and pitiful Hillary supporters of this campaign. Let's hope to hear from them again after Obama clinches.
May 31, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
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