May 26, 2013

Don’t like SOPA and PIPA? Debbie does!

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is on a roll. 

Last week she implied that the actions and efforts of the grassroots Tea Party movement  were responsible for the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tuscon, Arizona last year.

 This week, as we have been following the liberty killing SOPA and PIPA internet regulation legislation, it has come to the attention of the staff here at the Political Watchman that one of the Co-Sponsors of this legislation is none other than Debbie ‘Debbie Downer’ Wasserman Schultz.

With how much negative attention she is receiving on television, radio, blogs, and pretty much everywhere else, it is not surprising that the DNC Chairwoman would want to get government control over online information.

SOPA  gives the ability to the U.S. Attorney General to seek a court order to require “a service provider (to) take technically feasible and reasonable measures designed to prevent access by its subscribers located within the United States to the foreign infringing site.”

PIPA the Protect IP Act, if passed, will enable U.S. corporations and the government to pursue legal action with any website that they perceive to be allowing copyright infringement, regardless of that website’s geographic location in the world. This legislation is the re-written form of the original Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) of 2010.  It also gives them power to pursue legal action by suing search engines, or any website forcing the black listed sites removed from their website, or force U.S. internet providers to shut off access to any website judged to be enablers of copyright infringement.

That all SOUNDS good right?  No copyright infringement?  What it boils down to is government controlled censorship of the Internet, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz is one of thirty Co-Sponsors of this legislation.  She is also the DNC Chairwoman, representing the voice of the Democrat Party.

There are 30 Representatives who have Co-Sponsored this legislation,  16 Democrats and 14 Republicans, but both sides are wrong on this legislation.  This legislation can only be seen as a first step towards Government censorship of the Internet, and massive Government intrusion into online business.  Here is a list of the Co-Sponsors and their party (as well as the states their district is in):

Democrats

  • Brad Sherman                   CA
  • Howard Berman               CA
  • Adam Schiff                        CA
  • Judy Chu                              CA
  • Karen Bass                          CA
  • Joe Baca                               CA
  • John Larson                        CT
  • Ted Deutch                         FL
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz         FL
  • John Barrow                       GA
  • John Conyers Jr.                               MI
  • Melvin Watt                       NC
  • Ben Ray Lujan                    NM
  • Bill Owens                           NY
  • Tim Holden                         PA
  • Jim Cooper                         TN

 

Republicans

  • Tim Griffin                           AR
  • Elton Gallegly                     CA
  • Mary Bono Mack              CA
  • Dennis Ross                        FL
  • Steve Scalise                      LA
  • Alan Nunnelee                  MS
  • Lee Terry                             NE
  • Mark Amodei                    NV
  • Peter King                           NY
  • Steve Chabot                     OH
  • Tom Marino                       PA
  • Marsha Blackburn            TN
  • John Carter                         TX
  • Bob Goodlatte                  VA

 

Although this legislation has bi-partisan Co-Sponsorship, it is a ‘Big Government’ bill, and because of that it is no surprise that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is on-board with it.  Legislation like this continues to demonstrate that many politicians believe American Citizens are not capable of making decisions for ourselves.  It is extremely distressing, but not especially surprising that the Chairwoman of the DNC, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is in favor of such restrictive legislation that increases the size and intrusion of the Federal Government.

If you have not called your Congressperson or Senator to ensure their opposition to this legislation, then please do so today.  If your legislator is Debbie Wasserman Schultz, call your local Republican officer and ask them to find someone to run against her.

Keep Watch!

UPDATE:

The morning after the South Carolina Debate, Rep. Wasserman Schultz was on Fox and Friends.  It would be a kind statement regarding the interview to say that “she was flustered”… a more accurate statement would probably be that “she failed in any way shape or form to provide a cohesive sentence together regarding her point of view”…
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Wasserman-Schultz calls Romney ‘wounded’ and steams about Tea Party

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as Chairperson of the DNC has spent the past few days making strong statements about Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney and the effects of the grassroots movement known as the Tea Party.

While inteviewing Mitt Romney on her show Starting Point,  Soledad O’Brien noted comments made by the DNC Chairwoman. Wasserman Schultz referred to Romney’s performance in New Hampshire, stating that despite his victory in the voting – “…he [Romney] came out of this primary as a wounded candidate…”

 Wasserman Schultz made those sentiments at a ‘Politics and Eggs’ breakfast hosted by both the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and The New England Council.

With much appreciation to their services TPW recognizes that this video is provided courtesy of C-SPAN

A few minutes later in that same event the DNC Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz responded to the question “The American People are losing faith in Congress, I think it is because of a lack of civility, What can be done to bring back that civility?” by blaming the effects and actions of the grassroots Tea Party movement for the shootings in Tuscon and the majority of incivility in American Politics today.  Her comments though seemingly hesitant, left no doubt on her opinion of where the fault lies for the questioned ‘incivility’:

“… we need to make sure that we tone things down particularly in light of the Tuscon tragedy of a year ago…the discourse in America has really changed… I hesitate to place blame, but I have noticed it take a very precipitous turn toward edginess and the lack of civility with the growth of the Tea Party Movement…” – Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Chairwoman – Jan. 11th, 2012

With much appreciation to their services TPW recognizes that this video is provided courtesy of C-SPAN

It is well known that the job of the Chairpersons of both the DNC and the RNC is to promote or spin for thier own political Party, but by her statements regarding Former Gov. Romney’s performance and her odious malignment of the Tea Party,  Wasserman Schultz has apparently taken ‘spin’ to mean ‘lie’.   It may be that the DNC Chairwoman just does not have all the facts, and in the interest of education and keeping the record straight, this article will attempt to correct her ’spin’.

Wasserman Schultz has mentioned numerous times that because of his showing in the New Hampshire Republican Primary, Mitt Romney is a ‘wounded candidate’.  Yet Romney’s 39.3% final vote percentage is higher that Barack Obama’s 36.45% final vote, and even higher than Hillary Clinton’s 39.09% final vote during the ‘Live Free or Die’ state’s 2008 Democratic Primary.  It should also be noted that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was a strong supporter of the former First Lady’s candidacy, so perhaps she is just jealous of  Candidate Romney’s numbers.

The comments and presumtions made by the DNC Chairwoman concerning the effects and actions of the Tea Party are significantly more deceptive and vitriolic.  Though Liberal/Progressives  continously refer to the grassroots Tea Party movement as “violent’, ‘extremist’, and ’dangerous’,  the incidence of  verified (not speculated or implied) violence occuring at the THOUSANDS of Tea Party events held nationwide in the past few years is below 20 incidents.  Furthermore, attributing the tragic shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords to the grassroots Tea Party movement is irresponsible and malignant.  The shooter in that incident (we will not mention his name here due to the disgust it causes our staff and hopefully our readers) has been thoroughly investigated and has been found to be a mentally unstable, anarchistic, anti-government, and a convicted drug offender, with no ties to any local or nationwide Tea Party organization.  

By contrast, the effects and efforts of the ”Occupy” Movement have been supported byDebbie Wasserman Schultz.  The DNC Chairwoman has stated in an inteview on MSNBC about the ‘Occupy’ protesters, “We understand their frustration, we applaud their activism …”.  The ‘Occupy’ Movement has only been  active worldwide for about 6 months, but has already had hundreds of verified incidents of violence, including several incidents of rape, incidents of sex with a minor, incidents of drug distribution and use,  at least one murder, and one suicide.

The comments of Debbie Wasserman Schultz have not just been disturbing to a great number of Republicans nationwide, it has also gotten attention (and a tirade or two) from some none-too-pleased radio personalities as well.  On Glenn Beck’s network, Radio Hosts Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere had some choice words about the DNC Chairwoman.  Here is the clip from their 4th Hour program (you really should watch this):

We hesitate to say so, but that clip is irreverantly funny…

 

The criticisms and opinions of Debbie Wasserman Schultz have continued to bounce around the Medias, both online and across the airwaves. She will probably continue to speak out without worry of her position, since she is quite frequently towing the Democrat Party line, and since this election season has failed to produce a viable Republican candidate to run against her in her home Congressional District, CD-20 FL.  It may be though, that out of the very grassroots Tea Party movement she blames, a candidate will stand up to challenge her, saving the ears and the blood-pressure of the majority of Republicans nationwide.

Until then, journalists and bloggers will have to continue to exercise their First Amendment rights, to keep educating and informing Party Chairpeople and citizens alike!

Keep Watch!

 

 

Same Race, New Face?

District 20 – Florida – The race against Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for the United States House of Representatives seat in Florida’s 20th Congressional District may or may not have just gotten a shot of adrenaline.  On October 4th, 2011 Ozzie deFaria announced his run for the District 20 seat that, to date, has been a candidate-killer for the Republican side of the ticket.  To all appearances, Mr. deFaria is just what the race has needed – a true businessperson, with the education and experience to recognize what will help America’s economy, and first-hand knowledge of what happens to business when government gets in the way.

Wasserman-Schultz has been relatively unchallenged in recent years, and some of the most promising Republican candidates have been fed to the sharks by their own kind.  Rep. Wasserman-Schultz is no dummy, and liberal Democrat machine she’s built has worked hard to ensure that the weakest Republican candidate is the opponent she would face in elections.  The Republican Primary of 2010 was a prime example of the Dem Machine combining with self-described ‘conservative’ infiltrators to tear down some of the most promising candidates in years, e.g. Donna Milo – a conservative contractor of Cuban descent;  Robert Lowry- an irreverent and humorous, yet highly intelligent businessman.  Both of these candidates were the subject of numerous attacks and wrongful allegations.  Both were strong candidates who were attacked by alleged conservatives.  Both were well capable of taking on Wasserman-Schultz, and were committed to doing so, but because of the Dem Machine and ‘friendly’ fire, both were passed over.  District 20 was left with the weakest, and most unqualified candidate for the Republican ticket – Karen Harrington.   Ozzie deFaria would do well to keep that 2010 race in mind.

DeFaria’s experience and education put him head and shoulders above the current field of candidates regarding matters of economy, and government involvement in business:

  • Joe Kaufman, an outspoken activist against Muslim extremism, and Islamic Terrorism. He is the founder of Americans Against Hate, has been an investigative journalist, and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communications.

 

  • Karen Harrington, a restaurant manager from Davie, Fl. Wife, and mother of three, as well as a cancer survivor, but apparently chose to work at her family’s business rather than attend college after High School.

 

  • Joe Goldner, a self-described Tea Party activist, and leads a group himself, and indicates that he graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

 

Recent polls have placed concern for the economy as the primary issue on the majority of American’s minds, and with Rep. Wasserman-Schultz marching in lock step to Obama’s failing economic strategies, Ozzie deFaria has been smart to continue to draw attention to Debbie’s close association with the President.

Mr. deFaria will need the support of the ‘Tea Partiers” of District 20 to take on Wasserman-Schultz, and in that he may run into a problem.  He has selected as his Campaign Manager Bryan Rudnick.  Mr. Rudnick served as the initial campaign manager to Karin Harrington in her 2010 primary race, and through his conversations with many Grassroots leaders managed to significantly alienate himself, and by extension, his candidate – who was then disinvited from speaking to those groups as long as Mr. Rudnick remained her CM. 

On the positive side, Mr. deFaria has steered a wise course with regard to the press, giving poigniant interviews to the Sun-Sentinel and RedBroward.com, while avoiding the more inflammatory and predatory elements of the South Florida ‘journalistic’ community.

At this stage in the game, it is too early to tell what will transpire in the District 20 race, especially since the boundries of that District have yet to be determined through the redistricting process, but with his experience, education and background, Ozzie deFaria looks to take an immediate strong lead in the race… providing that the current field doesn’t gain even more additional entries… Keep Watch!

Scott, Wasserman Schultz spar over healthcare

WASHINGTON — Florida’s next governor Rick Scott made the rounds on Capitol Hill today, meeting with most of the state’s congressional delegation in a series of polite meetings in which just about everyone vowed to work together.

The one exception was during his powwow with Florida House members, in which U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, warned him not to waste time in trying to repeal Democratic reforms to the healthcare system.

“Repealing healthcare reform … does not make sense,” said Wasserman Schultz, who suggested that Scott would be better served by concentrating on jobs.

Without missing a beat, Scott responded that Democratic healthcare reform was the “biggest job killer in the history of the country” and that he would put “a lot of effort” into overturning the expansion of health insurance benefits.

Wasserman Schultz got the last word, however, by saying Scott wouldn’t succeed before the conversation turned to talk of helping returning veterans and other Florida issues.

Original Article

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