ME-SEN: Psaki presses Platner on blaming Democrats: Sounds like shirking 'responsibility'

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10. Many years ago, a friend of mine rose from obscurity to be-briefly-everyone's presumed Democratic presidential nominee

But, smart as he was, he wasn't experienced on the national stage, and his well-publicized run for President fizzled. He was brutalized by the media, and he freely admits that his campaign wasn't ready to take counter-measures. "We didn't know what the hell we were doing."

He could have just faded back into obscurity, whining that the PTB, fate and the media were stacked up against him. Instead, he ran for the chairmanship of the DNC, got elected, and worked tirelessly for four years straight to bring the Democratic Party back from the depths to win the House, the Senate and the White House THAT's the kind of Democrat we need now. Get out there, meet with everyone, work your ASS off, and don't get mad, get going. When he helped us win the White House, he (and the country!) got cheated out of having him as HHS Secretary, a post that to this day, he would have been more qualified to hold than anyone who has held that position since. But, he didn't whine. I asked him, before the decision was made, what he'd do if he didn't get the nod for HHS, and he said "go out and raise hell for causes I believe in." And so he did. Somehow, I don't see Platner doing anything like that, but if he wants to surprise me, he's more than welcome.