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riversedge

(70,226 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:59 PM Nov 2017

Brazile: I found 'no evidence' Democratic primary was rigged

Source: Politico







By CRISTIANO LIMA

11/05/2017 10:21 AM EST

Updated 11/05/2017 11:11 AM EST


Donna Brazile, the former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, said Sunday she found "no evidence" that the 2016 Democratic primary was rigged in favor of eventual nominee Hillary Clinton, seemingly walking back her recent stinging criticisms of the electoral process.

"I found no evidence, none whatsoever" that the primaries were rigged, Brazile said during an appearance on ABC's "This Week."

Last week, a scathing excerpt from Brazile's upcoming book, "Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns that Put Donald Trump in the White House," published in POLITICO Magazine, detailed what Brazile described as an "unethical" agreement between the Clinton campaign and the committee that she claims allowed the Democratic candidate to exert "control of the party long before she became its nominee."
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The remarks were widely interpreted as a blunt accusation of favoritism by the former interim DNC chair, though she stopped short of saying the actual voting process was rigged. But Brazile appeared to temper her claims Sunday, disputing the characterization of the process as being rigged to favor Clinton over Sanders.



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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/05/donna-brazile-rigged-democrats-clinton-sanders-244566



the bad comments went around the world. Now she says this!
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Brazile: I found 'no evidence' Democratic primary was rigged (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2017 OP
So glad to know fom your high & mighty perch, you can Alice11111 Nov 2017 #1
What? She realized how badly she fucked up? dhol82 Nov 2017 #2
Donna will forever now be... FarPoint Nov 2017 #13
She never did say it was rigged.She was widely misinterpreted onit2day Nov 2017 #21
It would have been nice of Donna to wait and have her ethics problems dhol82 Nov 2017 #22
Superdelegates, anyone? roomtomove Nov 2017 #3
"Superdelegates" isn't rigging, it has been part of the Democratic Primary rules for decades. SFnomad Nov 2017 #6
I knew the rules and I know the vote results. Don't be so condescending. I merely asked a question roomtomove Nov 2017 #8
Though I wouldn't go so far as to call it rigging, I agree that superdelegates have to go. sandensea Nov 2017 #12
Who's being condescending? ... you might want to look in a mirror, sweetheart SFnomad Nov 2017 #17
She's rethinking her marketing pitch for her book now? herding cats Nov 2017 #4
Maybe She now can join Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #5
She forgot. SCVDem Nov 2017 #7
I find "no evidence" that the Brazile woman is an actual human being Glorfindel Nov 2017 #9
I guess her firebomb didnt have the hoped for BlueIdaho Nov 2017 #10
Gee, thanks Donna. SergeStorms Nov 2017 #11
That Hillary for America 2016 Team response must've smarted a bit, eh? Where's the "Go to Hell" now? NBachers Nov 2017 #14
Sorry, Donna. Can't unburn those bridges now. n/t Akoto Nov 2017 #15
Im glad somebody had the chance to stir up the shit pot one more time today! Cryptoad Nov 2017 #16
books not even out until next week. She was very good on Sunday AM news show. Sunlei Nov 2017 #18
Way too late, damage done workinclasszero Nov 2017 #19
Who the hell does she leftynyc Nov 2017 #20
So... What the fuck were we doing yelling at each other all last week Blue_Tires Nov 2017 #23
 

onit2day

(1,201 posts)
21. She never did say it was rigged.She was widely misinterpreted
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 02:03 PM
Nov 2017

She commented that noting illegal was done merely unethical in the way funding was distributed. She states funding was distributed like it always has been only a year early. Normally once we have a candidate then control of party funding all goes to get that candidate elected. It happens after the primary and a candidate is chosen. Since no one expected Clinton would be seriously challenged the DNC just wanted to get a jump on the race and pretty much gave control of funding and control to the Clinton campaign, ignoring the Sanders campaign. It should have been equally distributed if given at all before the primary was concluded. It wasn't. Sanders was excluded and all control was thrown to the Clinton campaign as if she had no challenger at all. Like I said it should not be done and it never is done this way until after the primary has concluded and we have a candidate. Bernie was cheated. It wasn't fair and won't be done again. Accept it and let it go. Brazille pointed it out so it would not be repeated and there would not continue to be a denial or cover up. We can move on united behind our FDR principles as being the party of the people and the working man, not the bankstesr or corporations or wall street lobbyists

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
22. It would have been nice of Donna to wait and have her ethics problems
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:04 PM
Nov 2017

published after the upcoming elections. This has just given republicans a topic they can use to tar our candidates and sow dissent among us.
Sorry, I don’t think, if she had these issues, that she did it the right way.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
6. "Superdelegates" isn't rigging, it has been part of the Democratic Primary rules for decades.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:37 PM
Nov 2017

If you don't like the rules, get them changed. Just don't cry about it afterwards like you didn't know the rules to begin with. Clinton won the Primary by some 3 1/2 million votes anyways.

roomtomove

(217 posts)
8. I knew the rules and I know the vote results. Don't be so condescending. I merely asked a question
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:45 PM
Nov 2017

I was fighting in the streets before you were born my child, against backroom politics and other things, so please don't lecture me.

sandensea

(21,635 posts)
12. Though I wouldn't go so far as to call it rigging, I agree that superdelegates have to go.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 11:18 PM
Nov 2017

No nominating process will ever be free of widespread suspicions of rigging as long as a few hundred people can have as much (or more) of a say than 30 million+ Democratic primary/caucus voters.

Said luminaries should be given a chance to endorse a candidate, and of course the DNC should try to make sure the voters know who endorsed whom - but that's it.

Until we get there, these things will always have a cloud of suspicion - unfounded or not.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
17. Who's being condescending? ... you might want to look in a mirror, sweetheart
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 01:11 AM
Nov 2017

You confuse my laying out facts with your own condescension.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
7. She forgot.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:43 PM
Nov 2017

Tell the story but never become a part of it. The backlash speaks for itself.

Goodbye Donna. Happy retirement.

Glorfindel

(9,729 posts)
9. I find "no evidence" that the Brazile woman is an actual human being
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:46 PM
Nov 2017

Maybe she's a reanimated corpse. Who knows?

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
10. I guess her firebomb didnt have the hoped for
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 11:05 PM
Nov 2017

Effect on her speaker fees. Go to hell Donna. Go to hell.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
11. Gee, thanks Donna.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 11:06 PM
Nov 2017

I think a full page apology in the New York Times to someone would go a long way in starting the healing.

NBachers

(17,110 posts)
14. That Hillary for America 2016 Team response must've smarted a bit, eh? Where's the "Go to Hell" now?
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 12:12 AM
Nov 2017

Picking up speed on the way down the Slide to Irrelevance.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
18. books not even out until next week. She was very good on Sunday AM news show.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:39 AM
Nov 2017

I pre-ordered from Amazon.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
19. Way too late, damage done
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:51 AM
Nov 2017

Trump LOVED it, so did freakrepublic and the rest of the reich wing.

You are dead to me Donna Brazile.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
23. So... What the fuck were we doing yelling at each other all last week
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 06:05 PM
Nov 2017

just to see the story fizzle out like this....?

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