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RandySF

(57,591 posts)
1. If this ridiculous story is remotely true
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:52 AM
Mar 2016

what does it say about the judgement of the Sanders campaign in hiring them?

 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
3. Wow. So now even potential sabotage is Sander's fault?
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:58 AM
Mar 2016

Can Hillary or her campaign literally do nothing wrong???

What if it was coordinated with the Hillary camp? Would that still be Sanders fault? No, your comment really speaks to the difference between a Hillary follower and Bernie supporters.

 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
8. That's quite an an exaggeration
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 01:07 AM
Mar 2016

The first time they notified the DNC immediately. The second time it involved a single staffer who had a good case but left regardless. During that break in the firewall, Clinton's campaign could have access Sanders' records as well and fought against any legit inquiry, and when Sanders campaign initiated a lawsuit that would both regain access to the date AND demonstrate the leak went both ways, things got very quickly resolved.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
9. Well, the IT guy that worked for Sanders
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 01:08 AM
Mar 2016

was someone who had ties to the Clinton campaign.

There were suspicions about the guy who did the "peeking" during the data-breach window. There were questions.

If these new allegations about NC are true--then one might wonder if planted saboteurs were a tactic that was used more than once.

I think there are a lot of unanswered questions and it looks like there are many people sorting it out.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
4. Absolutley awesom spin there!
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:59 AM
Mar 2016

Ludicrous, obviously...but still kind of amazing.

If there actually is any truth to this story (and don't get me wrong: I doubt it very much), Hillary's current FBI problems will seem like a parking ticket.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
7. How would the campaign know that they were saboteurs, if that truly is the case?
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 01:05 AM
Mar 2016

There's no way to know. You interview someone. They have the experience and the references and you hire them.

From what I've read, Alesha had experience running campaigns. She was recommended by Robert Dempsey--and many are alleging that he is part of the sabotage.

How could the Sanders campaign have known?

I'm unclear about what exactly this is. It could be gross incompetence.

It's very difficult to prove intentional sabotage.

Part of the argument against her is that she has Facebook pics on her page that show her phone-banking for Hillary in November 2015, right before she was hired to work for Bernie. PR types often hop from campaign to campaign. I know Dems who have worked for Reps and vice versa. Was she, in fact, working for the HRC campaign? If she was not working for the HRC campaign, this means the phone calls and the "I'm with her!" support on her FB page was voluntary. That is a red flag for sure.

I'll let others sort that out.

 

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)
10. Not any sort
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 01:11 AM
Mar 2016

Of surprises there, pretty typical politics as usual group the last 20 years or so...Probably longer but really blatant lately..from one particular group.

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)
11. Tim Black...on air with I believe a conference call. Many of the same stories from all over
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 01:14 AM
Mar 2016

same as Mr. House's story. Very interesting. It is spreading all over the net. Same infiltrator stories from NC, SC, OK, MO. etc.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=478595879010306&id=100005796939149

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