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AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:42 AM Dec 2015

DISGRACEFUL: DNC Compromises Clinton Campaign Data, Then Blames/punishes Bernie Sanders

Let’s say you’re a young, passionate, and ambitious aide for an insurgent campaign. One day a random data breach presents you with your dream come true: Access to confidential campaign files from your beloved boss’ much-loathed Goliath of an opponent.

What would you do?

Believe it or not, Buzzfeed reports this dream data breach actually happened with a database run by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DNC provides access to information on registered Democratic voters, so presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley can plan events and do “outreach” with those annoying phone calls, emails, snail mails, and texts they send us. Folks running for office also have their own accounts, where they can store their own information and connect it to the database when they need to.

Others on Bernie Sanders’ campaign discovered the data breach, fired the overzealous campaign worker, and reported the error to the DNC.

Alas, no good deed goes unpunished. Instead of plugging the data breach, thanking Bernie Sanders’ team for their honesty, and moving on, the DNC made a big stink about it and have cut off the Bernie Sanders campaign’s access to the database until they can “prove” they have deleted any data they downloaded from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.


It is impossible to prove a negative. It is a fallacy. Prove you don't have six bodies buried somewhere in Texas DWS? It's impossible.

Data Breach? Or A Handy Excuse To Hamstring Bernie Sanders’ Insurgent Campaign?


Seriously? The DNC is cutting off the Bernie Sanders campaign’s access to their database of Democratic voters because of a data breach that resulted from their bad decisions and their vendor’s incompetence? So Bernie Sanders’ campaign is cut off from contacting likely Democratic voters? Right before the Democratic primaries officially begin? How convenient…If you happen to really want Hillary to win this time around…Or, perhaps they just want random, pissed off voters who do nothing. Who knows?

http://reverbpress.com/politics/data-breach-dnc-sanders-clinton/

#resigndebbie

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DISGRACEFUL: DNC Compromises Clinton Campaign Data, Then Blames/punishes Bernie Sanders (Original Post) AgingAmerican Dec 2015 OP
Much like the person who discovers that data at a bank is not secure and is thrown in jail LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #1
Then why fire him? redstateblues Dec 2015 #4
Nope, as in business, when a mistake of a certain magnitude is made someone has to LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #6
That someone also instructed 3 staffers to access forbidden data. Hortensis Dec 2015 #30
fuchsia the dnc roguevalley Dec 2015 #61
take it you agree. Josh did harm, not just dishonor, Hortensis Dec 2015 #97
actually, he didn't. The DNC didn't fix the flaw since October. roguevalley Dec 2015 #173
So, if a candy store puts candy in a barrel near the door, Hortensis Dec 2015 #190
I know where I used to work when we encountered situations like that we LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #114
Yep, that's SOP around my job n/t arcane1 Dec 2015 #176
Untrue. There were 2 people who had access. One of them had made 2 additional accounts. Bubzer Dec 2015 #159
Why? Never happened in the Iraq War or the Market Crash. EndElectoral Dec 2015 #113
ha ha. whow. What a twisted up OP. riversedge Dec 2015 #9
+1 stonecutter357 Dec 2015 #80
This subject is getting so much spin workinclasszero Dec 2015 #111
It takes masters to detect it Plucketeer Dec 2015 #184
Yeah if they took the data and made a record of it. moobu2 Dec 2015 #117
According to the audit they did there were pages of data that were downloaded and printed by BS staff Laser102 Dec 2015 #191
And don't you love it how suddenly 39 year olds are "young and passionate"? pnwmom Dec 2015 #171
Always the victim redstateblues Dec 2015 #2
They did take responsibility for it AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #10
No, they haven't. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #19
This is What Happens... LeFleur1 Dec 2015 #35
I agree. The DNC are a bunch of gutless, unethical amateurs and should all be fired, STAT! Proserpina Dec 2015 #92
I agree BS employed a bunch of thieves and gutless unethical amateurs and they should all be fired. Laser102 Dec 2015 #192
Always the victim tecelote Dec 2015 #52
All 3 campaigns were victims of bad software practices in this case. phleshdef Dec 2015 #154
Except Bernie's campaign took advantage of the glitch and took 24 Clinton voter lists. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #167
You have no understanding of what you are even reading phleshdef Dec 2015 #168
I suggest you stop telling DUers when they can post. nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #175
Suggestion denied. Now go educate yourself. phleshdef Dec 2015 #177
I am quite educated. Insulting fellow DUers will not make this go away. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #179
Ignoring facts wont change the reality... phleshdef Dec 2015 #181
Check MSNBC. They have the copies that were downloaded. PROOF OF THEFT!!! Laser102 Dec 2015 #193
The word theft is just stupid in this context phleshdef Dec 2015 #196
So you say rjsquirrel Dec 2015 #3
Read the article. AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #11
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #5
That's not exactly what happened tammywammy Dec 2015 #7
I can guarantee you, there is a clause in the contract with the vendor prohibiting the access of... MohRokTah Dec 2015 #8
Exactly. moobu2 Dec 2015 #13
#WeGotBerned MohRokTah Dec 2015 #14
Are you REALLY suggesting that Bernie directed the fired campaign worker to do this? beac Dec 2015 #48
I have never trusted Sanders and always questioned his character. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #51
You didn't answer my question and beac Dec 2015 #56
I answered your question MohRokTah Dec 2015 #60
No, you didn't answer the question about Sanders but you did beac Dec 2015 #62
Yes, I did answer the question. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #63
And I have no desire to engage in beac Dec 2015 #67
I'm not changing my signature line MohRokTah Dec 2015 #69
"nefarious activities" beac Dec 2015 #70
"nefarious activities" MohRokTah Dec 2015 #72
Did those watergate burglars report the possibility of breaches to the hotel for months beforehand? JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #77
Your Personal Attacks Indicate How Desperate Hillary Supporters Are Becoming. Stainless Dec 2015 #109
I disagree. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #112
It's Called Reflection Stainless Dec 2015 #150
Seriously. It's becoming so transparent I'm surprised they can keep a straight face n/t arcane1 Dec 2015 #130
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #155
No you didn't. You're making that up to exploit this story. arcane1 Dec 2015 #58
ROFL MohRokTah Dec 2015 #59
Play that role. Even Fox & Friends has more subtlety. arcane1 Dec 2015 #99
I don't trust you and I'm questioning YOUR character. phleshdef Dec 2015 #83
+1 eom Duval Dec 2015 #93
Whatever It Takes(tm) arcane1 Dec 2015 #100
Just a quick insert...the FBI is still looking into emails...they want the scrubbed computer libdem4life Dec 2015 #116
Nice spin lib, a post about Hillary in a discussion about malfeasance in the Bernie campaign. Nitram Dec 2015 #128
Well, since the person to whom chervilant Dec 2015 #188
Why have you questioned his character? Punkingal Dec 2015 #107
Same thing I based my questioning of Edwards' character in 2004 on. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #110
Just curious... Punkingal Dec 2015 #115
that's exactly how I feel about you grasswire Dec 2015 #158
His story was that he were merely in the system in order to "create a record" pnwmom Dec 2015 #68
Here's what you said about Barack Obama in 2008, as testament to the value of your verbiage: Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #149
Exactly, and that is why I think the Sanders campaign notified the company months ago LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #18
No they didn't.... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #36
So this statement from Michael Briggs is a lie? Can you point me to a correct statement? LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #41
apparently... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #44
The LA Times article said the same.. They have known about it for months and have been warning about LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #46
NOT true.. VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #50
Our campaign months ago alerted the D.N.C LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #53
It is true, the proof has been provided. You are impotent to prove otherwise. phleshdef Dec 2015 #84
Yep, that's what they Go Vols Dec 2015 #121
Yep, and posters here are referring to it as the "Sanders campaign data breech." That's fucked up. Scuba Dec 2015 #12
Probably a setup. NorthCarolina Dec 2015 #15
+10000 MissDeeds Dec 2015 #16
The problem arose with the CWA and DFA votes NorthCarolina Dec 2015 #76
And the media is on it first thing this morning. Duval Dec 2015 #91
Yes, the "convenience" factor is just too NorthCarolina Dec 2015 #185
Probably. They are desperate. nt GoneFishin Dec 2015 #33
No question about it. One of many dirty tricks to come. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #75
I'm afraid Bernista enthusiasm is at fault here. Nitram Dec 2015 #129
Surely you jest. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #161
Well, the shoe is on the other foot. Nitram Dec 2015 #164
A setup? And Hillary pointed a gun to their heads to force them to snoop. lunamagica Dec 2015 #85
This came after DFA endorsed Sanders even after Dean asked the group’s members to support Clinton Autumn Dec 2015 #88
Any way to pass the buck. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #17
I'm sure you would just let it slide if it was Hillary. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #20
The breach would also expose Sanders data to Clinton. Prove her campaign did not download any of it jeff47 Dec 2015 #28
"Prove her campaign did not download any of it" NCTraveler Dec 2015 #32
It's the demand being made of the Sanders campaign. The other campaigns should jeff47 Dec 2015 #34
What? It's clear you don't know what is going on. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #37
Actually, I'm well aware of what's going on. jeff47 Dec 2015 #43
Did the Clinton campaign access other campaigns' data? George II Dec 2015 #42
We don't know. It would be odd for them to be so incompetent that they didn't notice. (nt) jeff47 Dec 2015 #45
Well they just did! VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #38
K&R for exposure. eom Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #21
This seems to be a reoccurring theme in America... MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #22
Yes, pure Rovian MissDeeds Dec 2015 #24
Bernie doesn't have any strengths in this area. He does have amateurs running his campaign though. KittyWampus Dec 2015 #49
His strengths are honesty and integrity MissDeeds Dec 2015 #96
What a bunch of crap that is... MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #151
Pure Rovian: blame someone else when you get caught. nt Nitram Dec 2015 #133
Hey.... wait a minute.... MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #152
Ha, ha. Nice deflection. Nitram Dec 2015 #153
Not so honest now huh? VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #39
Mom, what you mean is... Nitram Dec 2015 #132
You would be talking about the DNC... notified in October... MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #156
So the DNC for negligence. Nitram Dec 2015 #157
Some people like to imagine what makes them appear to be superior... MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #174
Ha ha Mom, we're just adopting Bernista snark because it got so tiresome. Nitram Dec 2015 #195
should campaigns have their own databases? shireen Dec 2015 #23
Especially when it is so clear that the DNC is partial to one jwirr Dec 2015 #90
no, but the DBA who left the data viewable has some splainin' to do 0rganism Dec 2015 #146
Considering this software is what every canvass and its mother uses... intersectionality Dec 2015 #160
The Sanders campaign accessed off-limits data Tarc Dec 2015 #25
What a setup!! Nicely played Camp Weathervane FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #26
There's a NEW camp Weathervane in town... MrWendel Dec 2015 #47
Typical. Blame someone else for your "mistake". Nitram Dec 2015 #134
The "overzealous campaign worker" was Sanders' National Data Director... SidDithers Dec 2015 #27
petition shireen Dec 2015 #29
Signed and shared Vincardog Dec 2015 #73
same Go Vols Dec 2015 #126
Signed and posted to FB. Thanks for posting. n/t dgibby Dec 2015 #182
Unbelievable - the Sanders Campaign gets caught stealing data and it's DWS and the DNC's fault... George II Dec 2015 #31
Disgraceful is right....but not of who YOU claim it is... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #40
Whatever It Takes(tm) arcane1 Dec 2015 #54
But Lord... Nonhlanhla Dec 2015 #55
It's how they roll. nt Zorra Dec 2015 #57
Uh, not exactly but nice try. leftofcool Dec 2015 #63
My initial reaction NowSam Dec 2015 #65
Try as you might, Sam, this is about Sanders, not Clinton. Nitram Dec 2015 #137
Clinton=Rove NowSam Dec 2015 #140
You can't defend Sanders by making stuff up about Clinton. Nitram Dec 2015 #144
The WA Post says they are merely asking for a report on what happened and "assurances" pnwmom Dec 2015 #66
I don't think it was all that innocent Gman Dec 2015 #71
Does Sanders own people? Is that why you won't support him? This is lame. Vincardog Dec 2015 #74
Like it or not, he owns them lock stock and barrel Gman Dec 2015 #79
Funny I have the same problem, but it is with the corporations that own HRC. Vincardog Dec 2015 #104
Grow up people. relayerbob Dec 2015 #78
This one backfired the moment it went out the gate PatrynXX Dec 2015 #81
Running around with petition this petition that, trying to deflect blame. Historic NY Dec 2015 #82
Appears that the DNC Thespian2 Dec 2015 #86
Watch out for the warning signs on DU of... MrWendel Dec 2015 #87
Right, that's what follows denial. nt Nitram Dec 2015 #138
Perhaps it was on purpose. Wasserman-Schultz needs to go. Matariki Dec 2015 #89
The fired Sanders employee admits to accessing the data Renew Deal Dec 2015 #94
Hence him being fired AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #105
Your subject line is untrue. Renew Deal Dec 2015 #108
If no one on Sanders' campaign did anything wrong, why did Josh Uretsky get fired? Freddie Stubbs Dec 2015 #95
Bernie Sanders would never knowingly violate the rules on something like this. randys1 Dec 2015 #106
The guy who was fired has a significant amount of IT and political experience: Freddie Stubbs Dec 2015 #122
Bernies "National Data Director" Nitram Dec 2015 #139
Hillary should apologize to Bernie! Helen Borg Dec 2015 #98
Hey, check out that mole-hill! Jester Messiah Dec 2015 #101
If the situation were reversed you would have upaloopa Dec 2015 #102
D Wa-Schultz is actually doing the Sanders campaign a big favor. floriduck Dec 2015 #103
I don't think it helps Bernie, but it sure makes the DNC look incompetent. EndElectoral Dec 2015 #136
And, the most interesting part: Hepburn Dec 2015 #118
Yes, Hepburn, nice story. Nitram Dec 2015 #141
Look to one person--- dpatbrown Dec 2015 #119
Paranoid Desperation: The DNC is corrupt and is running a Rigged game Ferd Berfel Dec 2015 #120
Paranoid desperation perfectly describes the Bernista reaction to malfeasance in their... Nitram Dec 2015 #142
Report: Sanders campaign told DNC of data issue months ago Ferd Berfel Dec 2015 #169
WhatSander's campaign neglected to mention in their report was... Nitram Dec 2015 #194
K&R for the responses (nt) Babel_17 Dec 2015 #123
I'll Hold Off on the Campaign-Level Stuff SDJay Dec 2015 #124
Keep on SPINNIN', Bernanas. Nitram Dec 2015 #125
K & R -- Thank you! senz Dec 2015 #127
Hillary has something to HIDE in that data? Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #131
This was the last straw jaycrewz Dec 2015 #135
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #143
Stu worked directly on a number of campaigns, including working in the 1992 Clinton-Gore "War Room," Pryderi Dec 2015 #145
The dnc upper level seems hopelessly corrupt. Doctor_J Dec 2015 #147
IF Bernie Sanders Is The Culprit Here Then ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #148
I cut my $$ off this morning Carol Morgan Dec 2015 #162
Further evidence that Debbie W Schultz can be just as vile as anyone in the GOP. BeanMusical Dec 2015 #163
It's interesting that Debbie, the DNC Chairwoman is staying silent. But she does support rladdi Dec 2015 #165
Well, since the DNC's sorry ratfucking attempt on Sanders, I have done four things: PatrickforO Dec 2015 #166
The fact that so many Sanders supporters iandhr Dec 2015 #170
So now 39 year old National Data Directors are "young and passionate." pnwmom Dec 2015 #172
Proof Clinton Supporters Allowed Breach billhicks76 Dec 2015 #178
Nefarious action by the DNC. Paka Dec 2015 #180
Rove would be zentrum Dec 2015 #183
What a coincidence jaycrewz Dec 2015 #186
so dnc is the problem, not hillary certainot Dec 2015 #187
Thanks for the post. PoliticalMalcontent Dec 2015 #189

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
1. Much like the person who discovers that data at a bank is not secure and is thrown in jail
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:45 AM
Dec 2015

for discovering it.

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
6. Nope, as in business, when a mistake of a certain magnitude is made someone has to
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:49 AM
Dec 2015

fall on the sword for the team.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
30. That someone also instructed 3 staffers to access forbidden data.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:25 AM
Dec 2015

He didn't fall on a sword for the team, he was fired for cause.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
97. take it you agree. Josh did harm, not just dishonor,
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:05 PM
Dec 2015

To Bernie's campaign and his supporters, after all.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
173. actually, he didn't. The DNC didn't fix the flaw since October.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:56 PM
Dec 2015

ITs on them. As for the other, my autocorrect hates me.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
190. So, if a candy store puts candy in a barrel near the door,
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 07:21 AM
Dec 2015

all thefts are "on" the candy store? Not quite.

Nor is it okay for people to steal packages that UPS puts in view of the street.

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
114. I know where I used to work when we encountered situations like that we
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:51 PM
Dec 2015

wanted someone else to try it to make sure that it was really possible. The supervisor did what he was supposed to do. He had been reporting that other campaigns could access Sanders private data on the system, but the DNC never did anything about it for months. The DNC never did anything until they accessed HRC's data and reported it.

Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
159. Untrue. There were 2 people who had access. One of them had made 2 additional accounts.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 04:21 PM
Dec 2015

That was the one fired.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
184. It takes masters to detect it
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 09:35 PM
Dec 2015

Once again. Tell me how the recipient of mega-bucks from villainous financial institutions can proclaim they've got only the common folks welfare in mind?

Laser102

(816 posts)
191. According to the audit they did there were pages of data that were downloaded and printed by BS staff
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 08:48 AM
Dec 2015

They were specifically looking at her senior supporters in New Hampshire. What a coincidence. The pages were just shown on MSNBC. What do you call that? I call it stealing but I'm old fashioned about some things.

pnwmom

(108,991 posts)
171. And don't you love it how suddenly 39 year olds are "young and passionate"?
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:42 PM
Dec 2015

That's what happens when candidates are 68 and 74, I guess.

Almost 40 year olds are babies.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
19. No, they haven't.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:06 AM
Dec 2015

How many more people were involved in the Sanders campaign. Let's see the National Data Directors emails. Took responsibility. They are scrambling to pass the buck.

LeFleur1

(1,197 posts)
35. This is What Happens...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:34 AM
Dec 2015

...when you allow a bunch of gung ho amateurs to run your campaign. Is it a question of judgement by Bernie that he DID allow it? Does the buck stop with him?

I feel sympathy for Bernie, but some of his supporters are off the wall and he should have recognized it.

 

Proserpina

(2,352 posts)
92. I agree. The DNC are a bunch of gutless, unethical amateurs and should all be fired, STAT!
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:56 PM
Dec 2015

Starting with DWS and working on down.

tecelote

(5,122 posts)
52. Always the victim
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:50 AM
Dec 2015
Always the victim

Aren't we all?

Our government has been a corporate welfare system for decades now. We have all been victims.

Never take responsibility for mistakes.

Voting for the status quo is not taking responsibility. It's sticking your head in the ground and saying "they'll take care of us".

Bernie is the first step in turning our country around to a place where people are the priority not corporations and the oligarchy.

This is going to bite the DNC in the butt. We see an honest man being blamed for massive incompetence by the DNC. This is the DNC's responsibility.

Get it - This is the DNC's responsibility.

SunSeeker

(51,678 posts)
167. Except Bernie's campaign took advantage of the glitch and took 24 Clinton voter lists.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:11 PM
Dec 2015
Though the Sanders campaign initially claimed that it had not saved Clinton data, the logs show that the Vermont senator’s team created at least 24 lists during the 40-minute breach, which started at 10:40 a.m., and saved those lists to their personal folders. The Sanders searches included New Hampshire lists related to older voters, "HFA Turnout 60-100" and "HFA Support 50-100," that were conducted and saved by Uretsky. Drapkin's account searched for and saved lists including "HFA Support <30" in Iowa and "HFA Turnout 30-70"' in New Hampshire. 


http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-18/sanders-campaign-fires-data-director-after-breach-of-clinton-files
 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
168. You have no understanding of what you are even reading
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:14 PM
Dec 2015

None of that equates to any proof of actually having used any of the data for the purpose of soliciting contributions or request for volunteering or anything of that nature. You don't know what you're talking about and I do because this is my area of expertise. I suggest you stop posting on the matter until you actually learn something about how it all works.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
181. Ignoring facts wont change the reality...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 09:07 PM
Dec 2015

....that I understand this a thousand times better than you. Wallow in your ignorance of the topic all you want. I'm still right and you are powerless to change that

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
196. The word theft is just stupid in this context
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 04:35 PM
Dec 2015

There was no theft. None of the data was used to benefit the Sanders campaign. The DNC knew that this vendor had issues. In the fact that Debbie Wasserman Schultz family is involved with this company at the highest levels is the most damning thing about this entire story.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
7. That's not exactly what happened
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:50 AM
Dec 2015

The vendor reported the issue to the DNC. The guy that was fired said the DNC called him, not the other way around.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
8. I can guarantee you, there is a clause in the contract with the vendor prohibiting the access of...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:50 AM
Dec 2015

data the campaign was never supposed to access, even if access is accidentally granted.


I have never in my three decade IT Management and Consulting career read any third party outsourcing agreement that did not have this clause in the contract.

Never.

I have literally read hundreds of such contracts.

moobu2

(4,822 posts)
13. Exactly.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:56 AM
Dec 2015

You can not steal something just because someone let the item vulnerable. THey knew what they were looking at and they knew they weren't supposed to look.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
14. #WeGotBerned
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:59 AM
Dec 2015

And they still stole the data.

I always knew there was something about Sanders I didn't like. I questioned his character from the beginning.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
51. I have never trusted Sanders and always questioned his character.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:48 AM
Dec 2015

This scandal solidifies that.

beac

(9,992 posts)
56. You didn't answer my question and
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:53 AM
Dec 2015

I find your opinion ironic in light of the fact that Hillary's character and trustworthiness are frequently questioned based on ginned-up "scandals."

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
60. I answered your question
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:58 AM
Dec 2015

You just don't like the answer.



Oh well, the answer is in the post you responded to.

beac

(9,992 posts)
62. No, you didn't answer the question about Sanders but you did
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:01 PM
Dec 2015

answer MY question about you with your response.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
63. Yes, I did answer the question.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:03 PM
Dec 2015

It's not up to me to answer your question in the way you wanted.

Sorry, I've fallen for alert traps before, not happening this time.

beac

(9,992 posts)
67. And I have no desire to engage in
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:07 PM
Dec 2015

a flame war with you. My time is more precious than that.

But, in light of your ironic willingness to tar Bernie over a ginned-up scandal, you might consider changing your sig line: Any Democrat for President, 2016.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
69. I'm not changing my signature line
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:08 PM
Dec 2015

There's no worries about Sanders being the nominee, especially after his campaign engaged in such nefarious activities.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
72. "nefarious activities"
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:13 PM
Dec 2015

So, so, SO TRUE!

It's a third rate burglary, like another I remember from 1972.

Stainless

(718 posts)
109. Your Personal Attacks Indicate How Desperate Hillary Supporters Are Becoming.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:37 PM
Dec 2015

Bernie is a good person with great strength of character and it's not his fault that someone on his staff accessed the information.

Your unscrupulous accusations betray your desperation in knowing the fact that Hillary is far behind Bernie when it comes to strength of character issues.

This is precisely why Bernie is the better choice and why he will win.


 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
112. I disagree.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:43 PM
Dec 2015

IT is my opinion that Bernie Sanders is NOT a good person and is completely lacking in character.

I am entitled to that opinion of the man, just as I was entitled to that opinion of Edwards when he first emerged on the scene in 2004.

Stainless

(718 posts)
150. It's Called Reflection
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:42 PM
Dec 2015

Your opinion of Bernie is merely a reflection of your own character shortcomings and is totally lacking in intellectual honesty. It makes you appear buffoonish; much like Donald Trump.

Response to MohRokTah (Reply #69)

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
59. ROFL
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:56 AM
Dec 2015

I've got three hides on my record for questioning the character of Sanders.

And this scandal proves those hides unwarranted.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
83. I don't trust you and I'm questioning YOUR character.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:32 PM
Dec 2015

As someone else said, you are just spouting off BS to exploit a technical mishap. And speaking of technical mishaps, a lot of us Sanders supporters give Hillary the benefit of the doubt on the cooked up email bullshit. If you had any principles at all you'd do the same.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
116. Just a quick insert...the FBI is still looking into emails...they want the scrubbed computer
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:10 PM
Dec 2015

of one of her Staffers. Even with Bernie's gracious pass, it's still very much alive at the FBI level.

And no one has touched The Clinton Foundation in any real investigative way. Lots left to come. From Broke to multi millionaires in what, 20-25 years while living a very high lifestyle with multiple mansions, etc.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
128. Nice spin lib, a post about Hillary in a discussion about malfeasance in the Bernie campaign.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:38 PM
Dec 2015

Keep on SPINNIN'!

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
188. Well, since the person to whom
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 12:39 AM
Dec 2015

you replied is on my IL, I cannot see the post that prompted this reply. But, since I sat on a jury after "someone" alerted on this reply, I thought you might be interested in the results:


On Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:52 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

I don't trust you and I'm questioning YOUR character.
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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
110. Same thing I based my questioning of Edwards' character in 2004 on.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:40 PM
Dec 2015

My first impression of him.

I will not go into further depth than that as I've been hidden for doing so on three separate occasions.

Punkingal

(9,522 posts)
115. Just curious...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:02 PM
Dec 2015

I have had a positive impression of him for years, long before he decided to run for President.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
158. that's exactly how I feel about you
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:54 PM
Dec 2015

You put it into words for me. I questioned your character from the beginning, from your deceptive style. And I'll take the hide if I have to. Hidden posts attract readers.

pnwmom

(108,991 posts)
68. His story was that he were merely in the system in order to "create a record"
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:07 PM
Dec 2015

so he could show that he was able to improperly get access -- because he was so worried that other campaigns might access Sanders data.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251909206

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
149. Here's what you said about Barack Obama in 2008, as testament to the value of your verbiage:
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:34 PM
Dec 2015

moobu2 on Obama:
" I’ve never voted for anyone who wasn’t a democrat, and never will. I just wont vote this year if Barrack is the nominee, seriously, I would die before I’d ever cast a vote for that fake. No one in my house will vote for him either. He cant win the GE anyway. What a waste of a perfect chance to take back the Wh."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5847315

This year, it's Bernie you criticize. I wonder if those who agree with you agree about Barack as well, I sure as fuck don't. A fake, you call the President a fake and a waste of a nomination. Twice elected at this point. How wrong can a person be and still draw their next breath?

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
18. Exactly, and that is why I think the Sanders campaign notified the company months ago
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:04 AM
Dec 2015

about the security or lack of it.

I have seen software so lacking in security that it would show another persons and companies data just by mistyping a number. Being logged in as a person from one company and seeing another companies customers by transposing an account number is not security. Although some feeble minded courts have been ok with it.

I have a question about the term "Dropping the firewall". That scares me. One groups login authentication level should never let them access another data. That should be the core of it. That tells me that someone who is on the other side of "the firewall" has access to everyones data no matter what their login is.

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
41. So this statement from Michael Briggs is a lie? Can you point me to a correct statement?
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:38 AM
Dec 2015

Our campaign months ago alerted the DNC to the fact that campaign data was being made available to other campaigns. At that time our campaign did not run to the media, relying instead on assurances from the vendor.”

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/18/democrats-punish-bernie-sanders-campaign-following-clinton-data-breach

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
46. The LA Times article said the same.. They have known about it for months and have been warning about
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:44 AM
Dec 2015

it.




Briggs said that the data file has been exposed to breaches for months, and the Sanders campaign itself had been warning about it.
 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
50. NOT true..
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:48 AM
Dec 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/18/sanders-campaign-disciplined-for-breaching-clinton-data/

“The D.N.C. was notified on Wednesday by its data systems vendor NGP VAN that as a result of a software patch, all users on the system across Democratic campaigns were inadvertently able to access some data belonging to other campaigns for a brief window,” said the committee’s communications director, Luis Miranda.


but we are supposed to take the "criminals" word for it!

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
53. Our campaign months ago alerted the D.N.C
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:51 AM
Dec 2015
In a statement, Mr. Sanders’s campaign spokesman, Michael Briggs, blamed the vendor for continuing to “make serious errors.”

“On more than one occasion, the vendor has dropped the firewall between the data of different Democratic campaigns,” he said. “Our campaign months ago alerted the D.N.C. to the fact that campaign data was being made available to other campaigns. At that time our campaign did not run to the media, relying instead on assurances from the vendor.”

 

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
76. The problem arose with the CWA and DFA votes
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:21 PM
Dec 2015

which reflected huge margins for Sanders seemingly validating all those "unscientific" online polls that also reflect the same huge margins in favor of Sanders.

Desperation move, try to crate a scandal...ANY scandal (a) just prior to the next debate (so the media can hit Sanders with wild accusations), and (b) on a Friday so it's carried through the weekend (what a coincidence).

I am more convinced thatn ever that Bernie has this primary election in the bag and Clinton folks know it.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
91. And the media is on it first thing this morning.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:54 PM
Dec 2015

I tuned into MSNBC and this was what they were talking about. I rushed over to DU to find out what's going on. I think you are absolutely correct.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
129. I'm afraid Bernista enthusiasm is at fault here.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:41 PM
Dec 2015

You come close tto engaging in dirty tricks when you blame the Clinton campaign for the Sander's campaign malfeasance.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
164. Well, the shoe is on the other foot.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 05:05 PM
Dec 2015

And ya'll aren't taking it very well. Schadenfreude big time.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
85. A setup? And Hillary pointed a gun to their heads to force them to snoop.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:35 PM
Dec 2015

If you play the "It was a setup" card, then you must admit Sanders campaign so incompetent that they fell for. it. Too incompetent for the GE, not to mention the WH

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
88. This came after DFA endorsed Sanders even after Dean asked the group’s members to support Clinton
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:47 PM
Dec 2015

and the vendors CEO was Clinton's 2008's CTO. Ass DWS and her DNC and you can take it to the bank that it's dirty trick to slow Bernie's momentum.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
28. The breach would also expose Sanders data to Clinton. Prove her campaign did not download any of it
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:24 AM
Dec 2015

Same standard for both candidates, right?

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
32. "Prove her campaign did not download any of it"
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:28 AM
Dec 2015

Very weak way to not commit to making an accusation while making one. Definition of the "do you beat your wife" argument.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
34. It's the demand being made of the Sanders campaign. The other campaigns should
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:30 AM
Dec 2015

meet the same standard, right?

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
37. What? It's clear you don't know what is going on.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:35 AM
Dec 2015

Please show your proof that Clinton has done what Sanders has. He needs to release his National Data Directors emails immediately.

This is strange. You want Clinton to do something because of the nefarious actions of the Sanders campaign. Definition of what I said above. Pass the Buck. Doesn't make as good of an argument as you think.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
43. Actually, I'm well aware of what's going on.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:41 AM
Dec 2015

Clinton data was exposed to Sanders staffers, and Sanders data was exposed to Clinton staffers.

The DNC is insisting the Sanders campaign "prove" that any data was deleted...without any evidence that data was actually downloaded. The fact that this is impossible to prove seems to not have occurred to them, or more likely is being used as a pretext to block access.

It's reasonable to ask the other group who had access to meet the same standard. Which means the Clinton campaign would need to prove nothing had been downloaded and if anything had, it has been deleted.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
22. This seems to be a reoccurring theme in America...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:16 AM
Dec 2015

Blame the person that places honesty above risk of being blamed, and they will pile on you at EVERY opportunity!

#resigndebbie

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
49. Bernie doesn't have any strengths in this area. He does have amateurs running his campaign though.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:46 AM
Dec 2015

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
151. What a bunch of crap that is...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:42 PM
Dec 2015

Can you make an argument that doesn't sound like we're in high school when discussing any of this?

Silly question.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
132. Mom, what you mean is...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:43 PM
Dec 2015

...blame your opponent when you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar. Shame on you!

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
156. You would be talking about the DNC... notified in October...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:48 PM
Dec 2015

.... Gee... timing is not only in comedy, but in blaming your opponent.

The DNC owns the cookie store. Shame on THEM!

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
157. So the DNC for negligence.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:51 PM
Dec 2015

Sander's campaign staffers just stole proprietary data from the Clinton campaign and shared it.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
174. Some people like to imagine what makes them appear to be superior...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:08 PM
Dec 2015

I can see why the Clinton supporters here on DU might need to do that.

Hey... you want interpret this as the DNC's negligence, rather than willful incompetence? Sure, you go right ahead... It's obvious you want it so badly to be that way. The DNC would NEVER care if the vendor was incompetent, would they? Even if they were alerted in October... so they're only negligent for scratching their heads about this for two months.

Sure they are...

Feel superior to accuse the Sander's campaign at the same time of theft? You go right ahead. Knock yourself out.

I'll put the integrity and honesty of the Sander's campaign way ahead of the the DNC, who right now can't keep up with all of those phone calls from way more people than me. Hell... I've been at work all day. I have to see if they finally fixed the phones.

Somebody has some explaining to do to the American public. Meanwhile, you're satisfied because it fits your ideology.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
195. Ha ha Mom, we're just adopting Bernista snark because it got so tiresome.
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 12:15 PM
Dec 2015

Can't take a little of your own medicine?

shireen

(8,333 posts)
23. should campaigns have their own databases?
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:17 AM
Dec 2015

What kind of special technology is required for DNC databases? How expensive is it? Campaigns should be able to download non-proprietary DNC voter data to their own systems and do whatever queries are needed in the privacy of their on DBs.

0rganism

(23,969 posts)
146. no, but the DBA who left the data viewable has some splainin' to do
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:04 PM
Dec 2015

there's another layer to this story.

either the DNC's database is unsecured by poor design or implementation, or because an admin created a vulnerable/honeypot scenario for... reasons.

if it's the former, i would assume improper data access multiple times by multiple campaigns as much by accident as malfeasance. the DNC needs to bust ass to scope the problem and fix it, rather than levying punishments and accusations.

my general rule is "don't attribute to malice that which can be explained adequately by stupidity", which favors a flawed design hypothesis. however, the speed at which this particular breach was revealed, specifically in this primary, suggests that either the DNC's database was recently redesigned (poorly), or there was an intentional (temporary?) reconfiguration that allowed improper access which remained closely monitored. the service provider claims this vulnerability was during a brief interval due to software patching -- this is a verifiable claim, as any patching activity on a production system will be carefully logged and the consequences of any particular patch across a particular schema should be repeatable. it should be fairly easy to establish if said patch would be sufficient to disable user and/or role restrictions to view campaign data. for the production databases i've worked with, any such patching is a HUGE deal, accompanied by a service shutdown and preliminary user noticfication (pref. 48h in advance), requiring verification before returning to use. i'd be curious to know what kind of "hot patch" the DBAs thought was appropriate to apply on a Wednesday without closing off external access.

this will become an interesting story from a tech perspective after the hype dies off and follow-up investigations begin to reveal underlying causes. from a political perspective, this story will be long dead by then.

intersectionality

(106 posts)
160. Considering this software is what every canvass and its mother uses...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 04:25 PM
Dec 2015

This is crazy mindboggling. So much PII available, and it sounds like it to was everyone who was attached to VAN was exposed. Parties like the Working Families Party, who are constantly running candidates against other middle of the road Dems, also use VAN. This is pretty nuts considering these canvasses are oftentimes separate from the Democratic machine (WFP being the obvious case).

But yeah, I also have done some DBA, and I would be in no way surprised if someone screwed the pooch on the backend. While d/ling and probably doing analysis on some of that data is important, the data collected by HRC is probably limited to signatures. In reality, it might provide them a slight edge in understanding voters who just sign everything to get canvassers away, and also a slight increase in efficiency because they could skip people who had signed support for Hillary multiple times at this point (if they've even gotten to the 2nd round of canvassing at this point). But unless HRC's campaign is crazy enough to use VAN as a central location for data storage and analysis, and not just for its API then I don't know what more advantage they would gain out of this.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
25. The Sanders campaign accessed off-limits data
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:20 AM
Dec 2015

and are now being appropriately sanctioned for the transgression.

Actions have consequences, kiddos, something that the millennials seem to have a hard time grasping.

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
26. What a setup!! Nicely played Camp Weathervane
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:20 AM
Dec 2015

This must be the beginning of the solidifying the base in preparation for the coronation strategy.

MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
47. There's a NEW camp Weathervane in town...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:44 AM
Dec 2015

"Its this your fault, and his fault, and her fault, and ....."

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
27. The "overzealous campaign worker" was Sanders' National Data Director...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:21 AM
Dec 2015

not some "young, passionate, and ambitious aide".

Sid

shireen

(8,333 posts)
29. petition
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:24 AM
Dec 2015
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/debbie-wasserman-schultz-2

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Give the voter file back to Bernie Sanders' campaign
Petition by Carl Gibson

To be delivered to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair

We demand that DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz immediately reinstate the Bernie Sanders campaign's access to the DNC's 50-state voter file, which is crucial for voter outreach in the last weeks before the first Democratic caucuses. Shutting down Sanders' tools to reach voters is an infringement on democracy.

Nonhlanhla

(2,074 posts)
55. But Lord...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:52 AM
Dec 2015

it was she, the woman, who seduced me into eating the apple. It's not my fault that I ate it. It's her fault. I'm just the innocent victim of her wiles.

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
65. My initial reaction
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:03 PM
Dec 2015

Which is based in the cozy relationship of the DNC and Camp Hillary is that they are attempting to railroad him. What is clear and not in dispute is that the general public doesn't really trust Clinton. That is reflected in poll after poll. There is an overwhelming perception that Bernie is trustworthy and sincere. When a candidate cannot overcome their own weakness it is a common and old ploy to attempt to remove their opponent's strengths. Seems that those who are in the bag for Hillary are trying to remove the "But we can trust Bernie" argument in order to level the playing field. This is a swiftboating and quite easy to see through. I stand with Bernie. Maybe more people will watch the debate because of this in which case it will help Bernie's message.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
137. Try as you might, Sam, this is about Sanders, not Clinton.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:47 PM
Dec 2015

What are the stages of grief? Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Sounds lik ya'll are in stage one.

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
140. Clinton=Rove
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:50 PM
Dec 2015

I disagree, Nitram. The denial is coming from all who vote against their own interests by supporting HC and who support more of the same failed policies of yesterday. DWS=DN=HC=Rovian tactics and smears and diverting attention from their own deceit.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
144. You can't defend Sanders by making stuff up about Clinton.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:54 PM
Dec 2015

Sooner or later you have to take responsibility. Until then, keep on SPINNIN'!

pnwmom

(108,991 posts)
66. The WA Post says they are merely asking for a report on what happened and "assurances"
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:06 PM
Dec 2015

that they haven't retained files.

That shouldn't be too hard to do. So why are Bernie's supporters throwing a hissy fit?

Gman

(24,780 posts)
71. I don't think it was all that innocent
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:12 PM
Dec 2015

Database permissions don't mysteriously change for no reason.

Sounds to me like the Sanders campaign through the intern under the bus then claimed their oh so pure mantra of being right on everything in the universe. "Who us? We hacked a database? How dare you accuse us?"

But again, it's the Sanders people that are the reason I can't support him.

relayerbob

(6,554 posts)
78. Grow up people.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:24 PM
Dec 2015

This is nothing, and will be over before people are even done whining about it. Getting your panties out of a bunch and start worrying about something real.... like starving kids, endless war, guns that are out of control, income inequality, institutional racism, a Trump Presidency.


PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
81. This one backfired the moment it went out the gate
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:29 PM
Dec 2015

Worse still it'll hurt Hillary more in the long run. Think the DNC is hoping Trump wins

Historic NY

(37,453 posts)
82. Running around with petition this petition that, trying to deflect blame.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:31 PM
Dec 2015

when #BernieorBust should Be #Bernieisbusted. Its pretty "childish" to play the victim card when your hand is caught in the cookie jar.

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
86. Appears that the DNC
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:38 PM
Dec 2015

is a total sell-out to the 1%er...

DWS is expecting huge rewards if she manages to squash Bernie's campaign...looks like a fail for her...

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
89. Perhaps it was on purpose. Wasserman-Schultz needs to go.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 12:50 PM
Dec 2015

She needs to work for the Clinton campaign officially and not pretend to be serving the Democratic Party as a whole.

How do we work to oust her.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
106. Bernie Sanders would never knowingly violate the rules on something like this.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:28 PM
Dec 2015

His campaign people may indeed be inexperienced and may have fucked up, either on purpose or because they dont know what they are doing. Or it is an honest mistake.

Bernie is ultimately responsible, but nobody here honestly believes Bernie Sanders would do this let alone be OK with it if and when he found out.

Say what you will about him as a campaigner or whatever, but Bernie Sanders is an honest man and we ALL know that.

We are all gonna look god damn silly if 5 months from now Bernie having lost the nomination to Hilary is campaigning for her and some reporter asks about any dems calling him dishonest.

Or, 5 months from now and Bernie is our candidate and the entire rightwing is saying he is a crook and liar and cant be trusted and to prove that they look at what WE said today!

No, we are better than that.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
139. Bernies "National Data Director"
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:50 PM
Dec 2015

Neither inexperienced nor some anonymous kid. Someone Sanders personally hired, no doubt.

 

Jester Messiah

(4,711 posts)
101. Hey, check out that mole-hill!
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:15 PM
Dec 2015

You guys get the scaffolding, I'll get some bags of concrete. We'll have ourselves an Everest in no time!

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
102. If the situation were reversed you would have
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:20 PM
Dec 2015

an OP demanding that DWS take away Hillary's access to the data files until you feel satisfied that the breach was neutralized which of course you will never feel.

Methinks thou dost protest too much

 

floriduck

(2,262 posts)
103. D Wa-Schultz is actually doing the Sanders campaign a big favor.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:23 PM
Dec 2015

This is just another outrageous attempt to hinder Bernie but his supporters will not take this lying down. There is always a silver lining in the midst of fake opposition outrage.

Who's going to try to alert the mods on this one????

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)
118. And, the most interesting part:
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:15 PM
Dec 2015

The fired Sanders staffer was trying to see if Bernie's info was compromised and NOT looking for anything Hillary.

What bull shit.

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
120. Paranoid Desperation: The DNC is corrupt and is running a Rigged game
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:21 PM
Dec 2015

They must be in PANIC mode to pull Bullshit like this!

I'm having serious second thoughts about holding my nose and voting for hillary if she get the nomination. If the fucking democrats have fallen off the edge like this - what is the fucking point?

And save the BS about the right wing boogie man and and the SCOTUS.

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
142. Paranoid desperation perfectly describes the Bernista reaction to malfeasance in their...
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:53 PM
Dec 2015

...own campaign. You can't handle the truth!

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
194. WhatSander's campaign neglected to mention in their report was...
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 12:13 PM
Dec 2015

...the fact that they were going to run queries in the Clinton database, download the results and share them with other campaign staff.

SDJay

(1,089 posts)
124. I'll Hold Off on the Campaign-Level Stuff
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:35 PM
Dec 2015

until we find out more about what happened from independent sources, if they even exist.

On the DNC level, how is it that an asswipe can run an organization that leaves this data so ridiculously vulnerable to almost anyone for any amount of time? I don't care if it was the vendor's fault - someone hired and kept that vendor. If that happened at my organization, whoever hired that vendor would be immediately fired and most likely investigated by LE.

The woman running the party is either so incompetent that it boggles the mind or sleazy. Or, I guess, both, but either way how is this type of management buffoonery acceptable regardless of the candidate you support?

Nitram

(22,869 posts)
125. Keep on SPINNIN', Bernanas.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:35 PM
Dec 2015

So very Karl Rove to accuse the Clinton campaign for responsibility for the Sanders campaign's faux pas.

jaycrewz

(23 posts)
135. This was the last straw
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:45 PM
Dec 2015

Hillary has officially lost my vote. Fair democracy matters more to me. And I dont give a damn about any of the fear mongering the DNC will do about a potential GOP win if we dont turn out to vote.

And trust me, Im not alone in how I feel. If you think left-leaning voter turnout was bad without Obama on a ticket before....just wait until you see how voter turnout is after you've ignored voters, sabotaged a true progressive in Bernie, and force GOP-lite Hillary down our throats.

And I say this as someone who used to defend the women for years. But Im just sick of this bs from the DNC.

And if you look around today, youll learn Im not alone in my feelings. Ill be staying home if she wins the nomination.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
147. The dnc upper level seems hopelessly corrupt.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:12 PM
Dec 2015

The Clintons and Rahm and dws and the entire turd way decimation of the party is probably not an accident

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
148. IF Bernie Sanders Is The Culprit Here Then
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 03:13 PM
Dec 2015

please explain WHYI've been unable to get through to the DNC OR DWS by phone! Been dialing and dialing. I realize the lines are probably overloaded, but that says to me that MORE people are totally upset with HER and how she's handled EVERYTHING regarding this election.

For those of you who are political activists, even before now and what has just happened, even Hillary supporters found DWS an absurd choice to head the DNC! What GOOD has she done up until now?? And it's well known from the past that she HAS ALWAYS been a Hillary supporter!

The Sanders campaign came out to explain what has been going on, what they FOUND OUT about their personal involvement and the person was FIRED!

So I suspect by her silence right now, she's with the HEAD HONCHOS figuring out HOW they want to spin this!!

Regardless of who you support, so very many polls have shown over and over that Clinton's "trustworthy" numbers have always been higher than her "trust" numbers. And let's be fair, there have also been questions about what word they would use to define Hillary and that word is LIAR. Now you can call me out for being rude and nasty, but I'm NOT saying anything here that hasn't already been out there in the MEDIA and in discussions here at DU.

IMO, this situation won't be dismissed by the RNC, and especially the biggest loud mouth called DONALD TRUMP!

It really makes me wonder WHY this information is JUST NOW being put out there when the DNC & DWS had been contacted long before now??? You can point fingers at Bernie all you want, but I've NEVER trusted DWS and have suspected that she was doing everything she needed to do for a BIG PAY OFF if she was able to help get Hillary elected. Hey, maybe she could have been thinking Vice President! She's a slimy snake and has hurt our Democratic Party more than any DNC head I've ever seen!

Even before now there were petitions calling for her resignation by millions of Democrats! Yeah, I DO think she's smack dab in the middle of this, AND I DO think there was an agenda to get rid of Bernie.

JMHO, but I'm really disgusted more than ever with the DNC!

 

Carol Morgan

(11 posts)
162. I cut my $$ off this morning
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 04:41 PM
Dec 2015

I cut off all financial support to the Democratic Party as of this morning.

They've been constantly crossing ethical lines. This is the last straw!

A party should not control who the nominee will be.

rladdi

(581 posts)
165. It's interesting that Debbie, the DNC Chairwoman is staying silent. But she does support
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 05:54 PM
Dec 2015

Clinton, as she did in 2008. Debbie should resign or be fired. She tends to take the spotlight before every debate.

PatrickforO

(14,587 posts)
166. Well, since the DNC's sorry ratfucking attempt on Sanders, I have done four things:
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:02 PM
Dec 2015

1. Donated more money to Sanders
2. Signed a DFA petition calling the DNC out for malfeasance
3. Signed a MoveOn petition calling for Debbie's resignation
4. Called the DNC and left a message protesting their obviously partisan actions in favor of Clinton

If you're for Sanders, I urge you to do the same things:
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/duforbernie (Omaha Steve is terminally ill: So let's get in there and send Bernie another few million in small contributions!)

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-debbie-wasserman?source=s.tw&r_by=10417644

http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/dnc_sanders_van?akid=s120223..hgBpUE


Here's a good tip from a FB poster

"Regarding phone calls to the DNC, call their cash donation line instead. That number is 877-336-7200. Calling this number forces live staff to deal with you, and keeps them from getting a donation call at the same time.

So good luck and let's engage!!!!!

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
170. The fact that so many Sanders supporters
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:40 PM
Dec 2015

are unwilling to take any responsibility speaks volumes. Four separate accounts associated with their campaign download Clinton's data. To say Sanders is a victim is ridiculous

pnwmom

(108,991 posts)
172. So now 39 year old National Data Directors are "young and passionate."
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:44 PM
Dec 2015

That's what happens when the two main candidates are 68 and 74.

jaycrewz

(23 posts)
186. What a coincidence
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:40 PM
Dec 2015

Oh, so DWS's nephew is the VP at the firm handling the DNC voting lists: "Aharon Wasserman, VP Creative & Marketing NGP VAN". What a coincidence


(at least that's what Im reading online. Can anyone confirm?)

189. Thanks for the post.
Sat Dec 19, 2015, 07:14 AM
Dec 2015

That whole thing about the impracticality/impossibility of proving a negative really hit home. Thank you for your commentary.

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