2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDISGRACEFUL: DNC Compromises Clinton Campaign Data, Then Blames/punishes Bernie Sanders
Lets say youre 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 OMalley 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 campaigns access to the database until they can prove they have deleted any data they downloaded from Hillary Clintons 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 campaigns access to their database of Democratic voters because of a data breach that resulted from their bad decisions and their vendors 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
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)for discovering it.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)He should be given a raise if he is such a hero.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)fall on the sword for the team.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)He didn't fall on a sword for the team, he was fired for cause.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Fuck them
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)To Bernie's campaign and his supporters, after all.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)ITs on them. As for the other, my autocorrect hates me.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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)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.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Bubzer
(4,211 posts)That was the one fired.
EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I'm getting dizzy!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)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?
moobu2
(4,822 posts)Laser102
(816 posts)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)That's what happens when candidates are 68 and 74, I guess.
Almost 40 year olds are babies.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Never take responsibility for mistakes.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)And reported it. DWS response? Punish them anyway.
#resigndebbie
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)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)...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)Starting with DWS and working on down.
Laser102
(816 posts)tecelote
(5,122 posts)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.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)SunSeeker
(51,678 posts)http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-18/sanders-campaign-fires-data-director-after-breach-of-clinton-files
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)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.
SunSeeker
(51,678 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)SunSeeker
(51,678 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)....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
Laser102
(816 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)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.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)Must be be true!
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)#resigndebbie
WillyT
(72,631 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)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)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.
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)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.
beac
(9,992 posts)REALLY?
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)This scandal solidifies that.
beac
(9,992 posts)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)You just don't like the answer.
Oh well, the answer is in the post you responded to.
beac
(9,992 posts)answer MY question about you with your response.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)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)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)There's no worries about Sanders being the nominee, especially after his campaign engaged in such nefarious activities.
beac
(9,992 posts)So, so, SO ironic.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)So, so, SO TRUE!
It's a third rate burglary, like another I remember from 1972.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Stainless
(718 posts)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)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)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.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Response to MohRokTah (Reply #69)
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)Clear as glass.
I've got three hides on my record for questioning the character of Sanders.
And this scandal proves those hides unwarranted.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)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.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)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)Keep on SPINNIN'!
chervilant
(8,267 posts)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.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=910203
REASON FOR ALERT
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
ALERTER'S COMMENTS
Questioning the character of a fellow DU'er is out of bounds. We can attack ideas, but not the character of others.
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:59 PM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I understand alerter's concern - focus on ideas and behaviors, not character or personality. But this doesn't quite seem as personal as being suggested considering all the sub-threads above it and back and forths.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)What are you basing that on?
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)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)I have had a positive impression of him for years, long before he decided to run for President.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)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)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)moobu2 on Obama:
" Ive never voted for anyone who wasnt a democrat, and never will. I just wont vote this year if Barrack is the nominee, seriously, I would die before Id 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)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.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)that has been debunked...
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)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
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)it.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)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 committees communications director, Luis Miranda.
but we are supposed to take the "criminals" word for it!
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)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.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)Go Vols
(5,902 posts)are discussing on MSNBC now.Reported two months ago.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)I had the same thought.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)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)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.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)"convenient". Like Bill Press said, I smell a rat.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Nitram
(22,869 posts)You come close tto engaging in dirty tricks when you blame the Clinton campaign for the Sander's campaign malfeasance.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Nitram
(22,869 posts)And ya'll aren't taking it very well. Schadenfreude big time.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)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)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.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)This one is simple. Release all of the National Data Directors emails.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Amirite?
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Same standard for both candidates, right?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)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)meet the same standard, right?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)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)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.
George II
(67,782 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Blame the person that places honesty above risk of being blamed, and they will pile on you at EVERY opportunity!
#resigndebbie
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)Attack a candidate on their strengths.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)Hillary and DWS, not so much.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)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)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Rovian....? Rove... Turd Blossom?....... Turd WAY????
I dunnOH-oh...
Nitram
(22,869 posts)I'll give you points for that!
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Nitram
(22,869 posts)...blame your opponent when you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar. Shame on you!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts).... 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)Sander's campaign staffers just stole proprietary data from the Clinton campaign and shared it.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)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)Can't take a little of your own medicine?
shireen
(8,333 posts)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.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)candidate.
0rganism
(23,969 posts)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)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)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)This must be the beginning of the solidifying the base in preparation for the coronation strategy.
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)"Its this your fault, and his fault, and her fault, and ....."
Nitram
(22,869 posts)Take responsibility for a change.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)not some "young, passionate, and ambitious aide".
Sid
shireen
(8,333 posts)Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Give the voter file back to Bernie Sanders' campaign
Petition by Carl Gibson
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.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)dgibby
(9,474 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)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.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)NowSam
(1,252 posts)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)What are the stages of grief? Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Sounds lik ya'll are in stage one.
NowSam
(1,252 posts)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)Sooner or later you have to take responsibility. Until then, keep on SPINNIN'!
pnwmom
(108,991 posts)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)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.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)Vincardog
(20,234 posts)relayerbob
(6,554 posts)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)Worse still it'll hurt Hillary more in the long run. Think the DNC is hoping Trump wins
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)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)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...
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)Nitram
(22,869 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)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.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Duh
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)The DNC didn't compromise the data. The software vendor did.
Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)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.
Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)Nitram
(22,869 posts)Neither inexperienced nor some anonymous kid. Someone Sanders personally hired, no doubt.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)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)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)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????
EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)Hepburn
(21,054 posts)The fired Sanders staffer was trying to see if Bernie's info was compromised and NOT looking for anything Hillary.
What bull shit.
Nitram
(22,869 posts)Too bad it won't fly. But keep on spinnin'!
dpatbrown
(368 posts)Wasserman-Schultz!!!!!!
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)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)...own campaign. You can't handle the truth!
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)Nitram
(22,869 posts)...the fact that they were going to run queries in the Clinton database, download the results and share them with other campaign staff.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)SDJay
(1,089 posts)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)So very Karl Rove to accuse the Clinton campaign for responsibility for the Sanders campaign's faux pas.
senz
(11,945 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Who'da thunk it?
jaycrewz
(23 posts)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.
Uncle Joe
(58,415 posts)Thanks for the thread, AgingAmerican.
Pryderi
(6,772 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)The Clintons and Rahm and dws and the entire turd way decimation of the party is probably not an accident
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)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)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.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)rladdi
(581 posts)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)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)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)That's what happens when the two main candidates are 68 and 74.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)They were alerted by Sanders in Oct.
Paka
(2,760 posts)One can only hope this comes back to bite them. I stand with Bernie!
zentrum
(9,865 posts)proud of the DNC. Hell, maybe he advised them.
jaycrewz
(23 posts)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?)
certainot
(9,090 posts)she needs to dump the dnc chair
PoliticalMalcontent
(449 posts)That whole thing about the impracticality/impossibility of proving a negative really hit home. Thank you for your commentary.