2016 Postmortem

2016-06-11T15:11:21+00:00

Ever since the latest scandal where the Clinton emails revealed that Clinton appointed one of her major donors to a government advisory board he wasn't qualified for--and it turns out he happens also to be a superdelegate --I've been wondering how many other superdelegates have been bought by Clinton, and how. Turns out I'm not the only one: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/6/1511462/-CORRUPTION-How-Hundreds-of-Superdelegates-were-Literally-bought-by-the-Clinton-Campaign ...these Superdelegates are members of their State Democratic Parties, upon whom they rely for support and funding for re-election. And the money that will be available for those re-election efforts has, in many cases, been provided by Hillary Clinton. Clinton has provided funds for these candidates through a sophisticated system of money laundering that has allowed the Clinton campaign to funnel billionaires donations to State parties in return for their participation in a massive money-laundering payback system to also funnel money to the Clinton campaign itself. ... So if a Superdelegate whose State voted overwhelmingly for Bernie switched her support to Sanders under the reasoning that she was representing the will of her State, then Clintons Campaign COO would shut off the spigot and all that sweet, sweet billionaire cash would stop flowing into the coffers of her State Democratic Party and the candidate herself. Read it all: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/6/1511462/-CORRUPTION-How-Hundreds-of-Superdelegates-were-Literally-bought-by-the-Clinton-Campaign

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Why do you think we have them? HassleCat Jun 2016 #1

The best Democracy money can buy Skink Jun 2016 #2

"As Margot Kidder (yes, THAT Margot Kidder) writes in Counterpunch..." oberliner Jun 2016 #3

FIVE MORE DAYS DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #4

Yes! MoonRiver Jun 2016 #10

This should be posted in "Creative Speculation" eom charlyvi Jun 2016 #5

This is corruption, plain and simple Trajan Jun 2016 #6

no it really is not. just making unsubstantiated arguments does not make anything shameful. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #8

mass delusion. she won. even without the superdelegates. posting articles with zero La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #7

THAT GODDAMNED M************ HILLARY SUPPORTS DEMOCRATS? Dem2 Jun 2016 #9

That's how DC rolls. It's all for them for the taking. NorthCarolina Jun 2016 #11

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. Why do you think we have them?

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:13 AM

Jun 2016

That's why the party has these "special people," so we can fend off populists, socialists and progressives.

Skink

(10,122 posts)

2. The best Democracy money can buy

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:13 AM

Jun 2016

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

3. "As Margot Kidder (yes, THAT Margot Kidder) writes in Counterpunch..."

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:13 AM

Jun 2016

A Daily Kos post by "EuroYankee" based on a Counterpunch article by Margot Kidder.

That's quality journalism right there.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,880 posts)

4. FIVE MORE DAYS

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:16 AM

Jun 2016

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

10. Yes!

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:26 AM

Jun 2016

charlyvi

(6,537 posts)

5. This should be posted in "Creative Speculation" eom

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:20 AM

Jun 2016

Trajan

(19,089 posts)

6. This is corruption, plain and simple

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:22 AM

Jun 2016

Specifically to deny the will of the people, and subvert the election in favor of the oligarchs ...

Shame shame shame ... Only the most cynical citizen could approve of such graft ...

I guess DU is full of that cynicism ...

I guess the leadership of DU has also been seduced by the pull of filthy lucre ... OR ... They merely approve of very unliberal/pro oligarch policies ...

Either way - you have to wonder what happened to the purpose of DU ....

Was DU intended to be used as a media vehicle for promoting the oligarchal world view? ... that's not the impression I had when this started in the early 2000's, but it certainly is a reality today ....

We have no place here ... This pit of Machiavellian cynicism and political graft denies progressive goals and favors bankers and the status quo ...

THAT is shameful ....

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)

8. no it really is not. just making unsubstantiated arguments does not make anything shameful. nt

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:25 AM

Jun 2016

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)

7. mass delusion. she won. even without the superdelegates. posting articles with zero

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:23 AM

Jun 2016

journalistic worth, does not change that.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)

9. THAT GODDAMNED M************ HILLARY SUPPORTS DEMOCRATS?

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:26 AM

Jun 2016

What is wrong with her?

(sarcasm)

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)

11. That's how DC rolls. It's all for them for the taking.

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:26 AM

Jun 2016

Like Thomas Frank says, if your just an average citizen the neoliberal Democrats simply Don't Give a Fuck about you. You're a nobody, you don't exist in their bubble.