2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHere’s How Debbie Wasserman Schultz Has VIOLATED Her Own Party’s Rules To RIG The Process.
Tonights Democratic debate in Manchester, New Hampshire comes just a day after a very public battle between the Bernie Sanders campaign and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee. And given how Sanders raised an additional $1 million in just one day by maligning the Democratic Party organization as a saboteur working on behalf of his rival, the head of the DNC has made a name for herself among many Democratic voters as a shill for the Clinton machine. If Wasserman Schultz hopes to maintain credibility, bring unity to the party, and help more Democrats win elections, it has a lot of work to do to define its reputation as something other than what former Virginia US Senator Jim Webb called an arm for the Clinton campaign.
Here are 5 blatant examples of the DNC tipping the scales in favor of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Democratic primaries:
1. Scheduling primary debates to garner as few viewers as possible
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has taken lots of heat for scheduling only six Democratic primary debates compared to the Republicans 12 debates, and for scheduling them at times traditionally known for low TV ratings. Saturday nights Democratic debate in Manchester, New Hampshire on ABC coincides with a Saturday night NFL football game on CBS, and is additionally competing with the opening weekend for the highly-anticipated Star Wars sequel. The debate is also just six nights before Christmas, when many Americans are likely traveling for the holidays. The next debate in January will take place on a weekend, at the same time as an NFL playoff game. The next debate thats on a weekend isnt until February, around the same time as the early primaries.
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2. Grassroots Clinton field offices co-located at DNC offices
In a recent VICE News report, reporter Pete Voelker described seeing firsthand how the Clinton campaign had rented a campaign office within the local Democratic Party office in Nevada, a crucial early primary state. Indeed, both the Clinton field office and the Carson City Democratic Party list the same address: 502 E. John Street.
..With its walls papered with Hillary Clinton signs and the seats carefully arranged for the Hillary for America ribbon-cutting, it was hard to tell where the Democratic Partys office ended and the Clinton office began. There were a few signs referencing Obama and the Affordable Care Act, but as far as I could tell, there werent any that mentioned the two other Democrats running for president...
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3. Dismantling Bernie Sanders campaign over one staffers mistake
The most obvious example of DNC favoritism toward Hillary Clinton was Fridays snafu that began with the Bernie Sanders campaign defending itself against allegations of cheating and ended with Sanders filing a federal lawsuit against the DNC and accusing the party of sabotage against his campaign infrastructure to help Hillary Clinton. Events spiraled out of control just as quickly as they unfolded. Josh Uretsky, national data director for the Sanders campaign, admitted to improperly accessing Clintons campaign data during a 40-minute security breach within NGP VAN, the system all Democratic campaigns use to monitor voter patterns and conduct outreach. The DNC responded by shutting off the Sanders campaigns access to the voter database, effectively crippling its ground strategy. Even after Sanders campaign manager fired Uretsky, the DNC initially refused to back down from its decision to take away the Sanders campaigns infrastructure.
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4. DNC finance chair caught raising money for Clinton
The DNC operates under strict rules of remaining impartial during the primary process until the nominee has been selected. But one top DNC official was just caught raising money for the Clinton campaign. Henry R. Muñoz III, who used to be a top fundraiser for President Obama, became the chief of the Partys finance operations in 2013. This past Summer, he was caught organizing a fundraiser for Clinton in San Antonio, Texas. This is a direct violation of DNC rules, which state:
..The Chairperson shall be responsible for ensuring that the national officers and staff of the Democratic National Committee maintain impartiality and even-handedness during the Democratic Party Presidential nominating process...
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5. The DNC lined up superdelegates for Clinton before first debate
The DNC has helped the Clinton campaign subvert the Democratic process by going around the vote and courting party bosses, also known as superdelegates, to preemptively win the nomination before all 50 states have held their primary election. Superdelegates are part of the nomination process, and they are typically DNC leaders and current and former elected officials ranging from governors to members of US Congress. While the remainder of the delegate count will be decided as each state hosts its primary election, the early superdelegate committal to the Clinton campaign is highly suspect, as the commitments come months before the first primary voters cast their ballots.
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http://usuncut.com/politics/debbie-wasserman-schultz-hillary-clinton/
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Well if one wants to get technical, that's all any of them have right now outside of their records. So who's bluster and record are the people going to believe, endorse and support?
Dustlawyer
(10,499 posts)I am sure if you look and compare Hillary's donor list with those of the politicians endorsing Clinton early you will see some really disturbing, dish earthing shit! In these politicians next elections they will get the Quid Pro Quo!
Jarqui
(10,131 posts)Sanders data breached/"compromised" in October, no media, no auditor, no cutting off anyone's data access, no obvious action other than the security somewhat fixed.
Campaign data breached in December, leaked to media to blame Sanders, threat of auditor, Sanders cut off access to data, security problem apparently fixed
Double standard
They keep this up and they'll lose me. I've been supporting Democratic/Liberal causes for 53 years. I won't put up with this BS much longer. They may have gone too far already - I'm trying to calm down.
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marble falls
(57,716 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Way to go, Segami!
zentrum
(9,866 posts)
..is that I haven't come across any HRC supporters who are mad at DWS. Even though the lack of debates is preventing the entire country from being exposed to our great democrats along with all the free advertising that debates represent.
Hope my impression is wrong. Happy to be shown different.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I have DU posts from long ago where I praised DWS. That was before I found out differently.
zentrum
(9,866 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)zentrum
(9,866 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Tarc
(10,478 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Happy To Do So!
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)should have been fire long ago. But with the Third Way now in control, that's not happening despite the many calls for her dismissal.
Which only proves how right Bernie is and Elizabeth Warren re the system being rigged. It has to change, for the sake of the future of this country.