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In reply to the discussion: Think the leaks are a "nothingburger"? Former DNC Chair Ed Rendell: "Serious" "Truly violates" [View all]Scuba
(53,475 posts)37. Well, here's what Snopes has to say ...
http://www.snopes.com/2016/07/25/what-we-know-so-far-about-wikileaks-dncleaks/
Unquestionably, the e-mails demonstrated that the DNC operated as an arm of the Hillary Clinton campaign, planting information in the media to flatter Clinton and damage opponent Bernie Sanders. The revelations were particularly damaging because the DNC was obligated to behave neutrally, and had repeatedly denied the demonstrated favor toward Clinton existed.
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While its impossible to know whether systemic pro-Hillary Clinton bias at the DNC was decisive in the 2016 Democratic primary race, we now know beyond any doubt that such a bias not only existed, but was endemic and widespread. DNC officials worked to plant pro-Clinton stories, floated the idea of using Sanders secular Judaism against him in the South, and routinely ran PR spin for Clinton, even as the DNC claimed over and over it was neutral in the primary.
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While its impossible to know whether systemic pro-Hillary Clinton bias at the DNC was decisive in the 2016 Democratic primary race, we now know beyond any doubt that such a bias not only existed, but was endemic and widespread. DNC officials worked to plant pro-Clinton stories, floated the idea of using Sanders secular Judaism against him in the South, and routinely ran PR spin for Clinton, even as the DNC claimed over and over it was neutral in the primary.
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Think the leaks are a "nothingburger"? Former DNC Chair Ed Rendell: "Serious" "Truly violates" [View all]
Scuba
Jul 2016
OP
i think this is a really difficult case for a donor. not, perhaps, for bernie, if he wanted
unblock
Jul 2016
#54
I pretend anyone who disagrees with my premise is simply throwing people under the bus as well.
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#16