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I am surprised no one is talking about Donna Brazile (Original Post) AngryAmish Nov 2017 OP
Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing... Orrex Nov 2017 #1
??? lamp_shade Nov 2017 #2
They are not allowed to, apparently. n/t demmiblue Nov 2017 #3
What about Donna Brazile? dumbcat Nov 2017 #4
She wrote a very revealing and candid article for Politico (her book comes out soon). n/t demmiblue Nov 2017 #6
Thanks, I just found it nt dumbcat Nov 2017 #8
She has started ramping up advertising for her book tour. nt. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #13
..... Kingofalldems Nov 2017 #5
Are you talking about this Politico Article? dumbcat Nov 2017 #7
If Debbie Wasserman Schultz is such a bad manager of the DNC, they should remove her & replace FSogol Nov 2017 #9
AT DU? JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #10
It seems you are. MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #11
My post was removed because I criticized Brazile Pugster Nov 2017 #12
It's how we shape hearts and minds. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #14
Baloney treestar Nov 2017 #15
This was posted two hours before one, an hour before the other. Cut the OP some slack. n/t Decoy of Fenris Nov 2017 #17
No chance. OP is literally cancer. AngryAmish Nov 2017 #20
We have a lunatic in the White House. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2017 #16
We should not allow criticism dumbcat Nov 2017 #18
When someone used to make a sarcastic response DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2017 #19
That is the point BainsBane Nov 2017 #22
I'm tired of the internecine warfare, so tired... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2017 #23
Internecine? BainsBane Nov 2017 #24
Seems appropriate DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2017 #25
I know what the word means.nt BainsBane Nov 2017 #27
I know you do. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2017 #28
Giving cover for Trump isnt my first priority BainsBane Nov 2017 #21
150 response DU thread... PoliticAverse Nov 2017 #26

FSogol

(45,476 posts)
9. If Debbie Wasserman Schultz is such a bad manager of the DNC, they should remove her & replace
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 09:11 AM
Nov 2017

her with someone else!

JustAnotherGen

(31,810 posts)
10. AT DU?
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 09:54 AM
Nov 2017

I've been on juries for that nonsense today.

Done and over. Everyone start posting about next Tuesday, show some solidarity, and let's fucking smack the Repubugnants in VA and NJ.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
16. We have a lunatic in the White House.
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:20 AM
Nov 2017

If you guys want to fight among yourselves, whichever side you are on, leave me out. Our nation is under siege.

If it continues I'll take my talents elsewhere.


PEACE
DSB

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)
18. We should not allow criticism
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:27 AM
Nov 2017

nor discussion of mistakes or ways to improve our message and results.

We should just keep on hugging each other and continue in our winning ways.

KEEP ON WINNING!

(Do I really need it?)

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
19. When someone used to make a sarcastic response
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:32 AM
Nov 2017

When someone used to make a sarcastic response at my expense I would dig in my heels and respond in kind until my attacker submitted or grew tired. This would sometimes result in sub threads so long that Skinner would literally have to manually delete them but alas a new DSB is born like Saul who became Paul on the road to Damascus and I will let you have the last word.

PEACE
DSB

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
22. That is the point
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:53 AM
Nov 2017

To distract from Trump and keep anger focused on Democrats. We see it regularly. The worse it gets for Trump, the more blaming of Dems we see.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
25. Seems appropriate
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:59 AM
Nov 2017

in·ter·ne·cine
ˌin(t)ərˈˌneˌsēn,in(t)ərˈnēsīn/Submit
adjective
destructive to both sides in a conflict.
"the region's history of savage internecine warfare"
relating to conflict within a group or organization.
"the party shrank from the trauma of more internecine strife"

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
28. I know you do.
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 11:06 AM
Nov 2017

The bottom line is the fighting among ourselves is enervating. It's also a distraction when Trump is taking a hammer to civility, to the Constitution, and democratic norms.

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
21. Giving cover for Trump isnt my first priority
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:50 AM
Nov 2017

Nor is repeating Russian propaganda to promote his re-election, but then I understand that my concern for the well being of the nation isn’t shared by everyone.

1) I don’t know if Brazille really made those comments. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have been taken so out of context as to distort their meaning.
2)From what I can tell, the most egregious action in the primary was by Brazille herself, when she sent Clinton debate questions. That she then points to hacked and doctored emails seems strange.
3) I despise the ongoing effort to discount the votes of the majority of Democrats, 4 million more than voted for the candidate who lost.
4) as Eichenwald has demonstrated, the emails were doctored, dates changed so as to maximize anger and defection from the party.


But never fret. It is being discussed and used to refight the 2016 primary, divide the party and keep Trump in office. If Brazille made those comments, I find it sad that she would invoke Kremlin propaganda to cater to to a faction who tried to remove her and other AA women from the DNC.

And of course those who deny that Russia had any impact of the election—despite overwhelming evidence—are anxious to insist Russian hacked and altered emails provide “proof” that Clinton stole the primary.

Also THE FUCKING PRIMARY is over because Clinton got 4 million more voters to the polls, and the DNC with its 2016 fundraising of $75 mil did not cost a candidate who raised and spent more than any candidate in history, $220 million, the election. The fact is the Dem electorate is predominately women and people of color, and candidates who can’t appeal to the majority of those voters can’t win, no matter how much other voters may believe themselves entitled to pick the nominee against the consent of the majority. But then of course that is why Nomiki Konst is leading an effort to replace primaries with caucuses and thereby disenfranchise the poor, shift workers, people of color, the elderly, disabled, and women with child care responsibilities. If the inferior people don’t vote as told, ensure they can’t vote, Kobash style. Keep the electorate limited to white property holders; pretend they constitute the working class, while ensuring that the majority of low to median wage workers can’t participate.

But by all means, keep it up. Trump needs the distraction.

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