Donna Brazile's Curious Account of the 2016 Election

[comradebillyboy]

The former DNC chair seems eager to jump on the Bernie Sanders bandwagon, but her claims of ignorance about party favoritism toward Hillary Clinton don’t add up.

For defeated politicians, the period after an election is for score-settling. For defeated political operatives, it’s about positioning for the next race. And if a juicy excerpt from Donna Brazile’s new book Hacks is an indication, the longtime Democratic operative and former interim chair of the Democratic National Party seems to think the future is Bernie Sanders.

Brazile’s piece, in Politico Magazine, is a fascinating document, though maybe not always for the reasons intended. It answers some questions about the 2016 race, including why Hillary Clinton’s campaign didn’t move to depose DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz sooner, but also raises other questions about the management of the DNC, including Brazile’s own moves. And it shows Brazile tossing soil on the Clinton era’s coffin.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/donna-braziles-curious-account-of-the-2016-election/544778/

This piece from The Atlantic is a more balanced piece than the politico story and well wroth reading in full.

[Me.]

1. Perfect

"And it shows Brazile tossing soil on the Clinton era’s coffin"

[Blue_Tires]

2. The last sentence is bullshit, though...

If Bernie really is the "de facto" leader of the party, then I'm justified in asking what role he or his people had to play in this...

[NCTraveler]

3. Brazile is selling books. I don't fault her at all.

The segment she is selling to with these releases are the same segment that bought into HA Goodman. They are uneducated consumers and it's easy to separate them from their money. She is giving natural followers a reason to part with their money.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

4. I fault her for her horrible writing. Absolutely

painful to read.

[NCTraveler]

5. As do I.

I just understand that it isn't about writing. It's about cashing in.

[Jim Lane]

8. Regardless of her motives, is what she wrote true? (n/t)

[uponit7771]

12. No, they both side a sharing agreement post primary Clinton signed two

... to get the DNC out of hock

[NCTraveler]

17. Her timeline seems to be off.

It does seem to be accurate that Clinton saved the party. Huge plus and just another sign about how generous Clinton is and always has been. She understands the need for numbers.

[pnwmom]

14. Why don't you fault her for cashing in at the expense of the country's future?

Sowing dissension among progressives will only make it harder in 2018 and 2020.

[NCTraveler]

16. It was a very foolish move that she clearly didnt think through.

The only place she has gained friends here is on the right, including those posing as progressives. Brazile has a career where she has overall done well for us. The timing of her money grab couldn’t be worse considering what she decided to use as her roll-out. I guess I shouldn’t make an absolute statement as I did. This is clearly on her.

[UTUSN]

6. Yea, how does a "defacto leader of a party" not be committed to the party label?!1

[coolsandy]

7. Donna was Gore's campaign manage. Remember he walked away from Bill Clinton during his campaign.

Donna's history goes back to then. Walking away from Bill Clinton after a great record on the economy and relatively peaceful era was wrong then and history begins to repeat. REMEMBER!

[BannonsLiver]

10. Positioning for the next race?

Why would anyone hire Donna Brazile to run a presidential campaign?

[Skidmore]

13. Read this.

It's a long series of tweets which I dont know how to post in its entirety.

Link to tweet

[pnwmom]

15. Thanks, Skidmore!

[comradebillyboy]

18. Here is a link to the whole twitter thread

Just click on the image and the whole thread will appear

Link to tweet