Forget Party Unity: The New DNC Email Leak Means There's No Going Back For Sanders’ Democrats

[LiberalArkie]

As Bernie Sanders delivered a livestream address to his supporters on Thursday about the future of his movement, he signaled an eventual end to the campaign. Encouraging his supporters to get involved, Sanders vowed to help Hillary Clinton defeat Trump conditional upon the Democratic Party adopting a “real progressive agenda.” However, earlier in the day news broke about a different story that undercut the Vermont Senator’s calls for eventual party unity.

On the same website that published the DNC’s 200-page Donald Trump oppo file, the hacktivist known as “Guccifer 2.0” released what appears to be an internal email from the DNC discussing strategy, which served to confirm what many of Sanders’ supporters have felt all along: The Democratic Party leadership has had its thumb on the scale for Hillary Clinton in the primary. The email, dated May 26, 2015, about a month after Sanders announced his candidacy, revealed that at least some in the DNC were planning for a Clinton nomination:

In something right out of the Cold War, the DNC has claimed that these releases are part of a “Russian disinformation campaign,” but, according to FAIR, has provided no supporting evidence.

But whatever the reason behind it, this leak has further incensed Sanders' supporters, and that is telling. It has been a long road to this point, but the fact that the 'Bernie Or Bust' Movement has grown to somewhere in the range of 3 to 4 million people (roughly a quarter to a third of Sanders' supporters) is as much a criticism of Hillary Clinton as a candidate as it is a condemnation of how the party has handled the primary.

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https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/06/forget-party-unity-the-new-dnc-email-leak-means-th.html

[djean111]

1. To be fair, I was never "there", so not going back, anyway. n/t

[roguevalley]

6. tpp bad for some, rewarding evil is anethema to their consciences.

[TDale313]

2. Not really news.

Honestly, and I don't say this as a slam: Did anyone- no matter who you supported in the primaries- not think the DNC had a strong preference/rooting interest here? She was always their candidate of choice. I'll leave whether that is a good or bad thing for other discussions.

[jhart3333]

3. Article sums it up pretty well:

As far as Clinton is concerned, she, her supporters, and the DNC can all argue that Bernie Sanders lost because of votes, but at the end of the day, it won’t matter. Nothing anyone, including Sanders, can say will change the fact that his voters feel they weren’t treated fairly by the party, and to a large extent, they’re right.

[Phlem]

4. yep.

We've been had for a while, a lot of the nation just finally figured that out. Hopefully this spells the end for the DNC as it currently exists, and the time for Hillary and her minions to be limited.

Shit, if I wasn't such a fuck up in my youth, I'd totally be running for office. As it stands I wouldn't last microsecond under that prudish American spotlight.

[liberalnarb]

5. Never proven.

Sorry, I just think this could have easily been faked.