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The emails show that Sanders was more or less a token opponent kept on a leash and kept in line. Remember also how they cut Sanders out of the DNC voting data.

• lern_too_spel 10y ago
  What specifically did the DNC do to keep Sanders on a leash? My memory of the primaries is far different, with Sanders suing the DNC over access to NGP VAN (which the DNC had cut off until the Sanders campaign showed they had deleted their copies of Clinton's data), loudly complaining about the DNC following the existing rules at the Nevada Convention (http://www.politifact.com/nevada/statements/2016/may/18/jeff-weaver/allegations-fraud-and-misconduct-nevada-democratic/ http://www.politifact.com/nevada/statements/2016/may/18/jeff...), and generally loudly making unfounded allegations of rigging. Sanders was clearly unleashed, if not unhinged (though the cranky old progressive personality is what I like about him, in much the same way that libertarians are drawn to cranky old Ron Paul). > They also sucked all the money from the state level campaigns into Hillary's campaign. You're misreading the Politico article about the Hillary Victory Fund. In that article, the DNC said it was using the initial money to set up common infrastructure for the state parties to use. The money that was supposed to go to the state parties did eventually go to the state parties as you can see here: https://www.opensecrets.org/jfc/summary.php?id=C00586537 https://www.opensecrets.org/jfc/summary.php?id=C00586537. To refresh your memory, the first [FEC maximum contribution amount] donated by an individual to the Hillary Victory Fund would go to her primary campaign, the next [max amount] would go to her general election campaign, the next [max amount] would go to the DNC, and the rest would be distributed among the state parties. Also, I'm curious: whom would you consider a big name Democrat worthy of challenging Clinton not as a token opponent?
  • fleitz 10y ago
    Donna Brazille and DWS were respectively fired from CNN and resigned over the corruption.
    • lern_too_spel 10y ago
      Donna Brazille wasn't DNC chair until after the primaries were over, so how would she be an example of the DNC rigging the primaries for Clinton? Wasserman-Schultz resigned to get out of the spotlight, which she believed would put more attention on Clinton for the general election. We have the DNC's full email history here. Surely if they rigged the primary for Clinton, there would be at least one email showing it.
      • astronautjones 10y ago
        Donna Brazille was fired for leaking debate questions to the HRC campaign
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        • lern_too_spel 10y ago
          > Donna Brazille wasn't DNC chair until after the primaries were over, so how would she be an example of the DNC rigging the primaries for Clinton?
          • fleitz 10y ago
            Because she sent the emails to the Hillary Campaign. And then was surprise surprise, appointed to the DNC Chair. You know instead of the Hillary campaign saying, no no, you shouldn't appoint her, we have evidence that she is corrupt, here's the evidence. And then after the evidence came to light the DNC was like, oh that's fine.
            • 10y ago