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> but the questions that were provided were not the ones asked Oh come on, the 2016 election is in the past, you don't have to spin it. The questions asked wer
by ralfd 6y ago
> but the questions that were provided were not the ones asked
Oh come on, the 2016 election is in the past, you don't have to spin it. The questions asked were similar enough and it can't be denied that Clinton got the questions in advance, but not Sanders.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donna-brazile-wikileaks-fallout-230553 https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donna-brazile-wikilea...
> An email later obtained by POLITICO showed that the text of the question Brazile sent to the Clinton campaign was identical to a proposed question Martin had offered CNN. (A similar, though not identical question, was ultimately posed to Clinton at the town hall).
> In the newest email, sent one day before the March 6 Democratic primary debate in Flint, Michigan, Brazile tells senior campaign staff that “One of the questions directed to HRC tomorrow is from a woman with a rash. Her family has lead poison and she will ask what, if anything, will Hillary do as president to help the ppl of Flint.”
> The next night, a woman named Lee-Anne Walters asked both candidates a very similar question.
- godelski 6y ago> The questions asked were similar enough Honestly I'm confused why people are so hot and bothered about the questions asked. Are any of you seriously surprised by the questions asked? Of course the candidates prepared to answer these questions. If they weren't prepared their prep team should be fired for being woefully incompetent. Seriously, all the questions are about the most popular topics. I honestly would have been shocked if Flint wasn't brought up considering it being part of the national conversation. Should she have gotten them? No. Is it cheating? Yes. Is it a big fucking deal to detract from actual issues? No. It is just another example of minor cheating that they are doing constantly. But this is like cheating on a test where the teacher pulls questions from the homework and changes a few numbers and you already memorized how to do all the homework problems.
- deathhand 6y agoBelieve or not we need to trust the integrity of our elected officials. That's the only way government works.
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- gootdude 6y agoReally hard to discuss the integrity of our elected officials given the current President's penchant to lie like a marketer.
- whimsicalism 6y agoIt is important to discuss, because at the margin having more integrity will get more turnout and help boot out the current President.
- godelski 6y agoI'm not sure why you think I disagree with you. What I said is focus on the bigger lies because all the little ones pull away from a continued conversation.
- MR4D 6y agoThe Constitution of the United States was explicitly designed to create a government where people do not have to trust their elected officials, and still have a functioning government.
- sumedh 6y ago> Is it a big fucking deal to detract from actual issues? No. I think its a big deal when candidate keeps on cheating or lying. It establishes a pattern of dishonest behaviour which the other candidate can easily make a soundbite by calling her crooked.