What's in those DNC emails
Tonight brings the 2016 presidential nominating campaign to a close as the Democratic National Convention ends in Philadelphia. The two major party tickets are set. Hillary Clinton is the first woman to be the nominee of a major political party. For the sole reason that I fear for our nation's safety if Donald Trump were to win in November, I will vote for her in November. But I'm not happy about this choice I must make.
Did the leadership of the Democratic National Committee conspire to deny the nomination of its party to Senator Bernie Sanders? There is a lawsuit that was filed earlier this month by noted political science professor Bob Fitrakis that alleges the DNC was involved in voter fraud in at least 11 states. That's really frightening.
The system of "super-delegates" certainly seems to be a way of rigging the nomination process. A friend defended this concept as having stakeholders involved in choosing the nominee, but that goes against the idea of one person, one vote. Some votes should not be more important than others. The people and not the party leaders should be choosing the nominee.
Now what is in those emails? Here's a sampling.
Brad Marshall is the CFO of the DNC. He's the one who is shown in those leaked emails to have suggested questioning the religious faith of Senator Sanders.
“It might may no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief. Does he believe in a God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is about to become the former chair of the DNC. In an email she called Jeff Weaver, the Sanders campaign manager a "damn liar" regarding the controversy at the Nevada Democratic convention. It's clear that state and national party leaders engaged in shenanigans to obfuscate the fact that the Sanders campaign had done a better job of organizing for the convention. What was projected as a 20-15 margin in Nevada delegates for Sanders should have ended up being a much narrower 18-17 result. The details can be found here.
When the Sanders campaign accused the Clinton campaign of improperly using the DNC joint fundraising campaign to benefit Secretary Clinton, the emails showed that a Clinton campaign attorney advised the DNC on how to respond.
These emails showed the pejorative usage of the term "Bernie Bro" for the most ardent of Sanders supporters.
Alexandra Shapiro is the Mid-Atlantic and PAC Finance Director for the DNC. In an email she described the fact that President Obama wouldn't travel 20 minutes for a donation of $350,000 as "fucking stupid."
None of the information contained in the emails shows or suggests that any illegal acts took place. But the DNC is supposed to be neutral in the campaign. It is clear that they were not.
Every member of the DNC leadership whose vile acts were exposed in these emails should be fired if they refuse to resign. I registered as a Democrat for the sole purpose of voting for Bernie Sanders in the California primary. I'm done with this party of lying cheaters. Back to being an independent, even if I will vote for their candidate in November.
Did the leadership of the Democratic National Committee conspire to deny the nomination of its party to Senator Bernie Sanders? There is a lawsuit that was filed earlier this month by noted political science professor Bob Fitrakis that alleges the DNC was involved in voter fraud in at least 11 states. That's really frightening.
The system of "super-delegates" certainly seems to be a way of rigging the nomination process. A friend defended this concept as having stakeholders involved in choosing the nominee, but that goes against the idea of one person, one vote. Some votes should not be more important than others. The people and not the party leaders should be choosing the nominee.
Now what is in those emails? Here's a sampling.
Brad Marshall is the CFO of the DNC. He's the one who is shown in those leaked emails to have suggested questioning the religious faith of Senator Sanders.
“It might may no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief. Does he believe in a God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is about to become the former chair of the DNC. In an email she called Jeff Weaver, the Sanders campaign manager a "damn liar" regarding the controversy at the Nevada Democratic convention. It's clear that state and national party leaders engaged in shenanigans to obfuscate the fact that the Sanders campaign had done a better job of organizing for the convention. What was projected as a 20-15 margin in Nevada delegates for Sanders should have ended up being a much narrower 18-17 result. The details can be found here.
When the Sanders campaign accused the Clinton campaign of improperly using the DNC joint fundraising campaign to benefit Secretary Clinton, the emails showed that a Clinton campaign attorney advised the DNC on how to respond.
These emails showed the pejorative usage of the term "Bernie Bro" for the most ardent of Sanders supporters.
Alexandra Shapiro is the Mid-Atlantic and PAC Finance Director for the DNC. In an email she described the fact that President Obama wouldn't travel 20 minutes for a donation of $350,000 as "fucking stupid."
None of the information contained in the emails shows or suggests that any illegal acts took place. But the DNC is supposed to be neutral in the campaign. It is clear that they were not.
Every member of the DNC leadership whose vile acts were exposed in these emails should be fired if they refuse to resign. I registered as a Democrat for the sole purpose of voting for Bernie Sanders in the California primary. I'm done with this party of lying cheaters. Back to being an independent, even if I will vote for their candidate in November.
posted by me at 3:47 PM
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