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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonna Brazile: I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee
Well Well. Digging that hole deeper
In an explosive new memoir, Brazile details widespread dysfunction and dissension throughout the Democratic Party, including secret deliberations over using her powers as interim DNC chair to initiate the removal of Clinton and running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) from the ticket after Clintons Sept. 11, 2016, collapse in New York City.
Brazile writes that she considered a dozen combinations to replace the nominees and settled on Biden and Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), the duo she felt most certain would win over enough working-class voters to defeat Republican Donald Trump. But then, she writes, I thought of Hillary, and all the women in the country who were so proud of and excited about her. I could not do this to them.
Brazile paints a scathing portrait of Clinton as a well-intentioned, historic candidate whose campaign was badly mismanaged, took minority constituencies for granted and made blunders with stiff and stupid messages. The campaign was so lacking in passion for the candidate, she writes, that its New York headquarters felt like a sterile hospital ward where someone had died.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brazile-i-considered-replacing-clinton-with-biden-as-2016-democratic-nominee/2017/11/04/f0b75418-bf4c-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.4bcaca6c970d
BeyondGeography
(39,395 posts)Response to BeyondGeography (Reply #1)
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Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)FarPoint
(12,486 posts)I believe she had their style down...
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)A very self-serving person
Have to ask: still on the 'condemn the sin, forgive the sinner' kick
I fucking hate her
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)And honestly, does anyone think that CNN is going to take a principled stand on this one?
I don't think she's going anywhere.
R B Garr
(17,019 posts)Attack Hillary, get money.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Tucker's new show (because he argues alt-right stuff for the Trumpers) has been consistent in the ratings. The Five flamed out at 9pm and had to be moved back to Five pm. Other shows keep changing. Donna is an idiot if she thinks she has a safe space anywhere on Fox.
Ilsa
(61,720 posts)to name the D candidate just because HRC had caught the flu? How is that any better than what she has accused HRC of doing?
Brazile needs to go away and take her trashy novel with her.
greeny2323
(590 posts)Hello America, I'm Donna Brazile and I just swapped out your candidate for Joe Biden! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
LisaM
(27,863 posts)She seems to have touch with reality.
R B Garr
(17,019 posts)Not even remotely believable. It makes you realize how flawed her reasoning is that she could misremember documents.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)and tainted the party. She is toxic.
ismnotwasm
(42,028 posts)Donna isnt sounding well here. And her timing is shit.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)against HER party. Traitor.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,776 posts)How could she possibly have got away with replacing the candidate who received the most votes by far in the primaries? That idea is just nuts.
Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,028 posts)This is all very strange
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,793 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)This is beyond contempt.
W_HAMILTON
(7,878 posts)n/t
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,028 posts)Im not understanding this, theres only a few logical conclusions.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)theories that just happen to echo precisely the theories that Jones and Trump loved -- everything was "rigged," Hillary was hiding some terrible health condition -- which obviously isn't the case AND Donna wouldn't "select" Biden like she's some monarch (the health issue was another huge Alex Jones conspiracy -- funny how her book seems to be feeding those sad little trolls. And according to her wasn't Bernie the "real winner?" Why would she "select" Biden? Is she mentally ill?).
The saddest of all -- republicans are trying to use the word "collusion" now in reference to Hillary. That will work /S
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)SHE was a liability, fired for dishonesty. Now, she is groveling to be hired by Fox. She could be the token Dem, who criticizes Dems.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... someone has an axe to grind. This is "revenge-porn" for some perceived slight. She's certainly not helping anything... shit like this weakens the party and empowers the GOP.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)Seriously, She thought it would be a good idea to remove Clinton and put in Biden. Ignoring not only the Hillary voter, but Bernie's voters as well.
I don't doubt that she had the idea, but the notion she wanted to share that with the word is baffling. Not every idea you have is a winner and needs to be shared. Damn, that's what Donny does on twitter day in and day out.
tavernier
(12,428 posts)Obviously.
SCRUBDASHRUB
(7,252 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)She was only the Acting Director anyway. Geez, one more reason we lost is our party leadership was in shambles. I worked in a few Senate races raising money, but I made she the candidates campaigns got it and not the DNC.
Howard Dean
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,485 posts)Seriously I think she just went down the rabbit hole.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)OnDoutside
(19,987 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)She acts like it was up to her, not the voters!!!!! Or even the will of the candidates to run!
StevieM
(10,500 posts)then the one told by Brazile and the authors of Shattered.
SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)How could she remove a candidate? She wouldnt have that authority. I read the entire article and that is never addressed.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)The DNC rules aren't really "binding" in the sense that they're legally enforceable. When the rules can be changed at any time and for any reason, so can the authority one may have.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)at Fox News. Fox actually pays their liberal pundits really well, e.g., Alan Colmes, Ellen Ratner. But along with that job come plastic surgery and a new wardrobe
Cattledog
(5,923 posts)She has a messiah complex.
Afromania
(2,771 posts)Mister Ed
(5,951 posts)She believed that she, personally, could appoint the Democratic presidential candidate of her choice and override the primary voters and the convention?
I don't understand this at all.
fallout87
(819 posts)I wouldnt have agreed with replacing Hillary, but if she did, why a person who received zero votes in the Primary?
Hekate
(91,042 posts)R B Garr
(17,019 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Approaching the podium like Roger Goodell, Donna has 2 minutes 25 seconds remaining on the clock to announce her selection for replacement Democratic ticket, after Hillary Clinton was removed due to a possible ACL strain, which Donna has diagnosed via distance video.
Our sources indicate Donna has juggled at least a dozen permutations, between several large meals. Ongoing meals, I am told. Stressing the choice is Donna's indecision over team need in relation to best available minority.
ismnotwasm
(42,028 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,191 posts)She's really off in the ozone again.
David__77
(23,636 posts)...
ismnotwasm
(42,028 posts)Although I dont think its as simple as she presentsanother oddity.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)please..
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Her comments make absolutely no sense logically, and they are clearly designed to fluff up republican hysteria about Hillary's health (who the fuck cares?!! She isn't the fucking president!!! And how/why could Brazile pick Biden out of thin air? Wouldn't she pick Bernie, the "real winner" according to her earlier bullshit?!
This woman is a total moron, and she is a completely immoral, attention-needing charlatan. Her obvious goal is to sell her sad little "mean girls" style book (the republicans won't want your backstabbing ass either Donna), and she is clearly timing these releases to do maximum damage just as her book is released before an important race for governor. Nobody can argue sanely that this woman is a democrat or a positive force for the democrats in any way. She should be shunned forever. I never did like her all that much as I felt like some of the other posts here -- that she was never a good dem spokesperson, she was always weak and ineffective on panels, and she frequently made comments that undermined candidates going back to her days destroying Gore and his campaign.
Her book is a republican Alex Jones conspiracy theory fever dream -- touching on their beloved themes of "rigging" and Hillary's "health conspiracy" -- it has given the republicans and Trump enough of an emotional boost to trot out yet another investigation of the fucking email. Fuck you Donna.
Hekate
(91,042 posts)In any sane nation on this planet SHE would be POTUS.
jalan48
(13,916 posts)hatrack
(59,606 posts)Oh, yeah, that's right, the Democratic Party operative who works for candidates who nearly always lose.
Jackson, Mondale, Gephardt, fired by Dukakis, Clinton (Yay! Won one!), Gore.
Oh, and this gem:
Brazile was responsible for a plan to spend money to drive up inner-city turnout in places like Chicago and New Orleans even though neither Illinois nor Louisiana was remotely competitive because of fear that Clinton would win the Electoral College vote but lose the popular vote.[21]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Brazile
aka-chmeee
(1,132 posts)Already tired of Donna.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Their supporters would be going ballistic right now.
In any event, the media is using this story as an excuse to repeat the lies about HRC rigging the primary.