# Donna Brazile Politico Article: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 2, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489 "2017-11-02T13:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/141 "2017-11-04T18:46:04Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > … (and thankfully not split the vote by continuing to General… Did he ever intend to? Seemed to me that he was intent on demonstrating the significance of progressives in the Party, without any effort to pretend to dominance. Even at their most heated, they were mutually respectful and HRC accepted Bernie’s premise as valid and took steps to recognize that. Open minded and wrong is a full step better than just wrong. The ugly struggle wasn’t them, it was their supporters’ inability to accept the basic premises of coalition politics. If we were _that_ important, we wouldn’t need a coalition, we would just rule. (And the huge downside to such importance is that, if it were true, then all the ambitious reptiles seeking opportunity would flock to our banner and try to lead us. For a generation or so, now, they have been flocking to the tighty-righty cause. Let us be careful about what we wish for…) ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/142 "2017-11-04T19:16:43Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > Heck, Clinton’s campaign didn’t even try to mudsling, really (no real need), and that definitely would have happened in the General, and he had his own weaknesses. Other than Chelsea Clinton claiming Sanders intended to dismantle Obamacare. The lack of context was all her own. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/143 "2017-11-04T19:40:14Z")
> [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > Agreed… half of them would be fine with a Christian theocracy. The other half would go along, because otherwise, those damn gay welfare queens having abortions will keep getting away with it (over-the-top doublethink intended). > > I hear this kind of dreck all the time from Democratic politicians, but it’s worse coming from a Democratic voter. > > Why are they _owed_ our vote, when they refuse to do anything to secure it? It’s the **voters** fault that they don’t introduce any bills to help anyone, and are leery of even stating their support for progressive policies? Blaming the voters for your failures has got to be the worst possible campaign strategy possible, and part of the reason the Democrats have lost 1,000 seats in the last ten years. They’ll continue to lose seats as long as they continue looking down their noses at those “purists” with their “litmus tests” and purging progressives from their party instead of embracing us. > > Something’s gotta give, or the Democrats will keep up with “Vote for us to do nothing but sit in office, or Trump / the Tea Partiers / Bush wins!” and the Republicans will keep up with “Vote for us or crooked Hillary will bring her corruption to the White House!” and meanwhile both parties will continue being awful in their own ways. Hillary Clinton wasn’t owed shit in the primaries. In fact she wasn’t even owed anything in the general. It’s not about what Hillary Clinton was owed; the rest of the country was owed being spared by the nightmare that’s beginning to unfold. This didn’t have to happen. If Clinton had been pitted against John Kasich or even Marco Rubio, then someone could be forgiven for not voting for her, whether it’s voting for the Republican, voting for an independent, or just not voting at all. ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/144 "2017-11-04T20:32:39Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Hillary Clinton wasn’t owed shit in the primaries. In fact she wasn’t even owed anything in the general. It’s not about what Hillary Clinton was owed; the rest of the country was owed being spared by the nightmare that’s beginning to unfold. This didn’t have to happen. If Clinton had been pitted against John Kasich or even Marco Rubio, then someone could be forgiven for not voting for her, whether it’s voting for the Republican, voting for an independent, or just not voting at all. I don’t think many people saw Trump as the nightmare that you and I do during the campaign. Many still don’t. The media, when they bothered covering him honestly instead of pretending he was a legitimate person, much less candidate, just depicted him as a crass buffoon. I said from early on that he scared the hell out of me, and all he had to do was say something outrageous about Gypsies and we could all fill our Hitler Bingo scorecards, given his tirades against homosexuals, immigrants, Muslims, handicapped persons, women, political opponents, transgendered individuals, and people of other faiths. Basically ALL the groups Hitler targeted. But I was very much in the minority in that view. The media represented him as just another relatively harmless Republican idiot, or in a “both sides do it” 50/50 “you decide!” manner that is so stupidly popular among talking heads desperate to appear neutral, as though reality isn’t a thing, it’s just something people decide on. They also massively underestimated him and overestimated Hillary; a large swath of people likely didn’t show up to the polls because they were sure they didn’t need to. Despite Hillary having only about a 3% lead according to polls going in, it was common wisdom that she was guaranteed to win, with talking heads routinely giving idiotic figures like 90% likely to be the next President despite the polling reflecting the reality that a small gust of wind would blow her campaign right over. And it turned out, surprise! the polls were right - she won by about 3% in the popular vote, but lost the electoral college. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/145 "2017-11-04T20:53:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Bernie-ism is the new Lost Cause. There won’t be as many statues, though. They take up too much space, what with the mount of choice for those Bro heroes depicted, being a plug-in hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/146 "2017-11-04T20:56:37Z")
> [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > I don’t think many people saw Trump as the nightmare that you and I do during the campaign. Many still don’t. The media, when they bothered covering him honestly instead of pretending he was a legitimate person, much less candidate, just depicted him as a crass buffoon. > > I said from early on that he scared the hell out of me… You were not some lone voice of reason crying in the wilderness. [See here:](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-unfavorable-polls-224454) > [@](#): > > **Trump’s poll ratings in a historic hole** > By STEVEN SHEPARD 06/17/2016 > > Recent polls have showed Trump’s unfavorable rating spiking again, after a brief improvement last month. That’s also coincided with a slide in national horse-race polls, which now unanimously show Hillary Clinton leading the presumptive Republican nominee. Clinton is also more unpopular than past nominees, but her negatives are neither as wide nor as deep as the broadly detested Trump. > > Trump is setting modern records for political toxicity — at least for a major-party candidate this far out from an election. Seventy percent of Americans surveyed in an ABC News/Washington Post poll out this week had an unfavorable opinion of Trump… [PDF of poll results](http://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1144-57Clinton-TrumpFavorability.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/147 "2017-11-04T21:02:03Z")
> [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > Agreed… half of them would be fine with a Christian theocracy. The other half would go along, because otherwise, those damn gay welfare queens having abortions will keep getting away with it (over-the-top doublethink intended). > > I hear this kind of dreck all the time from Democratic politicians, but it’s worse coming from a Democratic voter. > > Why are they _owed_ our vote, when they refuse to do anything to secure it? It’s the **voters** fault that they don’t introduce any bills to help anyone, and are leery of even stating their support for progressive policies? Blaming the voters for your failures has got to be the worst possible campaign strategy possible, and part of the reason the Democrats have lost 1,000 seats in the last ten years. They’ll continue to lose seats as long as they continue looking down their noses at those “purists” with their “litmus tests” and purging progressives from their party instead of embracing us. > > Something’s gotta give, or the Democrats will keep up with “Vote for us to do nothing but sit in office, or Trump / the Tea Partiers / Bush wins!” and the Republicans will keep up with “Vote for us or crooked Hillary will bring her corruption to the White House!” and meanwhile both parties will continue being awful in their own ways. It is the voter’s fault because the voters are the ones who pick the people that are in congress. It pretty much does always come down to them. Now in 2008, when people showed up at the polls, the got obama elected, and managed to get a decent number of congress critters in as well. This allowed them to pass some stuff that was good for the country. You can argue about whether obama care, and you can argue about the bailout, but you can’t argue that they were not done and passed. The idea that the dems didn’t do anything is pretty counter to the facts on the ground. In 2010, however, the progressives did not turn out at the elections, and the conservatives did, changing the makeup of congress, and removing the democratic majorities. After that, yeah, there was little that the dems did, but it wasn’t because they didn’t want to, it’s because they didn’t have enough support from the voters. But no, they are not owed your vote, not in any way. But, if you don’t vote, then you can’t really complain about the results either. ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/148 "2017-11-04T21:18:32Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > You were not some lone voice of reason crying in the wilderness. [See here:](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-unfavorable-polls-224454) > > [PDF of poll results](http://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1144-57Clinton-TrumpFavorability.pdf) Nor do I think I am; the danger of Trump is coming to be widely recognized; even among his GOP colleagues. However, his disapproval ratings =/ extreme concern for his authoritarian tendencies and potential to take a wrecking ball to American democracy. He had a 60% disapproval rating on election day, and he still got elected. I think quite a few of that 68% still just dislike him because they think he’s a moron, or incompetent, or just really hate \*some of his policies. I’m not convinced it’s penetrated with most people that he’s a narcissistic maniac concerned with one and only thing: himself, and is perfectly willing to watch the world burn so long as he personally benefits. I don’t know if that fact will ever penetrate, because most people are willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt, even if they don’t deserve it. “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity,” is, I believe, still the prevailing, and unnecessarily generous, outlook on Trump at this point. He’s, he’s incompetent and stupid, but those are his **redeeming qualities** in terms of limiting the damage he does. ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/149 "2017-11-04T21:22:53Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > But no, they are not owed your vote, not in any way. But, if you don’t vote, then you can’t really complain about the results either. Sure I can. I don’t get a vote on whether we go to war either, but I sure as hell have a right to complain when we do. The fact that we’re given a vote doesn’t \*excuse the overall shitty behavior of our elected representatives. In fact, it makes it worse, because they’re **supposed** to be representing what their constituents want, but tacitly refuse to do so, as evidenced in poll after poll showing that policy no longer has any correlation to how voters view an issue, but has a direct correlation to how \*donors feel about an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/150 "2017-11-04T21:27:44Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I’m sick of Hillary supporters defending her. I’m sad she lost to Trump… but screw her. > > I hate her, and I don’t say “hate” lightly. Shit, Son! I throw that word around like beads at a Mardi Gras parade! I hate, hate, hate that woman! Try it more, embrace it! You’ll get used to it! Might even learn to like it! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/151 "2017-11-04T23:06:41Z")
This is good. The best thing for the Dems is to distance themselves as much as possible from Hillary and her stench. A strong public castigation and scouring of her and her lackeys and their influence would be the best possible way to pull independents and even some Trump-horrified Repubs to their side. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/152 "2017-11-04T23:22:32Z")
> [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > Nor do I think I am; the danger of Trump is coming to be widely recognized; even among his GOP colleagues. > > However, his disapproval ratings =/ extreme concern for his authoritarian tendencies and potential to take a wrecking ball to American democracy. He had a 60% disapproval rating on election day, and he still got elected. I think quite a few of that 68% still just dislike him because they think he’s a moron, or incompetent, or just really hate \*some of his policies. I’m not convinced it’s penetrated with most people that he’s a narcissistic maniac concerned with one and only thing: himself, and is perfectly willing to watch the world burn so long as he personally benefits. I don’t know if that fact will ever penetrate, because most people are willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt, even if they don’t deserve it. > > “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity,” is, I believe, still the prevailing, and unnecessarily generous, outlook on Trump at this point. He’s, he’s incompetent and stupid, but those are his **redeeming qualities** in terms of limiting the damage he does. Oh, I see. You were not a true hater of Trump unless you hated him in much the same way you did. Are you Scottish by any chance? I noticed you also moved the goalpost from “many people” to “most people”, too. I don’t know that “most people” think Trump is dangerous, but the idea that “many people” didn’t (your original claim) doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny. Unless we invoke the New True Scotsman rule, that is. If you are trying to convince is that Trump = Hitler, been there done that on his MB a dozen times. Yeah. you’re in the minority there, mainly because it’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/153 "2017-11-04T23:34:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Oh, I see. You were not a true hater of Trump unless you hated him in much the same way you did. Are you Scottish by any chance? I noticed you also moved the goalpost from “many people” to “most people”, too. I don’t know that “most people” think Trump is dangerous, but the idea that “many people” didn’t (your original claim) doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny. Unless we invoke the New True Scotsman rule, that is. > > If you are trying to convince is that Trump = Hitler, been there done that on his MB a dozen times. Yeah. you’re in the minority there, mainly because it’s wrong. Yeah, you’re right. Okay, I’ll settle for dislike versus active hatred, however well-deserved. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/154 "2017-11-05T14:12:16Z")
The latest blurb released from her new book is that she tried have HRC (and her running mate) replaced with Biden/Booker after the fainting spell outside the 9/11 memorial. I hope there is more to the story than that, because my first reaction is: Who the hell do you think you are that you can take the candidate people voted for off the ticket? How would that even be possible? Not to mention that Biden didn’t want to run. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/155 "2017-11-05T14:44:46Z")
So it turns out this was all just more anti-Clinton bullshit and there was no DNC agreement as to the primary. I wonder how many Sanders supporters will even learn that this narrative was a lie. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/156 "2017-11-05T19:53:34Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > So it turns out this was all just more anti-Clinton bullshit and there was no DNC agreement as to the primary. I wonder how many Sanders supporters will even learn that this narrative was a lie. Motivated reasoning has characterized many members of that group since its inception. A good number of them will put enough effort into doublethink, using Brazile’s elisions and falsehoods as part of their ‘evidence,’ so as to be able to go on believing that Hillary is the worst person on the face of the earth. It’s important to them. Brazile did herself no favors today with her appearance on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”: On the ‘sub in Biden for Clinton’ story: > [@](#): > > STEPHANOPOULOS: As you can imagine, there’s been quite a reaction to this, including this open letter from the Hillary for America 2016 team signed by about 100 people. They say they are shocked to learn that you were considering this. And they go on to say, "it is particularly troubling and puzzling that she would seemingly buy into false Russian fueled propaganda spread by the Russians and our opponent about our candidate’s health. > > BRAZILE: Well, George, at the time – like I said, I talked with Charlie Baker. But as it relates to that… > > STEPHANOPOULOS: Did you mention this idea to him? > > BRAZILE: No. I kept my own counsel. ['This Week' Transcript 11-5-17: Former DNC chair Donna Brazile - ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-11-17-dnc-chair-donna-brazile/story?id=50932234) On her own personal ordeal at the DNC: > [@](#): > > BRAZILE: Do I regret taking on a job the second time in my life as chair of the party, cleaning up everyone’s mess, taking all of the incoming, being unable to spend funds that I raised? Do I regret being on the road 100 percent of the time, being hacked by the Russians, being – being harassed, getting death threats? Do I regret any of that? George, **was worse than Hurricane Katrina** in terms of the emotional toll. [ibid] Looking over her bio at wikipedia, I see no indication that Brazile was up on a roof or marooned in the Superdome, during Katrina. So I wonder how her claim of victimhood will be received by those who actually did suffer during that storm. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/157 "2017-11-05T21:21:32Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The Democratic party united behind Hillary in 2016, with the observed results. > > Regards, > Shodan I kind of think this should be on the walls of Democratic campaign offices around the country. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/158 "2017-11-05T21:27:48Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I kind of think this should be on the walls of Democratic campaign offices around the country. Maybe if that had actually happened instead of the attempted hijacking of the party by a non-Democrat and his ravening hordes of fanatical Lost-Causers. Who, it should be noted, were very quick to jump on these Brazile bridge-burning “revelations” before it was revealed that she was fudging things a bit to gin up her book sales. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/159 "2017-11-05T21:38:25Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > So it turns out this was all just more anti-Clinton bullshit and there was no DNC agreement as to the primary. I wonder how many Sanders supporters will even learn that this narrative was a lie. [Here’s the text of the agreement.](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/TODAY/z_Creative/DNCMemo%20(002).pdf) It’s an odd document. It claims that it is only oriented towards the general election, not the primary process, but the Hillary For America organization has significant control over hiring of DNC staff members starting on Sept 11\*, 2015 several months before the first primary. Other special access by the HFA also begins well before the general election. \*an oddly chosen date that conspiracy buffs must love! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489/160 "2017-11-05T22:03:37Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Maybe if that had actually happened instead of the attempted hijacking of the party by a non-Democrat and his ravening hordes of fanatical Lost-Causers. Who, it should be noted, were very quick to jump on these Brazile bridge-burning “revelations” before it was revealed that she was fudging things a bit to gin up her book sales. So, what you’re saying is those Bernie supporters are… deplorable? 😉 I want the Democrats to win going forward, and I assume you do, too. But that type of rhetoric is not going to make that happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-politico-article-inside-hillary-clinton-s-secret-takeover-of-the-dnc/800489.md?page=9)