# Donna Brazile supplied debate questions to Hillary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 1, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377 "2016-11-01T16:18:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/21 "2016-11-01T17:49:20Z")
@Xema: It was probably presented to Hillary as “here are some likely questions”, which is actually probably the case. I doubt Brazile was sitting on the questions committee at CNN. Eta: and for all we know they passed the questions on to Bernie too. ---
**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 1, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/22 "2016-11-01T17:52:54Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > It looks like the use of an unethical, underhanded process aimed at unfairly boosting one candidate over another. And thus fairly close to rigging. > > It would be interesting to hear Hillary’s views on this: How did she feel about accepting and using this information? Will any of her staff face consequences for helping arrange this? Or is she happy to participate in debates that are presented to the public as fair, but which actually favor the side that does better “research”? You’re assuming a lot here. Do we even know if the questions were given to Clinton, much less that her staff arranged this? You don’t need a tip-off from Donna Brazile to know that they’re going to ask you about lead in Flint, MI. So I’d be a little surprised if they saw this as a boon rather than as something between mildly interesting and annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/23 "2016-11-01T17:58:24Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > If Trump can brag about sexually assaulting women because he’s a star, dodging taxes because its legal, or bankrupting businesses and putting people out of a job, or buying cheap Chinese steel, then Clinton can and should take advantage of any connections she has with members of the media to get favorable coverage. You do realize that “Hillary’s allowed to scupper Bernie’s campaign because Trump is a sleazeball!” makes a rather weak argument - yes? ---
**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 1, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/24 "2016-11-01T17:58:52Z")
Even if she did nothing more than send that e-mail, I can see why CNN would want to disengage. When are these guys going to learn not to write anything in an email that you don’t want the whole world to see??? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/25 "2016-11-01T18:08:16Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > You do realize that “Hillary’s allowed to scupper Bernie’s campaign because Trump is a sleazeball!” makes a rather weak argument - yes? That’s why I said it was only half in jest. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/26 "2016-11-01T18:08:37Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > Do we even know if the questions were given to Clinton, much less that her staff arranged this? We don’t know at this point. Hillary and John Podesta (Hillary’s campaign chairman, who received the Brazile email) are the ones who do - but they aren’t talking. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/27 "2016-11-01T18:14:04Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Even if she did nothing more than send that e-mail, I can see why CNN would want to disengage. When are these guys going to learn not to write anything in an email that you don’t want the whole world to see??? Given her previous experiences I imagine that all whitehouse business under the Clinton administration is going to be conducted via Snap Chat. ---
**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 1, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/28 "2016-11-01T18:14:09Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > We don’t know at this point. Hillary and John Podesta (Hillary’s campaign chairman, who received the Brazile email) are the ones who do - but they aren’t talking. Correct. They haven’t talked about any of the stolen emails, which is probably the most responsible thing they could do. I think CNN was right to fire Brazile, of course. And if the Clinton campaign used her tip-offs, then that was sleazy. But I also think you’re crazy if you think this mattered one bit. Indeed, I would think the Bernie folks would be relieved that the level of media/DNC support for Clinton was at this extremely lame level, given their allegations about everything being rigged. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/29 "2016-11-01T18:23:50Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yogosouth is just demonstrating that Democrats are pretty much done with even the pretense of reform. I’ve never seen a party and its supporters openly embrace politics as usual like this before, nor read about any such thing in the history books. Plenty of us are swallowing hard and holding our noses wile we vote for Hillary but the Republicans didn’t really give us a viable alternative, did they? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/30 "2016-11-01T18:26:24Z")
I don’t blame you one bit for that. I’m voting for Clinton too, much as I hate to have to do it, made that decision just today. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/31 "2016-11-01T18:29:22Z")
We all know the DNC was in the tank for Hillary from day one. But that train has left the station and it no longer matters. What counts is next Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/32 "2016-11-01T18:30:14Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yogosouth is just demonstrating that Democrats are pretty much done with even the pretense of reform. I’ve never seen a party and its supporters openly embrace politics as usual like this before, nor read about any such thing in the history books. Let’s look back at the Republican congress working to frustrate President Obama at every turn, letting empty judge-ships languish & trying again & again to repeal Obamacare. (We \*could \*go back to the way the “election” was settled in 2000.) Next, medidate upon the monstrosity that _your party_ chose to represent themselves this time. _Then_, lecture us on “politics as usual.” ETA: I already voted for Hillary. And was glad to do it. She may not have been the candidate of my dreams, but I would have chosen her over of the other Republican, umm, “hopefuls.” ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/33 "2016-11-01T18:33:27Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > It looks like the use of an unethical, underhanded process aimed at unfairly boosting one candidate over another. And thus fairly close to rigging. In the absence of seeing anyone else’s emails, you have no idea what advantages were given to other candidates. That’s the biggest problem here- we see things in HRC’s email and assume they are unique to her. As Sanders himself said, if you look in my email, you’ll find mean things said about HRC. Same idea applies. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/34 "2016-11-01T18:42:27Z")
Loved Brazile’s answer to Megan Kelly when asked if she leaked debate questions to Hillary’s camp: _“I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND BE PERSECUTED!”_ Then she tried dancing on the head of a pin by stating that she didn’t receive any questions ‘from CNN’, when the allegation was that she got it from Roland Martin, who then gave it to CNN the next day. Brazile also lied by claiming the emails showing her as having said this were stolen and ‘altered’. And she did all this while trying to portray herself as a good ‘Christian woman’. [Cite](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/10/20/christian-woman-donna-brazile-calls-megyn-kellys-intense-grilling-over-leaked-info-to-clinton-campaign-persecution/) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/35 "2016-11-01T18:44:21Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Another way to look at it would be the one who got exposed leaking questions got fired and the other guy didn’t. That’s even less of a surprise, wouldn’t you say? Yeah, you keep arguing that, buddy. I guess the true issue is one was open about their double-dealing and the other one thought calmer rules applied. I guess Brazile forgot that in Trumpworld, thefts are best done in the open, in broad daylight. It literally is no longer the crime… period. > **[CNN’s Corey Lewandowski Is Still Being Paid By Donald Trump](https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/cnns-corey-lewandowski-still-being-paid-donald-trump)** ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/36 "2016-11-01T18:48:52Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Loved Brazile’s answer to Megan Kelly when asked if she leaked debate questions to Hillary’s camp: > > _“I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND BE PERSECUTED!”_ > > Then she tried dancing on the head of a pin by stating that she didn’t receive any questions ‘from CNN’, when the allegation was that she got it from Roland Martin, who then gave it to CNN the next day. Brazile also lied by claiming the emails showing her as having said this were stolen and ‘altered’. > > And she did all this while trying to portray herself as a good ‘Christian woman’. > > [Cite](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/10/20/christian-woman-donna-brazile-calls-megyn-kellys-intense-grilling-over-leaked-info-to-clinton-campaign-persecution/) Couldn’t you at least include a “Glen Beck cooties” warning? For those of us who value our mental health? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/37 "2016-11-01T18:55:17Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Let’s look back at the Republican congress working to frustrate President Obama at every turn, letting empty judge-ships languish & trying again & again to repeal Obamacare. (We \*could \*go back to the way the “election” was settled in 2000.) Next, medidate upon the monstrosity that _your party_ chose to represent themselves this time. > > _Then_, lecture us on “politics as usual.” > > ETA: I already voted for Hillary. And was glad to do it. She may not have been the candidate of my dreams, but I would have chosen her over of the other Republican, umm, “hopefuls.” Everything they did to frustrate Obama was above board. I don’t agree with all of it, but it’s not corruption like this. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/38 "2016-11-01T19:01:08Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > We all know the DNC was in the tank for Hillary from day one. Conceding that point, who can blame them. Someone who is not a member of your party tries to get your nomination? Of course you want to stop it. I bet the RNC is wishing they had found a way to stop Trump. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/39 "2016-11-01T19:09:56Z")
Well, they had Jeb(!). Remember when he was the “presumptive nominee”? Sucking up all the major contributors, game over, man, game over! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377/40 "2016-11-01T19:11:42Z")
That’s all above board though. You gotta be dirty. The Democrats were willing to play dirty against Sanders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-brazile-supplied-debate-questions-to-hillary/770377.md?page=3)