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Oh, please (5.00 / 1) (#48)
by Yman on Mon Jul 25, 2016 at 05:42:58 PM EST
The Bernie campaign was attacking the DNC for weeks/months before these emails were written.  Given all the crap they threw at the DNC, the responses were pretty mild.  Moreover, the DNC staff is human.  Some of them likely DID favor the candidate who was actually part of their party for several decades, as opposed to the newcomer who badmouthed the party for many years until he needed its infrastructure.

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But of course... (5.00 / 1) (#51)
by kdog on Mon Jul 25, 2016 at 05:53:03 PM EST
Nobody needed a wiki email dump to know the establishment and money in the party wanted Bernie to fail...a preference is fine, partiality is not.

But its not me you need to worry about, only Bernie or Liz would make me even consider a D. It's the angry delegates and party members you need to worry about. Will they go Trump? No. But they might not go Clinton.    

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I'm not worried about either one (none / 0) (#57)
by Yman on Mon Jul 25, 2016 at 06:06:21 PM EST
BTW - Did you just call them "party members"?

Heh.

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If there is hope... (none / 0) (#59)
by kdog on Mon Jul 25, 2016 at 06:10:43 PM EST
It lies with the proles;)

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Given that you're not even ... (none / 0) (#68)
by Donald from Hawaii on Mon Jul 25, 2016 at 06:43:40 PM EST
... a registered Democrat, kdog, please don't be telling us how our party ought to be run. The respective party hierarchies have had their thumbs on the scales since the day the Constitution was ratified and the Founding Fathers split into two opposing political camps under Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. And they're generally not fond of insurgent campaigns for obvious reasons. It's regrettable, but it's also to be expected if you're an insurgent who's worth his salt. And when you expect it, you plan for it in any event.

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You got that right.... (none / 0) (#73)
by kdog on Mon Jul 25, 2016 at 07:04:59 PM EST
there's been a thumb on the scale since King Solomon, never mind George Washington.

Im glad you think it's regrettable. I say regrettable and unacceptable. That's not telling you how to run it, just telling you why some won't roll with it. Hence the DNC chair gets heckled from her own convention. That ain't me Babe, thems Dems booing their lungs out Man...not independents by default, but Democrats.

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And it seems the people . . . (none / 0) (#83)
by JanaM on Mon Jul 25, 2016 at 07:30:03 PM EST
it wasn't only the "establishment and money" that wanted Bernie to fail. Did you forget all the voters who chose another candidate?

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