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LBM20

(1,580 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:03 AM Nov 2017

The notion that Brazile was seriously considering replacing Clinton with Biden tells us all we need.

Last edited Sun Nov 5, 2017, 01:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Donna Brazile is generally a smart person and longtime Dem operative and insider. That she is telling us that she was seriously considering replacing the Democratic ticket because Hillary Clinton stumbled after an event due to heat exhaustion tells us just how politically BRAINDEAD she was. This, along with the fact that she broke ethics by offering a debate question ahead of time to the Clinton camp, simply destroys her credibility. Just imagine the total and utter chaos such an ATTEMPTED move to replace the ticket would have created, let along following through on it. And of course Biden and Booker would NEVER have agreed to such a thing. And to think she even CONTEMPLATED such an INSANE idea tells us that she lost her political marbles and perhaps has never found them. I think Brazile is angry with the Clinton people, is giving payback, and wants to make a lot of money for her retirement with this book. The only thing I give her credit for right now is that she has gone on record saying, "No, Clinton did not rig the primary." That is her one redeeming thing right now. Otherwise, her credibility is toast and she needs to be IGNORED.

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The notion that Brazile was seriously considering replacing Clinton with Biden tells us all we need. (Original Post) LBM20 Nov 2017 OP
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Yes....she was a commentator at CNN at the time, so Laurian Nov 2017 #2
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Impugning Hillary's integrity based on Brazil's assertion is offensive to me. Laurian Nov 2017 #8
i always enjoyed her when she was on the panels.... samnsara Nov 2017 #4
Brazille isn't politically brain dead. nocalflea Nov 2017 #5
Oh please. Contemplating replacing the ticket was sheer insanity. And she has expressed real LBM20 Nov 2017 #16
No not politically brain dead, just clinically insane. MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #20
My mind is to sinister to let her off the hook with a plea of insanity. nocalflea Nov 2017 #22
I don't see why this part of the book is so outrageous. At the time Hillary collapsed, no one knew Vinca Nov 2017 #6
Totally NUTS. Stroke? Please. It was heat exhaustion. And it wasn't about a possible stroke. It LBM20 Nov 2017 #17
She didn't think it was something that serious or she wouldn't have recommended ACUPUNCTURE. pnwmom Nov 2017 #21
She was on the air for years and never said anything insightful BeyondGeography Nov 2017 #7
She was the obligatory Washington General Cosmocat Nov 2017 #11
DB is a selfcentered, selfish egomaniac that puts her grandiose self before the Democratic democratisphere Nov 2017 #9
+1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #14
A DNC Chair can't unilaterally replace a nominee JaneQPublic Nov 2017 #10
Thanks for posting this. NurseJackie Nov 2017 #15
Apparently she thought she could and/or was prepared to push for it. Crazy. LBM20 Nov 2017 #18
Has it ever been proven that Brazile offered the debate question or was it something from Wikileaks? Not Ruth Nov 2017 #12
She admitted it. Google it. LBM20 Nov 2017 #19
Kaine greeny2323 Nov 2017 #13

Response to LBM20 (Original post)

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
2. Yes....she was a commentator at CNN at the time, so
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:11 AM
Nov 2017

I do believe she got the debate information from someone there "on her own".

It's too damn early on a Sunday morning to be slapped with more Hillary hate.

Response to Laurian (Reply #2)

samnsara

(17,604 posts)
4. i always enjoyed her when she was on the panels....
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:16 AM
Nov 2017

....I used to love Susan Sarandon too...up until 2 yrs ago...

nocalflea

(1,387 posts)
5. Brazille isn't politically brain dead.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:22 AM
Nov 2017

She knows exactly what she's doing. And I don't think it's about selling books or anger at Clinton.

 

LBM20

(1,580 posts)
16. Oh please. Contemplating replacing the ticket was sheer insanity. And she has expressed real
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 01:04 PM
Nov 2017

hostility in the book over the Clinton campaign. Read the excerpts.

Vinca

(50,236 posts)
6. I don't see why this part of the book is so outrageous. At the time Hillary collapsed, no one knew
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:25 AM
Nov 2017

if it was heat exhaustion or a disabling stroke. Of course that close to the election the first thought would be "what the fuck do we do." What I don't understand is why Donna Brazile released her tell all just before an election day. It seems she's so angry at the party she wants to destroy it.

 

LBM20

(1,580 posts)
17. Totally NUTS. Stroke? Please. It was heat exhaustion. And it wasn't about a possible stroke. It
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 01:06 PM
Nov 2017

was about Brazile not liking the optics nor the status of the Clinton campaign. To even think about replacing the entire ticket over this was supremely stupid.

pnwmom

(108,955 posts)
21. She didn't think it was something that serious or she wouldn't have recommended ACUPUNCTURE.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 01:14 PM
Nov 2017

Acupuncture for pneumonia is ridiculous enough. For a stroke?



Brazile was just power tripping.

BeyondGeography

(39,345 posts)
7. She was on the air for years and never said anything insightful
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:26 AM
Nov 2017

Mostly she played footsie with her fellow panelists. I'm sure she had principles once, but they took a backseat to personal interest a long time ago.

Cosmocat

(14,558 posts)
11. She was the obligatory Washington General
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:43 AM
Nov 2017

on those panels, with the Rs as the Harlem Globetrotters.

Seriously, that is was her purpose, to provide a weak D while Rs ran wild with their lunacy.

I had my fill of her a LONG time ago in that regard.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
9. DB is a selfcentered, selfish egomaniac that puts her grandiose self before the Democratic
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:40 AM
Nov 2017

Party. DB is going to decide which candidate she is going to run for President; I hardly think she wields that kind of power. I'm sick of listening to her destructive crap; it is time to get serious about putting dynamic Democrats front and center and get ready for the political wars of 2018 and 2020. DB has nothing positive to offer and is a bitter hasbeen.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
15. Thanks for posting this.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:00 AM
Nov 2017


It's clear to me that DB has lost her mind. She's now living in (or has been a long-time resident of) Fantasy World.
 

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)
12. Has it ever been proven that Brazile offered the debate question or was it something from Wikileaks?
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:35 AM
Nov 2017
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