Inside Hillary Clintons Secret Takeover of the DNC (By DONNA BRAZILE November 02, 2017)

[Jim Lane]

431. Wonkette says no such thing.

What Wonkette did -- if you mean this disingenuous attempt to make the problem go away -- was what we've seen in this thread:

1. Raise a whole bunch of straw men and attack them. The Wonkette piece says that the primary wasn't rigged. That's different from denying what Brazile actually wrote -- about the gist of the agreement between the DNC and the Clinton campaign.

2. State falsely that this was publicly disclosed already, relying on this article from Politico in 2015. The linked article talks about fundraising but says absolutely nothing about the extensive control over the DNC that was secretly ceded to the Clinton campaign.

3. Obfuscate the difference between agreements about money and agreements about control. The Wonkette author writes:

Except wait, was Bernie Sanders also offered a joint fundraising agreement, and did he accept? YEP AND YEP....

Except wait, was Bernie Sanders also offered veto power over DNC staffing, etc.? NOPE and NOPE.

4. Toss in the usual point that Bernie wasn't a Democrat. Except wait (if I may again borrow a phrase), weren't Chafee and O'Malley and Webb also seeking the nomination? This agreement was entered into months before the first vote was cast. Even if you take the position that the DNC was justified in secretly screwing over Bernie -- a position I'd consider without merit -- that doesn't explain why the DNC could favor Hillary Clinton over three bona fide D-after-their-names Democrats.

Here is the key point of Brazile's statement about the agreement:

The agreement—signed by Amy Dacey, the former CEO of the DNC, and Robby Mook with a copy to Marc Elias—specified that in exchange for raising money and investing in the DNC, Hillary would control the party’s finances, strategy, and all the money raised. Her campaign had the right of refusal of who would be the party communications director, and it would make final decisions on all the other staff. The DNC also was required to consult with the campaign about all other staffing, budgeting, data, analytics, and mailings.

When you cut away all the drip and goo in the Wonkette article, there is absolutely nothing that casts the slightest doubt on the truthfulness of that passage.