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"5 Times Debbie Wasserman Schultz Violated DNC Rules and Stacked the Deck in Favor of Clinton" (Original Post) berniepdx420 Feb 2016 OP
It's all just CT woo, don't you know? nxylas Feb 2016 #1
Nah...nothing to see here TexasMommaWithAHat Feb 2016 #2
That's really clear cut cali Feb 2016 #3
K N R Faux pas Feb 2016 #4
No. 4 was a new one on me farleftlib Feb 2016 #5
New to me, too. ebayfool Feb 2016 #11
Big money shaking in their boots jham123 Feb 2016 #6
The DNC has been in the tank for Hillary from the beginning. razorman Feb 2016 #7
Interesting and very telling - The DNC is virtually bankrupt heading into the 2016 election. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #8
+420 berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #9
#6 DNC rolls back Obama ban on contributions from federal lobbyists ebayfool Feb 2016 #10
 

farleftlib

(2,125 posts)
5. No. 4 was a new one on me
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:26 PM
Feb 2016
4. DNC finance chair caught raising money for Clinton

The DNC operates under strict rules of remaining impartial during the primary process until the nominee has been selected. But one top DNC official was just caught raising money for the Clinton campaign. Henry R. Muñoz III, who used to be a top fundraiser for President Obama, became the chief of the Party’s finance operations in 2013. This past Summer, he was caught organizing a fundraiser for Clinton in San Antonio, Texas. This is a direct violation of DNC rules, which state:

“The Chairperson shall be responsible for ensuring that the national officers and staff of the Democratic National Committee maintain impartiality and even-handedness during the Democratic Party Presidential nominating process.”

Responsibility for this falls squarely on the shoulders of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.


Oopsie.

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
11. New to me, too.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 02:11 PM
Feb 2016

And they are coming up with new ways to continue flaunt their own rules. Now it's okay to accept PAC & lobbyist's donations.

razorman

(1,644 posts)
7. The DNC has been in the tank for Hillary from the beginning.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:32 PM
Feb 2016

I believe that Bernie was allowed into the race to act as a sparring partner for HRC. He was there only to make it look like she actually had to fight for the nomination. But, I guess no one told him. He has been seriously campaigning with much more success than anyone imagined; to the point that he is an actual threat to Hillary's ambitions, and the DNC is now having to use underhanded measures to stack the deck in Mrs. Clinton's favor.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
8. Interesting and very telling - The DNC is virtually bankrupt heading into the 2016 election.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:37 PM
Feb 2016

I guess I'm not the only one who would NEVER donate to that corrupt organization.

All the DNC needs to do is embrace the actual frontrunner - Bernie, and their coffers will fill right up. And FIRE DWS and stop being so damn corrupt.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
10. #6 DNC rolls back Obama ban on contributions from federal lobbyists
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:41 PM
Feb 2016
hat tip to PoliticAverse for this!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141346344



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-allowing-donations-from-federal-lobbyists-and-pacs/2016/02/12/22b1c38c-d196-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html


snip -

The Democratic National Committee has rolled back restrictions introduced by presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 that banned donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees.

The decision, which may provide an advantage to Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, was viewed with disappointment Friday morning by good government activists who saw it as a step backward in the effort to limit special interest influence in Washington.

“It is a major step in the wrong direction,” said longtime reform advocate Fred Wertheimer. “And it is completely out of touch with the clear public rejection of the role of political money in Washington,” expressed during the 2016 campaign.




Clinton is tapped out on her big money donors, so Wasserman is putting a big steaming pile of lobbyist cash on her plate.

Yeah, Debbie went from her thumb on the scales to stomping her foot on it!
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