Interim DNC chair to impose 'tough standards' after email leaks
Source: TheHill.com
Interim chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile said she would impose tougher standards on staff going forward after email leaks showed some party leaders plotted to undermine the insurgent campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Specifically, she expressed disgust with an email from DNC CFO Brad Marshall in which outlined a plan to question Sanders's religion.
"When I read Brad's email, and I've known Brad now for 20 years, I called him, and I said 'Brad, that was wrong. That's inappropriate.' I apologized to the Sanders people immediately on Saturday morning," Brazile said in an interview with Katie Couric Thursday.
She said she was "disgusted" and "outraged" by some of the emails.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289891-interim-dnc-chair-to-impose-tougher-standards-for-staff
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)think
(11,641 posts)cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)here on the DU with the forums becoming a cesspool because some people didnt know when to stop.
think
(11,641 posts)By Ryan Grim - 07/27/2016 05:52 pm ET
PHILADELPHIA ― Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the outgoing Democratic National Committee chair, didnt treat Sen. Bernie Sanders fairly during the primaries and should have resigned sooner.
Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, made his comments in response to a question about whether his party had a Plan B if something truly disqualifying emerged about Hillary Clinton in future email dumps.
No, he told The Huffington Post, but went on to talk about the DNC communications released so far in what appears to be a Russian-orchestrated hack.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, shes always been good to me. I like her just fine, Reid said. I know shes tried hard, but as some people probably know, I thought Bernie deserved somebody that was not critical to[ward] him. I knew ― everybody knew ― that this was not a fair deal. So Im sorry she had to resign, but it was the right thing to do. She just shouldve done it sooner....
Read more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harry-reid-bernie-sanders-dnc_us_5799259fe4b02d5d5ed42db6
mike_c
(36,214 posts)...but no one wants to say that Senator Clinton's nomination is tainted by a rigged primary. The word for that is "corruption."
think
(11,641 posts)is restored as best it can be moving forward....
TipTok
(2,474 posts)bananakabob
(105 posts)Why do you hate democracy?
The Democratic Party's job is to elect democrats. It's not absurd to think they would have opposition research on a guy who, up until last year, wasn't a Democrat.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)think
(11,641 posts)QC
(26,371 posts)Bigots shouldn't hold top positions in a party that makes opposition to bigotry a central part of its identity, especially as it heads into a campaign against an ugly bigot.
think
(11,641 posts)QC
(26,371 posts)Kinda hard to complain about Trump's Islamophobia when our own chief financial officer is an anti-Semite.
tblue37
(64,980 posts)rather than a "real Jew"-- or perhaps to attack him for both.
QC
(26,371 posts)in order to swing an election, which is absolutely inexcusable, leaving aside the question of why a "neutral" party is plotting election strategy for one of the candidates.
David__77
(23,219 posts)I have no information to indicate that DNC is investigating this or intends to take any action on this whatsoever. If not, that is unfortunate, in my opinion.
QC
(26,371 posts)Accountability is for the little people.
TipTok
(2,474 posts)He said he's super duper sorry and that should be enough...
... or something.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Sgent
(5,857 posts)plan is but it may be cost prohibitive (both in terms of money and effort) to fire him before the election cycle is completed. My guess is it would cost millions to do so.
stumblnrose
(449 posts)I'm sure she had no awareness of what her minions were up to...as the son of Holocaust survivors I am hard pressed to vote dem...and you can blame me for all the fallout that ensues cuz I'm an atheist and ain't got no G-d.
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)MichMan
(11,787 posts)Glad she is cracking down so hard on this
"I called him, and I said 'Brad, that was wrong. That's inappropriate."
mpcamb
(2,855 posts)When caught in compromising anti-Sanders emails:
This was on Marshall's facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/bradley.marshall.904/posts/10210076366333644
He said: "I deeply regret that my insensitive, emotional emails would cause embarrassment to the DNC, the Chairwoman, and all of the staffers who worked hard to make the primary a fair and open process. The comments expressed do not refl
That strikes me as bullshit. He regrets that some people were embarrassed - he did not express regret for sending the email itself."
source: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512294975
mpcamb
(2,855 posts)anyway., so here's more from that thread:
...The comments expressed do not reflect my beliefs nor do they reflect the beliefs of the DNC and its employees. I apologize to those I offended."
He didn't even bother to express regret for sending the email. He expressed regret that some people are now embarrassed.
And regardless, I think that he send such a bigoted email in the first place should disqualify him from his position. Of course, the DNC can make its choice on that.
This kind of pseudo apology is what we've come to expect from Republicans caught up in scandals and foot-in-mouth situations, not our party leaders.
QC
(26,371 posts)You're right--it's a classic Republican non-apology, but then appealing to religious bigotry is a classic Republican strategy, so it makes sense in a way.
QC
(26,371 posts)"I really wish you have mentioned he was a SOCIALIST."
From a realtor in Naples, Florida.
Florida: Where the Democrats are Republicans and the Republicans are the KKK.
bananakabob
(105 posts)Actually going after Snowden and Assange, instead?
They have the power to put the hurt on Ecuador and the that little snivelling rapist slither back and find another place to hide.