ABC News: What's in the WikiLeaks DNC Recordings

[bananas]

What's in the WikiLeaks DNC Recordings
ABC News
Published on Jul 27, 2016

Voicemails show former ambassadors calling DNC officials for time with Obama.

[Geronimoe]

1. Obscene

This is not what democracy looks like.

[geek tragedy]

4. You are right. Having a foreign power steal private communications in an attempt

to rig our election is obscene.

[Plucketeer]

5. PRIVATE communications???

In theory - little folk (like myself) have PAID for those communications. Or is there a definition of "Public servant" that I'm not aware of?

[geek tragedy]

6. Incorrect. Only DNC donors paid for those communications. nt

[Plucketeer]

8. So there's a "government" OUTSIDE

of the one that is purported to serve me? A sort of "frosting" government, if you will. And the end result of those communications have NO impact on my life as a citizen of this country?

So where DO you get blinders like that - from the same place that sells those X-ray glasses?

[geek tragedy]

9. The Democratic party is not part of the government. It's a private political party

The communications between the DNC and private citizens are 100% PRIVATE communications and it's a felony to steal them.

[Plucketeer]

11. Well GOD LOVE a good thief!

Ain't it heartening to know that our federal government don't do such things!

[geek tragedy]

12. our government certainly has done so, and has been rightfully condemned by

progressives and democracy activists for doing so.

so I know you will join me in condemning this kind of theft of private communications in order to interfere with our elections(you will note they are not stealing Republican or Trump emails).

[Plucketeer]

13. OK - so it's a horrific thing

So now what? Would you have us stick our fingers in our ears and go "LA-LA-LA-LA - I can't HEAR you!"

[geek tragedy]

15. I'm not telling you to not listen to those recordings, only

1) I haven't heard of anything damaging in the voice mails--no one's reported anything that's a big deal;

2) make sure your malware protection on your computer is up to snuff when visiting the Wikileaks website

[Plucketeer]

16. OK, but...

so a price tag of $200K to have lunch with a presidential candidate can't be perceived as having ANY impact on me, Right?

[geek tragedy]

17. in a general sense, everything is interconnected so you could argue it either way nt

[denbot]

21. This is why Bernie resonates with so many.

This business as usual is also what put Trump very close to the white house. The system is rigged against us, and we are tired of it.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Okay,where is this going?

Are we seeing a dirty tricks group at play? When you hack voice mails in this fashion,we have some major outlaws playing here.

[jalan48]

3. VIP scrambled eggs and caviar. I like it! I will have to make that tomorrow morning.

I think this is where the term "privileged" really applies.

[Plucketeer]

7. The phrase

"in your face" comes to mind - me living on SS and a bit of VA disability every month. But hey - I've got enough lunch meat, bread and dressings here to fix a few more sandwiches. Which (D) dignitaries might I lure to share lunch and my issues with?

[Mika]

10. Yep. They'll be working on your COLA cuts over fois gras, caviar and filets, washed down with ...

... something special from the mid 60's.

SCOTUS: money = free speech

[Mr.Bill]

14. I would like to call for a moment of silence

in memoriam for any campaign who that thinks they can play hardball dirty politics with the Clintons and come out a winner.

[avaistheone1]

18. You can have an "Amen" to that.

[Midnight Writer]

19. Remember the good old days, when Nixon's "plumbers" stole DNC docs, and HE was the bad guy?

[BadGimp]

20. What I find most amazing about this..

..is how the Anti-Hillary Clinton cabal has been able to paint Hillary and the Democrats as the party of big money. Simply brilliant tactically speaking.

And now thanks to Hillary's speeches and these revelations it's true, or true enough.

This has become the election cycle where Big MONey completes its' take-over of the Democratic Party in total. They've had a growing and now overwhelming influence for some time, but now they have the reigns.

I believe that we need to elect HRC, but things will never be the same imo. It's too late to change the influence of Big Money, at least for the moment.