By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor
As many of us expected, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz fell on the sword after leaked e-mail revealed she and other DNC officials rigged the system to hurt Candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign as a competitor to Hillary Clinton. Wasserman Schultz’ self “sacrifice”, if you can call it that, along with unwavering loyalty was quickly rewarded by Clinton appointing Wasserman Schultz to serve as her “Honorary” Chair of Clinton’s 50 State Program to help elect Democrats throughout the United States.
Really? The very person who was implicated in a plan to rig a primary election to favor a particular candidate is now placed in a leadership role to help elect other politicians. And, adding to this, the appointment came as a personal reward for deflecting the blame away from the presidential Candidate that received the benefit of such rigging.
It is just another example of the cronyism and corruption that is becoming increasingly self-evident with the practices of Hillary Clinton.
The following is a statement from Hillary Clinton:
Hillary Clinton Statement on the Resignation of Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Following today’s resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz from her role as Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement:
“I want to thank my longtime friend Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her leadership of the Democratic National Committee over the past five years. I am grateful to Debbie for getting the Democratic Party to this year’s historic convention in Philadelphia and I know that this week’s events will be a success thanks to her hard work and leadership. There’s simply no one better at taking the fight to the Republicans than Debbie–which is why I am glad that she has agreed to serve as an honorary chair of my campaign’s 50-state program to gain ground and elect Democrats in every part of the country, and will continue to serve as a surrogate for my campaign nationally, in Florida and other key states. I look forward to campaigning with Debbie in Florida and helping her in her re-election bid–because as President, I will need fighters like Debbie in Congress who are ready on day one to get to work for the American people.”
I might disagree that we need more politicians in Congress who are willing to harm the democratic election process in order to favor particular candidates approving to Hillary Clinton.
Looking at the larger picture, are we as citizens truly wanting to elect a president who has shown the complicity and willingness to disenfranchise others who might choose to run for office? Or worse, a president who will reward those showing such blind loyalty, that they are willing to break laws and rules to serve whatever ends might benefit the president personally.
Hillary Clinton’s appointment of Wasserman Schultz after all that has been revealed so far shows that persons having no integrity to support a fair election process serves as a good predictor as to what we can expect in her upcoming appointments to both cabinet positions or others under the purview of a president.
As an aside to the email leak scandal, The Clinton campaign is now accusing the Russian Government of meddling in the election process of the United States by being the ones responsible for obtaining the DNC email. Well, I can say that the emails so far released have been truthful, regardless of the source. Meddling in the truth, how unsporting in today’s politics. Yet it seems rather hypocritical to accuse the Russians trying to influence an American election as spoken from the same political party leadership that sought to influence an election to kick Bernie Sanders to the curb and anoint Hillary Clinton as the party favorite.
Voters? It does not seem to matter what they want.
But we cannot forget the home-brew secret email server Hillary Clinton hosted in her home under the watchful eye of some mom-and-pop computer store caliber security expert. She insists that there was no evidence that a foreign state hacked into her secretive clintonemail.com domain but the DNC servers were certainly hacked by the Russian Government.
Apparently, more leaked DNC email is forthcoming.
By Darren Smith
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I’ll bet Hilly feels Debbie has done such a great job as head of DNC she’s now considering her for Secretary of State.
@Jill
Did you catch Nina Turner calling out the DNC? She sez she doesn’t care whether the Russians or little men from Mars released the emails – it’s the content stupid. Sigh, if only the Demoncrats would wake up.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/sanders-supporter-dnc-needs-to-clean-house-731255875911
DWS just moved from one HRC job to another. The best thing that could happen to the Democrats (and the country) is for the super-delegates to support Bernie and for the DNC, without DWS, to follow suit.
@Lisa
Johnson is for TPP and cutting Medicaid/Medicare as well as abolishing student loans. These policies would hurt too many citizens. Have you looked at Jill Stein’s platform?
Two points: 1. Hillary is not a progressive and she will not promote a progressive agenda. The e-mails themselves speak loudly on this issue. At the platform committee the e-mails say (I’m paraphrasing) : tell them we’ll meet some of their demands. It doesn’t matter because the platform isn’t binding.
2. The DNC and Clinton campaign knew their servers had been hacked. The e-mails show them plotting to use the “Russian did it” as a way to distract from the content of the e-mail-that content being a devastating indictment of them both.
http://fair.org/home/with-dnc-leaks-former-conspiracy-theory-is-now-true-and-no-big-deal/
SIGH. Well, Vince Foster and others also go promotions when their usefulness was worn out and they may have known too much.
So if DWS did all that twisting in the Primaries, what is she going to do in the general? Poor Seth Rich died for nothing, and this is just a horrifying and chilling election to see democracy just crumble and the average person is still just NEVER H or NEVER T!! and blindly follows the loudest in the room. I am not voting for T or H, I prefer more choices than Evil and Lesser Evil. I am going with Gary Johnson.
The Democratic Party is corrupt and morally bankrupt. There are no longer any progressive Democrats.
DWS will probably be offered a cabinet position for her loyalty and non-compliance with party rules.
Wikileaks has proved its worth. A few more nuggets would be helpful over then next four days. Rave on, Julian!
Danny Glover in Philly
Big headlines on the internet to the effect that Putin is meddling in US presidential election.
Somehow I thought it was Schultz and several on the DNC that were meddling.
I guess that just goes to prove when you do it for Hillary it is not meddling.
What should we call this? It is …. ummmm…. it is … ummmm…. “What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?”
@peltonrandy
Bernie could easily win over the Donald, but he is a threat to the Demoncratic establishment so they will never ever nominate him. I watched him yesterday on ABC — he was like a zombie. None of the spirit and fiery attitude he exhibited at his rallies – barely able to smile and talk. Being around the Clintons must be like exposing oneself to some nuclear fallout that poisons the soul. I think they must have threatened him or Jane or the grands. I know that sounds all Alex Jones-like conspiracy theory, but what other explanation is there? He was aware that his base was unwavering. He held out so long and then caved BEFORE the convention?
Bernieorbust is very real and resolute. We will continue to fight on to ensure that HRC does not win.
@slohrss29
re: “I don’t understand where all the Clinton supporters come from who keep asking these questions. I was pretty sure they’ve been discussed and discredited here pretty convincingly by some very non partisan individuals.”
Either they are Correct the Record trolls or seriously delusional IMO. It is a terrible situation to be sure – HRC or the Donald. But HRC is the more diabolical and destructive candidate. I’m glad Jill is on the ballot in SC.
@Nick
I sure would like to meet your uncle – it’s fascinating to hear live accounts from people who have lived through tough times that that are to most of us unimaginable. Is anyone recording his memoirs?
Trump workers sent out an email reminding the workers that Trump wanted Hillary to win the nomination because he has some good dirt on her which will come out next week. “Be there or be square” the email says.
Hillary Clinton’s Ukraine Problem
Hillary Clinton claims her experience in foreign policy makes her a better candidate for the U.S. Presidency.
What happened in Ukraine?
Hillary and Bill Clinton run the Clinton Foundation, established by the couple. The foundation accepts monetary donations from foreign donors, amassing to billions of dollars. Some of the top donors of the foundation were Ukrainian oligarchs. One of them, Victor Pinchuk, was a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament and a strong advocate of Neoliberalism in Ukraine. Pinchuk became wealthy during chaotic privatization of large state enterprises after the country’s separation from the Soviet Union.
In return, the Clinton Global Initiative which is a wing of the Clinton Foundation that coordinates charitable projects but does not handle money, made a pledge to Mr. Pinchuk, to train future Ukrainian leaders. Several alumni from this training program are now in the current Ukraine Parliament. The same government that came to power after the bloody coup d’etat.
“This problem began in the 1990s, when the Clinton Administration adopted a winner-take-all policy toward post-Soviet Russia … Russia gives, we take. … This policy was adopted by the Clinton Administration but is pursued by every [meaning both] political party, every President, every American Congress, since President Clinton, to President Obama. This meant that the United States was entitled to a sphere or zone of influence as large as it wished, right up to Russia’s borders, and Russia was entitled to no sphere of influence, at all, not even in Georgia… or in Ukraine (with which Russia had been intermarried for centuries).”
Peltonrandy, I don’t know if you’ve been following any of the news, but Clinton represents none of your ideals. She says she does now, but did you miss all the Wall Street speeches? Have you not seen that she has been instrumental in the ongoing destruction in the middle east? The unrest in Urkaine? She has been a champion of pushing for continued hostilities against Russia? I don’t understand where all the Clinton supporters come from who keep asking these questions. I was pretty sure they’ve been discussed and discredited here pretty convincingly by some very non partisan individuals. I urge you to read some of Jill’s comments on this subject over the last couple of days. I just don’t understand why people can’t be more critical of who they would like to put in power. Ask yourselves tough questions, don’t just set out to blindly justify your prejudices.
@Justice Hilmes
If Bernie Sanders were to become the Democratic nominee then I agree that Hillary’s withdrawal from the election would improve the chances of preventing Trump from winning the election.
“Looking at the larger picture, are we as citizens truly wanting to elect a president who has shown the complicity and willingness to disenfranchise others who might choose to run for office?”
Who do you suggest one vote for instead of Hillary? Obviously, or at least it should be obvious, that this one factor is not the only one to consider when deciding for whom to vote. I want someone in the White House who is most likely to fight for a progressive political agenda that places social and economic justice issues at the top of the priorities list. Bernie would have been the best person for this but I don’t have that choice. Which candidate other than Hillary is most likely to pursue the issues that were the focus of Bernie’s campaign: income and wealth inequality, warmongering, putting an end to the oversized influence of Wall Street and big corporate donors like the Koch brothers in our politics. Who is the person whom you think is more likely than Hillary to work toward these objectives? Equally important is who is the candidate that will work toward these objectives and actually has a chance of winning the election. I am with Bernie when he says that we must work to prevent Donald Trump from winning the presidency. I am not happy about the choices available to me. But I will not be party to a selection that results in Donald Trump winning the election. A bad Democrat is infinitely more preferable to a Donald Trump in the White House.
Paul, like any mob operation, you have to wonder when she is going to run out of luck. Seems to happen to all of them at some point.
slohrss29 – even the Teflon Don died in prison.
I agree with BFM. You lay that stuff out on a plate and someone will eat it up for heaven’s sake. Clinton wants to nuke the russkies, Trump wants to talk to them. Where’s the problem? Ohioprole brings up an interesting point too, I believe I read a while back they are not happy with the decision on Clinton.
I’m currently in Rutland, VT. visiting my mother’s fraternal twin in the hospital. Mike is 90. He lived as a hungry child during the Depression as 1 of 13 children. He fought the “Japs” as a Marine in WW2. As you might imagine, these Green Mountain folks are pissed and Mike is one of them!! They love Bernie up here.