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DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to step down, Joining Clinton campaign
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old manatee
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These are the same people who sank Howard Dean in favor of John Kerry, costing us 4 more years of Bush. Bernie would have torn Trump apart, but it was Clinton's turn.
Vinsanity.
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Is DWS really joining Clinton's campaign? I can't find anything online that says she is...
Maybe a joke added by a mod to the end of the title?
Maybe a joke added by a mod to the end of the title?
Slurpy2k20
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Where the fuck did I say you're not "allowed"? Before losing your mind telling me to get fucked, maybe learn basic reading comprehension. Yes, you are indeed allowed, and I am allowed to offer my opinion of that choice, which is that it's cowardly, petty, useless, and counter-productive. The fact that you believe you're somehow edgy or noble by voting for someone not on the ticket is hilarious. Kind of like going to a restaurant and requesting a made up menu item, adding an option in a multiple choice test, etc. If you're proud of yourself for lacking the analytical skills to choose between available options, even if neither of the options are your perfect choice, then that's a weakness in yourself. The fact that you think its a strength is sad.
Interfectum
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maximum360
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Agreed. This sounds like poor management and decision-making by the Clinton campaign. It's not like they have a history of poor management or decision making in the past...
That's just as bad as her getting the job now.
If Donald wins the election historians will talk about how Hillary and the Democrats lost because they ran an unpopular candidate with 30 years of baggage and a history of sloppy politics instead of actually having a real primary.
So many up and coming Democrats like Warren, Booker, Tim Kaine, and the Daytons of the party sat out.
Vinsanity.
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Still haven't found anything that says she is "Joining the Clinton campaign" - helping at certain campaign rallies is a bit different. Curious what her actual involvement will be..
old manatee
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FunkyMunkey
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Jacksinthe
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Yo. DWS can bounce but this raises my disappointment level of Clinton up a notch.
How can she or anyone in her campaign think this is a good idea? Trump and the GOP are eating this shit up, I'd wager.
Absolutely zero reason to supply the opposition with ammo. None.
How can she or anyone in her campaign think this is a good idea? Trump and the GOP are eating this shit up, I'd wager.
Absolutely zero reason to supply the opposition with ammo. None.
QuantumZebra
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That doesn't say HRC is giving her a job - it just said HRC will help in her re-election to Congress campaign.
Am I reading it wrong?
Vinsanity.
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No, I agree - I haven't found anything that says she is "Joining the Clinton campaign"...looks like she is just going to help her. Who knows what that actually means...
googleplex
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Lol no. People have short memories as to how awful a campaign Bernie ran. Bernie would have lost in the GE
"It was Clinton's turn". What a stupid thing to say.
The Blackrose
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Vice posted an article that goes a bit more into detail on the hack and the discrepancies that point to Russia.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/all-signs-point-to-russia-being-behind-the-dnc-hack
QuantumZebra
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Yea this is a non-story.
HRC just basically said "Yea she's my friend and I look forward to helping her out in the future with her Congressional stuff".
Saying she has a job in the Clinton campaign is BS and should be taken out of the OP.
There is literally nothing in the leaks that shows the voting or nomination process being rigged. This is dumb.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/757318117391474688
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/brie...nal-committee-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultz/
"I'm glad she agreed to serve as honorary chair of my campaign..."
He is the second most succesful loser after Hillary Clinton with none of her advantages, but continue to spin that narrative - it will win you many fans
If they lose its no ones fault but their own
If trump gets elected all those smug ass condescending Hildawg fans (thats what they are) will be to blame. Stop turning people off and actually try to unite the party instead of just saying "well only a fool will vote for trump". But your fucking wine glass down and do some mending/damage control.
People need to earn votes, not guilt you into doing it.
And immediately hiring her just proves what everyone said in the beginning, it was already decreed who was going to win before it began.
This is,shaping up to be Kerry part 2. Hopefully this isn't her swift boat moment and she can fix things this week.
QuantumZebra
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"Honorary Chair" isn't a job capacity - it's a glorified cheerleader. Same thing Obama is doing for her right now, except he is POTUS.
Vinsanity.
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"Honorary" - conferred as an honor, without the usual requirements or functions
Zoe
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It's joining the campaign.
She should not be anywhere near Clinton's campaign at this point.
Something can be truthful and stupid at once.
Explain why the only actual challenge to a non-incumbent during primary season for one of the two major political parties came from an Independent?
Unless the argument is that there are no Presidential candidates other than Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and one declined to run, which would be an amusing tactic given our current President's stature in summer 2007, what other explanation is there?
old manatee
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eh, she'll fit right in.
benicillin
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Glorified cheerleader or not, it still looks pretty bad to give her an honorary title the day she announces she's stepping down and a day or two after the email leak.
Vinsanity.
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I agree that it looks bad, and that she shouldn't be anywhere near the campaign - but I still disagree that she officially "Joined the Clinton campaign" with her honorary title.
So why bring on somebody who will only bring down your campaign?
Does Hillary really need somebody's expertise who lost a shit ton of seats in the 2014 election?
Either way its a stupid fucking move.
Zoe
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How is being a named person in a campaign not joining the campaign?
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
How is it not?
QuantumZebra
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Oh no doubt - but people framing it like she's gonna be part of Hillary's cabinet are way off.
It shows HRC is loyal, at least.
The "Honorary" part. She is again, just a cheerleader.
You wouldn't say Obama is part of her campaign, but he is cheerleading on her behalf.
Same thing with DWS, except she ain't the POTUS.
That's just the way I view it.
BreezyLimbo
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How is HRC literally putting out a statement that DWS is joining the campaign not joining the campaign?
Some people are jumping through hoops trying to say that DWS isnt part of Clintons campaign.
Some people are jumping through hoops trying to say that DWS isnt part of Clintons campaign.
Interfectum
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She joined the campaign... what is your definition of "joining a campaign?"
You disagree with the words that came out of Hillary's own mouth?
Is this Trumpiness manifest in the left? Is it contagious?
Other potential candidates didn't want to run against Clinton and risk losing. They'll save their efforts and money for now.
mercenar1e
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She's really joining the campaign now? Good god that's going to piss the Bernie sanders supporters off.
The republican political advertisements will be brutal.
The republican political advertisements will be brutal.
I'm team Hill all the way but this is gymnastics (that may not be needed, it's a bad look but who knows if this will hurt in the long run).
It would also look bad, but at least it wouldn't influence the election. Not sure what they're thinking.
Who the fuck cares if Hillary is loyal to somebody like that? To the average american it comes across as corrupt in a time where the system is the debate. Democrats should be working to try and make government as efficient and transparent as possible so that the public can be convinced that it can do greater good as opposed to just clogging social and economic issues up.
Either it shows Jeb Bush levels of political ignorance (which reminds me of her first campaign in 2008)
I'm not even a Bernie fan but Hillary's history of shit politicking is gonna get an orange reality tv star the white house.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Shit like this, combined with the Kaine VP pick, just show us all that she believes she'll beat Trump no matter how badly she fucks up in the interm.
The Democrats are that confident. Hopefully, that confidence is warranted.
Wait why is Kaine a problem? He has been great so far.
Kaine is a solid pick that won't rock the boat much... Which is slightly the issue.
He's not sexy, and he's not outwardly progressive like Warren is. It's not so much him as it is the strategy behind him- Just stay steady, and we'll win the race. Don't need a Hail Mary, just stay the course.
Clearly, Clinton's campaign team believes there's basically nothing she can do to fuck up this election as long as she stays level-headed and consistent. Giving her buddy a job on her campaign after this controversy proves at least that much.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Yeah, not many people will view it that way. Cheerleader or not.
Bruce Springsteen
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Joining Clinton campaign, hahaha
Trump loving this
Trump loving this
I'm all on-board the Tillary Claine train, but one thing that really pissed me off about HRC in 08 and irks me now is this stupid loyalty to bad pols/incompetent people. DWS is disliked for good reason by many people (including Obama) and she should be owed nothing. Just turf her and hide her away, that's good politics.
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