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Donna Brazile: I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee
Washington Post ^

Posted on 11/04/2017 12:22:08 PM PDT by springwater13

Former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile writes in a new book that she seriously contemplated replacing Hillary Clinton as the party’s 2016 presidential nominee with then-Vice President Biden in the aftermath of Clinton’s fainting spell, in part because Clinton’s campaign was “anemic” and had taken on “the odor of failure.”

In an explosive new memoir, Brazile details widespread dysfunction and dissension throughout the Democratic Party, including secret deliberations over using her powers as interim DNC chair to initiate the process of removing Clinton and running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) from the ticket after Clinton’s Sept. 11, 2016, collapse in New York City.

Brazile writes that she considered a dozen combinations to replace the nominees and settled on Biden and Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), the duo she felt most certain would win over enough working-class voters to defeat Republican Donald Trump. But then, she writes, “I thought of Hillary, and all the women in the country who were so proud of and excited about her. I could not do this to them.”

Brazile paints a scathing portrait of Clinton as a well-intentioned, historic candidate whose campaign was badly mismanaged, took minority constituencies for granted and made blunders with “stiff” and “stupid” messages. The campaign was so lacking in passion for the candidate, she writes, that its New York headquarters felt like a sterile hospital ward where “someone had died.”

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KEYWORDS: 2016demprimary; baloney
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1 posted on 11/04/2017 12:22:09 PM PDT by springwater13
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To: springwater13

I heard a report this morning that she’s backed off some of her claims (Brazile, I mean).


2 posted on 11/04/2017 12:23:52 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: springwater13

Monday Morning Quarterback


3 posted on 11/04/2017 12:24:11 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but exempt themselves.)
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To: springwater13

So Donna Brazziere gets to personally pick major party candidates. Good to know.


4 posted on 11/04/2017 12:24:23 PM PDT by bagster (It's okay to be white.)
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To: springwater13

She tried to leave the plantation...but couldn’t.


5 posted on 11/04/2017 12:24:27 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: springwater13

Donna seems so angry at hillary that one wonders if hillary had an affair with one of Donna’s girls?


6 posted on 11/04/2017 12:24:35 PM PDT by fso301
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To: springwater13

That would have been a quick walk into the woods for her.


7 posted on 11/04/2017 12:24:39 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
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To: springwater13

Yeah, no Donna, you did as you were told by Hillary and shut your damn mouth if you wanted to keep your job.


8 posted on 11/04/2017 12:24:40 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: springwater13

EVERYONE is stabbing at the Clintons now :)

Great when they eat their own.

The left wants Bill, Hill and the hideous spawn to go away.

Like yesterday.


9 posted on 11/04/2017 12:25:07 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: springwater13
“the odor of failure.”

Cabbage and urine?

10 posted on 11/04/2017 12:25:12 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: miss marmelstein

She sure did!!! Heard it on Fox early this morning and there are articles online as well.


11 posted on 11/04/2017 12:25:17 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: springwater13

I think her coming out with this info as she has done was a deliberate strategic move to position Biden for 2020.


12 posted on 11/04/2017 12:25:28 PM PDT by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: springwater13

The long knives are out.


13 posted on 11/04/2017 12:25:33 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: springwater13

If she had done that she would have been found dead with two in the back of the hat and ruled a suicide.


14 posted on 11/04/2017 12:25:40 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: springwater13

Add Donna Brazile to Hillary’s list of who to blame for her loss.


15 posted on 11/04/2017 12:25:45 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: hsmomx3

Too much heat...and fear of ft Marcy park


16 posted on 11/04/2017 12:26:27 PM PDT by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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To: springwater13

wow, just wow. we all need some more popcorn as we watch this unfold.

Where’s Hillary? Would love to see her interviewed now, and get reactions to some of these revelations........


17 posted on 11/04/2017 12:27:01 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: hsmomx3

Guess she’s afraid of being shot while standing on line for coffee.


18 posted on 11/04/2017 12:27:12 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: springwater13

The Democrats are obviously worried that Hillary is considering another run in 2020. So they are coming at her guns-a-blazin’. Nothing is unplanned on their side.


19 posted on 11/04/2017 12:27:21 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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Dona is setting herself up to run for president in 2020. Obama is making his and Donna’s grab for the Democratic party.


20 posted on 11/04/2017 12:28:05 PM PDT by ssfromla
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