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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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 2016demprimary; baloney
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To: Enchante

Who wrote that? If I were a high school English teacher I would make the student rewrite that on account of bad grammar.


121 posted on 11/04/2017 1:28:06 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: Eddie01

Can you imagine if word got out that Mr. Trump had called someone a “brain dead buffalo” especially someone with dark pigmentation?


122 posted on 11/04/2017 1:28:21 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Did those pesky Russians hack Donna’s book?


123 posted on 11/04/2017 1:29:12 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: springwater13
"Brazile writes she was haunted by murder of DNC Seth Rich, and feared for her own life, shutting the blinds so snipers could not see her"

Now, will the MSM go after her like they went after Sean Hannity and others for suggesting that the Seth Rich's death was potentially a political murder? If Rich was simply a victim of a random robbery/killng why would Donna Brazile fear that she was next? Hmmm?
124 posted on 11/04/2017 1:30:54 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: Deaf Smith


125 posted on 11/04/2017 1:31:49 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but exempt themselves.)
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To: Enchante
So WHO does Donna think is responsible for the murder of Seth Rich???? ......

I could not possibly comment.

:-))))

126 posted on 11/04/2017 1:32:10 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: springwater13

Hindsight is 20 20.

Brazile is trying to set herself up as the hero of her own story. It doesn’t wash, however. Had she tried to remove Clinton, the Clinton Machine would have ‘done her in’.

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Clinton will regret that ‘buffalo’ rant aimed at Brazile. This book smacks of payback.


127 posted on 11/04/2017 1:32:21 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ichabod1

You know what they called them when I was a kid.


128 posted on 11/04/2017 1:34:48 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: TomGuy

” This book smacks of payback.”

Ya think ? Brazille obviously expected protection when she was caught lying about giving Clintooon debate questions.


129 posted on 11/04/2017 1:37:06 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: springwater13

She really wants to be ARKANCIDED!!


130 posted on 11/04/2017 1:37:59 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: springwater13

Wait. What?

She was part of the cover-up.


131 posted on 11/04/2017 1:40:37 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: al baby

Naïve!


132 posted on 11/04/2017 1:40:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

She “misremembered” what she wrote in her diary like Josh Stein did....they BOTH wanted to LIVE!


133 posted on 11/04/2017 1:42:30 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: springwater13

[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.]

Yeah right.


134 posted on 11/04/2017 1:43:24 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege is my work ethic.)
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To: Capt. Tom

Sorry but you didn’t read INTERNAL polls!!


135 posted on 11/04/2017 1:43:48 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: springwater13

Brazille is an ungrateful party hack. Happy to lie, cheat, and steal for Clinton, now wants to play holier than thou. She is guilty too.


136 posted on 11/04/2017 1:43:55 PM PDT by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: springwater13

Seeing as how there are hours of video of Joe Biden fondling little girls and women against their will, that would have been a problem.


137 posted on 11/04/2017 1:47:12 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl ( Clinton Body Count - http://alamo-girl.com/thedead.htm)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Tim Kaine??? For the LIFE of me, I cannot figure out WHY THE HELL he was picked?


138 posted on 11/04/2017 1:47:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: reagandemocrat

Donna Brazille was part of the cover-up:

“Disgraced former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile is the senior DNC figure who called police and hassled the family of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich, demanding to know why a private investigator was “snooping” into Rich’s murder case.”

from here:

http://yournewswire.com/donna-brazile-seth-rich-murder/


139 posted on 11/04/2017 1:48:03 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: springwater13

Brazille actually sounds a lot smarter than Clinton. Biden and Booker would likely have prevailed


140 posted on 11/04/2017 1:48:24 PM PDT by montag813
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