It's one of the finest, most heartfelt moments I've seen this year. Please do yourself a favor & watch the clip. Please try, just for the moment to forget the internecine bitterness that we all lived though, and hear what Donna, and millions like her lived though. Get a sense of just how far we have come as a nation.
There's a suggestion that this is something of a preemptive strike to the race-and-religion baiting tactics of McCain/Palin, but I think this just transcends the campaign altogether.
by txyellowdawg, Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:55:36 AM EDT
Does anyone know when Ms. Brazile plans to quit the Democratic party? I recall her making the following comment:
Super-delegate Donna Brazile said to CNN, "If 795 of my colleagues decide this election, I will quit the Democratic Party. I feel very strongly about this."
After the West Virginia primary last night, CNN paid pundit and covert Obama supporter Donna Brazile got into a heated discussion with Hillary campaign media honcho Howard Wolfson about the DNC "rules" with regard to the Florida and Michigan delegates. Wolfson made the case that perhaps the DNC might not want to disenfranchise the 2.3 million folks who voted in those states, but Donna is a stickler for the rules and wouldn't hear of changing them, even for 2.3 million Democratic voters. Two things strike me about this conversation, which is one that has been repeated ad nauseum since Hillary fell behind in pledged delegates.
First of all, the "rules" that Brazile and the other Obama Democrats keep touting are not the rules at all. The actual Delegate Selection Rules provide a clear remedy for states that hold their primaries or caucuses in violation of the timing rules: the loss of 50% of their pledged delegates and alternates, and all of their "at-large" or add-on delegates. That is the actual rule. It is also almost never mentioned that Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina also held primaries or caucuses on dates that violated the timing rules.
The second thing that strikes me is the absolute failure of the media with regard to calling out Donna and the rest of the Obama supporters on this point. It seems a highly relevant point of interest in such a hotly contested primary, but no mention of it has been made anywhere except for a few Hillary forums. The rules are easily accessible from the DNC website. Here they are. If you don't believe me, read them for yourself.
by TexasDarlin, Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:47:59 PM EDT
CNN regularly includes Donna Brazile, a superdelegate, on its "Election Center" panel. They officially refer to Brazile as a "CNN Contributor." Paul Begala, James Carville and others, in contrast, are referred to by CNN as "CNN Contributor, Clinton Supporter."
Why does CNN continue to pay Donna Brazile to sit on that panel, day after day, and pretend to be neutral when it's apparent to a 10-year old that Brazile supports Barack Obama?
It's unethical, unprofessional, and infuriating.
I stopped watching CNN's election coverage due to its anti-Hillary bias months ago but when I read about this segment, I had to take a look. Pay attention to the titles CNN puts up for Begala and for Brazile. And listen to Brazile explain, in response to Cambell Brown's suggestion that Brazile is in-the-tank for Obama, how she is "not undecided" but "undeclared." Does that mean, Donna, that you have decided who you prefer for President but you have not yet "declared" as a Superdelegate because you don't want to lose your CNN paycheck?
Donna sounds angry at anyone's suggestion that Barack Obama may have flaws.
Take a look at Brazile's website. Sure sounds like she should declare, doesn't it?
To Obama's opponents and those carrying the dirty water, it's all about winning, not governing or leading a diverse, multiethnic and multicultural society. Our strength has always come from our ability to unite as one people, one indivisible nation...
With a wink and a nod, Obama's detractors and political opponents use code words such as electability to drive home the most divisive of messages: Obama's 20-year association with what some in the media world label as a radical pastor is now new fodder to make him a drag on the Democratic ticket or an easy target for the Republicans. Pick your weapons carefully
And here's an email reply from Brazile to a Hillary supporter who wrote her suggesting that she might vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee. I saw this posted on another website and I've edited it for privacy.
From: Donna Brazile
Subject: RE: Switching to Republican Party - I'm a Hillary supporter
Date: May 7, 2008 7:48 PM
Yes, please join Rush and McCain asap. The train has left. Catch it.
Please don't send these emails to working people like myself. Notice you sent it to my campus address. I am a working class person. Can you find someone who drinks latte?
Message to the base: stay home.
Message to the base: stay home? Way to unify, Donna.
CNN: Your credibility and integrity is going down the sewer. You should immediately fire Donna, or re-classify her "Obama Supporter." You should have done it months ago. She's no more "neutral" than I am.
by Jon Winkleman, Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 09:30:57 PM EDT
There is a lot more I am writing myself about Donna's role in the DNC's decision to not seat Fl and MI.
In this blog the author posts real Email conversations Donna had with her.
Donna is out of her mind and is claiming that SHE saved Bill Clinton's presidency and that the nation still sees Donna as Gores spokesperson. So if Donna officially endorses Obama everyone will see it as Gore's position as well.
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