Brazile says she found no evidence that Democratic primaries were rigged for Clinton.

[Cattledog]

Former Democratic National Committee interim chair Donna Brazile said Sunday that despite a joint fundraising agreement between the DNC and Hillary Clinton's campaign, there was “no evidence” that the 2016 presidential primaries were rigged, while her successor, Tom Perez, said the DNC is working to earn back the trust of voters.

The comments came as Brazile details the fundraising agreement in her new book, writing that it was “a cancer” that disadvantaged Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) because it gave Clinton's campaign a measure of influence over some DNC operations in exchange for helping the party raise money.

Still, asked Sunday on ABC's “This Week” whether the primaries were rigged in favor of Clinton, Brazile told anchor George Stephanopoulos, “I found no evidence, none whatsoever.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/11/05/brazile-says-she-found-no-evidence-that-democratic-primaries-were-rigged-for-clinton/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.7fec6f1080ea

[still_one]

1. She is talking out of both sides of her mouth. In one breath she said their was no evidence, and in

the next breath she casts dispersions on Hillary because she was helping fund the DNC short fall, with an implied meaning that infers rigging. Her double speak is bullshit.

"So Brazile herself, though she obviously disapproves of the JFA, says the primaries weren’t rigged and there was no internal corruption at the DNC that favored Clinton. In something that suprises me not at all, it appears that even though Clinton had substantial authority and could have rigged things, she instead used this authority to raise lots of money; make sure the DNC hired competent people; and try to get the party apparatus working again.
In the end, then, this strikes me as almost classic Hillary: she did nothing wrong, but practically went out of her way to make it look like she was doing something slippery. I have never seen another human being do this so frequently. But, in fact, it looks like she really didn’t do anything seriously unscrupulous here, and nearly everyone agrees that, in the end, the primaries weren’t rigged in any serious way.²"

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/11/donna-brazile-and-the-latest-great-hillary-scandal/#

In 2008, Obama was the outsider. Hillary was still Hillary, and was the favored candidate of the DNC. The RULES were the same. Hillary lost because Hillary got less votes in 2008.

2016. Bernie lost because Bernie got less votes in 2016. No one lost for any other reason. There was no rigging or impropriety. If Sanders had gotten more votes he would have won, he DIDN'T

[Nevernose]

3. I still see it as more a hit on DWS and the DNC

I’ve probably said more extensively in other posts, but without having read the book I still view this mainly as a jab at the DNC and the poor management.

Hillary is “guilty” of being a fierce, popular candidate who began laying the groundwork for 2016 all the way back in 2008. She got the best deal possible for herself AND paid back the Party’s debts. Can’t fault her. Hell, would we really want a president who WASN’T a little bit cutthroat?

This shitshow is all about poor leadership at the DNC (of course, Brazile was part of that for years, so...)

[SharonClark]

2. She was very defensive and aggressive on Stephanopoulos this morning

I wonder who will play her on SNL?