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-Land of the Free
DNC argues it had the right to rig 2016 democratic primary
2017-05-03
Technically true, but amazingly tone deaf to admit it.
[RT] A lawsuit brought against the Democratic National Committee, and its former chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
...Congresswoman from Florida, the abrasive chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She has been a politician since 1992, and prior to that was in training as a political science major. Her primary accomplishment seems to be that she's Jewish...
, by Bernie Sanders
...The only openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords...
 donors has revealed the DNC believes its own rules of impartiality don’t apply, and they can pick whatever candidate they wish.

"We could have voluntarily decided that, ’Look, we’re gonna go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way," DNC’s lawyer Bruce Spiva told a Florida court.

THE SUIT

The class-action suit was filed in June 2016, and accuses the DNC and its former chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of seven different violations, including fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment and negligence.

The suit has three different classes of plaintiffs - those who donated to the DNC, those who donated to the Bernie Sanders campaign and all members of the Democratic Party.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Let the voters do something about it. This past election it looks like they did.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2017-05-03 11:34  

#5  Rigging elections ought to be illegal whether it is in the primaries or the general election. Voters are being scammed out of their vote.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-05-03 09:39  

#4  It is their primary, they can rig it if they choose.

However, it does need to be plainly stated that the rigging is taking place. I believe they have by publishing the rules about superdelegates.

This point that they rig it needs to be driven home again and again to the plebs.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-05-03 09:03  

#3  by Bernie Sanders donors

Bernie himself has been well-compensated for his efforts.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-05-03 09:01  

#2  I dunno. Seems as though the plaintiffs might have some good arguments for breach of contract and fraud.

Depends on how the rules are stated. I know as an auditor that the main thing is for the organization to live up to its own rules, otherwise they get wacked.

Question is who gets to determine the wacking.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-05-03 07:54  

#1  former chair the Mayo-Haired Hatchet-Faced Shark-Toothed Scrunt Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
Posted by: Frank G   2017-05-03 07:02  

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