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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by ceejayoz on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:11AM (#12261369)
They had a clear preference, just like the RNC preferred a non-Trump candidate. Imagine what you'd read about Trump in their emails.

That's not evidence of election rigging.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by patrickaljord on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:14AM (#12261396)
It was not just preference, they interfered with the media to change their peaces on Clinton. It's not just opinions here, they acted on them.
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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by cynicalkane on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:29AM (#12261514)
The context of the "interference" is that people affiliated with the Sanders campaign were accusing them of rigging the Nevada primary, which very obviously did not happen.

It's very reasonable for the DNC to work with the media to defend itself against nonsense allegations.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by tanderson92 on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:47AM (#12261665)
This is false, and your "correcting the record" is only spreading mistruths.

This e-mail in particular is clear discussion of acting on promoting a narrative (i.e. shopping it to news organizations) to discredit Bernie's campaign: https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/11056

I'm sure you'll find a way to explain that away though.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by sanderjd on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:16AM (#12261896)
I feel like I'm just a curious bystander here - I haven't read much about the emails, nor looked at any of them individually until clicking on your link, so I really haven't formed an opinion on how noxious they are - but I don't see the smoking gun you seem to see in that email... Could you provide some more perspective on the issue, for those of us who are new to this debate?
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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by tanderson92 on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:27AM (#12261991)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/24/he...

The religion, "Bernie's campaign is disorganized" talking points, and Hillary Victory Fund e-mails are the most odious in my opinion.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by sitic on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:15AM (#12261883)
This email is dated May 21, just 2 weeks before AP called the primary for Clinton. It was pretty clear by that point to everyone that Clinton would win the primary.

I'm not surprised to see DNC discussing narratives for the point when the primary is over.

This is no evidence that the primary was rigged.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by tanderson92 on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:29AM (#12262008)
Bernie had not conceded and the DNC still was obligated to be neutral. And yet, they were not.

So strange that they forgot to mention to shop this story around after the primary. How did you pick up on this intent of theirs without them saying it?

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by tanderson92 on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:21AM (#12261446)
This is a weak talking point. The DNC has in its charter that it must be neutral. What the RNC may have thought of Trump is irrelevant. Anyway, you really want to be playing moral limbo with the RNC right now? That is where the moral high ground is?

As others mentioned, there was coordination on talking points as well to discredit his campaign.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by ceejayoz on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:05AM (#12261804)
The DNC also has in its charter that they must work to get Democratic candidates elected and work towards getting the ideals of the Democratic Party implemented.

Sanders didn't lose because the DNC said mean things in their internal email system. He likely lost because he never made much of a dent in the heavily black Democratic voting population in the South.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by tanderson92 on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:14AM (#12261873)
Did I say anything about why he lost? In fact most of these e-mails released so far occurred after he had little chance of winning. Nope, pure distraction in an attempt to deflect from my points.

Also see: https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/11056

I'm sure you'll be back to "correct the record"!

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by ceejayoz on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:23AM (#12261952)
> In fact most of these e-mails released so far occurred after he had little chance of winning.

That would seem to deflate your point a bit. Surely the DNC isn't violating its neutrality promise if the candidate has effectively been already chosen?

> I'm sure you'll be back to "correct the record"!

I've seen this thrown around several times in this thread. Is it an accusation I'm being paid by the Hillary campaign? If so, LOL.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by tanderson92 on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:26AM (#12261987)
Not at all. They are to remain neutral as long as they claimed they were. Sanders was still an active candidate through the DC primary, and he actively contested the California primary.

The candidate had not been chosen, but the DNC lackeys (edit: sorry, top officials) were coordinating media coverage against him.

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