Do you appreciate Bernie Sander's restraint in the e-mail reveal?

[doxyluv13]

He could have pretty much decapitated her campaign and ruined her convention over this. If he, say, publicly now refused to speak at the convention.

[NorthCarolina]

1. That's precisely what he doesn't want to lose. His opportunity to speak

at the convention. I look forward to it.

[CentralMass]

2. I suspect that he was already aware of these things and more.

[2banon]

33. Nothing was revealed that we all didn't already know

Bernie brushed it off just as should have done, what was the point in beating a dead horse, and there's more work to be done.

[Scuba]

3. Classy, as always. Understands the stakes.

[2banon]

32. This!^^^^^^10000!

[annavictorious]

4. Sanders got what he wanted.

DWS is out and her career is destroyed.

I appreciated what Clinton did in 2008. That was class. Sanders, not so much.

[aikoaiko]

6. DWS's carrer is not destroyed. She still has her day job and will likely be rewarded by HRC.

Now, if HRC forced her to resign her seat and promised to ban her from her administration, then her career would be destroyed.

But even then she could earn a lot of money as a lobbyist. I'm sure she knows where some bodies are buried.

[annavictorious]

9. Why would she be "rewarded"?

I can't believe that any sentient person is actually buying what Rapey Julian is selling.

[aikoaiko]

20. I don't know what Rapey Julian is selling, but DWS did her job of helping HRC win the nomination.

She was co-chair of Hillary 2008. Placing her in charge of the DNC was transparent.

[BlueMTexpat]

8. Ironically, her career may not be

destroyed. A lot of us are contributing to her re-election campaign who likely never would have otherwise.

We have been appalled by the constant stream of misogyny against her as well as against Hillary. The latest glee shown by some self-styled "progressives" has been the final nudge for us.

[annavictorious]

15. Do you have a link to donate?

The self-appointed jury deprived her of presiding at the first convention to ever nominate a woman. The "highly principled" played right into the hands of the tribalist-hating Rapey Julian.

Whenever a sacrifice has to be made for the good of the party, it seems to be a woman who does it.

[BlueMTexpat]

16. Here you go!

http://www.debbiewassermanschultz.com/

[annavictorious]

27. Done!

Thank you.

I imagine there is going to be quite a backlash over what happened today. At least I'll be able to say that I didn't take my talking points from the anti-Semitic fugitive rapist interested in seeing Trump elected.

[BlueMTexpat]

36. Amen to that!

[Duckhunter935]

13. Her career is not destroyed

She is being rewarded for the misconduct that happened while she was in charge.

[annavictorious]

17. What msconduct?

Emails exchanged between two people who worked for the DNC that discussed terrible talking points that were never used.

[babylonsister]

25. So you're anti bright shiny light on

issues that need to see the light of day? Got it!

[Avalux]

30. DWS did this to herself.

The fact that there were emails to be leaked - emails that prove partiality for one Democratic candidate over another, is her fault. If her career is destroyed, it's because she didn't do her job as she promised and made poor decisions. She is not a victim, and Bernie didn't do this to her.

I am pissed at DWS for putting the party in a position like this.

[2banon]

34. no worries. she'll be fine.

payday loan industry will bail her out, pretty sure.

[napi21]

5. That's not Bernie's style, He's too classy to play stupid games with the election now.

Hillary is going to be the nominee and Bernie, more than anything wants the Con Don to be defeated. He knows DWS has been publically shamed and MAYBE will lose her own election over this, and I think that's good enough at this point.

[annavictorious]

12. He can prove it by doing what Hillary did in 2008.

[JI7]

7. That would make him an asshole.

[Duckhunter935]

10. Yes, very much so

[glennward]

11. Didn't Bernie begin complaining about the DNC and DWS from the beginning? Over debtes?

It was a bitter start and now a similar ending. We all knew super delegates were a part of the process. They know Hillary and threw their weight behind her early. Bernie failed to win them over and did some things to sway some who might have changed their support to stay with Hillary.

[annavictorious]

19. And didn't he sue the DNC after his operatives got caught stealing data?

Funny how one was held responsible for emails between two DNC workers that discussed talking points that were never used, but others were not responsible for operatives who stole data.

Is that what people mean by "double standard"?

[Qutzupalotl]

22. No, he sued the DNC to get his data back

after his staff discovered the firewall was down again and the campaigns could see each other's data. The DNC did not want to persue the case further because of what discovery would reveal.

[annavictorious]

23. The case thrown out by a judge.

Sanders repudiated the theft and the thieves. The thieves resigned. Their boss got to stay.

Yup, sounds like a double standard to me.

[Qutzupalotl]

24. Who recommended the IT guy to Bernie? The DNC!

Sounds like ratfuckery to me.

[RonniePudding]

14. Yes, very much so

[StrictlyRockers]

18. Bernie has consistently deflected sensationalist questioning by the media.

He is a master at sticking to the topics he wants to talk about. He does not allow the media to distract him with hyped up questions about the scandal of the day. He keeps his eyes on the prize. He knows what the real goal is here.

Sure, the system was rigged against him to some degree. It's a bummer. Big deal? He knows this is not about him, and he doesn't let his ego get in the way of the revolution.

[R0ckyRac00n]

21. Just a little house cleaning, now we can all row in the same direction

guess thats a bit of a mixed metaphor, oh well lol.

[BeyondGeography]

26. Yes, I do

[MariaThinks]

28. i do.

[MichiganVote]

29. I am not aware of in what manner he has exercised restraint, so no, not really

[2banon]

31. Actually, I was very impressed with him this morning.

A True Statesman. My respect for him soared even higher than it ever had.

Love that man.

[Paladin]

35. Absolutely. Some of his followers need to emulate his classy actions. (nt)