LunchTime said:
sycasey said:
LunchTime said:
sycasey said:
LunchTime said:
Imagine how well the country would be doing without the DNC rigging the 2016 primary and pushing Biden to 2020.
Everyone who pushed for Hilary to be the only real D running should be put in stocks. In the 20th and 21st century, it was the smallest pool in a primary, including the party that had an incumbent.
And no one cares.
Biden was a ******* lock in 2016. This election just makes it all the more obvious and irritating. If the parties didn't have absolute control we should abolish private party organization.
Was he pushed aside or did he decide not to run due to personal reasons (Beau's death)?
I'll start with: it doesnt matter now, but its a lesson we should all watch for in the future:
No idea, but only one democrat and an independent ran against Clinton. So my money is on he was pushed aside.
If there was evidence that it was an actual primary, I'd be more inclined to believe it was his choice.
When I say it was the smallest pool, I am not being hyperbolic. Obama had more democratic challengers in 2012. 5 candidates in multiple states.4 with delegates. In 2016 only 1 didnt withdraw before the primary, and the only challenger was an independent named Bernie Sanders. It was unprecedented.
But, maybe he had additional reasons to not run, after the most popular 8 years in office in the modern era.
I'm pretty sure Biden has said he decided not to run. I'm kind of doubtful Hillary is powerful enough to push an 8-year VP out of the race.
I dont know how it happened, but I am not implying Clinton put in the fix, I am implying the DNC did.
I am curious, your explanation explains Biden. What about the other missing Democrats? Dont take my word for it: Look at EVERY presidential race. Not even incumbents were given such an unobstructed path. Incumbents typically win as a formality, but are opposed by members in their own party. This lack of opposition isnt a conspiracy theory. Its fact. How you explain that fact is debatable.
So, my theory is that, given the totality of evidence, it is more likely that it was arranged than it was personal choice by any candidate. Maybe Biden found a convenient excuse in his sons death; we know he would need one to explain why a VP of a popular president wouldnt run... but practically no other Democrat did, either?
If you dont find that odd, I think your critical thinking skills are suspect.
There's an explanation for that but the Democratic apologists on this site pretend it doesn't exist.
Hillary essentially bought the Democratic PartyIn an excerpt from "Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns that Put
Donald Trump in the White House" that was provided to
Politico, Brazile explains how she was tasked with investigating the DNC after hacked emails suggested the Clinton campaign fixed the nomination.
"By September 7, the day I called Bernie, I had found my proof and it broke my heart," Brazile wrote, referring to Clinton's main opponent, Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
Brazile described an agreement between the Clinton campaign, the DNC and Clinton's joint fundraising committee that said the campaign would "control the party's finances, strategy, and all the money raised." The arrangement was made to financially help the party, which was in significant debt following the 2012 reelection campaign of former President
Barack Obama, she added.
"The campaign had the DNC on life support, giving it money every month to meet its basic expenses, while the campaign was using the party as a fund-raising clearing house," Brazile wrote.
Brazile noted that the agreement was signed in August of 2015, effectively giving Clinton control of the party almost one year before she secured the nomination.
"The funding arrangement ... was not illegal, but it sure looked unethical," Brazile wrote.
"If the fight had been fair, one campaign would not have control of the party before the voters had decided which one they wanted to lead. This was not a criminal act, but as I saw it, it compromised the party's integrity."
Brazile's revelations add to criticism from supporters of Sanders, who ran an unsuccessful insurgent campaign against Clinton in the Democratic primary.
Brazil also criticized Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), who helmed the DNC as chairwoman before Brazile assumed the role of interim chair, as "not a very good manager" who was not "very interested in controlling the party."
"The party chair usually shrinks the staff between presidential election campaigns, but Debbie had chosen not to do that. She had stuck lots of consultants on the DNC payroll, and Obama's consultants were being financed by the DNC, too," Brazile wrote