Donna Brazile's latest lament about DNC confirms idea that America's ruling elites are morally suspect
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_5bb7c7d2-c30a-11e7-857f-4f1f3f30d959.html
In a new book attracting national attention, Brazile, the interim chair of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential election, questions a fundraising agreement between Clinton’s campaign and the national party. The agreement was signed in 2015, long before Clinton cinched the presidential nomination. In essence, Brazile argues that Clinton’s campaign heavily funded the party in exchange for a lot of control over its operations, giving Clinton an unfair advantage over rivals such as Bernie Sanders. It’s like paying for a beauty contest to guarantee that you’ll go home with the tiara.
Brazile, who hails from Kenner, is a curious arbiter of her party’s ethical standards, having been caught in a lapse of her own. Before taking over as party chair, Brazile, then a CNN commentator, leaked to Clinton some inside information about a question that would be posed at the network's candidate forum, a gesture presumably aimed at tipping the scales against Sanders. Clinton was probably already prepared to answer the question about contaminated water in Flint, Michigan. But Brazile’s overture hinted that she hoped to hop on what she thought was a winning band wagon in Clinton’s candidacy...
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