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It doesn't surprise me. And Bernie's been claiming that for months now. I'm glad she's Schultz is resigning!

@Mrs D: Oh wow, I hadn't heard that.

@Adira: @Mrs D: I am so disappointed in Hillary doing this. Doesn't she realize she's already fighting an uphill battle to show she's not corrupt and driven by cronyism?? It's getting harder and harder to defend her, and I might not vote for her if the alternative was remotely acceptable.

Wow I don't like that Hillary hired her. I don't really see why it's a huge problem that the DNC was throwing support behind one candidate though. Don't they want the person who seems like the strongest candidate to win? Wasn't Reince Preibus trying to get rid of Trump? It just seems like this is getting way more media time than it really warrants because the emails were leaked.

I should add that Hillary really should know better than to bring her onto her campaign though. Even if Schultz is a good friend of her's and/or an excellent worker, it just looks bad (especially doing it IMMEDIATELY) and people already have trust issues with Hillary!

I think this is really common and par for the politics course. I'm not saying it's right but I'm saying that I believe this to happen in every election with both parties.
@Mrs D: Yes the difference is the antiestablishment candidate won on the Republican side. That is the only reason why Trump and RNC are not in a feud as well. Because the exact same stuff happened on the Republican side, but now it's all a big lovefest and "we would never do that".

I don't think the fact that this happens all the time with both political parties has any sway with Sander supporters though. The point is that it just illustrates how crappy the political system is. This illusion of choice is just that. All that said, I agree with Sanders that we are dealing with the system that we have, and in this moment, the important part is to defeat Trump. Despite the fact that I don't agree with the system and probably even Clinton's ethics, it is nothing compared to being set back 50 years of civil rights. I am horrified by Trump and his rhetoric and his dictator style Way more than I am horrified by the corrupt system that has been in place for a very long time.

I think the emails about emphasizing Bernie's faith (or lack thereof) are total BS. Those are the ones that pissed me off the most. Out of over 1900 emails it seems like only a handful are actually controversial (obviously I didn't read them all but the same select few are the ones that have been referenced in every news article I've read). Not a fan of DWS and disappointed that Hillary brought her onto her campaign. I have read that being a honorary chair is basically a courtesy and she won't have any actual responsibilities or duties, but I don't know much about it other than that.

I don't think things would've turned out differently for Bernie either way. HRC had almost 1,000 more delegates than he did. If they were neck and neck then maybe, but as it stands I don't think it would've changed things. And I say this as someone who voted for Bernie in the primary and donated to his campaign.

I think it really shows how corrupt our system is (as if we didn't already know). And the fact that Hillary brought her on board the campaign leaves me with little doubt Hillary knew about these emails, contrary to what she says. The whole situation is very frustrating as a voter.

@lawbee11: Not having any actual duties makes it even more confusing to me. When Hillary already has so much talk of corruption surrounding her, why give an honor to someone in the middle of a corruption scandal??

@Truth Bombs: The impression I got is that they're friends so she's basically throwing her a bone during a tough time. But not a wise move IMO.

@lawbee11: Yeah, I agree with you. I think they are friends and Hillary brought her on to help her out and because she probably trusts her. But still, doesn't look good!!

I’m not surprised that they did not treat him fairly, and although I was/am a Bernie supporter (also a Clinton fan who will vote for her), this isn’t really shocking news. You mean that the DNC, the formal governing body for the Democratic Party backed the *Democratic* participant and not the Independent one who only became a democrat within the past couple of years? Of course they did; that’s the point of their organization – to get tried and true Dems elected.

I would bet good money leaked RNC documents would show the same thing for Trump, except that his vote totals were nothing anyone (including the RNC) could impact ultimately. Comparing Sanders and Trump (and the RNC and DNC) and vote totals is apples to oranges. HRC, and Trump, won by wide margins. I'm not saying that would make things "right" - just that perhaps scandal isn't so much the appropriate term.

Many of the emails being lauded as most scandalous are far from: lower-level staffers asking if they could start a smear campaign against Sanders saying his campaign is disorganized....followed by emails from higher-ups telling them no, they could not do that. The ones about atheism are frustrating to me. They are true - voters as a block won't support an atheist, but it's disappointing to see the DNC play that card.

It also doesn’t surprise me that WikiLeaks did this, now, days before the convention, given their founder’s political affiliation. It’s all politics as usual, *all around*.

That said, I am pissed that HRC “hired” (the title DWS has is “honorary” so don’t know if hired is the right word? Either way, irritating as hell) DWS immediately after. Yet another scandal to investigate ad nauseam – this time helped along by HRC herself. This is our election to lose, and we’re trying our best to do it. I don’t care how far back they go, there was no need for HRC to bring in DWS immediately after in the middle of everything.

@yoursilverlining: Agree with everything you wrote! Hillary should've waited at least until after the convention or something to hire her. Or maybe she's hoping that with everyone going on with the convention, it'll drown out this one thing and people will forget about it because there will be so many other things to talk about this week? Whereas if she waited until after, it would be the new NEWS and might minimize everything else that happens during the convention?

@Truth Bombs: Well, if you read the article that @bluestriped bee: posted, those e-mails don't seem nearly as scandalous as Bernie supporters and Republicans are making them out to be. Most of them about "He won't be president" were made in late April/May when Bernie no longer had a chance at winning. The religion one is AWFUL, but it wasn't made by Schultz, and you'll recall, Bernie's religion was never used against him.

@Adira: But I'm not even speaking to the scandal and how scandalous it really was. I'm speaking to the public perception. I'm a registered Republican, and don't care for Hillary, but Trump scares the hell out of me. It's infuriating to see Hillary make a move that could lose her voters, for literally no benefit other than 'helping out a friend'. Does it suck that her friend got wrapped into something that's being blown out of proportion? Of course it does. But securing the Presidency should be a hell of a lot more important than giving her friend an honorary title.

@Truth Bombs: That's what makes it most frustrating for me, too. She doesn't have to help out DWS right now (I mean, geez, all she had to do was wait a few weeks and something else will have grabbed the headlines) and she did, which only furthers the fire that she is corrupt. Like you said, there is literally no benefit that I see, and a huge risk of cost votes.

@yoursilverlining: wow I didn't realize the close ties that Julian Assange had to that Russian government.

I seem to recall from a tv show (maybe West Wing or was it Scandal?? ) that interfering/influencing American elections with foreign money was highly illegal. Why isn't anyone talking about that??

Like a previous poster said, I am not surprised that the Democratic National Convention was backing the long-term Democrat, not the Independent that caucuses with the Democrats.