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Midwest_Doc Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:46 PM
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Whatever happened to Donna Brazile?
During the Clinton administration, Donna Brazile was a most articulate spokesperson for Progressive Americans. She was my hero! Where is she now and what is she doing?
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:47 PM
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1. I have seen her on Hardball and Meet the Press and stuff like that
pretty recently; not sure what her profession/job/occupation is right now...
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:47 PM
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2. Having Drinks with Karl Rove
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SaddenedDem Donating Member (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:49 PM
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3. Hopefully, she rode off into the sunset
never to be heard from again. She's the biggest DINO in the pack.
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Noordam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:49 PM
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4. She is and has been a BIG friend of Roves
and maybe that explains W Virginia in 2000.
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cally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:52 PM
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5. I'm confused about her
She turned on Gore and lost all my respect. She also helped get Landrieu elected. I don't trust her but she knows how to get out the vote. She never should have run a campaign and never should have betrayed Gore
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absyntheNsugar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:58 PM
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9. I remember her doing a horrible job for Gore...
but did she actually 'betray' him? I thought she just made some bad mistakes (like not going for the jugular when the Repubs stole the election, etc..)
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cally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 01:02 PM
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11. After the selection
she publically trashed him. It showed a lack of class and loyalty. Campaign disagreements should be kept in the inner circle and noone should kick a man when he is down.
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CPschem Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 01:19 PM
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16. I saw her in the crowd
at Gore's latest speech in DC... right up front. Maybe she's made amends.
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eissa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:52 PM
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6. Hopefully retired from running campaigns
after the bang-up job she did for Gore :eyes:

I know she's on the board of The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, which includes the likes of Richard Perle, Eric Cantor, Daniel Pipes, Newt Gingrich, Charles Krauthammer, and some other winners I can't recall right now.
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Midwest_Doc Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:56 PM
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7. Thanks for the info
I am humbled.
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absyntheNsugar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 12:57 PM
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8. She was behind Gore's campaign...
and didn't I read somewhere she's working with Kerry?
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Noordam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 01:10 PM
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14. Hopeful not
after things that happened on the Gore campaign like West Virginia it in the bag you do not have to meet with the union people there.

WV 5 Electorial Votes would put Gore in the WH.....



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mobuto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 01:00 PM
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10. Right now she's Chair of the DNC's Voting Rights Institute
an organization which seems to have done a whole lot of nothing since the 2000 election.
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Noordam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 01:12 PM
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15. I saw once she was not for a paper trial with
Touchscreens.
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Gringo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 01:04 PM
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12. I see her on TV now and then whoring for the right-wing.
I'm sorry about it too. She used to seem like such an attractive, bright, appealing person, but seems like a total sellout now.
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 01:07 PM
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13. I think Donna is part of the Beltway scene now,
and she enjoys it. She paid her dues by befriending Rove, making nice with the powers that be, and representing Democrats on televison in a way similar to the way Colmes represents liberals. We could still use her organizational skills, when and if she chooses to use them.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 05:43 PM
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17. She is part of the Beltway. She also teaches...
I can't remember what university. I could look it up later. We were exchanging emails a couple of weeks back and she mentioned it. She said that she is working part time until the elections are over next year. :eyes: Don't ask.
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