The fact is: At least 4 members of the Sanders Campaign, including it’s National Data Director, exploited a temporary software glitch to illegally and unethically gain access to their rival’s exclusive data. That fact is not disputed by the Sanders campaign, the software vendor, and the DNC. But the Sanders campaign reaction belongs to the ‘Are effing kidding me????’ classification: “The breach was in no way our fault”.
Let me repeat: You acknowledged that you access confidential Clinton Campaign data that you were contractually forbidden to access, you accessed data that you were legally barred from accessing, you accessed data that you knew was unethical for you to access — how is that not your effing fault?
No, in typical Bernie Campaign style, it’s everyone’s fault — EXCEPT the Sanders staff who actually committed the data breach:
In a news conference outside Sanders' campaign headquarters today in Washington, D.C., Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, blamed the incident on the DNC and the software vendor used by the DNC.
What pure, unmitigated bullshit! Consider this: I have a safe deposit box at a bank. My contract with the bank says I may access my box under their conditions, and can access my box only. They let me into their vault to access my box. While in their vault I notice another deposit box is open. So I give into temptation and take a look at what’s inside. Maybe I take some of the items — it is unknown at this point if any Sanders staffers took or copied any of the Clinton Campaign data. A bank officer comes in, sees me going through someone else’s property and promptly escorts off the property and forbids me to return until they have completed an investigation. So I’m going to stand in front of the bank screaming, whining and crying like a baby: “It's not my fault! They left the other box open, it’s not my fault!. Whaaaaaa!”. Fuck you — you do the deed, you suffer the consequences.
And now Bernistas are crying loud & long to anyone who will listen: “This is part of the vast right wing conspiracy of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the DNC, and that she-devil HIllary against poor Bernie!”
I started out liking Bernie Sanders, but quickly soured on the vitriol thrown at Hillary by Bernie’s supporters here on DK. So I tried taking a break, this is the first time I’ve logged in for over a month. And after seeing all the crap thrown at DW-S, the DNC, and even HRC for something Bernie staffers did, enough is enough. I now have nothing but contempt for the Bernie Sanders campaign. I look forward to his returning to his undistinguished 30+ year career in Congress.