Taibbi discusses Shattered, the book about the 2016 campain

[lollycunt]

There is a critical scene in Shattered, the new behind-the-scenes campaign diary by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, in which staffers in the Hillary Clinton campaign begin to bicker with one another

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[hikerpoet]

"What if she ran against a female Bernie Sanders?" I get you. Part of me really really does. As I've mentioned in here before, if he won the primary I would've enthusiastically voted for him. Some consider Warren the female Bernie Sanders and she's my senator and there is a lot I love about her. I also agree with much of the criticism: "She's a limosine liberal!" "She was a Republican until her 40s!" "The Cherokee stuff is REALLY problematic" "She eventually enthusiastically supported Clinton, so we're going to jump off that ship" (Okay, that last one I don't sympathize with so much). And there are many others besides her, I know, who I would also be really happy to vote for. But right now I'm feeling really disenchanted and...I'll believe it when I see it. I'm in my 40s and I'm REALLY skeptical about it happening in my lifetime. I really am.

Even though I really admired him too, I'm skeptical Sanders would've had it in the bag, and if he did, whether it would've been for the right reasons. (What he's been saying about choice this week, and for years, is REALLY problematic. As much as I do love him.)

I do think it is beyond management and messaging, and I don't think it is ALL sexism...part of me thinks we've just got to be ready to play the game...but I'm not ashamed of admiring Clinton while being realistic about her flaws.