Connect the Dots: Brazile Distraction for Tad Devine to Manafort to Sanders

S. Novi
9 min readNov 5, 2017
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When people say that those involved in politics are part of a “profession”, it is indeed true. Just as in any business, like-minded individuals are drawn together, meet and talk and develop a tight-knit group that seems to infiltrate so that the same individuals show up and are hired. But the average American doesn’t bother to check on this information and we can no longer rely on our media to connect the dots. With the exception of a few strong journalists, the days of investigative reporting are gone.

Now that Donna Brazile has come forward to create a distraction with her negative comment about the DNC, her profile is also coming under scrutiny. Many of us have known Brazile as the political strategist that seemed to bring clarity in her comments on CNN. But Brazile is a professional in the realm of politics and has also held loose relationships over the years with Tad Devine, the campaign adviser for Bernie Sanders. During the 2000 Presidential campaign, Brazile was Al Gore’s campaign manager and Tad Devine was Gore’s chief advisor. But working on the same campaign doesn’t necessarily make you best friends, but in the world of politics, it does offer connections for communication.

Accusations of wrong doing by Brazile isn’t new. In 2008 she accused Hillary Clinton of breaking the rules…

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S. Novi

A journalist that worked in the media and continues to seek out truth and integrity. A liberal and one that is suspicious of cults and empty promises.