Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
Donna Lease Brazile is an American author, academic and political analyst. She is a member of the Democratic Party and became interim chairperson of the Democratic National Committee in July 2016. She briefly served as the interim chairperson for the DNC in the spring of 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth15 December 1959
CityKenner, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.
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I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think.
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Failure. It doesn't exist. 'Failure' is just what happens when we lose perspective.
My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.
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We are not post-racial. And in many ways we don't even know how to have a conversation about being post-racial. Until we get out of that old-school way of thinking about race and opportunity and the ability to transcend some of the past of this country, then we're going to be stuck in the 20th-century conversation about race.
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The process continues to be wide open. But ultimately I think we will make some changes. We don't know yet exactly how those changes will be done.
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It brings back home the notion that there is a difference with the two parties.
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I think it's important in a democracy such as ours that we have multiple sources to get news and information and utilize the media only if we want to get a different opinion.
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Our mission is simple: To reduce any impediment and to make sure their voices are heard.
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I don't think anyone is voting to take them off the table. But what we're saying is it's time to give other states a chance.
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understand and report back on what happened and why.
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It is far better to have a candidate who is loose and not affiliated.
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I'm not about waiting anymore. I'm off the privilege notion now; I'm on to fairness.
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I'm not about waiting anymore. All the states, especially the states that have been ignored, all the constituencies and communities that have been ignored, have a part in this process.