Earlier this week, former CNN commentator and the once interim head of the DNC, Donna Brazil, made headlines when Politico published an excerpt from her new book, which told the story of Brazile discovering a deal that the Clinton campaign made with the DNC during the primary to save the organization from financial ruin in exchange for control of the party. That's a damning claim! And the fact that Brazile frames her discovery of that deal with a somber phone call she had to make to Bernie Sanders admitting the impropriety, paints a painful and brutal portrait that confirms the worst fears of Bernie diehards everywhere.

The only problem? It seems as though Brazile either didn't understand the nature of the deal that was made, or purposefully chose to present it inaccurately. NBC News has the details of the memo that call Brazile's account into question.

However, the memo also made clear that the arrangement pertained to only the general election, not the primary season, and it left open the possibility that it would sign similar agreements with other candidates. Still, it clearly allowed the Clinton campaign to influence DNC decisions made during an active primary, even if intended for preparations later. "Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to violate the DNC's obligation of impartiality and neutrality through the Nominating process. All activities performed under this agreement will be focused exclusively on preparations for the General Election and not the Democratic Primary," the memo states.

But this isn't the only thing in the book that seems to show Brazile taking aim at the Clinton campaign. According to the Washington Post, Brazile goes so far as to claim that she almost replaced Clinton and Kaine with a Biden and Booker ticket.

Brazile writes that she considered a dozen combinations to replace the nominees and settled on Biden and Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), the duo she felt most certain would win over enough working-class voters to defeat Republican Donald Trump. But then, she writes, “I thought of Hillary, and all the women in the country who were so proud of and excited about her. I could not do this to them.”

I'm not saying that Brazile's account isn't accurate. It may be, and, hell, her book isn't even out yet. But I will say that these two sentiments sure seem to be at odds with each other.

On one hand, she's claiming that the Clinton campaign had totally taken over control of the party, while on the other she claims she had the power to and actually considered replacing Clinton on the ticket but chose not to. Which is it? Either way, I'm beginning to suspect this book is Brazile's attempt to blame the failure of 2016 on everybody else. I guess we'll find out how successful she was when the book comes out, but so far, if her goal is to make herself look good, she's not doing very well.

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