In what might be the most damning leaked email so far, it seems clear that top ranking members of the DNC were asking for names of big time donors who wanted to be considered for Federal appointments, all while leaving an email trail to boot.

This is really no surprise. Both sides do it but that is no defense. It's unethical and probably illegal. It's how we got Bush's buddy "heckuva job Brownie" in charge of FEMA's awful response to Katrina.

It's not like we didn't know this kind of shit went on. But the absolute crassness is really astounding:

The donor spreadsheet is included in an email chain in which Jordan Kaplan, DNC’s national finance director, asks other officials to provide names of donors they want to propose for federal commissions.

“Last call for boards and commissions,” Kaplan wrote on April 20.

“If you have someone, send to [DNC finance chief of staff Scott] Comer – full name, city, state, email and phone number. Send as many as you want, just don’t know how many people will get to.”

Last call! Federal appointments happy hour is ending! Get your federal appointments while they last!

But hey, lest we think this is all untoward, let's make it clear that it will be really tough to get those really prestigious appointments:

“Boards and commissions? Sorry, I’m lost,” wrote Jordan Vaughn, the national finance director for the DNC’s African American Leadership Council.

Comer explained: “Any folks who you’d like to be considered to be on the board of (for example) USPS, NEA, NEH. Basically anyone who has a niche interest and might like to serve on the board of one of these orgs.”

“I should say, though, that the likelihood of landing a spot on ones as prestigious as NEA/USPS is unlikely,” Comer added, referring to the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Postal Service.

“It’s much more likely they’ll get something like ‘President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History.’ (no shade to women) But when you submit your names, we don’t need specific designations,” he continued.

I really thought we couldn't put on a worse convention than the GOP did in Cleveland (though I did think Trump's speech was way more effective than the media did, and it seems I was right about that). But give Democrats the opportunity and we'll screw up anything...

Oh, and just in case you were wondering, all donors on the list were Clinton donors. No Sanders donors. And here I thought my $10/month plus occasional additional donations was going to get me somewhere...