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He did not have a choice. They would have pulled his Super delegate and sent him packing. He was backed up against the wal.
He is not gone. I think he will still be involved in the movement but. There was no way in hell the DNC was gonna let him be president
There is more than one viable choice. And that is the reality.
It's called Dr. Jill Stein / Green Party, who will be on the ballot in 45 U.S. States or more. If the 13 Million Bernie Sanders voters just move over and do the right thing and support Dr. Jill Stein with the same energy, creativity, inspiration, and financial support -- then she will zoom up from 4%-7% in the Polls to 15% - 20% in the Polls.
And then she will be heard and seen in the General Election debates, and she will blow Hillary Clinton away and show the Country what a real woman President looks like.
Dr. Stein isn't afraid to tell it like it is and stand up to the establishment! I will, from this moment forward, work my ass literally off to get her elected. I'd rather be assless with a president Stein than have something to take it up from HRC or tRump.
We aren't in his position. We can bitch and moan about his decisions all we want. We don't have to live his life. We can complain about him not endorsing Jill. We're on the outside, free from any and all blowout from such an action.
The question is, would him endorsing Jill have changed anything at all? Would it have driven as many supporters to her as his endorsement of Hillary? I don't think it would have. I think she may have actually gotten less support, as there wouldn't be the same motivation to do so. His endorsement of Hillary prompted people to get over him, which is what the movement needed at that point. At that point, people were still talking of stubbornly writing in his name. Now? Not so much.
Jill Stein made a formal offer to Sanders to run as a joint ticket, so her support and the Green ticket numbers would have gone in just one direction: Up.....Way Up!
Sanders endorsement is the biggest "never mind" fold up and capitulation in Modern political history. Suddenly the words "It's too late for Establishment politics", "Enough is Enough", and "We need a political Revolution" ring very hollow and insincere now.
But the point here is that ... we do not have to accept this (and we won't "fall in line" anymore):
[video:https://youtu.be/aPRuczTYdW8]
He had the last say, move to nominate XXXXX and then left. He did not release his delegates, many of whom also departed the scene. Something else may be afoot.
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Like it or not, the system is rigged. In order for him to win 3rd party, we'd have to get rid of the electoral college. So long as that exists, it doesn't matter if someone wins the popular vote.
Do you think that there would have been any chance at all that the Democratic party would have just let him do that? First, there's those "sore loser" laws that he'd have to overcome just to have his name on the ballot. If he was a VP for Stein, that'd probably let him be on the ballot, but at the same time it'd remove a great ally from the Senate and put him into a significantly less powerful position if Stein had managed to win. There's the second problem: winning. At this point, it won't happen. Electoral college trumps the popular vote, so while a Sanders/Jill or a Jill/Sanders ticket could feasibly win the popular vote, they could still lose the electoral vote. It's not often it happens that way, but it does happen. Third, if he were to do that, and lose as expected, all he would have accomplished was politically isolating himself and making the Democratic party find the Green party to be a legitimate threat that they would then work to undermine as much as possible, and they'd probably be successful.
Like I said, it's easy for us to say how people should do things. But we're not the ones with all the information. He is.
The Green Party is/will be on the ballot in virtually all U.S. States, and the Democratic Party can't stop that.
Stein offered to create a joint ticket (Sanders-Stein) with him. That decision was in control of only Jill Stein and the Green Party.
Finally, it does not matter if he would have lost anyway, or if you think he would have lost. The important point is that the Democratic Party will never change at all unless it faces an actual challenge coming from the Left.
Making the Green Party as large and as strong an opponent as it possibly can be ... is exactly what should be done, and the only thing that can work. That was the opportunity that Sanders walked away from (and in to the sleazy arms of Hillary friggin Clinton and Henry Kissinger).
Sanders had a rare and gift opportunity here, to be able to run as a Democrat the whole year and get into the debates, and then just switchover to the Green Party at the 11th hour and bring all his supporters with him -- and create a real progressive counter force against the rightward policies of the Democratic Establishment (with 13 million voters, plus whatever Stein already has).
That was clearly worth doing. For such an opportunity to put such a large, noisy progressive coalition together in November may never come again.
You cannot call for a political Revolution, and then decide to just be comfortable and not "rock the boat" at the same time.
Either we reject the Establishment and actually fight them for real, or we just roll over and become their willing victims. Sanders walked away from the fight. Maybe he's exhausted. Maybe he deserves to rest.
But the one thing that he didn't and we didn't ever deserve is to ever be embracing Hillary friggin Clinton.
Bernie unfortunately exists in the current political system. He can't rock the boat from in there. That's the job of the people in the movement.
He has to do what is necessary to see the movement continue, and the movement would not continue if people kept ignoring the "It's not about me" message that he's been preaching since day one.
Just before former president Bill Clinton took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, progressive social media lit up with news that former Ohio state senator Nina Turner, one of Bernie Sanders' most celebrated surrogates, had her convention credentials stripped by the DNC and was ejected from the convention hall.
It was @NinaTurner who won me over to support & campaign for Bernie.
Just spoke with Nina. Heartbroken over how she was mistreated today.
I just pictured Hillary's minions frantically hurling 4th of july smoke bombs all over the areas that are supposed to be full of delegates that have left, and desperately hanging room height mirrors at creative angles.
Lol, amusing thought! The privately taken video I've seen looks very telling - and apparently there were 'extra people' placed in the California section to provide 'enthusiasm and cheers' - which is probably why it wasn't completely empty. Perhaps the whole place was half-loaded with 'at leisure' movie extras all seated up in the front sections, as the Bernie delegates were seated in the back?
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All 700-800 of Bernie's state volunteers were barred from being at the open convention tonight. All of Hillary's will be seated. Sounds like they're purging every Sanders supporter in favor of Hillary's people.
The Party of FDR and JFK is officially dead, in favor of these mealy-mouthed wannabes, suckups and toadies to The New Middle Class, which starts at $450,000 per year. I'm glad my parents aren't alive to see it.
The Party of FDR and JFK is officially dead, in favor of these mealy-mouthed wannabes, suckups and toadies to The New Middle Class, which starts at $450,000 per year. I'm glad my parents aren't alive to see it.
Like us all, I have two parents.
My father is dead (and at this point, certainly grateful for that fact).
I dwell with my mother, a loyal FDR New Deal Democrat for six decades and change. She is NOT happy about these turns of events.
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First Bernie breaks his promise and endorses before the convention. He refuses to fight even when it's revealed by Wikileaks that the DNC rigged the process. Then he gives an endorsement of Hillary last night. He collaborates with the Hillary camp to get a bunch of goons together to intimidate his supporters and keep them quiet, confiscating their signs and threatening to revoke their credentials. Today, he engages in the "nomination by acclamation" theatrics, and now he's gone?
Latest reports say that Bernie is reverting back to an independent and that he will not be fundraising for Hillary. So he's telling all of his supporters to vote for the candidate of the party...he just left? WTF? What the hell did the Democratic Party and the Clintons do to him?
fall into the trap set by Clintons. Now they have the image of "party unity" that they wanted despite the dirty tricks behind the scenes. The media isn't talking about what's really going on, like usual.
If Bernie wasn't allowed to speak or if it was obvious that his delegates and volunteers were being railroaded (which they are), there would be outrage from his supporters nationwide. Instead, by playing along, Bernie got a primetime speech where he alienated most of his most ardent supporters by telling them to vote for Hillary. Was it really worth it?
If you only see what's on the surface, he does look like a sellout. Right now, people are too angry to delve deeper and see if there's anything else going on behind-the-scenes, which there obviously is.
Bernie is not a sell out. He is shouldering a huge load. We knew it was a long shot and we knew they would stack the deck. Plan B. We have to support Bernie . Look what he did. Why would he sell out.? for what? He was forced to. He was in tears. I saw a cartoon that usurped his birdie. it made me want to cry.
I love bernie. I think he is the best
the decision not to allow a 'minority report' regarding the Party platform (TPP, etc.), or even on rules/process issues (superdelegates)--even though they had the votes to force a Floor fight, on that issue.
And, obviously, it didn't matter about releasing delegates, since they halted the roll call vote, and awarded the nomination to FSC by acclamation.
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I agree--despise our current economic and political systems.
Love dogs, too.
Hey, nice to meet you!
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Because he knew he did not have the votes. the super delegate thing is what slipped us up the voter suppression. All of that . I am not sure why exactly but I do know he is not a sell out
Former rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders urgently joined forces Monday to tamp down dissent among his supporters, as Democrats tried to keep infighting from overtaking an opening night featuring some of the party’s biggest stars, including first lady Michelle Obama
Bernie sent out a text message to the delegates telling them not to boo. Jeff Weaver showed up on CNN saying he was working with the Clinton campaign to get it under control.
During the TYT coverage, Jimmy Dore said that delegates were reporting that people from the DNC and Bernie camp were collaborating to keep them from booing the speakers, which is why you didn't hear much of it in primetime. Around that same time, DNC staff went around confiscating people's pro-Bernie signs.
Sanders, who has repeatedly called for his movement to grow inside and not outside the Democratic Party, worked feverishly to change minds. After his speech to delegates, he dispatched deputy campaign manager Rich Pelletier to meet with Clinton aide Marlon Marshall. One result was an email message to all delegates and a shorter text message to the floor whips who were tasked with keeping delegations calm.
“Our credibility as a movement will be damaged by booing, turning of backs, walking out or other similar displays,” Sanders wrote in the email. “That’s what the corporate media wants. That’s what Donald Trump wants. But that’s not what will expand the progressive movement in this country. I know everyone is frustrated, especially by the recent DNC email disclosures. But, as a result of this disclosure Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced to resign.”
Slimer was on MSNBC earlier, during that fifteen minutes I got through without puking (my, I did see a lot of things in that short time, lol!) He was asked how his "discussion" with Bernie go. And then they both laughed a little conspiratorial laugh and Schumer said there were three discussions.
Three. Discussions. I'll bet the first one started out politely enough...did you really think Sanders was going to go up against this entire crooked apparatus after they had to fix it publicly to stop him?
Goes against all the reporting that I've seen and/or heard--including a video of Jeff Weaver, his Campaign Manager, saying that he is a 'Democrat for life.' ("With All Due Respect," Bloomberg TV)
(Which is not to say that you're incorrect. It was approximately two months ago, give or take, that I saw the Weaver interview with Mark Halperin.)
Anyhoo, can someone please point me to the media source of this report?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Nevermind. This may be one source.
Bernie Sanders tells @bpolitics breakfast w/reporters he'll return to the Senate as an Independent, not a Dem: 'I was elected as an Ind.'
I've read that Dem Party lawmakers are required (or expected, by Leadership) to do some fundraising 'on behalf of the Party.'
So, if Susan Page's report is accurate--and I can't imagine why it wouldn't be--he must have realized that he might not be able to raise much money to fund his new organization(s), unless he severs any formal ties to the Dem Party.
(Because of possible negative blowback from some of his supporters, who wouldn't want to contribute--knowing that a portion might go to FSC's campaign coffers.)
I think he figured right.
Mollie
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PHILADELPHIA – Bernie Sanders said he plans to return to the Senate as an independent, despite winning 13 million votes in the Democratic Party’s presidential primary contest.
“I was elected as an independent; I’ll stay two years more as an independent,” Mr. Sanders said.
Speaking at the Bloomberg Politics breakfast on Tuesday, Mr. Sanders also said the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee doesn’t go far enough in fixing the situation and that more staff members need to leave following embarrassing disclosures of thousands of internal emails.
“We need a DNC which has as very different direction,” he said. “I honestly don’t know many of the people there. But my guess is we’re going to need new leadership, a new direction and new personnel.”
Asked after the event whether Mr. Sanders considers himself a Democrat or an independent, a campaign aide said, “He ran for president as a Democrat but was elected to a six-year term in the Senate as an independent.”
I suspect that there may be something in the works, something he'll need his delegates for... There's absolute proof of cheating and publicity appearing even on the MSN, and a lot of trolling about Bernie 'selling out/caving' which does not sound like him at all. The Corporate faction is still scared of him as well as of the People's Movement, which is not subject to control by their 'betters' or anyone else. They did not underestimate Bernie, they just pretended to, while cheating like mad because they knew that he could and would win, as he did.
If one approach doesn't work, he tries another, but he always has open and flexible strategies to achieve what he has for the people he's done what was thought impossible for. That's his MO.
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I have no idea where he went.
What is killing my soul is that I have no care or curiosity where he went.
As HRC gets nominated surely, no question, no do overs, Trump is out there sounding more and more like CHOOSE: Hitler / Mussolini, than he EVER did before he got his nomination secured.
I feel Big Dog set us up. I feel played. There is no more Bernie, no feel the Bern, no way to rage against the P'sTB, no focus, no point. I have become an historical asterisk.
I got Bernie's "Our Revolution" email, and unsubscribed.
I want something that does not present itself in the government of my country.
I am thankful I am 64, with no children.
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...and not an orgiastic Democratic convention for Clinton. i'm not watching but if i were i'd probably observe some of her more fervid supporters' eyes rolling to the back of their heads.
no dude don't go. Yo are old enough to know that this happened every time. He is not gone. It is up to us to keep it going. Even if her was elected we still have to get congress and house to be progressive Now we ahve to threaten Hillary not to vote for her I think she will loose any way.
I haven't heard from Shailene Woodley yet. She was going to drive cross country to Philly with a bunch of other folks (aka a Peace Train). Will be interesting once she speaks out.
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Bernie didn't sell out. Come on. Did you think this would be easy? Did you think the uber 1% was just going to turn over power. The deck is stacked You said so your self. I mean why would he? This is his he started this. Noe believe in him and we can get this done. They knew some of us would turn on him. do not let them do this
his role in this play is over. He goes back to the Senate, maybe he gets a committee chairmanship if the Democrats retake the Senate. I'm sure he can be elected for one more term, and that would be enough public service for one man. Maybe he works behind the scenes to get some progressive organizations going. Makes sure the people who built his social media and online fundraising operation are employed there. Gives speeches about what a dipshit Trump is.
I wish him all the best. It's time to move on.
Respect for the delegates that walked out. It's long overdue.
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And Madam Clinton has deliberately pitted herself against a master of kayfabe in Trump. She wanted this, she's got it, she owns it. The disaster will be all on her.
The Democratic party is pissed as hell at Bernie right now, and they are strong-arming him to no end. I can't imagine what they're threatening him with but I'll be it's significant enough to get results.
Trump's post convention bounce put him over the top for a moment and that has got to have the Dems crapping pants. Of course, everyone expects Hillary to get hers… that is, as long as everyone makes nice and happy for the cameras. "Party in disarray" as a headline isn't a vote getter, and the onus has been on Bernie to make it all come together. He's obligated to undo the rift in the party, to do otherwise would surely get him branded as a petulant child, and he'd get blamed for President Trump.
So that's Bernie's strategy, to avoid getting blamed for President Trump. But that's all just on the surface. Underneath he's a tempest of fury and I'm sure he's burning for all of us to #DemExit with our birds in the air.
Underneath he's a tempest of fury and I'm sure he's burning for all of us to #DemExit with our birds in the air.
Otherwise, it's first chance I get #DemExit
I am done with these assclowns. Someone else will have to save this district from fake Democrats.
All pols have their crooked side, but this bunch of Stepford People are too stupid to even try to hide their theft. Nobody likes a cheater. Not even stacked up next to Donald Trump.
different kind of burn now ---- lots and lots of heartburn! What a tragedy! Exit stage left and the curtains close as a lone trumpet plays "Taps" in the background
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Many delegates appear to have left.
That's because there was a walk-out.
My Green Bay friend in Philly right now let me know she was part of the walk out. I'm so proud of her!
MSM isn't reporting on it, of course, or at least not yet. This will work for now.
I miss Colorado.
Thank you
For the information.
Game over. Score. Now it begins.
As does my headache.
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Feel bad for Bernie
I think he made a tremendous mistake in sticking with a group that stabbed him and us in the back.
Bernie Sanders
He did not have a choice. They would have pulled his Super delegate and sent him packing. He was backed up against the wal.
He is not gone. I think he will still be involved in the movement but. There was no way in hell the DNC was gonna let him be president
Choice
There is always more than one.
Sometimes there are.
Sometimes, there is not more than one viable choice. That is a reality. It can be an unpleasant one at times, but it is a reality nonetheless.
Sometimes ... Just do the right thing
There is more than one viable choice. And that is the reality.
It's called Dr. Jill Stein / Green Party, who will be on the ballot in 45 U.S. States or more. If the 13 Million Bernie Sanders voters just move over and do the right thing and support Dr. Jill Stein with the same energy, creativity, inspiration, and financial support -- then she will zoom up from 4%-7% in the Polls to 15% - 20% in the Polls.
And then she will be heard and seen in the General Election debates, and she will blow Hillary Clinton away and show the Country what a real woman President looks like.
Just Do The Right Thing.
Always Vote for Real Change: Dr. Jill Stein
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AER6BP4Fnw]
What an intelligent person
Dr. Stein isn't afraid to tell it like it is and stand up to the establishment! I will, from this moment forward, work my ass literally off to get her elected. I'd rather be assless with a president Stein than have something to take it up from HRC or tRump.
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Easy for us to say
We aren't in his position. We can bitch and moan about his decisions all we want. We don't have to live his life. We can complain about him not endorsing Jill. We're on the outside, free from any and all blowout from such an action.
The question is, would him endorsing Jill have changed anything at all? Would it have driven as many supporters to her as his endorsement of Hillary? I don't think it would have. I think she may have actually gotten less support, as there wouldn't be the same motivation to do so. His endorsement of Hillary prompted people to get over him, which is what the movement needed at that point. At that point, people were still talking of stubbornly writing in his name. Now? Not so much.
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Jill Stein made a formal offer to Sanders to run as a joint ticket, so her support and the Green ticket numbers would have gone in just one direction: Up.....Way Up!
Sanders endorsement is the biggest "never mind" fold up and capitulation in Modern political history. Suddenly the words "It's too late for Establishment politics", "Enough is Enough", and "We need a political Revolution" ring very hollow and insincere now.
But the point here is that ... we do not have to accept this (and we won't "fall in line" anymore):
[video:https://youtu.be/aPRuczTYdW8]
[video:https://youtu.be/9AER6BP4Fnw]
Too bad
Bernie could potentially have won, third party.
Do not give up. He used a procedural trick.
He had the last say, move to nominate XXXXX and then left. He did not release his delegates, many of whom also departed the scene. Something else may be afoot.
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He couldn't have
Like it or not, the system is rigged. In order for him to win 3rd party, we'd have to get rid of the electoral college. So long as that exists, it doesn't matter if someone wins the popular vote.
And if he did that?
Do you think that there would have been any chance at all that the Democratic party would have just let him do that? First, there's those "sore loser" laws that he'd have to overcome just to have his name on the ballot. If he was a VP for Stein, that'd probably let him be on the ballot, but at the same time it'd remove a great ally from the Senate and put him into a significantly less powerful position if Stein had managed to win. There's the second problem: winning. At this point, it won't happen. Electoral college trumps the popular vote, so while a Sanders/Jill or a Jill/Sanders ticket could feasibly win the popular vote, they could still lose the electoral vote. It's not often it happens that way, but it does happen. Third, if he were to do that, and lose as expected, all he would have accomplished was politically isolating himself and making the Democratic party find the Green party to be a legitimate threat that they would then work to undermine as much as possible, and they'd probably be successful.
Like I said, it's easy for us to say how people should do things. But we're not the ones with all the information. He is.
No, you just don't understand
The Green Party is/will be on the ballot in virtually all U.S. States, and the Democratic Party can't stop that.
Stein offered to create a joint ticket (Sanders-Stein) with him. That decision was in control of only Jill Stein and the Green Party.
Finally, it does not matter if he would have lost anyway, or if you think he would have lost. The important point is that the Democratic Party will never change at all unless it faces an actual challenge coming from the Left.
Making the Green Party as large and as strong an opponent as it possibly can be ... is exactly what should be done, and the only thing that can work. That was the opportunity that Sanders walked away from (and in to the sleazy arms of Hillary friggin Clinton and Henry Kissinger).
Sanders had a rare and gift opportunity here, to be able to run as a Democrat the whole year and get into the debates, and then just switchover to the Green Party at the 11th hour and bring all his supporters with him -- and create a real progressive counter force against the rightward policies of the Democratic Establishment (with 13 million voters, plus whatever Stein already has).
That was clearly worth doing. For such an opportunity to put such a large, noisy progressive coalition together in November may never come again.
You cannot call for a political Revolution, and then decide to just be comfortable and not "rock the boat" at the same time.
Either we reject the Establishment and actually fight them for real, or we just roll over and become their willing victims. Sanders walked away from the fight. Maybe he's exhausted. Maybe he deserves to rest.
But the one thing that he didn't and we didn't ever deserve is to ever be embracing Hillary friggin Clinton.
That's the wrong damn message.
Yes, WE reject the establishment
Bernie unfortunately exists in the current political system. He can't rock the boat from in there. That's the job of the people in the movement.
He has to do what is necessary to see the movement continue, and the movement would not continue if people kept ignoring the "It's not about me" message that he's been preaching since day one.
The DNC pulled Nina Turners credentials and kicked her out
And THIS.... "Terry McAuliffe, tells @anniekarni that Clinton will support passage of TPP as president."
Fastest cNdidate flop flop EVER
HRC ONE OF THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL NOTHING BUT LIES
Orwell was an optimist
WOW!!!!
Interesting times.
More Dem thuggery confimed: Nina Turner EJECTED from DNC..
From Common Dreams,
Nina Turner, Prominent Sanders Delegate, Ejected from DNC
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"
- Kurt Vonnegut
I was wondering if we might see that
I wonder what a half full hall looks like on the telly? That's never happened in the history of Party Conventions on the TV.
Uh, has it? I mean, you know they'll get creative with camera angles if they have to, but still...
Camera angles
Smoke and mirrors.
"HELL NO DNC WE WON'T VOTE FOR HILLARY!!!!!!!!"
Nope
Exactly right! Team Hillary built this. They can have it.
If the fix is that far in, you have nothing to lose by voting any Third Party. None of us does.
#GreenParty
Interesting mental image you gave me there
I just pictured Hillary's minions frantically hurling 4th of july smoke bombs all over the areas that are supposed to be full of delegates that have left, and desperately hanging room height mirrors at creative angles.
Hehehe
Hillary
Lol, amusing thought! The
Lol, amusing thought! The privately taken video I've seen looks very telling - and apparently there were 'extra people' placed in the California section to provide 'enthusiasm and cheers' - which is probably why it wasn't completely empty. Perhaps the whole place was half-loaded with 'at leisure' movie extras all seated up in the front sections, as the Bernie delegates were seated in the back?
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Per Tony Brasunas on Twitter
All 700-800 of Bernie's state volunteers were barred from being at the open convention tonight. All of Hillary's will be seated. Sounds like they're purging every Sanders supporter in favor of Hillary's people.
Democracy
Is just another word
For you don't get to choose
What did they do, bus in extras?
Wow, how completely, obnoxiously gauche.
The Party of FDR and JFK is officially dead, in favor of these mealy-mouthed wannabes, suckups and toadies to The New Middle Class, which starts at $450,000 per year. I'm glad my parents aren't alive to see it.
parents
Like us all, I have two parents.
My father is dead (and at this point, certainly grateful for that fact).
I dwell with my mother, a loyal FDR New Deal Democrat for six decades and change. She is NOT happy about these turns of events.
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Apparently, that's exactly what they did.
They're a mean bunch
And if she should be elected, it will get very very nasty.
This whole thing is fishy as hell.
First Bernie breaks his promise and endorses before the convention. He refuses to fight even when it's revealed by Wikileaks that the DNC rigged the process. Then he gives an endorsement of Hillary last night. He collaborates with the Hillary camp to get a bunch of goons together to intimidate his supporters and keep them quiet, confiscating their signs and threatening to revoke their credentials. Today, he engages in the "nomination by acclamation" theatrics, and now he's gone?
Latest reports say that Bernie is reverting back to an independent and that he will not be fundraising for Hillary. So he's telling all of his supporters to vote for the candidate of the party...he just left? WTF? What the hell did the Democratic Party and the Clintons do to him?
Agreed
Why would Bernie endorse the corporate candidate of the .01%?
as a super delegate they
as a super delegate they would have pulled him and played a game . if he did not do that he would have been blocked all the way
I would rather Bernie be completely blocked than
fall into the trap set by Clintons. Now they have the image of "party unity" that they wanted despite the dirty tricks behind the scenes. The media isn't talking about what's really going on, like usual.
If Bernie wasn't allowed to speak or if it was obvious that his delegates and volunteers were being railroaded (which they are), there would be outrage from his supporters nationwide. Instead, by playing along, Bernie got a primetime speech where he alienated most of his most ardent supporters by telling them to vote for Hillary. Was it really worth it?
If you only see what's on the surface, he does look like a sellout. Right now, people are too angry to delve deeper and see if there's anything else going on behind-the-scenes, which there obviously is.
Corruption
Is our system. How sad. Why let it continue?
Spread truth.
Birdie
Bernie is not a sell out. He is shouldering a huge load. We knew it was a long shot and we knew they would stack the deck. Plan B. We have to support Bernie . Look what he did. Why would he sell out.? for what? He was forced to. He was in tears. I saw a cartoon that usurped his birdie. it made me want to cry.
I love bernie. I think he is the best
'Blocked all the way' from doing what? His Campaign made
the decision not to allow a 'minority report' regarding the Party platform (TPP, etc.), or even on rules/process issues (superdelegates)--even though they had the votes to force a Floor fight, on that issue.
And, obviously, it didn't matter about releasing delegates, since they halted the roll call vote, and awarded the nomination to FSC by acclamation.
Mollie
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."--Lao Tzu
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Love your dog picture
I know the dog is a Spaniel, what kind?
Love dogs.
Hate our current economic and political systems.
Thanks, UE. He's nicknamed 'Mister B'--an English Springer. And
I agree--despise our current economic and political systems.
Love dogs, too.
Hey, nice to meet you!
Mollie
“I believe in the redemptive powers of a dog’s love. It is in recognition of each dog’s potential to lift the human spirit, and, therefore, to change society for the better, that I fight to make sure every street dog has its day.”
--Stasha Wong, Secretary, Save Our Street Dogs (SOSD)
Available For Sponsorship And/Or Adoption, Save Our Street Dogs, SOSD
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Nice to meet you too.
Best Regards,
Steve
roll call
Because he knew he did not have the votes. the super delegate thing is what slipped us up the voter suppression. All of that . I am not sure why exactly but I do know he is not a sell out
Where does this
come from?
Where are you getting this specific information?
CNN and others reported on it yesterday when the boos started.
It's also showing up vaguely in articles and reports from the convention floor.
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/07/25/dnc-kicks-off-in-philadelphia-with...
Bernie sent out a text message to the delegates telling them not to boo. Jeff Weaver showed up on CNN saying he was working with the Clinton campaign to get it under control.
During the TYT coverage, Jimmy Dore said that delegates were reporting that people from the DNC and Bernie camp were collaborating to keep them from booing the speakers, which is why you didn't hear much of it in primetime. Around that same time, DNC staff went around confiscating people's pro-Bernie signs.
[video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcGn4SMHWg&list=PLVsD3AT8qdwqECobBqvkAO...
Also, more details about it from WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-struggles-to-hand-his-re...
WTF Bernie
Pull your head out and look around.
Saw this same reporting at Yahoo News--and, the text message. NT
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Reported on FB FWIW
Schumer bright him a message from the party. Endorse or lose all of your committee assignments.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
If that is true
Bernie should have said FUCK YOU, Hillary and the Democratic Party!!!!!!
From the horse's mouth
Slimer was on MSNBC earlier, during that fifteen minutes I got through without puking (my, I did see a lot of things in that short time, lol!) He was asked how his "discussion" with Bernie go. And then they both laughed a little conspiratorial laugh and Schumer said there were three discussions.
Three. Discussions. I'll bet the first one started out politely enough...did you really think Sanders was going to go up against this entire crooked apparatus after they had to fix it publicly to stop him?
Sounds like something Schumer would do.
Orwell was an optimist
This is the 2nd time I've seen the 'reverting to an Independent'
assertion, today.
Goes against all the reporting that I've seen and/or heard--including a video of Jeff Weaver, his Campaign Manager, saying that he is a 'Democrat for life.' ("With All Due Respect," Bloomberg TV)
(Which is not to say that you're incorrect. It was approximately two months ago, give or take, that I saw the Weaver interview with Mark Halperin.)
Anyhoo, can someone please point me to the media source of this report?
Nevermind. This may be one source.
I've read that Dem Party lawmakers are required (or expected, by Leadership) to do some fundraising 'on behalf of the Party.'
So, if Susan Page's report is accurate--and I can't imagine why it wouldn't be--he must have realized that he might not be able to raise much money to fund his new organization(s), unless he severs any formal ties to the Dem Party.
(Because of possible negative blowback from some of his supporters, who wouldn't want to contribute--knowing that a portion might go to FSC's campaign coffers.)
I think he figured right.
Mollie
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."--Lao Tzu
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
From the WSJ.
Also sourced from that breakfast:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/07/26/bernie-sanders-to-return-to-sen...
I suspect that there may be
I suspect that there may be something in the works, something he'll need his delegates for... There's absolute proof of cheating and publicity appearing even on the MSN, and a lot of trolling about Bernie 'selling out/caving' which does not sound like him at all. The Corporate faction is still scared of him as well as of the People's Movement, which is not subject to control by their 'betters' or anyone else. They did not underestimate Bernie, they just pretended to, while cheating like mad because they knew that he could and would win, as he did.
If one approach doesn't work, he tries another, but he always has open and flexible strategies to achieve what he has for the people he's done what was thought impossible for. That's his MO.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
I am not watching.
I have no idea where he went.
What is killing my soul is that I have no care or curiosity where he went.
As HRC gets nominated surely, no question, no do overs, Trump is out there sounding more and more like CHOOSE: Hitler / Mussolini, than he EVER did before he got his nomination secured.
I feel Big Dog set us up. I feel played. There is no more Bernie, no feel the Bern, no way to rage against the P'sTB, no focus, no point. I have become an historical asterisk.
I got Bernie's "Our Revolution" email, and unsubscribed.
I want something that does not present itself in the government of my country.
I am thankful I am 64, with no children.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
You should watch
Voyeurism is good...
only when you are observing an actual orgy...
...and not an orgiastic Democratic convention for Clinton. i'm not watching but if i were i'd probably observe some of her more fervid supporters' eyes rolling to the back of their heads.
Not an orgy
Just a rat fuck.
chin up
no dude don't go. Yo are old enough to know that this happened every time. He is not gone. It is up to us to keep it going. Even if her was elected we still have to get congress and house to be progressive Now we ahve to threaten Hillary not to vote for her I think she will loose any way.
no children
Three weeks from 58, and childless, myself.
Things really do suck when you have to count childlessness as a blessing, but it is.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
I unsubscribed too.
#neverhillary
Where did Sarah Silverman slither away to?
A millionaire comedian telling working class people they are being ridiculous for not supporting a wall street whore. Classic for the DNC.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
#sarahsilverman is #beingridiculous
Yeah I take her seriously.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
The only person who stayed true
as far as I have seen is Susan Sarandon.
Susan apparently is not enjoying the circus
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
Susan Sarandon
Ms. Sarandon may be unhappy, and I support her!
I'm happy with her, however!
Jill Stein 2016: because fuck this shit!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Yup. Susan is One of the few living up to her ideals
I haven't heard from Shailene Woodley yet. She was going to drive cross country to Philly with a bunch of other folks (aka a Peace Train). Will be interesting once she speaks out.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
Birdie
Bernie didn't sell out. Come on. Did you think this would be easy? Did you think the uber 1% was just going to turn over power. The deck is stacked You said so your self. I mean why would he? This is his he started this. Noe believe in him and we can get this done. They knew some of us would turn on him. do not let them do this
There are a few other celebs that I think are in the same boat.
Rosario Dawson (at least as of two days ago) definitely wasn't pushing for unity.
God Bless
Susan.
Silverman
And that was The soundbite of the night. Every media outlet reported it, tweeted it. I've seen it a million times.
Absolutely--the MSM loved it, because she mocked the
'left' of the Dem Party.
From what I've read and heard, Bernie's formal role in this convention is pretty much over.
So, I'm wondering:
"Does anyone know--from reliable news reporting--if the Sanders' delegates are actually going to stage a walkout?"
Or, is that just wistful thinking?
Mollie
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."--Lao Tzu
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Imagine Silverman, making a fortune for
being uncouth, calling out "ridiculous" behavior.
Good times!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Or people who made Howard Stern a 100-million dollar superstar
of “shock radio,” and then complain about how vulgar and un-PC Trump is . . .
Howard
Is a disgrace.
If I was 74
after all this, I'd just go home, hug the wife and sit with the children and grandchildren.
Tell stories about a better world. Possibilities.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Bern
The house down!!!!!!!
Build a better one.
Wherever he went
his role in this play is over. He goes back to the Senate, maybe he gets a committee chairmanship if the Democrats retake the Senate. I'm sure he can be elected for one more term, and that would be enough public service for one man. Maybe he works behind the scenes to get some progressive organizations going. Makes sure the people who built his social media and online fundraising operation are employed there. Gives speeches about what a dipshit Trump is.
I wish him all the best. It's time to move on.
Respect for the delegates that walked out. It's long overdue.
"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." -- Albert Bartlett
"A species that is hurtling toward extinction has no business promoting slow incremental change." -- Caitlin Johnstone
Unfortunately
This is not a play.
Might as well be - it'as all fake as hell
or "kayfabe", as WWF fans would put it.
And Madam Clinton has deliberately pitted herself against a master of kayfabe in Trump. She wanted this, she's got it, she owns it. The disaster will be all on her.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
My Best Guess
The Democratic party is pissed as hell at Bernie right now, and they are strong-arming him to no end. I can't imagine what they're threatening him with but I'll be it's significant enough to get results.
Trump's post convention bounce put him over the top for a moment and that has got to have the Dems crapping pants. Of course, everyone expects Hillary to get hers… that is, as long as everyone makes nice and happy for the cameras. "Party in disarray" as a headline isn't a vote getter, and the onus has been on Bernie to make it all come together. He's obligated to undo the rift in the party, to do otherwise would surely get him branded as a petulant child, and he'd get blamed for President Trump.
So that's Bernie's strategy, to avoid getting blamed for President Trump. But that's all just on the surface. Underneath he's a tempest of fury and I'm sure he's burning for all of us to #DemExit with our birds in the air.
F the F'n D's
DemExit
Is good. As is change in a bad environment.
Let's decide the date
Otherwise, it's first chance I get #DemExit
I am done with these assclowns. Someone else will have to save this district from fake Democrats.
All pols have their crooked side, but this bunch of Stepford People are too stupid to even try to hide their theft. Nobody likes a cheater. Not even stacked up next to Donald Trump.
Did someone say "Birds in the air?"
He probably got the hell outta dodge --- perhaps he's feeling a
different kind of burn now ---- lots and lots of heartburn! What a tragedy! Exit stage left and the curtains close as a lone trumpet plays "Taps" in the background
Sad day
for Bernie.
New Day for the movement.
What's next?
♪ ♫ On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away… n/t
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end...
Thanks for the memory.
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