OPENING NIGHT - DNC and Bernie is a Class Act.

Supporters Boo Bernie Sanders As He Tells Them 'We Have Got to Elect Hillary Clinton'

by David Badash
July 25, 2016 2:36 PM      

'This Is the Real World That We Live In'

Bernie Sanders Monday afternoon was booed by his supporters when he urged them to elect Hillary Clinton. The Vermont Senator who built a huge base of supporters addressed them at a meeting ahead of the Democratic National Convention being gaveled in this afternoon.
"We have got to defeat Donald Trump," Sanders told delegates and supporters. "We have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine," he continued, to loud boos and cries of "no!"
Sanders raised his hand in an attempt to quell the upset. 
"Brothers and sisters," Sanders said repeatedly, "this is the real world that we live in."
"Donald Trump is a bully and a demagogue. Trump has made bigotry and hatred the cornerstone of his campaign," he said.
Supporters quickly turned into protestors, making it difficult for Sen. Sanders to continue speaking.
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Ben Reilly wrote:His supporters are really disappointing me lately. Very unrealistic and seemingly willing to let the country fall to Trump for the sake of their ideals.

DITTO ...and some/many of those 'lesser thinking' humans on FB are misinterpreting this mans exhaustion and frustration as his contempt for HRC - when they seem oblivious to the words coming out of his MOUTH!

Viewers guide to the Democratic convention

By Eric Bradner, CNN

Updated 4:12 PM ET, Mon July 25, 2016
Philadelphia (CNN)

Democrats kick off their convention Monday under the cloud of party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's resignation and Donald Trump's 6 point bounce coming out of last week's GOP convention.
The big question as the convention gavels in at 4 p.m. ET: Will Wasserman Schultz address her fellow Democrats? And if so, will she be booed, even if she's only present for a brief three minute speech?
It will be an early bit of drama ahead of a convention lineup that's packed with star power -- with two presidents, a vice president and the first lady serving as warm-up acts for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
Here's what to watch each night in Philadelphia:

Monday

Clinton's primary rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, will have his moment -- with his 1,900 delegates to cheer him on. The speech is all the more important due to the DNC email controversy and will be watched closely for how Sanders addresses any intra-party issues.
Sanders is one of several headliners on the first day's prime-time lineup.
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Also on the list: First lady Michelle Obama, who's expected to speak about the role the president plays in the lives of American children in shaping their values and aspirations -- and how she sees Clinton as best to fill that role.
And prominent immigration reform activist Astrid Silva will deliver remarks expected to be well-received by liberals in the convention hall.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will speak Monday night, and Rep. Joe Kennedy III is expected to introduce her.

Tuesday

The most important order of business: Democrats will officially make Clinton the first female presidential nominee from a major party with the roll call vote.
Later in the evening, Bill Clinton, the first of two former presidents to address the convention, will make the case for his wife's election.
The theme of the day, though, will be driven by the "Mothers of the Movement" -- a group of speakers that includes the mothers of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and more, all men and women who died in police custody or as a result of police actions. Trayvon Martin's mother, whose son died at the hands of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, will also speak.

Wednesday

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will both be on hand to make their case for Clinton -- potentially overshadowing the rest of the evening's roster.
But also introducing himself to the nation Wednesday night will be Kaine, just days after being tapped by Clinton as her running mate. He's a former Richmond mayor, Virginia governor and senator, and Democratic National Committee chairman, but he's never run nationally before.
Clinton will get a shot of independent credibility from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who will denounce Trump and make his case for Clinton. Bloomberg aligns with Democrats on issues like gun control and immigration, but his coziness with Wall Street could make some liberal activists uneasy.

Thursday

Clinton will accept the Democratic nomination and deliver one of the biggest speeches of her political life -- on par with declaring in China that "women's rights are human rights" and more important than her 2008 concession speech in which she declared she'd placed "18 million cracks" in the glass ceiling.
She'll take a page from Trump's book in doing so.
Trump was introduced by his daughter, Ivanka. And Clinton will be introduced by her daughter, Chelsea.
What the two daughters have in common: Both have the capacity to humanize their parents, who are among the least-liked major party nominees in history.
Retired Gen. John Allen, who led the war in Afghanistan, will also be among the night's marquee speakers.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/politics/democratic-convention-viewers-guide/index.html

veya_victaous wrote:I said it ages Ago
Democrats have done damage to their brand with younger voters by railroading Hilliary into position.
If they are not careful (In my opinon they are going about it all wrong) they will alienate Gen Y and Millenials for life

veya_victaous wrote:I said it ages Ago
Democrats have done damage to their brand with younger voters by railroading Hilliary into position.
If they are not careful (In my opinon they are going about it all wrong) they will alienate Gen Y and Millenials for life

4EVER2 wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:I said it ages Ago
Democrats have done damage to their brand with younger voters by railroading Hilliary into position.
If they are not careful (In my opinon they are going about it all wrong) they will alienate Gen Y and Millenials for life

Oh, Veya ...you've got to go back farther then that if you're going to 'blame game' the youth of America and their supposedly disillusionment about the Democrats. IMO,  they've been pissed off by both of our 'DO NOTHING POLTICIAL BASE SYSTEM' ...but the numbers for 'why' we elected a Bi-racial Democratic President {TWICE} was the apathetic/couldn't get them off of their sofa's/off of their recliners = Repug's to go vote. 
And each year more and more switch over to the Independent party!   

Original Quill wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:I said it ages Ago
Democrats have done damage to their brand with younger voters by railroading Hilliary into position.
If they are not careful (In my opinon they are going about it all wrong) they will alienate Gen Y and Millenials for life

What has Hillary done wrong?  I don't get it.

I would love to see Gen Y and Millenials start a new party.  There's nothing to be gained by turning to dying Repugs.  A new party to the left of Democrats...now that I could support.

veya_victaous wrote:

4EVER2 wrote:
Oh, Veya ...you've got to go back farther then that if you're going to 'blame game' the youth of America and their supposedly disillusionment about the Democrats. IMO,  they've been pissed off by both of our 'DO NOTHING POLTICIAL BASE SYSTEM' ...but the numbers for 'why' we elected a Bi-racial Democratic President {TWICE} was the apathetic/couldn't get them off of their sofa's/off of their recliners = Repug's to go vote. 
And each year more and more switch over to the Independent party!   

Yes but in each generational niche there is events that define peoples vote for life.

veya wrote:it's not hilliary, it is the party.
People didn't want Hilliary because they dont trust her, even now you have number like 86% don't trust her, a leader cannot lead well with distrust like that. Yet the Party has Kept Insisting it has to be her.

Original Quill wrote:

veya wrote:it's not hilliary, it is the party.
People didn't want Hilliary because they dont trust her, even now you have number like 86% don't trust her, a leader cannot lead well with distrust like that. Yet the Party has Kept Insisting it has to be her.

If the Sander's backers can't articulate a reason for disliking Hillary, it must be a passing thing.  
Tonight Bernie Sanders gave a solid speech calling for unity in the party.  Without substance to their feelings, I think Sanders supporters will follow suit and fall in line with Hillary.

BTW...Michelle Obama gave an outstanding speech.  She was great.

veya_victaous wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

If the Sander's backers can't articulate a reason for disliking Hillary, it must be a passing thing.  
Tonight Bernie Sanders gave a solid speech calling for unity in the party.  Without substance to their feelings, I think Sanders supporters will follow suit and fall in line with Hillary.

BTW...Michelle Obama gave an outstanding speech.  She was great.

well they can, she is untrust worthy based on her hisotry of being untrust worthy. that is why they dislike her she is seen as in bed with wall street and quick to jump on what ever bandwagon is popular.

that is the thing, I cant see how Hilliary is even nominated, as she seems to only have negatives against her name.
Like why aren't You or Ben or almost anyone the nominee?
Surely you are actually more qualified by virture of the fact less than 4 out 5 people think your untrust worthy?


Michelle Comes across as a much more trustworthy individual and less contrived than hilliary.

It won't matter to the members that believe all of the 'yellow printed BS' that they only read - but if any one really wants to know the who/what/why of HRC and where she came from and what she's done for HUMANITY while getting an education ...then follow the link and find the video of last nights speech or not and remain a uneducated biased lesser thinking human 

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addresses DNC · 8h
July 26, 2016, 10:28 PM |Former Secretary of …
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Ben Reilly wrote:His supporters are really disappointing me lately. Very unrealistic and seemingly willing to let the country fall to Trump for the sake of their ideals.

Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton’s emails
By Ed O'Keefe, Jose A. DelReal and John Wagner
July 27 at 1:39 PM

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats prepared to use their convention Wednesday night to raise fresh doubts about Donald Trump’s fitness to serve as commander in chief, as the Republican presidential candidate called on Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton’s email server to find “missing” messages and release them to the public.

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press,” Trump said during a news conference at his South Florida resort on Wednesday.

“They probably have them. I’d like to have them released. . . . It gives me no pause. If they have them, they have them,” Trump added later when asked if his comments were inappropriate. “If Russia or China or any other country has those emails, I mean, to be honest with you, I’d love to see them.”


“This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent,” Clinton’s senior policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, said in a statement. He added later: “This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue.”

Trump’s comments earned another rebuke from House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). His spokesman, Brendan Buck, said in a statement that “Russia is a global menace led by a devious thug. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin should stay out of this election.”

On several occasions throughout the GOP primary campaign, Ryan disavowed controversial Trump statements and withheld his endorsement for a month after the candidate had locked up the necessary delegates. Once he endorsed Trump, Ryan vowed to speak out if he felt that Trump had crossed a line.

Meanwhile, President Obama, Vice President Biden and the man who wants to succeed him, Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.), spent Wednesday morning previewing what they plan to say tonight to tout Clinton’s national security experience.
On NBC’s “Today” show, Obama sought to raise fears about a Trump presidency. Responding to a question on Trump’s electoral chances, Obama said “we don’t know” whether the Republican could win the presidency and warned Democrats that “anybody who goes into campaigns not running scared can end up losing.”
Biden delivered a blunter assessment, saying that Trump “knows nothing about foreign policy, nor should he, based upon his background. But the thing that bothers me is, I don’t see any attempt for him to go out and to get people who really know on the Republican side” to advise him, he told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Trump dismissed the attacks during his news conference, calling Obama “the most ignorant president in our history. His views of the world, as he says, don’t jive, and the world is a mess.” 

Trump appeared to be alluding to comments Obama made last week that disputed Republican views of a country “on the verge of collapse.”

“I think it is important, just to be absolutely clear here, that some of the fears that were expressed throughout the week just don’t jibe with the facts,” Obama said at a news conference last Friday.

Trump’s exchange with reporters on Wednesday was free-wheeling and tense. On several occasions, he interrupted reporters and accused them of bias. In one instance, he told a female reporter to “be quiet.”

The real estate mogul sought to distance himself from allegations that the Russian government hacked into the Democratic National Committee to benefit his campaign, which Clinton’s campaign manager suggested earlier this week.

“It is so farfetched. It’s so ridiculous. Honestly, I wish I had that power. I’d love to have that power, but Russia has no respect for our country,” Trump said.

Trump said repeatedly that “I have nothing to do with Russia” and distanced himself from previous positive comments he made about Putin: “I have nothing to do with Russia! I said that Putin has much better leadership qualities than Obama, but who doesn’t know that?”

Earlier on Twitter, Trump called Biden “not very bright.”
In Philadelphia, Kaine spoke Wednesday morning to Virginia Democrats and focused on Trump’s rhetoric and his frequently controversial remarks about women, minorities and temporarily banning Muslims from entering the United States.
“Is it too much to ask to have the first woman president rather than someone who offends women every time he opens his mouth?” he said on Wednesday morning.

Kaine, whose Marine son deployed overseas Monday, also said Trump has fought to avoid paying taxes that pay for the military — a potent message in veterans-rich Virginia.

“Who’s funding veterans’ programs?” he asked. “Who’s funding veterans’ services? Folks like you and me, but Donald Trump’s too big to have to fund veterans, too big to have to fund our military . . . too big to have to fund the things that make us a great nation.”

“I guess that’s just for suckers to have to pay for the society we have,” he said, as the audience of friends and supporters cheered.

Kaine is expected to focus on Clinton’s national security and foreign policy plans in his prime-time address, according to a campaign official.

The topics are consistent with the theme that Clinton officials have crafted for a third night of the convention, as foreign policy and terrorism have risen to the fore in the 2016 election. Trump has seized on those issues, casting himself as the candidate more focused on keeping the country safe.

Kaine’s pick as Clinton’s running mate drew praise from many quarters, but the former Virginia governor faces a challenge in convincing some progressive groups that he will champion their issues. Longtime watchers of Virginia politics say the question during much of Kaine’s career there has actually been whether he is too liberal for their state.

But Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.), who sits alongside Kaine on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, described the Virginian on Wednesday as “a next-level intellect.”

“There’s nobody better on that committee to distill these complicated issues into easy, digestible ways,” Murphy said in a Washington Post Live interview in Philadelphia. “I think he’s going to bring a readiness and humanity to this role. And all the press he gets about being a nice guy — it’s all true.”


Other speakers on Wednesday will include Leon Panetta, the former defense secretary and CIA director who served alongside Clinton during Obama’s first term, most notably during the military operation that killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent, plans to endorse Clinton during Wednesday evening’s proceedings amid concerns about Trump’s fitness for the presidency.

Relatives of the victims of the recent Orlando nightclub shooting will also appear on Wednesday night, as well as the daughter of the principal of a Connecticut elementary school who was shot dead in a 2012 shooting; and astronaut Mark Kelly and his wife, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), the victim of a 2011 assassination attempt. The couple leads a gun safety organization.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-national-convention-obama-biden-kaine-set-to-tout-clinton-as-commander-in-chief/2016/07/27/afc57884-53e8-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html

Original Quill wrote:Michelle...and then Dr. Obama, who will go down as the greatest president the US ever had.

Wednesday night was deserving of the raves.  Stark contrast to the RNC, Ted Cruz and last Wednesday night.

veya_victaous wrote:

And suggesting that If People look more into Hilliary's Past is not a way to get people to like her, in fact it is quite the opposite the more you look into her past the more you have to question Why is she even nominated.

veya_victaous wrote:Why do you think people that express that She is not good
hate her?
You 2 are acting like the Hillshepherds because What you are implying is as logical and as accurate as suggesting I'm gay when i defend Homosexual Rights      

you dont have to hate something to recogise it is of poor quality.
I have NOT been exposed to the RW media of the USA
I have been exposed tot the LW media of the world
which is Currently in oppostion to the 'LW' of the USA media because of How right wing the 'LW' nominee is.

Ben Reilly wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:Why do you think people that express that She is not good
hate her?
You 2 are acting like the Hillshepherds because What you are implying is as logical and as accurate as suggesting I'm gay when i defend Homosexual Rights      

you dont have to hate something to recogise it is of poor quality.
I have NOT been exposed to the RW media of the USA
I have been exposed tot the LW media of the world
which is Currently in oppostion to the 'LW' of the USA media because of How right wing the 'LW' nominee is.

I just saw her give the most liberal acceptance speech I've ever heard a U.S. presidential candidate give. Now, it's just a speech, but credit where credit's due -- she did make promises that people will hold her accountable for.

Veya wrote:You 2 are acting like the Hillshepherds because What you are implying is as logical and as accurate as suggesting I'm gay when i defend Homosexual Rights

Veya wrote:I have NOT been exposed to the RW media of the USA

Veya wrote:...it was not Bernie they wanted to vote for it was CHANGE!!

Original Quill wrote:

Veya wrote:...it was not Bernie they wanted to vote for it was CHANGE!!

I believe you and I appreciate your point.  But if they had a feasible way of achieving the ends Bernie sought, he would be the candidate and not Hillary.

In the end, we had the choice between practical, feasible ends, on the one hand, and pie-in-the-sky dreams, on the other hand.  Not that those dreams can't be realized someday, but we are not there today.  

Perhaps, like healthcare in America, we start in the 90's with Hillary's proposal, and then progress to 2016, when, with a Democratic landslide, we can finally achieve full, complete socialized medicine--get the profit predators out of there.

Let time be your ally.  The progress of healthcare in America offers a model of how politics progress.  Once we subdue the healthcare institutions and insurance capitalists, we can heal our bodies without concern for profit.  Likewise, slowly and incrementally, we can turn the same attention to banking, inheritance, insurance, property and capital, to turn those institutions into mechanisms that serve man, and not the other way around.  But timing is everything...you need patience.

Yet, right around here; Eddie will preach and post about members 'changing their POV - evolving - not being the racist/homophobes that they post like' - WTF, how exactly would Eddie know - she's reading the same BS that we all  are and we're reading their daily rants in a uniquely unfiltered way and she's got those 'special glasses on'

Ben Reilly wrote:If a woman can become the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, that’s a huge change for all the women of the world.

Just thought I'd point that out

And 'NO - We do not think HRC walks on WATER', but our list of hopes for her to succeed are as long as her 'lists of want to complete on that agenda'; will the two match up during her term in office -   there's never been any POTUS prior that has had everything they promised checked off as DONE/Finished by the time they packed up and moved out after their term was up. 

Get REAL and Get With What We 'AMERICANS' live with for over 200+ years.

4EVER2 wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:If a woman can become the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, that’s a huge change for all the women of the world.

Just thought I'd point that out

EXACTLY ...something that I'd forgotten until last night; after getting my mothers absentee ballot so she could vote for POTUS Obama's re-election in 2008 and we'd discussed our sorrow about HRC vitriolic attacks to her: appearance - her voice - her sexual fornicative husband - but never any talking points about her ABILITIES - HER VIRTURES - HER SUCCESSES and sadly how we'd probably never live long enough to see a human of 'our gender' seated in the OVAL OFFICE. 
Yipper, I had a very huge lump in my throat remembering that night when last night ...HRC stated "I accept my parties nomination for POTUS" ...WOW - Mom, if only you'd been able to hang on for another 2 years!    
People outside of our borders just can't grasp how my gender have/has had very little impact within our political system until these past 10 - 15 years and even then the road and verbal insults have been hard to over come!

And 'NO - We do not think HRC walks on WATER', but our list of hopes for her to succeed are as long as her 'lists of want to complete on that agenda'; will the two match up during her term in office -   there's never been any POTUS prior that has had everything they promised checked off as DONE/Finished by the time they packed up and moved out after their term was up. 
Get REAL and Get With What We 'AMERICANS' live with for over 200+ years.

eddie wrote:Veya is talking absolute sense and if Clinton was up against Bernie instead of Trump, you'd all be agreeing with him right about now.

If I were a US citizen, I think I'd start up a group called the "abstain from voting party" and encourage people to demand better candidates or simply not vote.
Ive never seen such blatent self-brainwashing as I have from you lot over Clinton. You are starting to convince yourselves she's the best thing since sliced Obama.

eddie wrote:Well I'm no fan of two pictured but they're carefully chosen pictures Ben.

Ben Reilly wrote:Welcome aboard, Jules! Glad we were able to get you all set up.

Original Quill wrote:Welcome, Jules.  I believe you can do it yourself.  Just go to Profile and change your name.  Be sure to hit 'Save' at the bottom of the whole page, or when you close the window it will simply restore to the former.

Gd Luck.

Jules wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:Welcome aboard, Jules! Glad we were able to get you all set up.

Thank you very kindly, Mr Reilly.
Could I trouble one of you to simplify my name to just "Jules"?  Not urgent, just whenever you people have time.x

Ben Reilly wrote:If a woman can become the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, that’s a huge change for all the women of the world.

Just thought I'd point that out

Original Quill wrote:

Veya wrote:...it was not Bernie they wanted to vote for it was CHANGE!!

I believe you and I appreciate your point.  But if they had a feasible way of achieving the ends Bernie sought, he would be the candidate and not Hillary.

In the end, we had the choice between practical, feasible ends, on the one hand, and pie-in-the-sky dreams, on the other hand.  Not that those dreams can't be realized someday, but we are not there today.  

Perhaps, like healthcare in America, we start in the 90's with Hillary's proposal, and then progress to 2016, when, with a Democratic landslide, we can finally achieve full, complete socialized medicine--get the profit predators out of there.

Let time be your ally.  The progress of healthcare in America offers a model of how politics progress.  Once we subdue the healthcare institutions and insurance capitalists, we can heal our bodies without concern for profit.  Likewise, slowly and incrementally, we can turn the same attention to banking, inheritance, insurance, property and capital, to turn those institutions into mechanisms that serve man, and not the other way around.  But timing is everything...you need patience.