Barbara Boxer: There were angry proles standing only 6 feet away from me, swearing at me

[brentspeak]

For some reason, they didn't like the fact that I was taunting them. Nor did they appreciate that the convention rules were being arbitrarily changed on the spot, right in front of their faces, so as to snuff them out.

Just how did these peons manage to invade my personal, senatorial space in the first place? And even though none of the people yelling at me actually threatened me in any way, why weren't there more security personnel there to crack their skulls? I am a "progressive", you know.

I just can't figure it out; what was their problem, anyway?

[bigwillq]

1. Get a grip, Ms Boxer

Life is rough outside of your little political bubble.

[YouDig]

2. I guess you think she's lying when she said she was concerned for her personal safety.

[maybelline jombi]

5. ya know what people do to thieves given the chance

[YouDig]

15. Why don't you tell us what that is, and what that has to do with Boxer?

[SCantiGOP]

69. OP just making shit up

Has no relation to reality and deserves no attention. Trash and Ignore for this one.

[Merryland]

6. She stayed on that rant of hers way too long

It seemed like someone was trying to ease her way off the stage & she refused to leave or shut up. It was infuriating - she was the instigator of the anger & if she doesn't know it, she's downright stupid. Honestly.

[YouDig]

12. She deserved it! Nicely done.

[highprincipleswork]

18. That's kind of what happens to someone when they used to be a Liberal and now apparently volunteer

to be trotted out as a Liberal shill.

Calling her office today, because I have been a supporter and am a constituent, they said she was there to
"promote unity".

With all due respect for the many times she has been Progressive, all I can conclude is that she is as clueless as the rest of them that a new POST 90'S AND THE REAGAN REVOLUTION is dawning, and the Democrats could take advantage of it if they could only learn to catch up with history.

The wrong answer is to go with the same old standard Clinton rulebook of backtracking, veering right, triangulating, and compromise. I would say those were the VERY WORST parts of Obama's presidency and playbook. Wouldn't everyone here pretty much agree with that? The best parts - his more Progressive parts.

His own presidency helps prove that the Reagan Revolution is dead, and so does Trump's nomination.

Wake up from your vision of the convention as a 90's prom extravaganza, and smell the smell of the coffee. The bracing smell of Progressive coffee, and how wonderful it smells to the American people.

On the other hand, do more "party unity" like Senator Boxer did, and I think we will all be able to say something like the immortal words of George W. Bush "you're doing a heckuva job Brownie".

[mindwalker_i]

9. "I'm being persecuted!"

Waaaaaaaaaa!

The OP has it exactly right, and none of these thugs have a right to complain about people not liking their shit.

[YouDig]

14. So she doesn't have a right to personal safety giving a speech at the convention?

[mindwalker_i]

25. Part of being a politician is dealing with people

If Boxer told them to shut up and do as they're told, there are consequences to that action. Again, part of the job and as Hillary acolytes say, it ain't bean-bag.

When people respond to you, do you get a bonus?

[YouDig]

31. Wow. So she deserved to fear for her safety. Because the Bernie people didn't like her speech.

Pretty crazy stuff, scary even.

[mindwalker_i]

39. When you act like a thug, this is what happens

Sometimes people aren't polite to thugs. And being aenator isn't like being king. You don't get automatic protection from you actions because of divine right.

[YouDig]

43. Giving a speech people didn't like is "thug"? This is true madess.

[mindwalker_i]

56. Nice try

When you arbitrarily change rules to benefit one candidate, then give a "speech" telling people to shut up and take it, that is madness.

[merrily]

42. Did anyone hit her? I thought she just got booed. If that frightens her,

she shouldn't be in politics.

[frylock]

38. Yes, I think she was lying.

[closeupready]

45. If you watch the CNN segment, it's clear she knows she's lying about

what she felt because if lying is in service to Hillary's campaign, it's 'for a greater good'. So yeah, I think she's lying about being fearful of her safety.

[merrily]

46. Someone in Boxer's family is married to someone in Hillary's family.

[closeupready]

50. Oh! I didn't know that.

Heh. Thanks.

[nemo137]

57. Was. For 6 years. Over a decade ago.

It's a pretty thin peg to hang anything from this election season on.

[Merryland]

3. "When you boo me, you're booing Bernie!"

Was there ever a more stupid thing to say?

[merrily]

44. Saddest thing is, she probably thought it made sense--and believed it.

[grasswire]

4. this is what democracy looks like

...and it is going to be that way for a significant period of time. What does she think happens when people are denied the democratic processes they were taught to idolize?

[YouDig]

17. Death threats and sexist slurs are what democracy is?

[grasswire]

21. Boxer got death threats?

Link?

Thanks.

[YouDig]

24. Aha, so death threats are OK, just not to Boxer, but sexist slurs are OK to anyone.

#bernielogic

[mrdmk]

68. Let's check some facts: 902 post, been here since April 2016, 2 hides Quite a record

On Ignore

[arcane1]

30. That troll doesn't do links. It's not in the job description n/t

[merrily]

47. Death threats are wrong, but politicians get them. Most famous people do, even if not provocative.

[reformist2]

7. Egads! People standing so close to her... scary people. People she doesn't even know!

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. The Great Unwashed... only feet away! Cooties! Cooties could have jumped from their unwashed bodies!

(swoon...)

[highprincipleswork]

8. What the F was she doing there anyway?

[YouDig]

20. Same thing as Nina Turner. She was invited to give a speech.

[highprincipleswork]

23. Her own people told me today that she was there to "promote party unity". I'd say she failed.

[YouDig]

34. Nina Turner and her were there to give speeches, one supporter of each candidate.

The Hillary people were respectful, the Bernie people had no interest in unity, they were there to disrupt.

[highprincipleswork]

36. I didn't see Barbara Boxer, my Senator, and me a former fan, show much respect, either then or now.

i hope she's not thinking of going into acting when she retires. She's not very good at it.

[YouDig]

52. I've never seen Bernie show much respect, but I don't think people should yell slurs at him and

threaten his safety.

[highprincipleswork]

54. Horrible comparison, but really not worth going into. She shouldn't have been there, particularly

was going to be a provocateur. And she shouldn't play-act later about the event. Shame, shame, shame.

I'm not supporting how Bernie supporters acted. But I do think they were provoked beyond reason, and she was a shameful part of it.

[YouDig]

58. She shouldn't have been there? Why? Should Nina Turner have been there?

She was playing the same role as Nina Turner, the big invited speaker from the Hillary camp. Bernie people will only be happy if they get to shut out all voices that aren't theirs. And if not, they riot.

Bernie's going to speak at the convention. Do I want to hear him go on with his dumb talking points and policies that he has no idea how to pay for and mostly doesn't even understand? Of course not, and a lot of people there won't care much for it either. But none of them are going to start yelling slurs at him, and if they do, I'll be the first to condemn it.

He has earned the right to speak, just like he earned the right to have Nina Turner speak in Nevada. Just yelling people down because you don't agree with them is crazy behavior.

[highprincipleswork]

59. I'd be perfectly happy with neither side speaking. Just get the votes counted correctly and fairly,

that would be a helluva start.

[merrily]

49. No one provoked the Hillary people or deprived them of their rights.

For the love of heaven, the false equivalences are so massive the great wall of china is envious.

[YouDig]

51. Or Bernie people. They rioted when the realized they were outnumbered.

[merrily]

53. Where you there? Because people who were say otherwise.

[YouDig]

55. You mean the people who rioted? Yes, I'm sure they said lots of things.

But not liking the rules doesn't justify sexist slurs, violence, threats, or any of that.

[merrily]

60. Turner did not riot. Neither did the Clinton delegate. Neither did the guy running for Congress.

Please stop being so dishonest. This was not about the rules, but about one person making herself dictator and not allowing people to be heard, votes to be taken, etc. Instead of posting out of your ear every forty seconds, stop and watch some of the videos so you'll know what actually happened. Or don't and keep pushing half truths and falsehoods. I really don't care which.

[YouDig]

62. She also didn't justify the sexist slurs based on rules she didn't like.

The fact is, there were more Hillary people there than Bernie, so the Hillary people won the votes. It's math, once again Bernie's nemesis.

[merrily]

63. No one justified sexist slurs. More dishonesty. Go have yourself a soda.

[YouDig]

64. This OP did, making light of them. As well as the threat to Boxer's safety.

[merrily]

65. This satirical OP did not justify sexism. That is your spin. Another dishonest post. Buh bye.

[YouDig]

66. It obviously did. People were yelling sexist slurs at Boxer, and the OP made light of them,

pretending she was bothered not by the sexism and threats to her safety, but by being surrounded by "proles". Imagine if it was Obama surround by people yelling racist slurs. Tell me why this is different.

[closeupready]

10. Once, she was a liberal icon, and fighter. Now, she's become an entitled princess,

even going so far as to smear Bernie supporters so as to boost her candidate.

Sad, but this happens - money corrupts, power corrupts, and nobody is immune.

[merrily]

35. New Democrat syndrome.

Comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted.

[dana_b]

11. perfectly played

she should be ashamed.

[Lizzie Poppet]

13. Oh, dear god, no! She...she...had to breathe PEASANT AIR!

They need to be brought to heel...

[NorthCarolina]

28. To the fainting couch....

[merrily]

33. I so admire a woman who knows how to accessorize.

[bobthedrummer]

19. Thanks brentspeak-I needed that laugh! K&R

[larkrake]

22. Oh poor baby girl

[boomer55]

26. how on earth did those dirty commoners get so close to me????

[silvershadow]

27. Oh noes! Did a bead of sweat roll down her face? Poor dear. nt

[merrily]

32. No one genuflected.

[silvershadow]

37. +1. nt

[merrily]

29. Third time I'm posting this: Barbara Boxer Gloria Steinemed herself.

[amborin]

40. She was only there to help her elite pal in California, shame on Barbara Boxer, what a way to ruin

her reputation

[JCanete]

41. Wow, I think the Hillary camp is actually trying to incite something.

It really makes sense when it comes to Nevada, where people are right, Hillary got the votes. There's nothing really to win by fucking with stuff, except to stoke a fire. It hasn't paid off as much as they'd like, but I expect they'll keep trying until somebody does get hurt or they get a real gotcha outburst, and then they'll say "see! Look at these horrible supporters and where is Bernie to condemn this!"

I'm not saying that they will have deserved it, or that they shouldn't be able to say what they think in a public place without the threat of assault or violence. I never advocate violence, and whoever loses his or her shit enough to resort to it is not only giving them what they want and undercutting our message of peaceful revolution, but making the world a worse place in the process.

But now, I suppose, cue the "sore loser" and "tin-foil hat" accusations. "Remember, if you are questioning the system you are insane. Sincerely, the system."

[jillan]

48. Dear Barbara, if you don't want people to be angry with you then don't insult them.

[Throd]

61. The royal crown polisher does not suffer such indignities from the rabble.

[QC]

67. In my day the peasants had more respect for their betters!

[Hiraeth]

70. fuckity fuck. I can't tell anymore. this is satire, right. yes.