To everyone at the DNC telling TV cameras you're going to vote for Jill Stein in Nov.

[TeamPooka]

Get the fuck out of our convention.

[oswaldactedalone]

1. Should definitely be tossed out

on their asses, and stomped on before they can get up. Ridiculous.

[TeamPooka]

2. Hello credentials committee?

[RBInMaine]

10. They are BABIES! Spoiled selfish little STUPID BRATS taking their balls and going home.

[Justitia]

3. AMEN. Their credentials should be pulled NOW. - eom

[onecaliberal]

4. Hear, hear!

[MichiganVote]

5. Yeah there is some definite screwing up going on.

[TeamPooka]

8. some serious bullshit there. nt

[MichiganVote]

9. Agree. Bad planning.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. Kick those spoiled little shits out. Now.

[TeamPooka]

11. yup

[glennward]

12. Just stop interviewing them. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Kick them out AND stop interviewing them.

[MADem]

14. What those very FEW childish morons are doing is ensuring that, while those superdelegates

may be trimmed, that this will be the last time anyone calling themselves an "independent" or a "Democratic socialist" will appear on the Democratic Party's primary ballot. I have a feeling that henceforth, if you're not IN the party--not caucusing with, but IN the party--you're not playing in our pool.

I also have a feeling that, where possible and where states can be pushed, we'll be saying goodbye to those disenfranchising/activist friendly caucuses. And that's a GOOD thing.


So, they should keep it up, because when the boom happens, they'll be hoisted upon their own petards.

They certainly didn't listen to their leader, did they?

[NanceGreggs]

33. Amen.

It was a lesson learned - the hard way, but learned nonetheless.

It will be a cold day in hell before the next Democrat-of-convenience runs on OUR ticket.

[Firebrand Gary]

15. Hillary is a class act in a league of her own.

[grossproffit]

26. Indeed, she is. Awesome posts. Thank you!

[joshcryer]

45. This video likely makes their skin crawl.

Just because they hate that Clinton has such class and was so humble in conceding to Obama. Total silence on DU when that happened.

[4lbs]

16. Yes, this is the DEMOCRATIC National Convention.

Last I heard, Jill Stein isn't a Democrat,
and this isn't a Green Party get together.

Oh, and those saying they'll vote Jill Stein and Green Party or even consider voting for Trump:

Umm... you people do know that Trump is about as anti-green as you can get, right?

Unless you consider a bunch of new golf courses going green.

[NJCher]

17. This thread is group think at its finest

Conflict makes us better if we are able to understand the views of others.

Ignore these views at your own peril. If you don't believe me, read up on the cause of the failure of the Challenger.

They have every right to say what they want.

Cher

[AgadorSparticus]

18. Theycanhold whatever opinions they want. But they are not entitled to piss on someone else's parade.

[NJCher]

21. If hrc is indeed a democrat

In the purest sense of the word, she would be pleased that these people get to have their say.

And, I dare say, she would not be impressed with your assessment that free speech rains on her parade. In fact, it celebrates it. I would like to think her ego is big enough to handle it.

Cher

[AgadorSparticus]

23. It is not an ego thing. It is a courtesy thing that is clearly lacking.

no one said they can't have their freedom of speech. I am all for it. But do it somewhere else. Kind of like talking on the phone in a movie theater. It is annoying as hell.

[NJCher]

24. Disagree with your analogy

Entertainment is one thing.

Political conventions are all about diversity of opinion, and quite another thing.

If you want a coronation, go to England.

Cher

[AgadorSparticus]

25. Coronation? Was wondering how long it would take for the buzzwords to come out.

But, no. The convention is not about just any opinion. There is decorum and guidelines you need to follow. And make no mistake, politics is entertainment on some level. If it wasn't, Trump wouldn't be where he is.

[randome]

41. When you don't show any class, when you're just blathering and shouting, no one listens.

That's not 'diversity of opinion'. That's just being crass.
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[Blue_Tires]

34. If those people interviewed aren't voting Dem what the fuck are they doing there?

Honest question...

[JustAnotherGen]

36. Trying to get free publicity

For the other woman in the race this year. That's my guess. I can't remember her name though.

[BainsBane]

38. Trying to cause trouble to help Trump win

What else do ratfuckers do?

[Shankapotomus]

56. It would be wonderful

if every politician could pass your purity test but you don't always get perfection. Hillary is not perfect. We get it. But she is the nominee now against Trump.

Nothing you say about her now is going to change that so why bother? You're only helping Trump at this point.

[Demsrule86]

57. No candidate wants people running around at her convention announcing they

will vote for the competition to reporters...they are acting as spoilers and disrespectfully... are they Greens? This is their MO.

[leftofcool]

59. Having your say is one thing, booing a Civil Rights icon is not having one's say.

[MADem]

60. She would not be 'pleased' that a few stupid people bellowed through the speeches of

a revered civil rights icon, a rising star in the Senate from NJ, and the senior senator from Massachusetts, among others.

There's protest, and there's Being A Childish, Petulant Asshole. The convention is a workspace--people who want to "protest" to the point that they are disrupting the work of the party to the point where those in attendance cannot hear the speakers can get up off their asses and go to the street to do that kind of thing.

I'm with Sarah Silverman--ridiculous is what those disruptors were being. They aren't 'democrats' with a big or small D--they are trying to PREVENT democracy by shutting down the work of a convention because their view was not carried by the majority. TFB for them.

I think Sanders should pull their credentials. He ASKED them to be polite, and they told him, basically, with their behavior, to fuck himself.

[LenaBaby61]

29. Totally agree...

Totally agree with you about them having the right to their own opinions, but SOME folks are just rude AND crude.

SMDH

[AgadorSparticus]

30. Who is being rude and crude?

[LenaBaby61]

63. Who is being rude and crude?

Those who were heckling Elijah Cummings and several other Dem speakers (Marcia Fudge, who wasn't having it, and told them to respect her as she would them). Also, a guy allegedly yelling @ Liz Warren when she was speaking. I believe somebody said this one guy kept yelling at her "We trusted you," or some bogus crap. I heard him, but couldn't make out what he was saying.

[AgadorSparticus]

64. I missed EC's speech. Will watch that tonight if I get a chance.

I heard them booing and have onlty read that a few chanted lock her up. Unfreakingbelievable!! Didn't know they chanted "we trusted you" to EW. These people live in an insulated, idealistic and myopic world. They set themselves up for failure and disappointment and then we have to lis ten to their bullshit. They are so frustrating....

[TeamPooka]

20. I'm not ignoring their views. I'm basing my contempt on those views, statements, and intentions.nt

[BainsBane]

22. Why them?

Over the Tea Party or any other group committed to defeating Democrats?

I didn't see much concern for understanding others when we were being insulted day in and day out as corporate shills and camp weathervane, not real Democrats because we dared to support another candidate. They dismissed me as a vagina voter and repeatedly insulted African Americans. When Planned Parenthood endorsed Clinton, they didn't try to understand. They set about working to strip PP of funding and with it women's reproductive rights. When they insulted and attacked Civil Rights activists, I saw no sign of efforts to understand. I saw a clear determination to force others into submitting to their rule.

I will not defer to the ratfuckers working to see Trump put in office. I will not. I have more respect for the admitted conservatives because at least they are honest about what they are. This people boo Elijah Cummings because he dared to talk about civil rights. They are beneath contempt.

[tecelote]

37. +1!

[joeybee12]

47. Bull

Wtf don't you understand about a democratic convention, and fuck that comment If HRC is a DEM...your comments are stunningly arrogant. Sore losers can vent elsewhwre

[giftedgirl77]

52. Lol, aren't you cute.

[geek tragedy]

55. Why not have Ted Cruz supporters as delegates then? nt

[Dem2]

66. Yes, they do have every right to say what they like

Outside of the Democratic National Convention.

[BainsBane]

19. Damn right!

The ratfuckers can fuck the hell off.

[Lady_Chat]

27. I loved the one that said she "had to sit through the speeches" because it was getting late

LOL! Not even realizing Bernie was given prime time. Poor thing, she was "forced" to sit through Booker, Warren, and 1st Lady Michelle Obama. Obviously she got nothing out of them, while the rest of us, sure did. Then she "believed" Bernie, she "trusted" Bernie, but then again, she didn't believe or trust Bernie. Huh? It seemed she knew nothing about the platform changes, either. Looked like she would have been better off just going home and going to bed.

[TeamPooka]

35. That one was a pip, as my nana used to say. ntt

[Cosmocat]

48. That was pretty indicative

Of what these people are.

[JI7]

28. Jill Stein is Anti Science .

[Warren DeMontague]

31. They do not belong in our convention, I agree.

I suspect there aren't a lot of them, but of course the corporate "newz" cameras are seeking them out.

[BainsBane]

39. There are a couple of hundred of them

over on the website you insist shouldn't be criticized.

[Warren DeMontague]

40. I think I said I would hope people here would have better things to do with their time.

I cant tell you what not to say, bain. Nor do I have the slightest desire to try.

[joshcryer]

43. Mustn't exaggerate the importance of that hate site.

[FSogol]

54. LOL, maybe two dozen over there. Socks come in pairs...

[joshcryer]

42. Obvious violation of the Procedural Rules.

But it doesn't get serious until the roll goes out.

Day one they just get shit out of their system.

There will be arrests if people act that way during the roll. They signed paperwork promising to be diligent supporters of the process and party loyalists.

The "we trusted you" guy and the "hillary warhawk" people are probably under heavy scrutiny now. It's one thing to express displeasure, it's another thing entirely to protest the damn thing.

[Warren DeMontague]

44. I agree. If you can't get on board the train, you don't belong in the station at this point.

That's how this deal works.

I will say that despite "we trusted you" guy, I noticed a shitton less disruption after about 4:30 my time. I don't know if Sanders texting people to cut the shit did it, or what, but it seemed to get way better.

[joshcryer]

49. Booker, Michelle, and Warren, followed by Sanders...

...showed, imo, an increasingly depolarized environment. I mean in your state delegation half of your people are going to be Clinton supporters. You got to look them in the eye. So you can't keep a protest up all evening without realizing what an asshole you're being. I can't nail down where the really loud ones are coming from but they are probably states Sanders won in a landslide or where there is animosity (I wouldn't be surprised if Sanders' Nevada delegation is not on good terms).

As I said to oberliner, by the time Sanders started speaking I thought it was doing a hell of a lot better than the beginning. And I watched the whole thing. I intentionally stayed out of the spats here on DU and just waited to see what would happen. I'm glad what Sanders and the top leaders did.

[Warren DeMontague]

50. Yeah, we had several top notch speeches tonight. And it was just the first night.

Michelle's, obviously, but Warren was great too and so was Bernie. I only heard part of Booker in the car.

Still I said in another post if you compare our lineup to the GOP's, it's like watching the 92 Bulls play basketball against a sausage dog and a moldy mop.

[joshcryer]

53. Booker was the sea change.

He really hit it home with calling cynicism cowardly, directly calling out the assholes who'd just a few minutes earlier drowned out Cummings' entire speech (which itself was a heartfelt brilliant story about his own great grandfather being a sharecropper).

[chillfactor]

32. what are these asshats...

even doing at a DEMOCRATIC convention....one nutscase even said she trusted Bernie...Bernie said vote for Hillary..does that dufus even know what she is saying? now she doesn't trust Bernie? how dumb are these people?

[workinclasszero]

46. How did these assholes even get into the hall?

And how much is Trump paying them?

[TeamPooka]

61. Trump's checks bounce if they ever show up at all. nt

[workinclasszero]

62. LOL

[liberal N proud]

51. Credentials should be pulled

[Demsrule86]

58. Yes they should be pulled.

[Bobbie Jo]

65. Exactly

Save it for the Green Convention.

Oh, wait...