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Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention
I am kinda feeling the Bern, 03-lmfao

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/17/politics/d...rs-revolt/

(CNN)Sen. Barbara Boxer, a veteran of Democratic politics, says she never saw anything quite like this before.

Loud cursing, shouting, obscene gestures and vile insults, including crude comments about the female anatomy. It was all on display over the weekend as supporters of Bernie Sanders turned the Nevada State Democratic Convention into chaos.
"I was not able to stop these people for doing what they did," Boxer, a Hillary Clinton supporter, told CNN. "Apparently they've done it before. .... This group of about 100 were very vocal, and I can't describe it -- disrespectful doesn't even explain it, it was worse than that."
READ: Changing super delegate rules would still leave Sanders behind
Boxer is hardly the lone Clinton supporter to experience such harassment on the campaign trail. Several top Democrats told CNN publicly and privately that the energy and enthusiasm of Sanders supporters has at times descended into incendiary attacks that threaten to tear apart efforts to unite Democrats against Donald Trump. Several female senators told CNN the attacks have been misogynistic.
What's more, many Democrats fear that if Sanders does not rein in his supporters, the same ugly scene that occurred in Las Vegas last weekend could replicate itself in the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
"He should get things under control," Boxer said of Sanders, saying it was worse than the vitriol during the Bush-Gore 2000 recount. "We're in a race that is very critical. We have to be united. He knows that. I have in fact, called him a couple times, left a couple messages. I'm hopeful he can get control of this."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said "I do" when asked if Sanders should drop out of the race after voting concludes on June 7, giving Clinton a chance to "pivot" to the general election ahead of the July convention.
"I think it would be most regretful if there becomes a schism," Feinstein said. "That's what Donald Trump should want: a schism in our party. ... It's the responsibility particularly of Sen. Sanders to see that that doesn't happen."
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said he had a "long conversation" with Sanders to lay out what happened in Nevada.
"He said that he condemns that. I'm confident he does," Reid told reporters. "This is a test of leadership."
Reid declined to comment when asked if he was worried that Sanders' backers could upend the national convention this summer.
But Sanders' statement Tuesday was defiant, saying that the Democratic Party "has a choice: It can open its doors and welcome into the party" his backers or "maintain its status quo."
"At (the Nevada) convention, the Democratic leadership used its power to prevent a fair and transparent process from taking place," said Sanders, adding that there have been "zero reports" of violence during his massive rallies across the country.
Asked to respond Tuesday afternoon, Reid was angry, telling CNN it a "silly statement" that "someone else prepared for him."
"Bernie should say something -- not have some silly statement," Reid said. "Bernie is better than that. ... I'm surprised by his statement. I thought he was going to do something different."
Nevada chaos
Sanders officials say that the Democratic Party should embrace the senator's supporters, not repel them. While they say they don't condone the behavior of some of their supporters at the Nevada convention, they blame leaders of the Nevada Democratic Party for shutting out Sanders' backers, prompting the chaos.
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Bern it to the ground. 03-lmfao
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Sanders will encourage the potential for violence with a wink and a nod. His rallies lately are him just hooting and hollering about nonsense. First, the system was rigged (super delegates were wrong to vote for the presumptive nominee). Now that Hillary is within 100 delegates of clinching the nomination, he wants the system to be SUPER-rigged, just in his favor (all the super delegates need to switch their votes for no reason to the loser).

But, but.. the revolution! Get your popcorn ready.
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Clinton and Sanders is just the under card.

Trump is the main event.
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This is deja vu all over again
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The Dem convention will look like a Gathering of the Juggalos.
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(05-18-2016 04:17 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  This is deja vu all over again




Yep !03-lmfao
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lol, Bernie's time is up Jun 7
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They've been laughing at Trump and the whole time their own party is imploding.
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(05-19-2016 08:38 AM)VA49er Wrote:  They've been laughing at Trump and the whole time their own party is imploding.

03-lmfao you go right on thinking that
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Notice how often the a$$holes libs on this board rely on emoticons.
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(05-19-2016 08:46 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  Notice how often the a$$holes libs on this board rely on emoticons.

remember that as they swear in Hillary...
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(05-19-2016 08:50 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:46 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  Notice how often the a$$holes libs on this board rely on emoticons.

remember that as they swear in Hillary...

Memphis has a better chance to win the National Championship in Football before that happens.
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RE: Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention
I think that Bernie will support Hillary on two conditions, assuming no indictment or any other unforeseen circumstances:

1) If elected, she pledges to pursue serious campaign finance reform her first six months in office. While free college, healthcare, etc. are big parts of his campaign, money in politics is Bernie's core issue that she needs to promise to address with some 'solution.'
2) She uses her influence within the Democratic Party to do away with the superdelegate system. It is rather undemocratic so I see where he's coming from, but thank god it's going to keep him from the nomination.

If she's hesistant or doesn't agree to do so, all hell is going to break loose.
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(05-19-2016 09:05 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:50 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:46 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  Notice how often the a$$holes libs on this board rely on emoticons.

remember that as they swear in Hillary...

Memphis has a better chance to win the National Championship in Football before that happens.

the only time I've ever visited ULs stadium, we beat that a$$ 37-7
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(05-19-2016 10:19 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 09:05 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:50 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:46 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  Notice how often the a$$holes libs on this board rely on emoticons.

remember that as they swear in Hillary...

Memphis has a better chance to win the National Championship in Football before that happens.

the only time I've ever visited ULs stadium, we beat that a$$ 37-7

True But look what the "Red State" did next !03-nutkick03-lmfao
39 2003 Louisville, KY Memphis 37–7
40 2004 Memphis, TN Louisville 56–49
41 2008 Memphis, TN Louisville 35–28
42 2010 Louisville, KY Louisville 56–004-jawdrop
43 2013 Louisville, KY Louisville 24–17
Series: Louisville leads 24–19....Oh Yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!02-13-bananaCOGS03-lmfao
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(05-19-2016 10:41 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 10:19 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 09:05 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:50 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:46 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  Notice how often the a$$holes libs on this board rely on emoticons.

remember that as they swear in Hillary...

Memphis has a better chance to win the National Championship in Football before that happens.

the only time I've ever visited ULs stadium, we beat that a$$ 37-7

True But look what the "Red State" did next !03-nutkick03-lmfao
39 2003 Louisville, KY Memphis 37–7
40 2004 Memphis, TN Louisville 56–49
41 2008 Memphis, TN Louisville 35–28
42 2010 Louisville, KY Louisville 56–004-jawdrop
43 2013 Louisville, KY Louisville 24–17
Series: Louisville leads 24–19....Oh Yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!02-13-bananaCOGS03-lmfao

I only saw laughing from the Memphis fans as all the red left Cardinal Stadium at halftime...it was great.
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RE: Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention
There's a lot of time between the last nominating election (DC) and the convention (June 15). Bernie will have no reason to be in the media. 80% of the Berners will be HRC's camp by June 16. 10% will follow within a week. By the convention, there will be a group of maybe 5% of the Berners that are holding out. Few of them will be at the convention.

HRC will allow Bernie to put in a few meaningless planks in the platform and the proceed to ignore them.

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So, there'll be one or two sandalistsas screaming at HRC at the convention. Nothing more. I think the DNC should be more concerned with BLM trying to take over the dais
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(05-19-2016 08:50 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-19-2016 08:46 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  Notice how often the a$$holes libs on this board rely on emoticons.

remember that as they swear in Hillary...

Talk about a sickening image.
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(05-19-2016 10:56 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Bernie will have no reason to be in the media.

Disagree Tom, I could see Bernie trying to get some media attention to flip a lot of those Super-Delegates that are answerable to nobody but the DNC themselves, so his only recourse is to try to get them to flip by media-shaming them.

I do agree that a few Bernie supporters will flip over to Hillary's camp as you said, but I don't think it's as high a number as you listed.
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