When the System Feels Rigged, How Surprising is Convention Mayhem?

[newthinking]

Nevada's Democratic convention devolved into mayhem on Saturday as party pushed controversial new rules and disqualified Sanders delegates
by
Nika Knight, staff writer
CommonDreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/16/when-system-feels-rigged-how-surprising-convention-mayhem


Party officials eventually called in armed security guards and the chair unilaterally declared the convention finished after nearly 17 hours, bringing the chaotic proceedings to a bitter conclusion. (Screenshot: YouTube/anie h.)

The Nevada Democratic convention was overwhelmed by utter turmoil on Saturday after the chair adopted a controversial set of new rules and disqualified 56 Bernie Sanders delegates from participating, handing rival Hillary Clinton a majority of the state's delegates.

This occurred after the Democratic frontrunner lost the state's county level caucuses in April.

The chaotic convention, organized and run largely by Clinton supporters, was yet another instance of what many observers have decried as the party's rigging of the primary process in favor of the establishment candidate.

The party's blatant bolstering of Clinton's candidacy, critics say, has been obvious from the outset—and only grows more transparent as the election continues. They point to the following prior instances as evidence of a rigged process:

The primary debates were scheduled at inopportune times, a move that many interpreted as protecting Clinton from scrutiny and attempting to prevent Sanders from gaining attention.

The Democratic Party's superdelegates, a large majority of whom declared their support for Clinton long before voting occurred, are largely seen to have insulated her from Sanders' insurgent popularity among voters.

The DNC has exploited a fundraising loophole to funnel funds raised for state-level candidates to the Clinton campaign. Widespread disenfranchisement in the Arizona and New York primaries, which went to Clinton, earned accusations of voter suppression from many observers.

Sanders himself wrote to DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schulz (D-Fl.) to point out that the committee in charge of deciding the party platform and rules at this summer's national convention is "stacked" with "Clinton loyalists."

For many, Nevada's tumultuous state convention over the weekend was yet another demonstration of the party's efforts to preserve the establishment.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/16/when-system-feels-rigged-how-surprising-convention-mayhem

[underthematrix]

1. It only seem rigged to the people

who refuse to follow the rules and tend to be sore losers. For everyone else, it just a convention to nominate the Democratic presidential nominee.

[Skittles]

8. same as it ever was

[SCantiGOP]

13. "If the system FEELS rigged"

Then you might or might not be right. From what I read it sounds like a group of Sanders supporters were upset that they had fouled up their own registrations. Hardly an excuse for causing a disruption.
Ask around your office; 95% of the people have not heard of anything happening in Nevada. It was a non-issue.

[concreteblue]

17. Please post a link to "what you have read"

Everything I have seen says that Sander's delegates were not let in to the hall while the Clinton stacked committee changed the registration rules, allowing the committee to declare the delegates disqualified.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/21/watch-nevada-caucus-chair-breaks-rules-counts-non-existent-voters/

And this, with several videos and eyewitness accounts:
http://heavy.com/news/2016/05/nevada-democratic-convention-what-happened-roberta-lange-delegates-election-fraud-videos-recount-denied/

Please, Please, PLEASE share anything you have got.

[KPN]

14. OK, so you don't care if a convention feels rigged.

Big of you. Way to win friends and influence people.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

2. President Drumpf will make all this seem so silly in retrospect. When he sets off the first

nuclear missile to avenge a remark about his comb over, folks will see this as trivial.

[dchill]

6. Gee, that's hyperbolic.

So, we're supposed to ignore the cheating, the lying, the smearing and the media bias so Hillary can have her turn? And lose? Or be impeached? Excellent.

[underthematrix]

10. I trust President Obama and he said TRUMP will NOT

be president.

[zalinda]

11. And all the promises he made while running, but forgot when elected. eom

[underthematrix]

12. This explains why you're supporting Bernie

[zalinda]

16. Yes, when someone makes a promise

I expect them to at least TRY to make good on them.

Z

[underthematrix]

18. A promise? It's called a policy agenda and presidents

always plan to implement their policy agendas but the world and the political landscape are static. What is possible changes as a result of these two factors.

[dchill]

3. "Surprising?"

Only if "surprising" = "predictable." Real Democrats (and democrats) know this. Our votes are being suppressed, stolen and flipped. What could go wrong?

[msongs]

4. what else would the sanders campaign surrogate commondreams report? nt

[newthinking]

7. Commondreams has been a liberal voice for far longer than this election

They were one of the first and most consistent voices exposing the Bush administration.

[Skittles]

9. so what?

that doesn't mean they cannot show extreme bias

[Gman]

5. Sounds like the way our local conventions are.

We all like it that way!

[KPN]

15. Perception is reality until corrected ...

effectively.

Key word: effectively.