2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDWS IS OUT from convention.
Baby steps. Just announced. She will not be gavelling in the convention. The last thing we need is a half-hour BOO fest to open the convention.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)We're very fortunate that Hillary won the nomination instead of any of her competitors.
okieinpain
(9,397 posts)it was some of the weirdest logic ever.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)Clinton will also get a BOO Fest.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)What is their end game?
DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)jehop61
(1,735 posts)they are Democrats or could they be Trump campaign plants? Wouldn't put it past them.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Especially thousands of them.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... just the self satisfaction of having pissed all over what should have been an historic convention and nomination.
And to think ... they actually wonder why it is that they are held in such contempt, so frequently ridiculed, and seldom taken very seriously.
Renaissance Man
(669 posts)They were called "tin foil hat" conspiracy theorists and "petulant children wanting a pony" for suggesting just months ago that DWS was presiding over a DNC that was not impartial through the primary.
It turns out that the foil wasn't so tin after all, and that they were right all along. It's going to take a while for those wounds of vindication to heal.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Every time some election rule or ordinary thing came up that they felt didn't favor them, they blamed her.
They actually believe Bernie would have gotten m ore votes had the debates been on different nights. They accused her of favoring him over any ordinary decision, making up some reason why Bernie would have benefitted from another one.
It seemed like Bernie was entitled to win and if he wasn't, the DNC was supposed to change the way it did something. As head she was the big scapegoat.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Today's behavior at the convention is exactly what I'd expect from petulant children having a tantrum.
Fuck 'em.
The emails proved them correct, now they're reduced to "wounds of vindication?" They got totally screwed, they're complaints were proven to be spot-on, but now they're just petulant children?
I can picture Trump telling one of the creditors he's screwed: "It's only business."
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Take it up with someone further upthread.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Not a fucking fact has been proven.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)They want everything. This should be the last thing they should get. Anyone who boos today or on subsequent days should be shoved outside and stripped of their credentials.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)She won.
They are in the wrong place.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)they're best ignored as the trolls they are
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)If a few random whiny ass losers want to boo Barbara Lee, they'll show just what kind of people they are.
glennward
(989 posts)runaway hero
(835 posts)This should be the end of this.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)*smdh*
glennward
(989 posts)election and she has sacrificed much, fought off and came through four cancer operations and yet she has never given up. She has given much more to and for the Democratic cause than any of those screaming bitter-enders. I really do feel sorry for her and I have never been a big fan. But some things are just the decent thing to do and I really appreciate Hillary for having her to continue to work for her. She deserves no less.
Atman
(31,464 posts)It just makes me sad to see this. This is not the woman I helped to elect. She got blinders on and focused entirely on her friend instead of upon the job to which she was appointed. She lost her way.
demwing
(16,916 posts)Response to glennward (Reply #15)
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demwing
(16,916 posts)By Robin Goist, cleveland.com
on July 24, 2016 at 12:37 PM, updated July 25, 2016 at 10:59 AM
The DNC Rules Committee revoked Wasserman Schultz's position as convention chairwoman, so instead Fudge will gavel each session to order and to close
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/07/marcia_fudge_named_permanent_c.html
yuiyoshida
(41,762 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)I mean, is there anything else people want so they stop threatening to boo Senator Saunders for endorsing Hillary Clinton?
Or are we officially done here and we can move on to beating the orange fascist freak?
Vinca
(50,170 posts)onecaliberal
(32,488 posts)Stop the noise, it's going to backfire and my family and this country doesn't deserve to go down in flames because you all has a sad. Hillary wasn't my first choice but she's our candidate and we need to get her elected.
Karen_J
(22 posts)It's good to let Bernie to be the only one to speak for Bernie, at this point.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)If she had stayed neutral in the primaries, this wouldn't have happened.
If she couldn't stay neutral, she had an obligation to resign and officially join the HRC campaign.