Digby

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But nobody expected that at a rally for his delegates later in the morning Bernie Sanders would be booed as well when he exhorted his followers to support Hillary Clinton. The lusty booing at both events led to a day of breathless media reporting about crazed Sanders supporters promising to disrupt the convention. Reporters took to the streets to interview every odd duck protester they could find to back up their prediction. There were plenty of them. Philadelphia was crawling with thousands of protesters for various causes and virtually all of them were Bernie Sanders supporters vowing never to vote for Hillary Clinton. Or so it seemed on television anyway.

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/26/discord_at_the_dnc_theres_no_need_to_worry_about_the_opening_day_chaos/

Then Senator Sanders sent this text to his supporters:

Our credibility as a movement will be damaged by booing, turning of backs, walking out or other similar displays. That's what the corporate media wants. That's what Donald Trump wants. But that's not what will expand the progressive movement in this country. I know everyone is frustrated especially by the the recent DNC disclosures. But as a result of this disclosure Debbie Wassserman Schgultz was forced to esign. This is a very positive sign. We have made great progress in the last year. Let's continue going forward. I would ask you as a personal courtesy to me to not engage in any kind of protest of demonstration on the convention floor.

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[emulatorloo]

1. Excellent text/analysis from Senator Sanders. As always.

Had not seen the full text before. Thanks for posting.

[leftynyc]

2. They'll ignore his wishes

(not all the Bernie supporters - just the imbeciles that booed Elijah Cummings, etc last night). They're not Democrats and they want to burn the building down.