How Hillary Survived a Gauntlet of Saboteurs and Scoundrels

[Maru Kitteh]

https://newrepublic.com/article/135652/hillary-survived-gauntlet-saboteurs-scoundrels

Who says she can’t bring us all together? Hillary Clinton, in the middle of her glass-shattering ascent, found herself besieged on all sides as a cast of Batman-style villains from literally around the world sought to sabotage her convention.

Donald Trump, Julian Assange, Susan Sarandon, Nina Turner, Vladimir Putin, and Dr. Jill Stein—political bedfellows don’t get any odder than this.

The most infamous moment, of course, was Trump pleading with Vlad the Eavesdropper to further aid his ratfucking of Hillary by producing still more computer hacks. Trump had already exposed himself as a gushing Putin fanboy, even offering to turn NATO into a protection racket for the shirtless Kremlin tyrant.

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And whatever they invent will fall on wide-open ears in the Khmer Rouge faction of the Bernie-or-Bust crowd. More annoying than a stadium full of vuvuzelas, the Berners chanted and ranted and cried and cat-called throughout the convention. Almost no one was spared, with insults hurled willy-nilly regardless of who was at the podium or what they stood for.

Inane cries of “Goldman Sachs!” greeted the Senate’s scourge of Wall Street, Elizabeth Warren, while chants of “Black lives matter!” interrupted Senator Cory Booker, the former mayor of Newark, and shouts of “No more wars!” stomped on former CIA Director Leon Panetta’s attempt to bring up Trump’s collusion with a foreign potentate. Much worse were the visuals of enraged, young white people, their faces contorted in hate, obliviously screaming invective through the speeches of older, African-American representatives such as Marcia Fudge, Elijiah Cummings, and even the 76-year-old dean of the civil rights movement, John Lewis.

The article does go on to point out "Just who these bravehearts were representing was unclear, since polls show that 90 percent of the Berners are already on board with Hillary."

I thought it was an interesting article, although I disagree with the author's characterization of the convention as "sterile" but for the President's speech and Michelle Obama.

I found so many of the speeches inspiring - but then again it seems the authors may have been watching the coverage on MSNBC. Which would explain a lot! I watched bobble-head free coverage on DirecTV #347 and chose CNN for post-convention analysis. So I saw the whole convention and made up my own mind about what I saw before hearing any talking heads opine.

Overall, they seem to give the convention, and most importantly Hillary herself very high marks. Worth the read.

Now ONWARD to go stuff that giant, poorly-aged, orange toddler back in his playpen!

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[auntpurl]

1. "The Khmer Rouge faction of the Bernie-or-Bust crowd"

God, that is perfect.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. That caught me too! I appreciated the article for acknowledging that 90% of Bernie supporters

are on board and questioned just who the hell those people really were.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. That's gonna leave a mark

[NurseJackie]

46. The phrasing and choice of words is amusing. The reality is represents is very sad.

[Hekate]

3. KnRn Thanks

[Hortensis]

5. Just one thing to add. :)

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[Maru Kitteh]

6. I love that! Awesome graphic :-)

[BobbyDrake]

7. "More annoying than a stadium full of vuvuzelas" PREACH!!

ETA: "I thought it was an interesting article, although I disagree with the author's characterization of the convention as "sterile" but for the President's speech and Michelle Obama."

Well, compared to the malignant filth incubator that was the RNC, I'll take "sterile" any day.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Right? That part made me chuckle :-)

[still_one]

9. Add the media to that list of willing accomplices. It was an amazing Convention, and

the contrast between Hillary and the Democrats verses trump and the republicans, left no doubt who really cares for the country.

Trump really is insane

[Maru Kitteh]

14. MSNBC in particular gleefuly chased down EVERY single know-nothing malcontent they could find

to promote the Green party. They were shameless and repulsive.

[SharonClark]

19. Is it safe to watch Rachel again?

Now that she isn't playing second banana to Brian Williams?

[Maru Kitteh]

20. I don't know. Their convention coverage lost me. And Rachel losing her shit over Bill

saying he "met a girl" when recounting the beginning of their love story.

[Jamaal510]

21. It might be safe temporarily,

but don't be surprised if she starts Chicken Littleing again especially once the news cycle gets slow.

[emulatorloo]

29. More like second banana to Nicolle Wallace.

She'll snap out of it soon.

[Maru Kitteh]

31. I hope so. I liked her show but flipping out about Bill calling her a girl when they first met

at the dawn of the 1970's - was stooopid. And the network chasing down all the Indigo children sobbing and pouting that they were voting for Jill Stein on our convention floor?

It's likely I will steer clear of MSNBC for some time.

[DemonGoddess]

10. K&R!

[wyldwolf]

11. I would call a portion of this a 'vast left wing conspiracy.' But they're not that organized.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Trust-fund kids and the perpetually blazed basement denizens that comprise the zealots of

the left (re those on the convention floor) usually have a hard time with motivation and organization. Thank goodness they were much less of a stain than they intended.

[UtahLib]

12. Heh, that was a fun read.

[Cha]

13. Nobody with a straight face says Hillary can't bring us

together.. she did!

The article didn't even give all the villains .. one more for sure is the m$m.

Oh hell no.. the Convention was anything but "sterile".. where do they come up with these things?!

Inane cries of “Goldman Sachs!” greeted the Senate’s scourge of Wall Street, Elizabeth Warren, while chants of “Black lives matter!” interrupted Senator Cory Booker, the former mayor of Newark, and shouts of “No more wars!” stomped on former CIA Director Leon Panetta’s attempt to bring up Trump’s collusion with a foreign potentate. Much worse were the visuals of enraged, young white people, their faces contorted in hate, obliviously screaming invective through the speeches of older, African-American representatives such as Marcia Fudge, Elijiah Cummings, and even the 76-year-old dean of the civil rights movement, John Lewis.

Got that right.. "inane" poor ignorant things.

Brilliant OP, Maru~Mahalo! USA!! USA!!

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Si se puede Cha!

She sure did bring us together!

[Cha]

22. Si Se Puede, Maru! Got this out of my Journal back in February!

USA!! USA!!

[Maru Kitteh]

25. The estoy contigo poster is my favorite of hers, ever.

I LOVE the colors and the photo.

[Cha]

26. I know, right!

USA!! USA!!

[whistler162]

15. And that doesn't include her own sabotages!

[Cha]

27. What do you mean by "her own sabotages"?

[Maru Kitteh]

32. I'll be SHOCKED if you actually get an answer to that Cha.

[Cha]

33. Yes, because Hillary's campaign is brilliant .. There was No

"sabotage". Led by Robby Mook and Brian Fallon to name two important components to "Fighting for Us" and "Stronger Together" "I'm With Her"

Hillary: 'Stronger Together'—is not just a slogan for the campaign, but a guiding principle

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/28/1553796/-Hillary-Stronger-Together-is-not-just-a-slogan-for-the-campaign-but-a-guiding-principle

She beat them all!

[Cha]

34. P.S. Hillary's campaign is fueled by Love & Kindness.. We can't go wrong with

that.

[Maru Kitteh]

36. Right? I guess some people have a heard time with love. Hillary fights for people

She fights hard to help people even when they didn't vote for her, even the ones who say they don't like her. She still fights for them.

She doesn't mock them, or call them "low information" or any of that nonsense. Just rolls up the sleeves and keeps moving forward!

[Cha]

37. Right! Worst campaign strategyi ever..

Hillary says even though they don't support her.. she'll support them.

I watched President Obama's speech last night.. superb!

"Don't Boo Vote! Now there's a campaign strategy to end all!

[Cha]

43. So what? Hillary took responsibility and she came through it stronger than

ever.

Everyone, including the m$m, the gop, trump, etc were trying to take her down.. except her supporters and we backed her up.

[Maru Kitteh]

55. Dang Cha. I missed "post removed"

Oh well.

[Hekate]

40. Want to explain that? Please proceed.

[whistler162]

42. Email server!

[Hekate]

47. Dead horse. Your arm sore yet?

[NastyRiffraff]

17. Great article

except for the "sterile" part. That convention was anything but sterile! I'm still on a "Convention High." I too found the speeches inspiring; many of them left me in tears.

I loved it when the crowd chanted USA! USA! to drown out the spoiled brats. No worries, they will be forgotten in a few weeks or less.

[Cha]

23. I know.. in no way could our Convention be construed as "sterile". As Sarah Silverman

said.. That's "ridiculous".

USA!! USA!! Riff~

[oberliner]

24. That "90 percent of the Berners are already on board with Hillary" line is not true

From Nate Silver (on Twitter):

Seeing the number everywhere that 90% of Sanders voters back Clinton. It comes from a Pew poll -- Pew is great -- but a bit misleading.

90% is what you get if you *force* Sanders voters to choose between Clinton and Trump. No Johnson, Stein, undecided or "won't vote"

[Maru Kitteh]

28. Well he is one guy. And we haven't gotten a good snapshot of our bounce yet. But thanks for the

Debbie Downer moment. There's always gotta be one!

Doesn't matter. Our Democratic Party convention was a freakin' HOME RUN! It was awesome!

[oberliner]

30. The convention was great

I certainly agree with you there.

[brush]

51. Who cares about those 2-3% dead-enders now? I'm tired of hearing about them.

[oberliner]

52. Every vote counts

Remember what happened with Nader in 2000.

[brush]

53. That's true, but I'm still tired of them trying to ruin things

What the hell is their rationale?

Trump is the alternative, or maybe Stein or Johnson.

Come to think of it, with Johnson in the race pulling a way higher percentage than away from Trump than Stein is from Clinton, they have even less rationale for there antics.

[oberliner]

54. Understood

It has been encouraging, though, to see how Bernie has come out strongly in support of Hillary and that many of even his most ardent supporters have followed suit. Perhaps some of those who are now gravitating towards Jill Stein will reconsider as time goes on.

[Gothmog]

35. I was at the convention and the Clinton campaign was well prepared

We had whip captains who texted instructions and warnings about various sanders tactics. I can see now where they got that information. My whip captain was very effective and active and I was passing on the instructions to the people seated next to me at the convention

[Maru Kitteh]

38. Soooooooo jealous! That must have been the experience of a lifetime!

Our convention was AMAZING to watch! SO inspiring.

The A-holes that sought to mar it, in the end they accomplished almost nothing at all, other than to sour what should have been a joyous and extraordinary experience for the person they claimed to be supporting, Senator Sanders. They reflected very poorly on him and his campaign. He deserved to enjoy that convention too, and they sullied his experience, IMO.

But other than that, it absolutely ROCKED.

I hope you got to keep a lot of accoutrements!

[R B Garr]

44. Interesting! Great ideas there. Your convention posts have been must-read

for me. Thank you!

[Hekate]

39. "More annoying than a stadium full of vuvuzelas" -- What a great line.

You're right about assessing the convention -- I thought it was anything but "sterile." Like you, I turned elsewhere for my coverage; mostly CSPAN for coverage, and 90% PBS/NPR for commentary.

It was inspiring and heartwarming, and by the time Barack Obama wound up his speech I felt so proud to be an American and so proud to be a Democrat.

[DemonGoddess]

45. Kicking!

[Spazito]

48. K & R

[SunSeeker]

49. K & R

[msanthrope]

50. "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right....." Hillary 2016. nt