Why did one candidate bring a phalanx with him when he spoke?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

That was kind of odd.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Only the candidate who wants to prove he has black friends.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. It was an odd gambit.

SMH

[George II]

23. "Some of my best friends are.............."

[tishaLA]

3. If you're talking about

The junior senator from VT, I believe the answer is clear.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I never saw anything like it.

[tishaLA]

5. Who has? A coordinated collaboration of POC

Clapping in rhyme simultaneously? It was akin to a human version of a mechanical trick.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. He must not be a Shakespeare fan.

"To thine own self be true."

[question everything]

31. Strange to think of him as Junior Senator..

[Turin_C3PO]

7. Wait, what happened?

I’m lost lol.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. This.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287161005

[Turin_C3PO]

11. Ah ok.

Kinda strange.

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. Bernie had an entourage on stage with him

It was very odd and I'll leave it at that.

[TCJ70]

9. Were people not allowed on stage with the speakers or what?

Who cares?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Care?

Because it was atypical behavior?

[TCJ70]

13. Why does that matter? Also...

...was there some rule prohibiting others from being on stage with the speakers?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. It was atypical behavior. I don't believe anybody suggested it was mala in se or mala prohibita.

[TCJ70]

18. So...not wrong or against the rules. Got it.

There’s a spectrum when it comes to Sanders criticisms...this one falls under “silly shit”.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

29. Atypical I tell you!

Entourage Gate!

[George II]

24. 20 candidates speaking on stage alone, one speaking on stage with an entourage.

And the candidate with the entourage was the only one who spoke last night who refused to wear the Clyburn t-shirts. Hmmm.

[TCJ70]

25. Was it a requirement to be alone wearing a certain shirt? N/t

[George II]

27. Don't know. All I know is that of 21 candidates 20 of them wore Clyburn's shirt, one didn't....

Wonder why that was? To many that seemed like a slight to Congressman Clyburn, and it definitely didn't go unnoticed.

[murielm99]

14. Not the first time.

Remember the Pope-stalking?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. That was atypical behavior as well.

At least he didn't have a phalanx of clergy with him.

[tishaLA]

17. LOL. The Pope stalking.

An unforgettable waste of carbon and donor dollars.

[mcar]

19. It was, rather

[Scurrilous]

20. I believe Bernie's campaign is at the stage when (to paraphrase)...

"...you have to trot out assorted luminaries to vouch for your candidate..."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287160561

[George II]

22. I wouldn't call them "luminaries".

[George II]

21. I thought it was The Platters there to sing his campaign theme song.

[R B Garr]

26. ....

The whole thing is over the top...

[Horizens]

30. I Got a

good laugh out of your post.

[R B Garr]

28. It is very odd! Makes you wonder what the conversations

were like to set this up. Who said what to whom to get this going. A real head scratcher!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. I wonder who convinced him it was a good idea .

[R B Garr]

33. That's exactly what I was trying to envision. How did the

convo get started about who would be on stage and why. I would love to be a fly on the wall listening to that and why they thought it was a good idea.

[Tarheel_Dem]

34. Optics.

It won't work.

[whistler162]

35. Guess they didn't have a sitter

for his hands and feet!