Wonkette: Sanders Fans Take Massive Dump On Nevada Democratic Convention Floor

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After hours spent trying to figure out why Bernie Sanders delegates were screaming that the Democrats had stolen the (Democratic!) convention, we’re still a little hazy, and Jon Ralston has yet to weigh in at his blog. But here’s what seems to have happened, as near as we can tell.

Hillary Clinton won Nevada’s caucuses by almost five points, and both candidates were awarded delegates to the county conventions. Bernie Sanders’s delegates out-appeared Hillary Clinton’s delegates at the county conventions, where delegates would be awarded for the state convention. (This process is so dumb you guys. So fucking dumb. JUST GIVE THEM THE DELEGATES BASED ON HOW MANY CAUCUS VOTES THEY GOT JESUS H FUCKING CHRIST.) But at the state convention, about an equal number of Hillary Clinton’s folks showed up as did Bernie Sanders’s. And of the Bernie folks who showed up, sixty had unregistered as Democrats. Whoops that meant they were not allowed to vote at the DEMOCRATIC convention! So fixed! Many corruptions! Oh god I hate everyone.

So then they went insane. They screamed at Barbara Boxer that she was a sellout bitch and did their best to boo the four-foot-nothing liberal grandma lion off the stage. They did their goddamndest to shut the whole thing down, because how is it even kosher for Hillary Clinton to get more delegates just because she won, when they had stolen it fair and square?

Afterwards, they posted the chair’s address online, called Barbara Boxer a “neolib witch” — when did we all become “neolib”? I think when Barack Obama forgot to put all of Congress in Guantanamo — and probably threatened to primary Elizabeth Warren again, because someone somewhere in the world had the gall not to do what they said, when they said it.

Take a moment, if you please, to imagine the opposite scenario: that Bernie wins the caucus, Hillary supporters show up when Bernie fans don’t at some secondary event, and she wins all the delegates. I think we might (rightfully!) have a lake-full of steaming pigshit on our hands. But in this scenario — the one where reality is happening — not being able to overturn the democratic results via machine chicanery is, in Bernie supporters’ fever dreams, the day democracy died...

read more: http://wonkette.com/601848/bernie-sanders-fans-take-massive-dump-on-nevada-democratic-convention-floor

[NewImproved Deal]

1. I'm with HER!!

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[Hortensis]

4. Yes, for once she's more irritated with someone

other than the Democrats currently in office. Frankly, she irritates me right back, too much to read, but she did nail them this time.

Take a moment, if you please, to imagine the opposite scenario: that Bernie wins the caucus, Hillary supporters show up when Bernie fans don’t at some secondary event, and she wins all the delegates. I think we might (rightfully!) have a lake-full of steaming pigshit on our hands. But in this scenario — the one where reality is happening — not being able to overturn the democratic results via machine chicanery is, in Bernie supporters’ fever dreams, the day democracy died.

Lol. Bigtree, thanks for the article. I've never seen Hillary look so good. Wonder if Bill is getting a copy of that picture.

[JoePhilly]

2. Bingo!

[CrowCityDem]

3. #2. How fitting.

[pkdu]

5. "Bernies Supporters Fever Dreams"....best phrase in the whole article . So many here still havent

woken up from them and are still throwing 27 dollars into Tad Devines retirements fund. Those that have woken , are intent on scorched earth.

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6. 'scorched earth'

...they make the PUMAs look like a Sunday reading group.

[CorkySt.Clair]

7. Bunch of entitled whiners

[w4rma]

8. Hillary's worst supporters are committing battery.

Actor Wendell Pierce, who is in Atlanta shooting a film, was arrested after allegedly attacking a Bernie Sanders supporter, according to TMZ.

TMZ said Pierce, at the Loews hotel last night, met with a woman and her boyfriend in the lobby. They supposedly had a conversation that went political. Pierce is a Hillary Clinton supporter. The woman was supposedly a supporter of Bernie Sanders. Pierce allegedly pushed the boyfriend and went after the woman, grabbing her hair and smacking her in the head.

The couple called the cops, who arrested Pierce for battery. He posted a $1,000 bond and was released, TMZ said.

http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/15/tmz-wendell-pierce-the-wire-arrested-for-allegedly-attacking-bernie-sanders-supporter/

[w4rma]

9. Survey shows Clinton supporters are more aggressive online than Sanders supporters

What's more surprising is the perception on the Democratic side—nearly twice as many respondents viewed Clinton's supporters as very aggressive (30 percent) as said the same for Sanders supporters (16 percent). While women were more likely than men to see Trump supporters as aggressive, the opposite was true for both Clinton and Sanders.

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/online-incivility-study-bernie-bro/

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10. kick

[JaneyVee]

11. LOVE WONKETTE!

[HerbChestnut]

13. " ...so you had the images of aggressive, threatening men screaming at children and black women for"

And we're done. This right here sums up the Clinton campaign thus far. Paint Bernie supporters as angry white men spewing hatred and vitriol toward the poor defenseless children, women, and minorities. Didn't bother reading the rest of the article. The videos don't lie. Hillary's surrogates in the DNC tried (and succeeded) to swing the convention in her favor. This party is fractured and it is entirely the fault of the DNC.

[PufPuf23]

15. One differnce in the primaries between Clinton and Sanders is that

the questionable results be it possible voting irregularities or exit polls is the coincidence
that the problems always break in the favor of Hillary Clinton.

This trend is compounded from the perspective of the Sanders supporters by the fact that the DNC and Democratic leadership and MSM treated the candidacy of Hillary Clinton as an incumbent and presumptive nominee from the start o0f the campaign, no one expected Sanders to be so successful.

Then there is the odd fact that Hillary Clinton draws small crowds at public events while Sanders frequently draws crowds in the 10s of thousands.

The supporters of Sanders and Clinton and her campaign demean Sanders and the Sanders supporters; this started from the Clinton campaign (as did the negative campaigning in 2008, recall the hint that started birtherism was from the mouth of Hillary Clinton and the PUMA idea was also from the Clinton campaign) but there is plenty of ammunition to demean Clinton from the left without going to the right wing or prior to 2001.

People are frustrated.

Violence is unacceptable, IMO disruption is situational. One's opinion may vary.

I agree that the DNC and Democratic leadership has poorly handled the process to pick a Democratic POTUS nominee. Why bother if a slate of candidates and platforms is not presented and fairly assessed by possible Democratic voters?

[Alfresco]

16. K&R

[mcar]

17. Well said!

[Number23]

18. At this point, this whole thing just needs to end. The incessant screaming over "voter fraud" is

just an attempt to pretend that there is any legitimate reason for this deranged, ridiculous behavior that these people have been engaging in MONTHS before any one ever voted in a single damned primary.

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20. exactly, nothing they've raised would change the outcome of Nevada

...this amounts to campaigning against our presumptive nominee and the Sanders campaign has just enough rope to try and trip up the party on our advance to the convention and the general election against Trump.

Enough of these diversions. It's time to call this anti-Hillary effort for what it is. Part and parcel of the republican campaign against her, more than often using the same rhetoric and the same disruptive behavior. Very few Democrats are going to follow these people down to the depths they're diving.

[grossproffit]

28. He's never going to concede.

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19. If rules followed, then riot was wrong. We don't know yet if rules were/were not followed.

So until we know, what's the point?

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21. kick

[DrDan]

22. summarizes it pretty clearly - "... just because she won, when they had stolen it fair and square?"

[workinclasszero]

23. Thanks for calling out the mob Wonkette!

They did their goddamndest to shut the whole thing down, because how is it even kosher for Hillary Clinton to get more delegates just because she won, when they had stolen it fair and square?

[auntpurl]

24. Great article.

Was genuinely shocked (which I didn't think would happen again in this campaign) when I saw the lunacy in Nevada. Bernie's most extreme supporters are vicious thugs who do not belong in Democratic politics. They'd fit right in on the other side, though.

[B Calm]

25. You posted about 90% of the entire article, not much more to read at the link.

You should shorten it or DU could get in trouble.

[riversedge]

26. ha ha. EXACTLY!! And so many here on DU are defending the stinking dump!

[apcalc]

27. These fake progressives....

Don't follow the rules, then complain when someone stops them from doing just whatever the hell they want.

[Biaviians]

29. Barbara Boxer took a giant dump on stage.

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31. calling for unity is so divisive

...got to nip that in the bud.

[Bobbie Jo]

30. Perfect description. nt

[B Calm]

32. Why do we need to go into the link, you only left one little paragraph out. Flagrant violation

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