CNN: Sanders aide instigated supporters to "take over" the Nevada convention

[hill2016]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/17/politics/democrat-bernie-sanders-revolt/index.html

But new audio obtained by CNN shows a senior Sanders aide -- on the eve of the Nevada convention -- encouraging the senator's supporters try to "take over" the convention, change party rules and continue the "revolution" that Sanders has long campaigned on.
"You should not leave," Joan Kato, the national delegates director, told Sanders supporters in a meeting last week at the Rumor Boutique Hotel. "I'm going to repeat that, unless you are told by someone from the campaign ... that you can leave, you should not leave."

[MineralMan]

1. Nice. Maybe that's why Sanders hasn't addressed this.

Maybe it's the planned strategy. Feh!

[catnhatnh]

63. More like the media sickens...

Don't leave unless we tell you to (IE:Ignore Hillary supporters) becomes a coup attempt???? As Eddie Murphy would say "Get the fuck out!".

[eastwestdem]

2. The plot thickens... nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. And then we have eye witness accounts counter

To this narrative. Manufacturing consent, 2016 edition

[obamanut2012]

27. There is AUDIO

wtf "eye witness" countering the proof and facts.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. People are still looking for the chairs

[DLCWIdem]

64. apparently you didn't hear your side found the chairs the new narrative

The chair was being lifted over his head but he was talked down.

[nadinbrzezinski]

65. Actually there is video of that

oh and free clue, it is not my side, it is what happened.

[notadmblnd]

4. Clinton Supporters pretending to be Sander's supporters create chaos in NV

Objective- Destroy Senator Sanders campaign as was leaked a few weeks ago by her campaign.

[anotherproletariat]

20. Your world seems scary... nt

[notadmblnd]

30. So profound

[anotherproletariat]

37. I hate to add complex thoughts to those that are clearly doing mental gymnastics to make it seem

that Sanders misfortune is all Hillary's fault.

[notadmblnd]

39. Yeah, cause it not like it is something her campaign said they would do or anything like that.

You might want to try exercising your brain sometime. Much more invigorating than just grazing with the rest of the herd.

[eastwestdem]

45. It really does!

[obamanut2012]

28. lolz

[Maru Kitteh]

40. They did such a great job of following the Sanders Campaign Official's instructions though.

How the fuck do you 'splain that away?

[notadmblnd]

43. It wouldn't be the first time there was a Clinton plant in the Sander's campaign.

[Maru Kitteh]

46. OK. Sander's campaign officials are actually HRC spies. He must be one inept MFker then.

Good thing he'll never get anywhere near the presidency. "Whew!"

[BootinUp]

5. It would be huge news except for the fact Bernie is already becoming old news. nt

[TheSarcastinator]

12. that's not a window, it's a mirror

For someone who thinks chalk scrawls and language like "bitch" are arrest-able felonies, you sure have no problem calling people foul names yourself. Someone here is pathetic, and it isn't Team Bernie.

[Andy823]

47. I agree with you

Some here are pathetic, it's the trolls the come here to stir up shit and try and divide the boards, and it will be a pleasure to see them go once the nominee is chosen. In the mean time watch out for the trolls and please don't feed them.

[seabeyond]

21. So basically, Once again, it appears, from the top, it is actually Sanders and Co. trying to cheat

and blaming Clinton especially since they were unsuccessful. No wonder Sanders is staying quiet. Wow. He made a huge mess this time, if this bares out.

[dchill]

32. So, not leaving is cheating?

No, changing the rules and overriding voice votes is cheating.

[Maru Kitteh]

62. Yup. Tried to steal delegates from Hillary after she won, FAILED at that and than had

a massive cry-baby temper-tantrum about it. But more like a gaggle of grown-ass ASSHOLES in diapers having a temper-tantrum. A fairly organized one at the direction of SBS a campaign official, as it turns out.

[MADem]

7. Uh oh. Someone cue the music!!!

[workinclasszero]

9. Damn! It was planned all along!

What do you think these assholes are planning right now for Philly?

[brush]

49. And over a 2-3 delegate swing — like that would close the 290 delegate gap.

[workinclasszero]

50. IKR?

Duh

[dubyadiprecession]

54. They should plan on going to jail if they disturb the peace.

[puffy socks]

59. Sure do.

Remember when kids tried to have another Woodstock moment in 1994?

I think many of his supporters want a replay of the late 1960s.Some of Bernie's older supporters , like Bernie, want to reminisce and in their nostalgic fervor and try and relive the past, while the Millennials wanna-be hippies can get themselves arrested in a modern day 1968 Democratic Convention and brag to their children about how brave they were.

Probably make a video much like this before they go:

[KingFlorez]

10. So that's it

The whole thing was orchestrated. Disgusting.

[Hoyt]

11. Well, that's hard to counter. But Sanders' supporters will just blame it on Clinton.

[obamanut2012]

29. Look up thread

They are. And that it isn't true, even though there's audio.

wtf

[TheSarcastinator]

13. Hillarians Get the Vapors Once Again!

Oh, my stars and garters! The horror!

[firebrand80]

14. Trumpian tactics nt

[TheSarcastinator]

15. Which = Hillarian tactics

They are BFFs, after all. Look at the three of them, sharing a funny joke. I wonder who they are laughing at?

[Luminous Animal]

16. Where's the audio?

[grasswire]

17. ^^^

no evidence, it didn't happen that way

Of course delegates should be told to stay the course.

[Demsrule86]

23. Turn on CNN

You can hear it there.

[LexVegas]

18. Truth is coming out. Disgusting behavior from the Berniebros. nt

[pangaia]

19. Bull SHIT!!!

The woman said do not leave unless We in the Sanders campaign say to.-
DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Considering past history of the DNC and previous primaries and caucuses...


Double DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Have a banana..

[mythology]

22. CNN should provide the full audio

Telling delegates to stay in itself isn't nefarious. In fact it's the smart thing to do given how delegates shift based on how many show up. I'd need the specific tone, words and context to make any useful conclusion about if it's the Sanders campaign trying to do something out of bounds.

[Demsrule86]

24. It is pretty clear to me

And Bernie is a disgrace who deserves to lose. I thought for some time now he was attempting to blow up the election and hand Trump the win...now we see the truth coming out...spite and malice...on Bernies part.

[TCJ70]

35. Yeah, I don't quite see what's terrible about this...n/t

[YouDig]

25. Wow, so it wasn't an unruly mob, it was an organized mob. Unreal. Does Bernie know about this?

[PoliticalPothead]

33. Good.

I hope the Sanders campaign urges its supporters to "take over" the Democratic National Convention as well.

[ViseGrip]

34. Before or after the cheating....CNN omits half the story! ClintonNewNetwork!

[MFM008]

36. Put the Lotion on its skin before it gets the hose again.

What is wrong with these people? They screw up their registration and then make a spectacle of themselves.
Any time you make TRUMP look like the sane one is a problem.
I realize the Sanders campaign is trying to crawl out of the well of despair so they dont have to put the lotion on its skin before it gets the hose again.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

38. Uhh, the audio clip posted in the CNN piece

does NOT have anything of the sort on it. Where is the FULL clip???

[pressbox69]

41. So it appears

The fish really does stink from the head down.

[randome]

42. Meh. Conventions were routinely untidy in past centuries.

I don't see the Sanders supporters as being all that 'threatening' despite what one or two yahoos have said. Much of it has been blown out of proportion, imo.

On the other hand, the Sanders supporters claiming they are being treated like children does a disservice to their chosen candidate. Neither side is more victimized than the others. Bad eggs from both. Big deal, move on.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[Armstead]

48. Hey we almost agree on something

I see a few porcine animals aloft

[randome]

55. GDP has become a caricature of itself.

These are loony times and it's affecting even those whom I look up to.

BUT WE CAN ALL BELIEVE IN SOMETHING!


[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[LuvLoogie]

44. Agitation is not Registration. Bernie resents that his relevance

relies upon the Democratic party. The pressures of a national campaign have stirred his darker self. He needs a rest, a sabbatical. I hope that he can take a leave of absence from his Senate duties. This should not be the apex of his career.

[Live and Learn]

51. Much ado about nothing.

How does telling people to stay come anywhere close to 'take over'? It doesn't.

[dubyadiprecession]

52. Anyone disturbing the peace at the nevada convention needed to be arrested..

That is the only way to deal we these trouble makers.

[davidlynch]

53. "Don't Leave" Is Not Equal to "Take Over"

CNN needs to go back to high school and take English 101.

[nadinbrzezinski]

56. Worst. They need to go back to journalism 101

[herding cats]

57. What she said isn't an instigation of a takeover.

At least not the clip linked in the article. It sounds SOP talk when explaining the process to your delegates.

People need to calm down, step back, take a breath and think for a moment. CNN is making hay trying to get us to fight for their cameras. That's what they do, it's how they make their money. A lot of people take cable commentary as literal news. The reality is some of the twits they let speak neither know, nor care about facts or reality.

[auntpurl]

58. Wow.

That is telling.

[Bill USA]

60. fascist tactics...same thing the Brownshirts did in Germany in the 1930's. It's sad, & disgusting

[Beowulf]

61. Telling people to stay is hardly evidence of instigating a take over

And nothing like a coordinated response from the Powers that Be with one of Hill's corporate BFF's supplying the megaphone. They're scared and they damn well should be. "Be civil while I shit on you, and then join us" isn't going to be tolerated. And it sure as hell isn't a winning strategy.

Back in January I said, as did many Bernie supporters at the time, that I was not going to vote based on fear any longer. Here we are in mid-May and all the Democratic establishment has for a message is "unify or else we will have Trump - it's all on you." No, it's not. Bernie supporters like me were very clear from the very beginning that we were looking for a candidate to vote FOR. What we saw in Nevada was frustration meeting its last straw.

Sure, tell me you don't need me to win in November. And express it with as much smugness as you can muster. Truth is, you do need me and voters like me. You can tell yourself we have no where else to go, but this time you are wrong. If you can't convince me to vote for your candidate, how are you going to convince independents? I'm lowing hanging fruit. Bernie is right, you could have invited his supporters in, it would have been uncomfortable for you, but it would have been the correct thing for the long term health of the party. Then I remember why the DLC/Third Way/Clinton wing of the party came into being in the 80's - to crush progressives, to repudiate New Deal policies, to curry favor from the economic elite. Well, curry on!