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YouDig

(2,280 posts)
Wed May 18, 2016, 08:31 AM May 2016

Bernie rioter's excuse for rioting: there were "too many bars".

Yes, a Bernie delegate actually went on MSNBC and said that. There was not enough food served and too many bars close to the event. That explains the death threats, sexist slurs, and chair throwing. I mean, you're at the Paris, you just gotta taste the appletini at every one of the bars. What, wait until after the event? No way! This, America, is what Bernie has to offer you.

Then she said that, well she didn't actually see any chair throwing. She did see a guy pick up a chair, but someone else stopped him before he could throw it, and they "hugged it out." Aww. What an adorable angry drunken mob.

And after all that, Bernie issues a statement that is a version of Trump's "it's a beautiful thing when people commit violent acts in my name."

Can there be a better representation of everything the Bernie campaign stands for? Some 30% of his delegates to the convention were too lazy to even show up. The ones that were there got themselves hammered. And they blame it not on themselves, but on the fact that there were too many bars. And then in their drunken stupor, they realize that there are more Hillary delegates there than Bernie delegates, and instead of accepting the math, they riot.

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Bernie rioter's excuse for rioting: there were "too many bars". (Original Post) YouDig May 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Jude the Obscure May 2016 #1
Show me the video. The whole "riot" story is a DNC lie. lagomorph777 May 2016 #2
"Dude, put down the chair"... SidDithers May 2016 #3
Seersly, brah. Chair? Yo, no chair. YouDig May 2016 #4
This is a great post! puffy socks May 2016 #5
Drinks in Vegas casinos/hotels are > $15.00 DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #6
I wonder if the Bernie campaign paid for some of the drinking. Bernie staffers coached YouDig May 2016 #12
Not if you have a bucket of quarters. you can get doubled delivered to your slot and get bettyellen May 2016 #16
Isn't gambling a capitalist vice? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #18
Ha. auntpurl May 2016 #20
It's Vegas, baby. Subsidized up the wazoo and very attractive to those who like long odds. LOL. bettyellen May 2016 #23
What happens in Vladivostok stays in Vladivostok. nt Codeine May 2016 #32
New instructions went out to call it a "riot" now. arcane1 May 2016 #7
This is probably closer to the truth, a hammered crowd used poor judgement Thinkingabout May 2016 #8
There was no violence and people were witnessing the process being stolen. peace13 May 2016 #10
There was violence, and nothing was stolen. Hillary had more votes, and the Bernie people got mad. YouDig May 2016 #11
I want to know how a prole spends nearly $20.00 on one drink! DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #13
I'm guessing trust funds. Or maybe subsidized by the campaign to spice things up. YouDig May 2016 #14
Maybe they were gambling. If you gamble they give you free drinks if you are there long enough. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #17
They do, but honestly it's cheaper if you just pay for the drinks lol. YouDig May 2016 #19
My gf and I were walking through the Bellagio. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #21
You just have to look like you are gambling- buy a bucket of quarters, and find a waitress. bettyellen May 2016 #27
Good for you. My trips to Vegas usually end in the red. But it's fun, as long as you don't stay YouDig May 2016 #35
We have a friend who lives there so we go four, five times a year. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #36
Sounds good. I go a lot less often, but they do make money on me. Usually. YouDig May 2016 #38
It's an expensive town. We bid at Priceline. But even with Priceline there's the $30.00 resort fee. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #39
Where's the video evidence? JRLeft May 2016 #34
Would you think a threat of some one threatened your life? Thinkingabout May 2016 #43
Don't taze me bro... peace13 May 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Bonobo May 2016 #15
I initial read this as "bars" as in obstacles, not literally drinking establishments Dem2 May 2016 #22
Lol! You'd think right? No, it was literally drinking establishments. YouDig May 2016 #25
Me too... JSup May 2016 #26
oooh you sawed it on the teevee azurnoir May 2016 #24
There was NO rioting. Skwmom May 2016 #28
Call it "peaceful death threats, sexist slurs, and chair throwing" if you want. YouDig May 2016 #29
How about made up bullshit can I call it that? SwampG8r May 2016 #30
Call it a tomato for all I care. It happened, the world knows. #berniedenial is irrelevant. YouDig May 2016 #33
Read the new memo, dammit! arcane1 May 2016 #37
"too many bars" workinclasszero May 2016 #31
Happy One Month Anniversary! chascarrillo May 2016 #40
You buying the drinks? I'll bring the chairs, we can have a Bernie party! YouDig May 2016 #41
WHAT 'riot'? You are so full of shit. John Poet May 2016 #42

Response to YouDig (Original post)

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
5. This is a great post!
Wed May 18, 2016, 08:42 AM
May 2016

"....did see a guy pick up a chair, but someone else stopped him before he could throw it, and they "hugged it out." Aww. What an adorable angry drunken mob. "


Bernie's supporters have been trying to justify this since the convention.
We all know darn good and well had that been a Hillary supporter they'd be calling for the execution of the person picked who the chair and tried to kill all the Bernie supporters in the room

YouDig

(2,280 posts)
12. I wonder if the Bernie campaign paid for some of the drinking. Bernie staffers coached
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:19 AM
May 2016

the delegates to "take over" the convention, maybe they thought a little juice would make things more lively.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
16. Not if you have a bucket of quarters. you can get doubled delivered to your slot and get
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:21 AM
May 2016

hammered for less than ten bucks.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
8. This is probably closer to the truth, a hammered crowd used poor judgement
Wed May 18, 2016, 08:50 AM
May 2016

First in getting hammered and a madness of demanding they control rather than the majority. It's Sanders oligarchy, he likes fewer ruling.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
10. There was no violence and people were witnessing the process being stolen.
Wed May 18, 2016, 08:57 AM
May 2016

If raising a voice when the system is stolen is wrong then we are in big trouble. I call bull on you blaming this on Sanders. Those people on the floor were reacting with their own feelings after witnessing a hyjacked process. This is crazy talk!

YouDig

(2,280 posts)
11. There was violence, and nothing was stolen. Hillary had more votes, and the Bernie people got mad.
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:47 AM
May 2016

Same story as the entire primary. Bernie just doesn't have the people behind him.

In this case, the mad Bernie supporters were also drunk, and chaos, death threats, sexist slurs, and chair throwing ensued.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
21. My gf and I were walking through the Bellagio.
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:28 AM
May 2016

I got thirsty and bought a Diet Sprite at the gift store. It cost me $4.50. That is a lot of money for a plebeian. I was determined to get my money back! I played the slots and won $18.00 and quit. I made my point.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
27. You just have to look like you are gambling- buy a bucket of quarters, and find a waitress.
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:33 AM
May 2016

Cash in quarters later. After a few doubles.

YouDig

(2,280 posts)
35. Good for you. My trips to Vegas usually end in the red. But it's fun, as long as you don't stay
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:46 AM
May 2016

too long.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
36. We have a friend who lives there so we go four, five times a year.
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:56 AM
May 2016

L A to Vegas in not too far a ride.

They don't make money on me. I am not a gambler, drinker, or partier.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
9. Don't taze me bro...
Wed May 18, 2016, 08:54 AM
May 2016

....I guess it was good that Hill wasn't around or the tazers would have been ablaze in such a riotous scene! Pretty amazing that you can watch Faux and get this crap out here. Sad.

Response to YouDig (Original post)

JSup

(740 posts)
26. Me too...
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:32 AM
May 2016

...mostly because I didn't know that you had to drink at each one before you could vote; man, caucuses are weird.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
24. oooh you sawed it on the teevee
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:30 AM
May 2016

seems like hillary's fans spend an awful lot of time parked in front of telly these days - makes ya wonder how they find the time to post

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
31. "too many bars"
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:43 AM
May 2016


You mean everybody who gets drunk doesn't issue death threats to children, babble vile sexist slurs, and throw chairs?? Who knew?
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