YAS!!! Sarah Silverman just said "To the Bernie or Bust People: You're Being Ridiculous"

[UMTerp01]

SAY IT HONEY!!!!

[Maven]

1. YES!!!

[auntpurl]

2. PREACH!

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Bernie coming on?

Great intro.

[bettyellen]

9. Paul Simon!?!

[3catwoman3]

26. Is it just me, or does he...

...sound really off key? I don't think it is just me, because even my relatively tone-deaf husband noticed.

[bettyellen]

34. Well he's never had the great voice that song requires. Garfunkel

Was other worldly to hear live. Just beautiful.

[Whimsey]

43. But he recovered

and sang the rest of it beautifully.

[wysi]

45. Tony Visconti...

... who is famous for producing David Bowie (amongst others) just made the same observation on FB.

[3catwoman3]

47. As I said, even my husband noticed, and that's...

...saying a lot. When he and our 2 sons used to sing me Happy Birthday, they would each be in a different key. It wasn't pretty -

[calimary]

57. I am sad to have to suggest that it's because he's getting old.

The voice warbles a little more. He's 74. (Born October 13, 1941). I LOVED that choice of song, especially on a day like this - "Bridge Over Troubled Water", and that got me all choked up, but seeing and hearing him, and yeah, he's getting older, that made me cry. I'm getting older too. All those years ago - sheesh. SUCH bittersweet feelings.

[niyad]

59. last month, he hinted that he plans on retiring.

Fleetwood Mackey™ (@DJMACKEY)
11 mins ago - View on Twitter
I saw a story about how Paul Simon wanted to retire this year. After that performance at #DemsInPhilly I agree with him.

[Pluvious]

69. When I feel like this...

... I always remind myself it's a blessing to grow old.

Not everyone gets to.

[Ellen Forradalom]

74. So very true.

Peace on Mr. Simon.

[Hissyspit]

72. His voice has been gone for a while now.

[Freddie]

84. Saw him in concert the other year

He toured with Sting. His voice was definitely going then too.

[csziggy]

82. He said last month he's thinking of retiring

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/nyregion/paul-simon-retirement-stranger-to-stranger.html

He did sound off and very tired. He's 74 and has been performing for 61 years. If he's tired of performing, he's entitled to.

[MADem]

4. That was brilliant! Absolutely BRILLIANT.

She's taking the air out of their tires!


And here comes...PAUL SIMON!!! Bridge over troubled waters....!!!!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

5. She and Franken are slayin' 'em!!

[mindfulNJ]

6. Booyah

Bababooey

[MFM008]

7. Someone had to say it

She went there.

[Tarc]

8. Best line of the night

[question everything]

10. I know. What do they want?

Are they even Democrats? I am referring to the delegates in the conventions not to his supporters.

[grahamhgreen]

88. We want to be treated fairly.

[Maru Kitteh]

90. They've had their spoiled little asses kissed continually, but never enough

They need to grow the fuck up. Silverman was spot on.

[grahamhgreen]

92. That's me you're talking about. Kissing my ass would have meant picking a progressive as VP, not

Tim.

It would have meant single payer, not a public option.

It would have meant NO TPP in the platform.

We're not getting our asses kissed.

We are being abused verbally.

Keep it civil.

You're negotiating for Berniecrats votes, or Hillary will not win the election.

[Yurovsky]

11. It's making it worse...

that was uncomfortable all the way around...

Goddamn train wreck...

[MADem]

17. I thought it was RICH--not "uncomfortable."

Judging by the reaction of the crowd, they seemed to agree with my POV.

[rjsquirrel]

19. I don't think so

She marginalized the last few who aren't ashamed of being dicks.

[MADem]

21. +1,000! nt

[Yurovsky]

25. I think it worked for a NY minute...

then the roar came back...

Antagonizing folks is not going to unite this convention.

[rjsquirrel]

30. Nah

Everyone was up and dancing to Simon.

Perfect sequence.

She didn't antagonize anyone. She used humor to get real. I'm sure there are holdouts but she took
the air out of the pouty leftists' balloons.


She is awesome.

[pnwmom]

40. Then why are you fine with some of those Bernie delegates trying to antagonize

people by disrespecting people like Elijah Cummings?

[Yurovsky]

53. What did anyone expect?

If DWS had been fired a month ago this wouldn't have been an issue.

It's unpleasant but it was also entirely avoidable. I believe you've got an echo chamber around the candidate that prevents astute outside voices from being heard. That's why I think you've seen most of the blunders to date. They're mostly self-inflicted wounds.

[pnwmom]

58. Oh yes it would have. Too many were suffering under the delusion that they could arrive at the

convention and impose their will on the other delegates, screaming so hard and long that the super delegates would be forced to flip the primary results.

DWS didn't encourage that delusion. Bernie should have been doing more to prepare his delegates for the reality of what they could achieve at the convention.

[Yurovsky]

63. But having her around until the Wikileaks kerfuffle...

Put air under the wings of those who were itching for a fight.

Trust me, I was right there a couple months ago. But I came to the realization that going to Philly wasn't going to change anything, and decided to not spend another minute beating a dead horse. That's why I took a DU break at the end of the primary season. I came back for the convention, not knowing this mess would explode just prior to the gavel falling.

And now I wonder what Wikileaks or the Russians or Chinese might have that would allow them to pull an "October Surprise"... Just when I was thinking Trump was going to crash & burn, these emails surface, which are bad but, IMHO not sufficient to flip the election. But what else is out there?

I'll be sleeping uneasily for the next 15 weeks, hoping that I don't see Trump giving a post-election victory speech.

[pnwmom]

68. Sure, they will have more. But Clinton's opposition team has been doing their research, too.

And Trump offers so much material, and the Clinton team won't have to hack anyone to get it.

[beastie boy]

51. But antagonizing dicks will.

Sarah has been one of the most vocal Bernie supporters. And she still is. These were the first words out of her mouth.

Those who boo Elijah Cummings need to be antagonized and denounced!

[RonniePudding]

65. The pigs doing the yelling don't want unity

That's your first factual error.

[LongtimeAZDem]

67. ^^^^^ (nt)

[amuse bouche]

36. I am a fanatical Dem and do not worship any candidate.

She was awesome. Best speaker of the night

The Bernie or Bust peeps need to grow up just like the Hillary fans did 8 years ago

[Whimsey]

46. Absolutely

Party unity Trumps ideology when it comes to the Republican right.

[amuse bouche]

48. These people don't seem to grasp what a dangerous

asshole Trump is to the people of this country

[baldguy]

37. The only train wreck is for the people who hate Hillary and love Trump.

[Skittles]

64. JAYSUS

ARE THEY THAT FREAKING DELICATE

[AngryAmish]

12. Tase them, get then out.

Truncheons.

[MADem]

23. Naaah. Just do what Sarah did. Tell it like it is. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. When your cool aunt drops the truth bomb on yo ass

[chillfactor]

14. I am glad she said it...

I got alerted for saying the same damn thing and my post was removed.

[MADem]

20. If you weren't being rude to anyone, personally, you can appeal that to the admins. nt

[baldguy]

41. Well, Sarah got it from *somewhere* - doncha think?

[bravenak]

52. You should appeal

[Maru Kitteh]

91. I hope you appealed that. It doesn't sound like you violated any rules. You have 7 days.

And nothing to lose at all. Worth a try.

[msongs]

15. perfectly fine intervention there, let people vent a bit nt

[Grassy Knoll]

16. Thank You Sarah....

[mcar]

18. And she's a Bernie supporter

So good!

[BobbyDrake]

22. Patton Oswalt had a good opinion on that subject

Patton Oswalt ‏@pattonoswalt 3m3 minutes ago

Do the "Bernie or Bust" people know the "Bust" stands for "Donald Trump shitting out of his dick on America"? #DemsInPhilly #ImWithHer

[sufrommich]

42. The BoBs are being thoroughly destroyed on Twitter.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of people.

[4lbs]

24. Sarah Silverman >>>> Susan Sarandon.

Sarah knows the consequences.

Susan Sarandon would still rather pout and intimate that Trump would be better than Hillary.

[beachbumbob]

28. They are embarrassing Bernie and themselves....

[Renew Deal]

33. They have been all along.

Remember Nevada?

[Still In Wisconsin]

54. They're embarrassing the HELL out of this Bernie supporter.

Oy vey.

[stopbush]

29. The BoBs were yelling "bullshit" at Sarah by the time she left the stage.

Disgusting behavior.

[Renew Deal]

31. She turned into mom and it was hilarious

[hrmjustin]

32. Good! Someone had to say it!

[Ace Rothstein]

35. Wasn't expecting that.

Pretty funny and surprising.

[Blue Idaho]

38. Simple and to the point.

Plain speaking Sarah Silverman tells the truth.

You go girl!!!

[Whimsey]

39. yeah!

And not Democrats with a capital D!

[63splitwindow]

44. And SHE was booed...

The folks thinking the booing is because of race are incorrect. Race of the speaker has NOTHING to do with who they are booing. It is a FUCKING DISGRACE that any of these fine people are being booed on one of their proudest ( if not THE proudest ) days.

[Beartracks]

93. Agreed. N/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

49. Keep applauding the divisiveness? The primary is over. Please move on

to unity.

Unrec.

[TwilightZone]

78. Silverman was calling for unity.

Your post seems a tad misguided.

[peggysue2]

50. Surprising and effective

I laughed at Silverman's aside. Feeling the Bern?? Put some cream on it.

The tide is turning, the mood is far more upbeat and the majority of the convention attendees are Hillary supporters.

We're going to win this thing! Cory Booker is on now. Overwhelming cheers when Booker mentioned Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine's names.

Btw, as Democrats we can be very proud about the amazing diversity of convention attendees and line-up of speakers. This is what the country is all about: EVERYONE.

[flamingdem]

55. glad she said it

a

[LisaM]

56. She was great!

New appreciation for her.

[relayerbob]

60. Both had a great opportunity ...

to create a good unification message. First when Sarah started chanting UNity, UNity and Al chanted Hillary. Then again we said we can be a bridge and she answered "Oh, Lord"

Not that I'm yelling or blaming, it was all impromptu at the moment, and no way for them to get it (and wouldn't be surprised if both realized it as soon as they got off stage) but would've been cool.

[Festivito]

61. Almost astute.

[George II]

62. Sweet!

[heaven05]

66. someone needs to speak up

to the bernie idiots. Bernie lost, that's it. I will work for HRC's election win, vote and then I'm leaving this hateful, racist anti PoC anything country. The moment Obama won, this country got obscene in it's racism as proven by all the murders by white people of PoC. Now berniebots are showing the same kind of racist behavior ostensibly because they have the fear that is driving the hate of a lot of white people Democrat and Republican, loss of white privilege and racial supremacy, not just here, worldwide. This has become truly disgusting.

[Cha]

70. Thank you, Sarah!

[sylvanus]

71. Yeh, ridiculous,

to attempt to have, what all other westernized countries have.
Maybe we should go to war here in the U.S. and spread some of the democracy and social programs that Japan and Germany now have.
Yeh! us.

[TonyPDX]

73. She has a point.

[kyburbonkid]

75. Sarah would be a better president

then Trashy Trump!

[Urchin]

79. You Don't Win Friends and Influence People

by calling them ridiculous.

And you don't win voters and influence voters
by calling them ridiculous.

[raven mad]

80. I think she's great -

and am hoping there will be a Cabinet office for her.

[Karen_J]

81. !!!

I know enough about Sarah Silverman to worry about what she might say, but she crushed it! I loved every minute of it. Al Franken wasn't bad either.

[Warren DeMontague]

83. She's right.

The line about growing up with a gold plated sandbox instead of any actual human contact was spot-on, too.

[workinclasszero]

85. Awesome!

Thank you Sarah!

[SheriffBob]

86. i love her

she's one of the greatest.

[grahamhgreen]

87. No, it's not ridiculous. It's anger at being colluded against. It's the DNC's fuck up and they need

make amends, not name call.

[Maru Kitteh]

89. She was perfect. Said what they needed to hear - plainly.

And directly. Like children.

[billhicks76]

94. Hillary Or A Nazi...Take Your Pick

[Akamai]

95. She was very cute in having Al Franken step out of the

camera frame yesterday before she started her speech. She could have pulled a Ted Cruz and maybe Franken was afraid of that. Funny!!