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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Finally -- Video of the "Chair Being Thrown" [View all]frylock
(34,825 posts)142. This is all being played out with the intent of effecting the vote in CA.
She is going to lose here in Cali. They're doing what they can in hopes of mitigating that loss.
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Somehow that's supposed to be better?! REALLY?! "..they didn't toss rocks they just picked them up!"
uponit7771
May 2016
#1
Here is a video by the women who filmed the chair video: No Chairs Thrown at the Nevada Convention
w4rma
May 2016
#59
Thugs? weren't we told that was a racial dog whistle and not for white folks either ?
azurnoir
May 2016
#11
Don't know what you were told when I just saw a buncha straight up hoodlums (that better?)
uponit7771
May 2016
#15
any comment on the rules that were violated or the theft of the Nevada caucus?
GreatGazoo
May 2016
#3
Unnnnn, we'll see... my understanding is the Sanders people wanted something placed into the rules
uponit7771
May 2016
#24
I watched the video and it didn't look at all like a gesture to throw a chair.
Alex4Martinez
May 2016
#5
Right, they picked up the chair to look for gum on the bottom of it :rolleyes:. The yelling of vile
uponit7771
May 2016
#14
Well, the actor is black, so perhaps there's a racial component involved here.
frylock
May 2016
#141
I'm running reality, that's not a car and the sad thing is Sanders camp can't tell the difference
uponit7771
May 2016
#40
What a ridiculous comment. How many people get hurt when you pull out a chair for your wife/date?
floriduck
May 2016
#39
they didn't pull out a chair he lifted it up in the air and it wasn't to see the bottom of it
uponit7771
May 2016
#42
Big fucking deal. I'm sure you've never been so upset you had to stop yourself. What
floriduck
May 2016
#46
NO!! FUCK NO... I'm 6'5, 250lbs and black... I do some shit like that I get shot dead. so prilileged
uponit7771
May 2016
#51
So that's your excuse for making a stupid statement? Sorry you have to deal with that. Really.
floriduck
May 2016
#56
Picking up and chair into the air during a contensious time is seen as violent enough but as long as
uponit7771
May 2016
#61
Yes, yes, yes, actually. Picking up a rock isn't violence in any sense of the word.
lumberjack_jeff
May 2016
#66
lol... during a contentious situation somehow picking up something heavy is benign!? wow
uponit7771
May 2016
#70
For "6'5 and 250 pounds" you must be exceedingly weak if you think that chair was heavy.
Giggity
May 2016
#83
Cause a partially metal chair weighs what? a couple of ounces? Do you even read what you type?
uponit7771
May 2016
#137
Slight correction...she USED to be a journalist. Now she's a Comcast employee.
libdem4life
May 2016
#130
The quote that ran in the AP story was, and remember per Clinton rules we must parse this,
GreatGazoo
May 2016
#122
I've seen and read as much as I could find on this, and yes ... you are right! nt.
polly7
May 2016
#27
This particular chair didn't get thrown, because someone stopped that guy in time.
YouDig
May 2016
#13
It's the absolute truth, and widely reported. Only in the Bernie world does video of one man being
YouDig
May 2016
#81
Yes, a warm and friendly drunken rioter! He was about to throw a chair, but then someone stopped him
YouDig
May 2016
#19
There's tons of evidence violence happened. Multiple eyewitnesses. And now video of
YouDig
May 2016
#25
if there is "tons" of evidence, you shouldn't have any problem producing some of it
TheSarcastinator
May 2016
#36
It's part of the instructions for Brock's online trolls: provide no evidence. n/t
arcane1
May 2016
#79
You seem obsessed with this guy. Brock-puppets are usually more various in their lies.
arcane1
May 2016
#78
Not really, there's already ample evidence of the violence and rioting that occurred.
YouDig
May 2016
#82
NYT, WP, AP, Nation, everywhere. In the real world, this isn't even a point of contention.
YouDig
May 2016
#86
You can't use google? I'll post the NYT link, you can look up the rest yourself.
YouDig
May 2016
#93
NYT story. Accuse them of lying if you want, this is why nobody believes Bernie people.
YouDig
May 2016
#97
Just trying to up his/her post total...quickly by putting out hysterical hypotheses.
libdem4life
May 2016
#132
In the meantime, a Hillarystan actually assaulted a Bernie supporter. Ain't THAT some chit?!
nc4bo
May 2016
#22
I heard Brock's looking for the letter "B" girl, circa 2008, wants to know if she'll lamb herself
nc4bo
May 2016
#54
Here are the heroes of the revolution in action..terrorizing woman and children
workinclasszero
May 2016
#55
Oh and lets not forget about the vandalism of the democratic HQ in Nevada
workinclasszero
May 2016
#57
How about the shots through Sanders campaign office front window? Did you forget that? n/t
lumberjack_jeff
May 2016
#71
Karl Rove is laughing his ASS off watching this. He cant BELEIVE the gift being handed to him.
Actor
May 2016
#29
The truth means as much to the Clinton supporters as the lives of Iraqis mean to Mrs Clinton
Doctor_J
May 2016
#32
That was not the moment people were referring to...stay with us here, not relevant. nt
anotherproletariat
May 2016
#108
Kinda odd that Mr. Chair-Chucker relinquishes the chair without a struggle, nor
winter is coming
May 2016
#116
Thanks so much for posting this! Definitely worth a watch, for everyone. n/t
winter is coming
May 2016
#125
I found a video of a Bernie Bro threatening to murder a Clinton supporter
Capt. Obvious
May 2016
#129