Clinton/Kaine

If Sanders would spend less time pushing his REVOLUTION and more time explaining to his people the practicality of politics, he would be a better spokesperson.

He has consistently emphasized that "politics is not always sexy" and requires hard work and also requires electing candidates at all levels.

Grandstanding and slogans.

Works great on kids. Adults in the room, or serious people who expect real policy, not so much.

what makes you think Bernie supporters can't and/or won't think for themselves?

I think all Bernie created was the idea of possibilities to make this country better.

There are obviously people out there who don't like Hillary and that could have nothing at all to do with Bernie.

And I don't see the convention being destroyed; it hasn't even technically started yet.

their opinions, as Dems, at a Dem convention. Doesn't have to be so nefarious.

Seems weird for them to want to take part in the Democratic National Convention if that is their view.

understand or support that reasoning at all. Baffling to me.

But whether zealots can understand practical politics, or whether they really want to, is a totally different subject. If they don't see that their current mood can destroy the convention, they are not very bright politically.

Purity allows no contamination.

calling everyone who supported Bernie a zealot?

I supported him and I am no zealot, so your argument doesn't hold water with me.

when he said "Vote for Hillary" zealots. In my mind a zealot is someone who is so blinded by their cause they have lost their common sense.

The vast majority of Sanders supporters have already switched over to Hillary.

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It's not a surprise what is now transpiring. He has created the possibility of a disastrous convention and a nightmare election. Thanks Bernie, all your emails have been re-routed to my spam folder.

You and I know that the DNC has been trying to put their fingers on the scale for a long time so let's not pretend this is something new.

When someone's anger and frustration causes them to have a worse result than if they had if they were thinking clearly, we generally are usually concerned about such a person's though processes. Or as we in the South would more charitably phrase it, "Well bless his little heart".

Surprise, surprise.

and will not just follow along because Bernie tells them. He didn't create them you think for yourself,don't you? No one tells me who to vote for. Hillary or Bernie.

Enough of the radical INSANITY.

We are talking about people who ought to have some political sense.

the delegates at the REpublicon convention. They are delegates and have no idea of what goes on in the government. Dems are more informed and can tell u why or why not they believe ewhat they believe and can back it up with some facts..

Bernie wants to stop it.

Noam Chomsky lays it out quite well what the Frankenstein is.

http://123movies.to/film/requiem-for-the-american-dream-11956/watching.html

Now that's telling.

And they call themselves "progressives"???

But we got attacked for pointing out the obvious.

So disappointed. I hope he is done running for any office.

Instead, they should be persuaded not to vote against their own interests -- that the Clinton/Kaine ticket is the best way to begin the change they seek.

However, if they still maintain that a Trump presidency is OK with them, then I think we have to walk away knowing we did the best we could and try to go after Republicans that can't bring themselves to vote for Trump.

Its not a winning argument though.

This is the result of a Democratic Party that has failed to address the rigged economy.

The fight for justice and equality, especially against the monied special interests. That's a fire that he can't put out,and doesn't want to put out. But what he needs to do is explain how seriously a demagogue like trump will destroy his movement, by poisoning the well of America. These delegates have so demonized Clinton, that they obviously can not see this, though Bernie clearly does.

Trump will ruin America in a way that may lose a generation and damage progressivism in a way that no one else could by stirring up the destructive force of hatred and stealing some of the Left's populist appeal. Bernie wants his movement to succeed, it can't if Trump becomes President. Some delegates and other die hard Bernie supporters are not seeing this-- hopefully they will before it is too late.

I just saw a dimmer bulb with a Sanders button at the convention say that Trump couldn't do anything that Hillary has not already done. Tend to your own.

I'm watching some of these protesters getting interviewed

Where the FUCK are their brains???

"Anything to keep Hillary from getting elected"

"She's already done what Trump might do"

What in hell are they drinking???

All reason and logic out the window. These folks have gone insane from anger - it's quite frightening.

Being interviewed...some would vote for Trump, some for Stein...one guy said he still thinks Bernie can be nominated... Delusional...

If they boo Michelle Obama...or other speakers...childish...

Bernie can put a stop to it...he wasn't that forceful in his speech to his delegates...got them all riled up about his agenda and then yelled Hillary and they went hate crowd...ugh!!!!

....Sanders learned something. If his speech before the convention is mostly about his REVOLUTION as the speech to his delegates was, he will in trouble and we are in trouble. Hopefully he is smart enough to learn from this incident.

It is time to find out if Sanders is more interesting in continuing his revolution or beating Trump.

and there is a lot of time between now and the election.

the nihilist forces he has cynically unleashed.

He seems ineffectual, inept and weak while his "followers" make him look like an ass.

Standing there with his mouth hanging open, as they boo both the Dem Ticket and himself.