Will Hillary Protestors Make A Spectacle Of Themselves And Try To Disrupt The RBC Meeting?

Judging from posts on Hillary support sites, that's a real possibility. The RBC sent out a memo re those planning on attending, making clear that disruptions, signs, utterances, etc, are strictly forbidden. Is the Clinton Camp aware that their supporters are advocating making a scene? Have they sent a message to their supporters asking them to abide by the rules?

I fully expect HRC supporters/protestors to try and disrupt the meeting, particularly as they won't get what they most unreasonably believe is Hill's due.

This has been coming to a boil for some time. On Saturday it may be a sloppy, embarassing mess- thanks to a bunch of petulant idiots.

of republicans blending in the crowd as HRC supporters whose job will be rabblerousing and kicking up the crowd for the media. You know, Hitler Youth tactics.

They're angry enough about her losing to behave like assholes all be themselves.

and based on the juvenile attitudes of the obama supporters from GD-P, I wonder why you are not questioning a spectacle on that side.

btw - a supporter of neither here

specifically asked his supporters not to protest. Has Hillary asked her supporters to at least not disrupt as they plan to?

then you can feel free to criticize.

Hillary supporters will be there in numbers to disrupt. Hopefully, to no avail.

the tone of the obama supporters.

I am not a supporter of either - but have been continuously insulted and degraded by inflexible obama supporters. Any difference of opinion is met by offensive, insulting replies.

Just a good thing obama himself is not like that. But - the question remains as to how he has attracted such juvenile supporters.

well except to call Obama's supporters "juvenile, " "inflexible," "offensive," "insulting."

who are juvenile,inflexible,offensive, and/or insulting
but if you use bad behavior to criticize bad behavior, then how is what you do better than what they do?

My candidate, unfortunately is out of the race.

I am just posting my observations having attempted to offer alternative views in GD-P. The profanity, the insults, the offensive comments, the hate-filled rhetoric are something I have never seen on this site since I joined in 2001.

Yes - I agree there are supporters on both sides that are guilty of offensive behavior - but it is very much tilted toward one side. These supporters will only be satisfied when public floggings of the opposition supporters is the norm.

no need to picket the DNC, and look like asses within our own party over rules both agreed to.

let the DNC sort out their own problems without outside influence

The vote is split 50/50 and if democracy demands a protest then it is rightfully due. Many Clinton
supporters are quite miffed at the Obama supporters making up likes about them and calling them racists.

Why do so many democrats hate democracy and the right to speak out?

I case you have not noticed, that is not 50/50.

In a democracy majority rules.

I am glad you agree. Democracy does not delegate its votes.

has no accurate way to tabulate the popular vote. And she hasn't and won't win the so-called popular vote.

The Democratic Party most certainly does 'delegate its votes'. Did you make that up or was that idiotic talking point handed to you?

It's bullshit, and it's not fooling ANY superdelegates. We nominate based on the delegates. The delegates are allocated by the votes. Even if she found some voodoo math to claim the popular vote, she still loses.

And honestly, do your homework.

so hard for people to understand? In a delegate race, with varied voting events - popular just doesn't hold water.

140+. There is no way to accurately tabulate the popular vote. It is not a tie. And though it's fine to protest outside of the RBC meeting itself, it is definitely not OK to try and disrupt the meeting itself- and that's what's being advocated on Hillary support sites.

Many Obama supporters are also disgusted by the lies and filth thrown at Obama and his supporters by the Hill supporters. Hopefully, they'll heed Obama's words and not act like assholes.

And of course, it has nothing to do with hating democracy.

In WV Hillary won by 2/1 while Robert and Jay ignored the choice of their people
and gave Obama the nod. That is unmitigated betrayal and throws democracy out the window.

Pledged delegates do represent the voters. SDs are free to vote for whoever they wish for any reason they devise. And in states such as WA, both Senators are supporting Hillary, despite their state going for Obama. That's their perrogative.

but that's the way it is.

I live in Maryland which went 60 - 37 Obama.
Governor O'Malley and Senator Mikulski have both endorsed Hillary Clinton, which is their right to do,
Senator Cardin and my Congressman, Steny Hoyer, remain uncommitted.

I have written to Ms. Mikulski and asked that she switch her endorsement to Obama. So far she has not, but I firmly believe that she will be behind the Democratic nominee in the general election.

and I am not a supporter of either.

Thank goodness Obama does not appear to share the same juvenile attitudes of his supporters. Obviously not all - but the loud vocal supporters. If these are unleashed on the general population of voters, I don't think the Dems will stand a chance in the GE. Hopefully they will be silenced - Lord knows they do not have the sense to do so themselves.

called me personally and said that I should be juvenile...only to your post. Obama doesn't like your post personally for some reason :sarcasm:

"so many democrats hate democracy and the right to speak out"? Good gawd settle down.

The vote is not split 50/50. You need to take a look at delegates. Currently Obama has 1,979, Clinton has 1,780, that's a difference of 199....you can finish doing the math.

No such thing as a "popular vote" tally for our primaries. It's virtually impossible to calculate.

Please remember, this is NOT the general election. Different rules apply. Key word: rules.

If I were a Hillary Clinton supporter, I'd stay far away from any type of protest. I think it will become evident that there are a lot of RWers are out there posing as Clinton supporters to keep things stirred up. I am not by any means trying to imply that people don't have a right to speak out, feel free.

the three T's!

The goal is to tear the party apart.

Her lawnoder base is of no interest to her for now. Besides, Bush's lawnoder base was not too upset about that riot in Dade county in 2000. White people riots, especially well dressed and manicured white people riots, are acceptable you know.

And I support their right to their misguided little pissing fest, but there should be no illusion that it is Democrats organizing this.

Shut up shouilder devil!!! Shit, did I say that out loud?

President and already his supporters are calling for authoritarian crackdowns. After arrest, the ones who aren't too badly injured, will they be sent to Guantanamo?

breaking the specific rules about bringing in signs, handouts or speaking out of turn, will be promptly removed from the meeting. I doubt they'll countenance any Hillfan garbage.

What do you mean "will they?"

their petulant butts. The rules are quite clear: No signs, no speaking out of turn, no handouts, etc. They want to protest outside the meeting, fine. They try and disrupt it, they'll be kicked out immediately as they should be.

That's all that will be required.

not to try and disrupt the meeting itself. Personally, I doubt very much that they do.

And whatever they do, it won't make a bit of difference. I can't imagine why you think it will.

And the right to protest.

Do you?

no fucking right whatsoever to disrupt a meeting and make it difficult or impossible to conduct. I do NOT support they're doing the latter. They have no right to do so.

what sites are indicating that a full blown disruption of the meeting may take place? Are they reputable, or "Hillaryis44" stuff?(I mostly stay away from those sites).I admit I have been away form a lot of coverage of this stuff the last few days, but so far, I have seen nothing about "disruptions" as you mentioned in the OP. Maybe I just missed it.

and that's a far cry from riot. It could entail anything from bringing in prohibited materials to shouting or chanting. And I read about it on some Hillary supporter sites.

:hi:

We will OWN the Press! Oh....YEAH! lol!

everyone in the world will get to laugh their asses off at hillbots gone wild.

Marilyn Monroe types or Rosie O'Donnell types. Donald Trump could accept the former...never the latter.

I would consider it..."NOTHING TO HIDE" Rally. Talk about..."Transparency" in GOVT!? LOL! I'm game...minus the pot and spoon thing, of course!

I highly recommend you do this.

:thumbsup:

Alas, I am working this weekend. Travelling to CT instead of FLA. But, I'll be there in spirit!

and then think bout what you said

I've seen them bus in supporters before. When signs, etc. are not available, they wave around stickers.

or anything else of actual merit.

Many of these women have been activists all their lives. If you are assuming that Hillary supporters are somehow pro-war then I would tell you that you are mistaken there. Both myself and my 17 year old daughter are Hillary supporters (she has been one longer then I) and we have marched together against the war in DC.

I'm not attending this current protest, but I do not hold it against them for speaking out for what they feel is right. Though you may not agree with them, at least they are involved and they genuinely care. For you to discount them as only Hillary supporters is a big mistake. These women, for the most part, have fought long and hard for Democratic Ideals and Issues. They are the ones who are often leading the ground game in our cities and towns.

Yes, they are angry, but in the end the majority will vote for Obama if he gets the nod because McCain is way to scary. You want these women on your side in the end Shadow.

I broke my own "do not post before 9AM rule". My apologies to the activist women of the Democratic Party, whatever your cause. As I said I completely support their right to do this, but in the end it will be as futile as all our anti-war protests have been. Thanks for being my conscience on this one Marrah.

"do not post before 9AM rule" I totally need to live by that one too. Still working on my first coffee of the day.

This will all be over in a relatively short period of time. Then we will all be working together for the defeat of McCain.

I'm about to break and use my chocolate soy milk as a creamer, which if you've ever use soy milk as a creamer, it's the absolute last resort you ever want to resort to. B-)

Just for emergencies. It has saved my kids from the wrath of an un-caffeinated mom on more then one occasion.

but I've quit smoking too and I found that was entirely too many vices to lose at once.

I'll light a candle for you. I couldn't imagine quitting them both at once.

The brightest blessings always be yours.
S

:hug:

Blessed be!

She wants to incite anger and hate among The Enablers. The Enablers will create a scene and the media will make her out to be "strong" and "tenacious."

I will be there on Saturday to witness this fiasco firsthand. :(

Why do you think they're organizing?

Obamatons are making not so subtle threats against the Super Delegates–elect Obama or there will be blood in the streets. Leading supporters of Obama are the messengers of doom. Consider Tom Hayden, one of the mainstays of a group called “Progressives for Obama.” He was on NPR this week and said:

“If there were the theft of a nomination, if that was the perception of the Obama supporters, then probably there would be a ‘68 scenario.”

Theft. How in the hell is it theft? Neither Barack nor Hillary have won enough delegates to win the election. Barack has 1661 and Hillary has 1499. CNN maintains you need 2026 to win the nomination. So, you don’t have to be real smart to realize that both candidates do not yet have enough votes and will require the support of the Super Delegates in order to win. In other words, it is in the hands of Super Delegates.

Leave it to Barack’s folks to threaten race riots. Intimidation through the threat of violence, even race violence, is one of Obama’s insidious weapons in stampeding super delegates like a herd. Here’s a radical alternative. Let’s use reason and intelligence. Is that feasible?
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/27/super-delegates-vote-obama-or-else/

... will clearly not come to pass?

It's a shame that Larry is incapable of conducting a responsible, serious debate.

is`t there any reputable source you can link to to prove your argument?

Except for putting people on ignore.

demostrators it stays peaceful. I think Obama's campaign was smart to encourage people to not protest and I think they should strongly discourage anyone going other then those who have gotten creditals (which of course are limited).

If there is coverage online, I'm hoping to catch parts of it.

discussion board. We discuss events of the past present and future here. In fact, I'd hazard a guess that speculative posts constitute the majority of all posts here.

It's almost worth going down to DC just to watch it all unfold. And I hope the media covers it, because I have a feeling these "supporters" are going to act in such a manner that other "supporters" across the country will become embarrassed to say, "I support Hillary, so I'm voting McCain".

:evilgrin:

Not no more.

It wouldn't do either their candidate or the Democratic Party any good whatsoever.

making spectacles of themselves during public speeches, etc.


And, frankly: perhaps they should be making spectacles of themselves. Burning a bra or two never hurt anyone.

click - see ya.

e-mail yourself back and forth.

Clueless: Ignoring the double standard

Anything that embarrasses Hillary Clinton at this point is a good thing.

Has Clinton come forward with any similar statements? It is her supporters threatening disruptions. Silence on the matter can be seen as advocating it.