Let's be clear...Bernie was not "booed." The shouts were "We want Bernie"

[Armstead]

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Whatever you think of the behavior of the Bernie delegates, at least be honest about what happened. They were shouting support for him. The booing was for someone else.

Watch from about 18:30. The unified shouts of We Want Bernie were loud and direct

[we can do it]

1. Sounded like boos.

[Armstead]

4. Did you hear the actual speech in full?

If not, watch it, not just the snippets.

[we can do it]

21. Yes. And have really had enough of the spoiled brats ready to throw election to trump.

Grow up this is the real world.

[Armstead]

22. I'm 64...I don't need to grow up and I am well aware of the "real world"

I'm with Bernie in this -- including what he is trying to do to defeat Trump.

[we can do it]

28. If you are behind what he said- then that does not apply.

It does apply to the spoiled brats shouting over him and booing and holding the not Hillary signs.
Bernie said this is the real world.

[CrowCityDem]

2. The booing was for Hillary, which is absolutely sickening.

[Maru Kitteh]

9. And they were booing Sanders for his support of her.

So YES he was booed.

[Hortensis]

13. My takes: They booed his statement.

But also, he couldn't control them. That's a shame.

[TeamPooka]

18. That's what I heard too. And he didn't cut off the boos like Pres. Obama does in a speech nt

[Hortensis]

48. Yes, he was calm and tried to calm.

I suspect that the booing could have turned against him if he kept saying things they didn't want to hear from him. Hopefully that will not happen tonight, when he reportedly intends to lay out the case for Hillary and increase unity.

Didn't know that about Obama. I always remember him as out-calming everyone.

[TeamPooka]

61. Obama cuts off boos right away and says "don't boo, vote." nt

[Hortensis]

64. Oh, right. Good advice, imo.

Boos are gone with the moment.

[Maru Kitteh]

24. Either way they were booing him for his statement.

And he did not tell them to stop. It was weak.

[Hortensis]

49. Well, their support has been badly weakened by his endorsing Hillary.

He could have them all back with him if he'd tell them what they want to hear, only he's not going to do that. Reportedly he will be making the case for her tonight. I plan to do an Obama watching coolly and analytically from my couch.

Those who don't like it will be booing tonight. Four days from now they'll be home examining their behavior under the spotlights of family, friends, coworkers. Some will be ashamed, some not.

105 days to November 8.

[Maru Kitteh]

50. I do believe he will follow through with his promises and make a strong case for HRC and Kaine

I do wish he had not strung things along the way he did, as I think his prolonged two-step dance away from the primary allowed some of this animus to fester for too long.

The fact is, most Bernie supporters IRL are now on board with our nominee and the Dem ticket. I believe by the end of this convention and certainly by November, we will see a strong, unified voice of support for HRC/Kaine; and a resounding rebuke of those disruptive and destructive elements opposing Democrats and thereby assisting Putin's boy Trump.

[Hortensis]

53. Agree! Problem now are the left-wing extremists he

got all stirred up over the primary. They and liberals may both be on the "left," but they are a very different kind of people--as we see. They are the incendiary elements keeping others aflame. Liberals tend to be relatively open-minded, cooperative and inclusive. These people are anything but, and social scientists describe their behavior as "extremist" for very good reasons.

[glowing]

38. Wait: control and liberal/ progressive in the same line?

Lol. The expression "herding cats" comes to mind. Delegates who spend money and time going to all the official functions thru the whole process are typically quite loyal to their candidate. There's what, 300 difference in delegate totals without the supers. And it seems like we have an actual split in the party that's always been festering, but was highlighted to an extreme, especially since the e-mail dump.

Let's just see how it all shakes out by the end of the convention. It may work itself out in a productive manner.

[Hortensis]

57. Right. It'll be productive of our nominees,

and if not as unified as we'd like to present it, a big oh, well.

Notably, the whole country will see these people boo their own previous leader and our nominees, and that's not going to impress many with them.

[Go Vols]

3. is what I saw

[RonniePudding]

25. So did I

What an embarrassing, delusional OP.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Sorry, but they were screaming at him while he was indicting Trump

And, if you listen, many of them give every impression of despising Hillary far more than they do Trump.

[Armstead]

10. They were expressing displeasure with his comments about Clinton, but they....

were not booing him personally. Just the opposite.

[BeyondGeography]

14. You're right, he had them eating out of his hand

[Justice]

15. No one said they booed him. Except Trump, Trump was booing him.

[NurseJackie]

23. The great care you take in splitting those hairs tells me that you know ...

... you're arguing from a position of weakness. I guess some people like to be contrary just for its own sake.

The fact that they "were not booing him personally" really shouldn't be an excuse for their juvenile and petulant behavior.

It's little wonder that people like that are seldom taken seriously and are often viewed with contempt.

[redStateBlueHeart]

60. Off topic, but I love your gif ^^

"The Bad Seed" is a great movie

[treestar]

55. I wouldn't say that matters much

It is the convention that is to nominate HRC. We don't want her haters there booing her nomination.

[drray23]

6. not entirely accurate.

At first they did boo at the mention of clinton/kaine and not directly at Bernie. However the rest of the speech degenerated into chaos with many in the room upset at Bernie himself.

[madamesilverspurs]

7. No, it was booing.

At other points it was chants of "We want Bernie", but when he said it was necessary to support Hillary, they absolutely booed.




.

[Armstead]

11. The "We want Bernies" were AFTER he said to vote for Clinton

[Alex4Martinez]

20. This is my impression, as well.

Nobody is booing Bernie, some are booing objects of some of his comments as would be expected when certain names are mentioned.

[Peigan68]

8. And does that somehow make their behavior less reprehensible?

[Justice]

12. The booing was for someone else. Seriously?

The booing was when he mentioned Clinton's name.

[John Poet]

70. That's an awful lot of bullshit you're shoveling.

It smells no better than what you're complaining about.

[geek tragedy]

71. they booed Bernie Sanders. Booed him.

They booed the person who replaced DWS as convention chair.

They're an angry mob.

[LaydeeBug]

17. It certainly sounded like booing....nt

[Armstead]

19. Watch the whole thing

Booing is booing. "We want Bernie" is not booing against him.

[Maru Kitteh]

26. Booing is booing and they booed Sanders for his support of the nominee.

Pure and simple.

[msongs]

29. they were booing against the democratic party nominees, not their lost cause hero nt

[auntpurl]

27. Bullsh*t.

The boos and yelling STARTED when he said they must get Hillary elected. They CONTINUED throughout the rest of his speech, PARTICULARLY when he was saying bad things about Trump. I watched the bloody thing, I know what happened.

[sarae]

31. They even booed him saying bad things about Trump?

WTF, that's telling...

Why are they even at the Dem convention?

[obamanut2012]

34. Yup -- HIS DELEGATES

[sarae]

39. jesus christ

what is wrong with these people? bunch of butthurt babies...

[Lord Magus]

67. They need to have their credentials revoked & be sent home then.

[eastwestdem]

30. Good one!

[obamanut2012]

32. Yes, Bernie was booed -- he was the speaker

I was listening to it. They booed BERNIE -- he was the speaker.

[merrily]

33. How dare you ask DUers to be truthful about what happened!

You have a LOT of patience.

[obamanut2012]

35. But that 100% what happened

[geek tragedy]

36. Watch the video. Bernie Sanders is speaking, and the boos are deafening.

If he's with Clinton, he's against them.

[DanTex]

37. Yes, he did get booed. He said "vote for Hillary" and the people booed him.

It doesn't matter that they said "we want Bernie." That doesn't cancel the booing. Bernie doesn't want Bernie, he wants Hillary. And for that, he got booed.

[emulatorloo]

40. A distinction without a difference. Clearly unhappy w Bernie that he endorsed Clinton/Kaine

[B Calm]

41. I watched it live. They were saying we want Bernie. They love him!

[Justice]

42. They don't love him enough to listen to him and follow his lead.

[B Calm]

47. Right now they have justifiable anger about the ways things were handled at the DNC.

[Lord Magus]

68. No they don't.

They have anger, clearly. But it's not justified.

[B Calm]

72. There's the problem, eom.

[annavictorious]

43. I heard boos.

It's such a shame that these people co-opted a Democratic candidate to help Trump get elected.
They better not boo Michelle tonight.

[Native]

44. Here's the clip. They are clearly booing, & hands raised with thumbs down is a visual you can't deny

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/07/25/bernie-sanders-boo-hillary-clinton-endorsement.cnn

[Grassy Knoll]

46. That's Terrible That They Booed Him...

[Armstead]

58. Nope cut it too soon

Watch from about 18:30. The unified shouts of We Want Bernie were loud and direct

[Maru Kitteh]

65. After they booed him. It was shameful that they booed Bernie like that.

And it's SHAMEFUL that they are booing Representative Marcia Fudge now. Purity pony assholes, one and all.

The REAL Bernie supporters should stand up and tell all these malcontents and disruptors to go fuck themselves. The haters should be ejected from the convention.

[NCTraveler]

45. That is flat out funny.

Yes, there were tons of boo's. Why even try to deflect that there weren't.

[Armstead]

52. Watch it past the initial response

"WE want Bernie" repeated loudly is not booing him.

I don't care you if condone their response or not (which was an internal gathering more than a public event) but they were both expressing displeasure with Clinton and the DNC and also support for Bernie.

[NCTraveler]

56. The old method of "if you don't look at what I say didn't happen....." Nt

[Armstead]

59. Nope you are wrong

Watch from about 18:30. The unified shouts of We Want Bernie were loud and direct

[NCTraveler]

62. I'm not sure what you are doing here.

Ignoring them doesn't make them go away.

Blatant dishonesty is not a part of who you are yet you are knowingly being dishonest here.

[Armstead]

63. Watch the video at the point I mentioned....and turn up the damn sound if you need to

I am just trying to "correct the record" about the false claims that his supporters were booing him personally and rejecting him.

"We want Bernie" is not booing or rejection of him. They may be disagreeing with him, but later on it was clear they support him.

[Lord Magus]

69. And that's all fucking irrelevant.

They booed him for endorsing Hillary. Period.

[NCTraveler]

73. Go watch the kickoff to the last Super Bowl.

You won't hear any boos at that point either.

This really isn't like you.

Additionally, I have seen many of his supporters call him a sellout for endorsing Clinton. Your argument isn't based in reality yet your posting history shows you are very centered. This simply isn't you.

[Starry Messenger]

51. Not this crap again.

[tallahasseedem]

54. That someone else is the our nominee...

and you're okay with this?

[glennward]

66. Bernie created a monster and now he can't control it. They obviously don't respect him either.

Really sad.