Sanders supporters planning to rally at convention to...(Sanders would deliver a "victory statement.

[Iamaartist]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20160601_Sanders_supporters_planning_to_rally_at_convention.html


The Sanders campaign wants to hold a "traditional Bernie campaign rally" at FDR Park in South Philadelphia on July 24th, Sanders' campaign spokesman Michael Briggs said.

The date and location had already been scooped up from the city by Sanders supporter Bill Taylor, of Northeast Philadelphia. Now, the Sanders campaign is coordinating with Taylor to use the permit to get a prime spot for their rally. Briggs did not elaborate on the rally plans, except to say that Sanders would deliver a "victory statement."

Sanders currently trails Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Clinton is expected to have more than enough delegates to secure the nomination at the convention.

Taylor said he plans to release his city permit to the campaign but that there is still a lot of paperwork to be done. He also has requests for the campaign, in particular that the rally be open to everyone with March for Bernie, a group of supporters not affiliated with the campaign. The rally was approved under a demonstration permit for 30,000 people.

Taylor is organizing the March for Bernie from City Hall to FDR Park, which is across from the stadiums complex in South Philadelphia where the Democratic National Convention will be held. Once there, the marchers would join an official Sanders campaign rally .

"We are heavily encouraging Bernie to lead that march," Taylor, 30, said.


Sanders would deliver a "victory statement....

[Algernon Moncrieff]

1. I see less trouble than you do

I think it will center in "bringing progressive issues to the forefront" as being their victory. There will be bitching about the process, but an admonition to go forth and defeat Trump.

[SaschaHM]

2. I would throw all 5 of his members off the platform committee..

if he decides to pull this shit and give security his and jane's picture.

[Iamaartist]

5. Your right... so would I....BS is unreal...

[sarae]

10. Unbelievable that Sanders wants Frank and Malloy removed

due to "bias", but is A-OK with having Cornel West on there. WTF

[Cha]

18. Actually is typical sanders.. this is what Kos had to say about it and it rings exactly right..

"This is all part of Sanders’ pretensions of a contested primary. Ha ha, as if. Except it’s hard to laugh when it’s clear that Sanders seeks to divide the party heading into its face-off with Donald Trump. Ironic, huh? We thought it’d be the GOP divided and in civil war. Little did we know that Sanders’ kamikaze mission would wreak that on the Democrats instead."

:http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/31/1532689/-Sanders-seeks-to-disqualify-two-great-liberals-from-convention|

sarae~

[Her Sister]

21. Kos has no patience for BS any more!

Glad to see more and more coming to realize the whole thing is just an unnecessary DRAG!!!!

[Cha]

24. Kos had no patience after March 15th.. he's my kind of Admin!

[sarae]

22. Thanks, Cha!

Yeah, I don't know why I'm surprised anymore. He seems to be getting worse every day.

[Cha]

25. Just to prepare you.. BS is going to declare himself the winner @ convention.. it may

be outside in some rally, though.. we'll see.

[sarae]

28. !!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone can say they're a winner, as long as they don't factor in details like reality!

[Cha]

29. Just more BS from the Establishment Loser.

[TwilightZone]

3. The entire campaign is in a state of denial of epic proportions.

It's no wonder that his supporters can't see reality. Neither can the campaign.

The crash when reality finally sets in is going to be momentous.

[Iamaartist]

4. I agree ....with you....

[Cha]

19. Yes, I do hope the Crash whenever it does is Epic in proportion to its denial. This is what Kos

had to say about BS trying to get Gov Malloy and Barney Frank off the committee..

"This is all part of Sanders’ pretensions of a contested primary. Ha ha, as if. Except it’s hard to laugh when it’s clear that Sanders seeks to divide the party heading into its face-off with Donald Trump. Ironic, huh? We thought it’d be the GOP divided and in civil war. Little did we know that Sanders’ kamikaze mission would wreak that on the Democrats instead."

[link:http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/31/1532689/-Sanders-seeks-to-disqualify-two-great-liberals-from-convention|

[sarae]

6. LOLWUT

Briggs did not elaborate on the rally plans except to say that Sanders would deliver a "victory statement.

come again?!?!

[Iamaartist]

7. .On what...lol a revolution....what did he do...

But cause damage to our..Dem Party

[Mr Maru]

27. Yeah "victory statement"

The #BernieMath continues

[BobbyDrake]

8. Clowns, every one of them. Nihilists with no thought for the consequences of their actions.

"Some people just want to watch the world burn." A quote about a deranged movie villain that applies as much now to fake progressives and their useful idiot cohorts.

[Iamaartist]

9. LOL but true...

[BobbyDrake]

11. "Are these guys going to hurt us, Walt?" "No, Donnie, these men are cowards." nt

[puffy socks]

12. Sanders would deliver a "victory statement."

A victory statement?

For what? Coming in second place?

[stonecutter357]

13. second is the first loser.

[Quayblue]

20. lol nt

[stonecutter357]

31. it's a Dale Earnhardt quote .

http://www.searchquotes.com/quotes/author/Dale_Earnhardt/

[skylucy]

14. Oh Good Lord. If this doesn't prove that he has no plans to work with the DNC to have a

successful convention, then nothing will. The best thing Trump has going for him is the divisiveness and lack of respect Bernie is showing for the Democratic Party AND the democratic process itself. He has a screw loose.

[SunSeeker]

15. They might as well call it a Trump rally, since that is who it is benefiting. nt

[Walk away]

16. His surrogates are out there acting as if Bernie is Hillary's "co-winner" of the nomination.

I think he believes he will be 1/2 President or he'll take his pawns home.

[DavidDvorkin]

17. He's determined not to leave himself any dignity at all.

[teamster633]

23. He accomplished that many weeks ago.

With all this talk about math he might be shooting for the whole negative times negative equals positive angle.

[DavidDvorkin]

32. Ha!

[Starry Messenger]

26. He's awarding himself a participation trophy.

[KK9]

30. Occupy DNC

Then, there is this mess:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/occupydncconvention/


The woman organizing this, Laurie Cestnick, is local to me, though I do not know her personally. I DO know that she is a Canadian citizen and cannot vote in the primary or general election. Don't take my word for it:

https://groupsforbernie.org/members/laurie_cestnick/profile/

Her, "why Occupy DNC" blurb contains this:

The goal is to swing super delegates to vote for Bernie. We are showing that HE is the will of the people NOT a fraudulent Hillary nomination. Our signs will show that (go to FILES top of our page and see "signs" for the march). The election process was a farce -- the will of the masses is Bernie ..so the masses show up! HERE WE ARE!! Let's take a vote NOW! So, we are contesting Hillary's nomination on the grounds of fraud, voter suppression, and corruption. We show them who we want. If they nominate her anyway, we show them they did not "win" for we will not be voting for her in NOV. She CAN NOT win in Nov...they KNOW that.

So, this pisses me off a bit . Sure, citizens of any country are allowed to have an opinion on US elections, absolutely! And, they are even welcome to organize and make noise and whatever. But, geez, the bolded bit implies she thinks her "vote", outside the convention, should override mine, legally cast, in a Massachusetts polling booth? That's just not right.

[wisteria]

35. OMG.

This is just f...king crazy. How dare they think a majority wants Sander's. This JA and his brainwashed followers are doing a great job ensuring Trump becomes our President. Just because they wants this doesn't mean they are entitled to win by lying and trying to steel the election from the real winning. And, I would guess there is no chance the press will ignore this.

The man attracts crowds- his major was Political Science- that is all. He experience is not equal to Clinton's, he doesn't have her wealth of knowledge, he hasn't proved he can lead, take criticism or that he really is honest and anti- establishment. And, he has no workable ideas or plans. Why in hell would he and his followers believe the Super Delegstes will give him there support. He just wants to ruin the Democrats Convention and hurt Clinton.

[caquillo]

33. There's a guy from Canada at IMDb and a woman from Australia at BroadwayWorld....

Total BernBots, going to American sites and lecturing Americans on politics and how to vote.

[DemonGoddess]

34. Victory statement for WHAT exactly??

[TwilightZone]

36. Most lawsuits filed and most uses of the word "rigged" by a candidate in one election cycle.

He's the winner!

[geek tragedy]

37. Depends how he denies victory I guess. nt