I get it now - Bernie's supporters are questioning the entire process, and must be brought to heel.

[reformist2]

The Dem Establishment has ZERO tolerance for this kind of insubordination. Bernie and his supporters are going to be attacked from now until the convention, because they have dared to call the entire party apparatus corrupt. And after the charade in Nevada this weekend, we all have ample evidence that it really is a sham. It's one thing to attack Hillary's positions, even to question her personal integrity. But when the integrity of the entire party system is called into question, you're basically questioning the legitimacy of the eventual nominee. The legitimacy of the party, even.

So we're hitting bedrock. And I totally get what they're doing - the Dem Establishment is in survival mode now, and they really aren't thinking anymore about the damage this is doing to their chances in November. Their main goal now is to silence and subdue the voices of dissent, the claims that they are corrupt.

But they are corrupt, through and through. And the more they attack Bernie and his supporters, the more the world will know it. The Democratic Party as we know it is on the verge of exploding.

[Trenzalore]

1. Any group with 10 or more members

1 member is going to think something shady is going on.

Is the democratic party corrupt? The organization exist to organize people and collect money to get democrats elected. Some people, particularly those new to politics are shocked that is what the party's objective is.

[islandmkl]

10. the Third Way/DNC has done a great job of getting Democrats elected, haven't they?

oh...you just mean President...every other metric...not so much...

[Trenzalore]

16. People sit home during midterms

Mostly the same people that are following Bernie right now...If the Bernie supporters showed up at the polls in 2010 and 2014 they probably wouldn't have as much to bitch about.

[scscholar]

2. Don't join the party if you don't like the rules

He knew beforehand.

[HooptieWagon]

5. You want him to run third party?

Might want to think that out a bit better than Hillary thought out her Libya War.

[Trenzalore]

19. He probably should have run that way from the beginning

Not being a democrat and all.

He wasn't stupid, he wanted media attention so he ran for the nomination of a party he caucuses with and throws knives at occasionally.

[reformist2]

7. Bernie didn't know that the rules could be thrown out the window. What Lange did was lawless.

Arbitrary and capricious, undemocratic and dictatorial. This is not what Bernie and his supporters signed up for. They have every right to tell the world what a sham the process has become.

[scscholar]

9. If the Bernie supporters hasn't screamed...

during the aye vote and instead waited until the nay vote, none of this would have happened. I saw the video. They did this to themselves.

[islandmkl]

11. best spin on this...in the past 5 minutes... you might want to forward this to DWS...

they've had 4 days to come up with this...they should have hired you Saturday evening

[mindwalker_i]

13. Wow, a new attack/talking point against Bernie

They screamed!!!1!1!11!1!!!1 and eleven

[scscholar]

24. It's not a spin. It is what happened.

Do you not understand how voice votes work? The Bernie supporters booed during the yes vote thus making the yes pass. How can you call it spin when it is what they decided to do? The video proves that. They screamed at the wrong time. That's how it works no matter how many times you people claim it doesn't. Read Robert's Rules of Order. That's how things be.

[seabeyond]

3. Sanders has lousy policies not thought thru or not homework done.

[mindwalker_i]

12. Policies that will help actual people

as opposed to helping corporations, are lousy.

[seabeyond]

17. Anyone can say anything. It takes more than that I can stand in front of a crowd and say the same

shit. That is all he is, talk. You buy that? It is your issue.

[mindwalker_i]

18. "Anyone can say anything"?

Physically, you are correct. What point are you trying to make?

"It takes more than that I can stand in front of a crowd and say the same shit."

Parse error.

[AzDar]

4. Yep. Better watch our "tone". Poor Barbara Boxer was frightened by the projectiles that never were!

[Dem2]

6. "Brought to heel"

Who knew a silly old expression could get so much mileage!

[99th_Monkey]

8. Exploding perhaps

This is not just Bernie's last harrah, as pundits love pointing out, it's also US democracy's if Bernie looses.

I like what you've written, to a point. I'm not confident that declaring the entire Democratic Party to be corrupt isn't hurting Bernie if it isn't much more nuanced, so as to only include the most agriegous examples of corruption.

Otherwise he's casting dispersions needlessly alienating many of the very Democrats he'll be needing to "win over", esp since many are Super-delegates.

[islandmkl]

14. there is only one way to sway or 'win over' someone who has already sold out...

give them more money...and Bernie isn't going to play that game...

THAT game is the whole fucking problem...

[reformist2]

20. Good point. But the burden is on the party now to show at least SOME good faith.

There are simply too many incidents of shady behavior, too many unexplained shenanigans. Why can't we have a recount of certain primaries, like maybe Kentucky or Massachusetts? Why can't we investigate what happened to the registrations of almost 100 delegates in Nevada?

If the Democratic Party wants us to "behave", they're going to have to show us that they respect our concerns. And take action.

[pangaia]

23. Ain't going to happen...

[RobertEarl]

15. Lots of money on the line

Allow the Leftists to take over and all that big money will have to be shared more equally.

[Eko]

21. I think its more obvious

who is in survival mode when you have to resort to saying an entire political establishment is corrupt.

[pangaia]

22. The posts by Hillary supporters here prove your point...

and many, many other points..

At this "point" it is best to just ignore them...