Philadelphia is gonna be a disaster

[BlueStateLib]

Protesters will get most of the media coverage, delegates have promised a nomination floor
fight to defeat clinton

[bettyellen]

1. Well how could we were compete with the GOP, amiright? Lol!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Um okay.

[MineralMan]

3. No, I don't think so.

But, we'll all be able to watch, won't we?

[Skinner]

4. Compared to the dumpster fire last week it'll be fine. (nt)

[Hortensis]

5. There's a march in Philly right now. Hurry!

To the TV! You're going to miss the rioting.

[EL34x4]

9. Rioting?

All I see in Philly are people holding Bernie signs.

[Hortensis]

15. Oh, but aren't they mad as hell?

Just a peaceful march? What a sad let-down...

[annavictorious]

39. Did the 30,000 expected show up?

[brooklynite]

83. Pish posh; I was told a MILLION would be there...

[MoonRiver]

6. Yawn

[Mike Nelson]

7. ha-ha!

...media narrative?

[geek tragedy]

8. Sanders is going to kick things off with a strong message urging people to vote for

Clinton.
That automatically makes ours a much better success story than the RNC.

There will be a few people who behave like children, but not enough to matter.

[Motley13]

57. I'm glad Bernie is going to be on the 1st night

He is going to do his best not to let things get out of hand, trumpster lurks.

[kestrel91316]

62. Agreed.

[timlot]

10. I see a disaster coming too. First time sanders delegates are there to disrupt.

This is about as bad as it could get.

[rjsquirrel]

13. To the fainting couches!!!!!!

Bring smelling salts!

[JaneQPublic]

18. Don't forget to clutch your pearls! (nt)

[kstewart33]

35. My pearls?

OMG, where are they? I must go look for my pearls!

[JaneQPublic]

41. It's not a proper scandal...

...without pearl clutching.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Must have illustration

(although with the heatwave here now, there may be a lot of that going on. )

[Cha]

75. Have fun in Phiily, BRDS!

[BumRushDaShow]

78. Hey Cha

Am trying to avoid what will be a traffic nightmare.

This past Friday, I did drive by the Independence Mall area and saw them setting up the MSNBC platform. One thing though - we are having a heatwave here (highest temps of the season so far) and have had a couple thunderstorms roll through, both yesterday evening and very early this morning, so it's gonna be a sauna this week!

[Cha]

79. Stay Cool, girl!

[BumRushDaShow]

80. 'Salright!

Am afraid to step outside at the moment.

[renie408]

27. "As bad as it could get"...Really?

That seems a little extreme, dontcha think?

[glennward]

44. They promised as much long before any e-mails were in the picture. let them go.

Hillary/Kaine is the best ticket going including Libs and Greens. If people fight so hard to help Trump win they were never us anyway. Sad but true. We all will have to live with the consequences.

[kestrel91316]

64. ^^^^ THIS

I always said the nasty "Bernie supporters" hating on Hillary and the nasty "Hillary supporters" hating on Bernie were all paid RW trolls. They were NEVER going to vote blue ever.

[kestrel91316]

63. Thank you for your concern.

Do you always repeat RW lies about liberals being violent? On only on Sundays?

[mythology]

73. Of the top of my head

The building could suddenly collapse, Clinton could suddenly develop aphasia, Kaine could have an undiagnosed case of Tourette's syndrome, there could be a terrorist attack, somebody could plagiarize Melania Trump's speech, we could have invited Ted Cruz, take a photo of a virtually all white set of interns and inadvertently show the world that the party is pretty much all white. Hell, we could have nominated somebody like Trump. Granted you'd have to go back to George Wallace to find somebody wanting to run as a semi-serious candidate on the left who was the equal of Trump, but still.

If the worst thing you can think of is a disgruntled Sanders supporter booing, your imagination is limited in my opinion. But I doubt there will be any significant disruption even if you count booing.

[sufrommich]

11. Hilarious. nt

[JaneyVee]

12. Which only helps Donald Trump.

[Me.]

14. On What Basis

Does any delegate think they have a right to try and defeat Hillary Clinton and make trouble on the convention floor?

[grubbs]

16. Emailz

Bengazi!

[JaneQPublic]

17. Don't think so, but if it is true...

...All the better for our ratings -- more eyeballs on our candidates.

[OKNancy]

19. right... a DISASTER FOR THE REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP

Philly is going to be well-run, and the protests will fizzle.

[Justice]

24. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Totally Agree!

[NurseJackie]

29. You beat me to it! Reading my mind!

I'll be so glad with this Gloomy-Gus and Nervous-Nellie shit comes to an end.

[zappaman]

20. your concern is concerning!

Now I'm concerned!

[fishwax]

23. Philadelphia is gonna provide a clear and compelling alternative to the fear, hate, and incompetence

we saw on display last week at the RNC.

[eastwestdem]

25. Armageddon. Totally.

You know those pacifist, liberal, tree-hugging, Bernie supporters. Always holding violent protests.

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. No reporter will want to cover events like the "fart in" in 90-degree heat.

[JaneQPublic]

43. Fart-In?

Won't all that methane contribute to Climate Change?

[greatauntoftriplets]

46. Yes, it will.

But I guess it's on.

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/worlds_largest_fart-in_planned_for_hillary_clintons_acceptance_speech_in_ph

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/24/487081526/rallies-marches-and-a-fart-in-philadelphia-gets-ready-for-the-dnc

[JaneQPublic]

48. Oh Heavens. I'm racing to Philly...

...with a crate of Bean-O on a mission to save the planet.

[greatauntoftriplets]

49. Take a clothespin for your nose!

I'm staying in Chicago.

[JaneQPublic]

54. Good tip. Thanks!

Let's just hope no one lights a match.

[greatauntoftriplets]

61. That would be dangerous after all that bean eating.

[Hortensis]

85. Fire marshal probably ran the calculations

and it's a go. It's inside the air-conditioned arena for supposed effect...

[RBInMaine]

28. Relax for Christ sake. The doom and gloom SHIT already happened LAST WEEK.

[RBInMaine]

30. I think you channeling Trump.

[MohRokTah]

31. Wowzy wowzy woo woo

[kstewart33]

36. +1,000,000.

[BumRushDaShow]

58. !!!

[DonViejo]

32. crepe hanger

In days of old when the dead were laid out in the parlour of the family home, people, either out of respect or superstition, draped all the mirrors and windows of the house with black crepe. Professional "funeral" operators would begin to prepare for this ahead of time as they noted that there were local people nearing death's door. This gave birth to the term, "crepe hanger" to people who are compulsive worriers, anxious about things that have not yet happened. This "tradition" also gave birth to the use of black crepe for the manufacture of ladies’ mourning dresses, men’s hat bands and arm bands, and funeral wreaths

Mothers who are constantly worried and over anxious about their children, husbands etc when they don't get home on time, and in their mind's eye see them in an accident, hospitalized, dead and themselves standing over a gravesite could be considered "crepe hangers."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?defid=124878&term=crepe%20hanger

[Demsrule86]

33. Then once again so called progressives

snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and usher in 30 years of Republicanism. I doubt it though. I think it will be just fine. All this is so much bullshit...let those who want to scream and really accomplish nothing do their thing. Primary is over.

[apcalc]

34. It'll all work out fine.

[OilemFirchen]

37. What JillTers expect:

What will happen:

[still_one]

38. I have no doubt that our esteemed press will do the best they can to try an incite, but it won't

happen in the Convention hall, and I doubt very much that the press will want to engage too much outside with the protesters in 100 plus degree temperatures

[obamanut2012]

40. Marking you down in the Concerned Column

[Trenzalore]

42. So both conventions will be a show of white privilege. nt

[Wounded Bear]

45. Really? OMG!

[Wounded Bear]

47. And...

[NCTraveler]

50. The right wing disrupt it's won't get as much time as you think. Nt

[doc03]

51. Mission accomplished, Trump gets MSM to fire up division in the

party and we fall for it hook line and sinker. I saw very little protests outside the convention floor in Cleveland, watch what the MSM
focuses on this week.

[Demsrule86]

89. Seriously these people who are all up in arms

can't be Democrats or truly progressive. We have more sense than to believe Trump/Putin.

[UMTerp01]

52. The past couple of hours have gone a long way to make me feel like it won't be

It was never going to be a disaster the way the RNC was but the DNCLeak shit couldn't have come at a worse time. However, given what has transpired in the past couple of hours my rage at such incompetence is fully gone.

[book_worm]

53. Balderdash

[randr]

55. Some kinda troll talk or what?

[Democat]

81. I thought this type of anti-Democrat posting was banned now?

I guess pro-Trump trolls are still welcome at DU.

[Sophiegirl]

56. Dogs and cats

Living together!!!! Oh my!!!

[MrScorpio]

59. I doubt it

I expect it to be quite boring, as compared to the RNC. Not as crazy at all.

[BlueStateLib]

60. mapped out a week of "direct actions" aimed at gumming up the convention's works with protests that

Many activists -- some willing to be arrested -- have mapped out a week of "direct actions" aimed at gumming up the convention's works with protests that could include blocking off thoroughfares used to transport delegates into and out of the arena. Those plans will go ahead despite a Saturday night compromise between Clinton and Sanders that calls for the creation of a "unity commission" to review and potentially restructure the party's nominating and delegate selection process.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/24/politics/democratic-convention-protests-philadelphia/

[Squinch]

65. You should go somewhere and panic. Somewhere other than here.

[OldHippieChick]

66. Wow yeah all 600 of the

so-called protesters? Are you serious? Seems a bit odd to me, but maybe I think that number of protesters today does not really a protest make. Good luck w/ your paranoia though.

[maxrandb]

67. Is that you Donnie?

[MineralMan]

68. Channeling Eeyore?

Uff da!

[GoCubsGo]

69. Hyperbole on steroids.

If you think they won't be ready for the handful of floor fighters, who have been making these threats for many weeks, then you should be really interested in the bridge in Brooklyn that I am selling. I'll make you a good deal on it. Cheap!

[grossproffit]

70. What time is the fart in?

[Gothmog]

71. There will be novreal fights

[AgadorSparticus]

74. There is a severe heat warning for this coming week in Philadelphia.It will be a hot mess.

hopefully not as messy. but it will be hot. be careful out there.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/philadelphia-pa/19107/weather-warnings/350540

[pnwmom]

77. Yup. Everyone should stay home and indoors.

[Hekate]

76. Oh noes!!!111!

When in danger or in doubt
Run in circles, scream and shout.

[Orrex]

82. Well fuck it then

Let's all vote for Trump.

[brooklynite]

84. Has it occurred to you that the average voter doesn't watch politics 24 hours a day?

And isn't watching any of the cable networks?

[JHB]

86. The Denethor Caucus hath spoken

[Yurovsky]

87. I think they'll be ample muscle to crush dissent...

if the GOP didn't experience significant disruptions, why would the DNC?

I read this morning that a 4-mile barrier has been deployed around the convention. I don't think you can get critical mass of protestors through to the heart of the convention area. And after a few folks get familiarized with the business end of a nightstick I think any other potential protestors will stand down. Just a hunch.

[Demsrule86]

88. They can be escorted out of the building if it comes to that...

And they don't have the votes...bunch of jerks...who if JPR posts are to be believed are planning on going for a third party candidate...some are undoubtedly Trump trolls.