This is so fucking embarrassing

[obamanut2012]

The GOP trainwreck wasn't this bad.

I am so angry I am shaking.

[msongs]

1. there is no trainwreck. try watching the actual convention and you will feel better nt

[obamanut2012]

3. I am watching the actual convention

[GeorgeGist]

20. try cspan

[still_one]

29. exactly. I am watching on DirectTV 347. No commercials, no commenters, no interruption. Just the

Convention as it unfolds

[cilla4progress]

58. Thank you so much for this information!

World of difference. Chillicothe talking now and no BOOs!!! 'Course...how many folks are in the hall?

[yuiyoshida]

31. I am watching here

https://www.demconvention.com/live/

No stupid commentary

[still_one]

60. great

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

17. I'll admit it... I'm nervous, but still hopeful we can unite to defeat that Nazi tRumpster fire.

[apcalc]

2. Absolutely revolting.

Rude ,crude ,common , and vulgar.

C-span it is from here on out.

[MFM008]

4. i know

i have a migraine behind my right eye.
Gonna go get in a shower so I don't have a stroke.

[Native]

18. My left eyelid has been twitching nonstop since day 1 of the Republican convention!

[David__77]

5. I think it's fine.

The voters spoke and the delegates are at the convention.

[coco77]

6. I expected this.

Maybe if they listened to the people and were bold with policies when they are in power this wouldn't be happenining. If the Republicans win they will not give a damn about incremental policies.

[avaistheone1]

25. This is not the Republican convention.

This is the Democratic convention. We don't need to behave as sheeple. Participants have the right to protest.

[coco77]

34. Correct

[Kali]

7. OFFS!

all this whining because some people want to be heard! protest is OK! we are allowed to do that in this country. diversity is something to embrace and nurture, not fear - fear is for republicans!

[auntpurl]

10. Your position is disgusting.

You are co-signing booing, screaming, and chanting over a civil rights icon as he spoke about his father and his heritage, BLM and women's rights. DEMOCRATS booing an elder statesman of the civil rights movement. This is one of the worst things I've ever seen.

[Starry Messenger]

11. +1

[Kali]

62. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2296911

not going to reply to the whole subthread, but I have a lot of respect for you and wanted to clarify that I wasn't watching all day and didn't see this.

[BumRushDaShow]

65. Here is their fucking rudeness

[Kali]

71. thank you

seems like he handled it OK, his speech was powerful and he didn't hesitate that I could see
he certainly wasn't shouted down or anything

is there any response from him directly afterwards that indicated he was frustrated, as the title of the video says?

[BumRushDaShow]

73. I doubt they had time to get any comments from him

and I wouldn't expect that he would saying anything disparaging about it... or in other words, he would NOT do unto others what THEY did to him.

But there are articles all over about this disgrace.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/elijah-cummings-tpp-chants-dnc

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289167-anti-tpp-protesters-disrupt-cummings-speech

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/elijah-cummings-black-lives-matter-226157

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-elijah-cummings-steny-hoyer-among-marylanders-addressing-dnc-20160725-story.html

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/25/3801881/dnc-platform-tpp/

Of course the RW loon media is salivating.

[Kali]

79. Did you see what Skinner posted about it?

apparently a small group that just sounded loud. and of course the press latches on to any drama (like many of us)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512302902

The center of this section is where the disruptive delegates were sitting. On television it probably sounded like the entire hall was interspersed with "booers" but in reality they were mostly grouped into a couple of small sections, the largest being behind and to the left of the stage. From where I was sitting it seemed like there were about 100 people doing the booing, which really wasn't that big of a deal by the end of the night when the hall was filled with 16,000 perfectly happy Democrats. However, in the early stages of the proceedings when the hall wasn't full they were able to make quite a bit of noise, and I assume that the media focused in on them a lot.

[BumRushDaShow]

81. CSPAN had images of a large delegation seated together

who were part of it. And if you look at the video posted in post #65 from ABC and fast forward to about the 6 second mark and you see the section where they were as they waved their signs in beat with their chant (and a tight shot of them appears at the 23 second mark). And the fucking scum yelled through the rest of his speech.

Skinner and EarlG are up in the nosebleed section so it would be hard to tell from that spot in that arena.

[Starry Messenger]

68. Thank you for clarifying, that makes more sense.

I'll leave my post up so readers can see the context.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. + a freaking brazillion. DISGRACEFUL to condone booing E. Cummings, civil rights icon & noble,

seasoned champion of the left.

DISGUSTING for any real progressive to excuse or accept!

[NurseJackie]

15. Thank you! Nicely worded and (hopefully) safe from jury action.

[anneboleyn]

19. I agree. The media is obsessively focused on this & these "Bernie supporters" are to blame

for this absurdity and embarrassment. Booing a speaker like this one, a civil rights icon, displays an appalling narcissism. Sure -- burn it all down -- then hide when Trump is elected, and among many other outcomes, nominates Supreme Court justices whose Trumpian views shift major decisions (abortion, gay marriage, etc -- do they even stop to think about these things?!) that impact the everyday lives of Americans for DECADES.

[auntpurl]

21. They won't be hurt nearly as much as AAs, Latinos, Muslims, women, LGBT, the working poor, the poor

and homeless, the disabled - the people PROGRESSIVES are supposed to champion. Imagine throwing all those people to Trump's tender mercies. Imagine how unbelievably selfish you'd have to be.

[skylucy]

28. Thank you.I agree and I am totally disgusted too. I could not believe how disrespectful and ugly

they were to Elijah Cummings.

[comradebillyboy]

32. Amen

[NCTraveler]

35. Spot on. Nt

[Doodley]

39. Agreed and it is being portrayed in the media as chaos and division.

[Hekate]

42. Thank you, auntpurl

[Kali]

50. I didn't see that.

Yes it does sound a little disrespectful - I just saw the speech Bernie made earlier, and the video of the hall with people and their signs - no TPP, Bernie etc.

[Sparkly]

55. Yup -- and all in the name of "diversity!!"

The irony is thick indeed.

[Maru Kitteh]

13. No liberal would condone the booing of Elijah Cummings. Your excusing of this behavior is gross.

[Kali]

56. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2296911

[Maru Kitteh]

76. Thank you for clarifying Kali

Much appreciated.

[uponit7771]

26. They can be heard without NEEDLESSLY being assholes at the same time !!

[Codeine]

30. "want to be heard"? By shouting down a civil rights legend?

Fuck that and fuck anyone who would condone it. The Vermont Independent and his Revolutionary Youth Brigade need to fuck right off.

[Hekate]

44. I've hesitated to put it quite that way for fear of alerters, but by gods you speak for me today

[auntpurl]

45. Co-signed. nt

[Kali]

57. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2296911

[cilla4progress]

64. Excuse me?

Bernie is BEGGING his supporters to be respectful! Please be informed before you make such a comment.

[Codeine]

75. He created the pitchfork and torch mob,

so he owns it.

[bigwillq]

54. Great post!

[beachbumbob]

8. Some sanders supporters will continue to shame Bernie..

All they accomplish is to prove what we said about weakness of sanders leadership...

[auntpurl]

9. This is absolutely shameful.

I am embarrassed and ashamed. Democratic booing a civil rights leader, chanting and screaming over his speech as he talked about his father and his heritage, Black Lives Matter, and women's rights. I am shocked and ashamed, furious and frightened.

[anneboleyn]

16. I agree. This is offensive and disgusting. They should be removed.

[beachbumbob]

41. Couldn't agree more...

[TheKentuckian]

14. Should have been embarrassed over the year of thumb on the scale shenanigans and decades of

rolling over for the corporate and neocon right and there would be less cause for it today.

[anneboleyn]

22. I am sorry but getting Trump elected by childish booing and chanting is appalling

[panader0]

23. This is correct.

Bernie supporters have every right to be mad after learning of the DNC crap.
Perhaps those so offended by his supporters should look at that closer.
The news of the DNC's thumb on the scale just backs up Bernie's mantra
that the "system is rigged".

[annavictorious]

38. Trolls with credentials booing women and POC.

Looks more like racism and privilege to me.

But go right on peddling the "we are aggrieved!" narrative. You're entitled. And everyone's noticing.

[panader0]

43. And you are entitled to believe that Bernie's supporters are racists

and misogynists. I believe that much of the booing at Cummings was from the anti-TPP people
because he voted for the plank in the platform.

[annavictorious]

46. That excuse won't work. If they were paying attention, they'd know that TPP is dead.

There is no pro-TPP plank in the platform.

[panader0]

47. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/gutierrez-cummings-lee-platform-votes

[Kali]

69. You think TPP is dead?

And YES people are pissed, they have a right to be. I agree booing speakers that deserve some respect is rude, but the right to protest and express disagreement over issues and shitty behavior by those in power is still a fundamental one that we should not fear.

[auntpurl]

66. Oh thanks for that, because I DO believe it.

They don't give a SHIT about AAs, Latinos, Muslims, LGBT, women, the working poor, the poor and homeless, or the disabled. They don't give a SHIT about anyone but themselves. They will gleefully watch as those groups I mentioned get ground under the boot of a Trump presidency. They are driven by blind, incoherent, violent rage. They must be the most selfish people on earth.

I am obviously talking about the extremist thugs current destroying any sense of party unity at the Democratic National Convention. Bernie supporters who understand the stakes of this election and will vote accordingly are, and have always been, on my side.

[Kali]

72. I didn't even hear booing (at least in the video someone posted for me above)

it was as you say, chanting no TPP - at least that is what I could hear.

I do think it is kind of rude to do that for a whole speech, but no problem with the signs and occasional relevant "noise"

[Arazi]

24. Yup

[uponit7771]

27. Thumb on scale = she didn't win fair and square ... primaries are over and whatever "thumb" was

... there didn't get her a 3 - 4 million vote spread.

Fuckin disgusting

[NCTraveler]

40. An excuse for booing Cummings.

All while attacking Democrats.

[avaistheone1]

52. That's the unvarnished truth.

[tandot]

63. Sure ... Trump will all make it better

[Doodley]

33. If they want to get Trump elected, they are going the right way about it.

Do they not realize that their actions make Trump's convention look good in comparison. If this is really what they must protest about, then just wait until they let Trump be elected and see how much they have to protest then.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

36. I agree.

Conservative Democrats have fractured this party. It's sad.

[Hekate]

37. CSPAN is calming me somewhat. Trumka is going after Trump. BUT...

...watching a pack of spoiled brats shout down black speakers including Elijah Cummings just about made me blow a gasket. Yeah, parts of this have been disgraceful.

[Paladin]

48. You've got plenty of company.

I want my party back from these snotty, ill-mannered hooligans. Thanks for absolutely nothing, Bernie Sanders.

[tawadi]

49. Embarrassing yes

I am not angry though. More sad than anything.

[B Calm]

51. Democracy can look ugly, but that's the beauty of the USA.

[bigwillq]

53. Why?

Because someone disagrees with you?

That's life.

[tandot]

59. No shit ... it loooks like the Kindergartners took over

I have a 7 year old and I understand temper tantrums ... this goes way beyond it

[runaway hero]

67. Shocking on all levels.

Just horrible.

[doc03]

70. You are pulling my leg , right?

[Stuckinthebush]

74. The adults are winning

The children are looking like children. It'll be ok

[The empressof all]

77. Meh....Turn on C Span

Our party has loud voices...and sometimes not always respectful... Go watch some old conventions...This is very tame!

It's a convention, not a coranation. There are thousands of people there and not everyone has manners. Been to a movie lately...Rude. nasty people every where....


Certainly not what I would do or support but don't let it tweak you

Corey Booker is crushing it! Enjoy!

[fishwax]

78. I think this is pretty fantastic. I've seen some great speeches, and world-class performers

and I'm seeing a raucous and energetic audience that is going to carry us to victory in the fall.

[DemonGoddess]

80. I noticed

after I got home from work and started watching, that the coverage is vastly different on MSM from CSPAN. WORLDS apart. I will not be watching the rest on MSM