My phone is constantly ringing with friends expressing how offended and pissed

[mfcorey1]

they are at the booing and disrespect coming from the floor. It is embarrassing and every republican must be laughing and enjoying the show. I hope the boxers are being paid enough to act like fools.

[boomer55]

1. I'm having the exact opposite responses.

[mfcorey1]

3. Apparently your friends like chaos.

y

[emulatorloo]

5. Bernie just sent a text to his delegates...

asking:

"I ask you as a professional courtesy to me to not engage in any kind of protest on the floor"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512293058

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You may need to get better friends

[3catwoman3]

15. That is very gracious of Senator Sanders.

I hope his request is honored.

[Skittles]

16. .....

maybe he should have sent it out BEFORE the convention

[meaculpa2011]

17. Bernie needs to understand that...

that the Bernie Movement is not about Bernie.

[David__77]

2. I'm proud of my friend who is a Sanders delegate.

I have known friends who I never knew to be political moved into action under the banner of Sanders campaign. Democratic politics don't need to be orderly, in my opinion.

[tallahasseedem]

7. So you're friend is out there disrupting

the convention, the speakers, even the opening prayer? You're proud of this?

[David__77]

8. I don't know what she's saying or to whom.

I know that she's a Sanders delegate from the SF Bay Area. I know that years ago I never knew her to be politically-oriented. I know that now she appears to me to passionately care for social justice, and that I'm proud of her.

[tenderfoot]

4. My phone is ringing about all the people trolling the event.

eom

[HereSince1628]

6. It's a convention, not a funeral. go back and look at file footage

And watch some movies that include scenes from political conventions.

This is really pretty common, especially when the energy is still high.

They'll get tired. They'll get bored. That's also pretty common convention behavior

[csziggy]

9. Have there ever been boos at the opening prayer?

This part doesn't bother me, but booing and chanting with Bernie's during the prayer pissed me off.

I thought Democrats believed in respect and tolerance - but then, a sizeable number of so-called Bernie supporters were never Democrats, were they?

And how about booing their own candidate when he asks them to support the winning nominee? They are not listening to their own guy. Bernie Sanders does not want this - he wants a movement that will last and attract more people. This behavior is just pissing people off.

[leftstreet]

11. Ugh. There shouldn't be a prayer. How retro n/t

[csziggy]

12. In this day and age, we have to tolerate it

I do not believe in a religion but I do believe in respect and tolerance.

I was unhappy that they started with "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" sung by a choir (I missed who they were) but then I thought of all the people who would be reminded of George W. Bush's inappropriate behavior to that song in Dallas.

Then they came on with the opening prayer which was a call for unity. I can support unity and it was not an overly religious theme to the prayer so I was OK with it. Then the Bernie disruptors started booing when the woman giving the prayer called for uniting to elect our candidates. That was irritating but the chanting of "Bernie" pissed me off. That made it over the top as far as I am concerned. Respect the prayers of others and tolerate their beliefs (as long as they are tolerant of others).

Sen. Sanders has called for his supporters to help get Clinton and Kaine elected - but some of his people booed HIM when he made that call this afternoon. I suspect that tiny percentage of Sanders supporters are more interested in disruption than they are in getting anything done. In other words, I suspect those few are more interested in hating Hillary Clinton than they are in making our country a better place.

[R B Garr]

10. Chuck Todd is thrilled at the show. His snickering over it is

making me really mad.

There is no excuse for this disrespectful drama. Just nasty.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. Turn it off and turn on CSPAN.

[R B Garr]

14. That is a great idea! I tend to overlook C-Span, don't know why

just not in the habit of much channel surfing. But great idea! Thanks.

[davidn3600]

18. It's a political convention. People there have political agendas.

It's always been that way.

[Rex]

19. What? They cannot just text msg you?