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Hillary Clinton

CajunBlazer

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5. The few Sanders or Bust people at the convention are totally ineffective...

Reply to BobbyDrake (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:33 PM

Jul 2016

... in disrupting the convention. We don't tell people to beat up those who protest. Their continued presence in the hall is proof of our tolerance, proof of our determination that everyone gets their say, regardless of what they are saying.

These people would be back on the sidelines with absolutely no one paying attention to them if it were not for the Democratic Party. They are our proof that "we go high when they go low"

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"We are being played" [View all] EileenFB Jul 2016 OP

"You have to stand for something... yallerdawg Jul 2016 #1

Sanders' un-Democratic delegates are giving the media everything it asked for and then some. BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #2

The few Sanders or Bust people at the convention are totally ineffective... CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #5

Media perception and optics still matter, though. The narrative can't be fixed overnight BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #7

I don't know what meda you have been watching... CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #8

OK... BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #9

No, I watch TV networks which try their best to be unbiased CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #11

CNN is your "unbiased" source of news? The network that put Trumps campaign manager on the payroll? BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #12

Yep and they put many democrative operatives on the payroll as well CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #13

I didn't claim to watch unbiased news. You did, and failed to present an example. BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #16

This isn't debating match CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #14

Sounds reasonable CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #15

Hard to argue that we are not. 2naSalit Jul 2016 #3

We are being played by our media who still pretend to be our 4th Estate but are really BlueCaliDem Jul 2016 #4

I like you a lot Cali, but that is total BS CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #6

Come on now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2016 #10