Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[madbluboy]

Sanders and Warren are sellouts, at least Cruz stood by his own principles.

[Lods]

As mav said Sanders was a means to an end for a number of left-wing interest groups.
He's served his purpose as far as many of them are concerned.
They'll continue to push their agenda with no real regard for Sanders. They'll cheer him when he promotes their views ...they'll boo him when he supports, or even mentions, Hillary.
His presence on the campaign trail will only serve to remind folks of how he was impeded.

[Mav]

Yep, MBB, because politics should be all about refusing point blank to reach any consensus.  Everybody should refuse to listen to anybody else and should destroy any attempt at government which doesn't honour 100% of one's own views.  The Tea Party has shown how it should be done.  If the budget contains anything you don't like, vote against it and shut down the government.  That was Cruz's view.  He didn't sell out.  Like every dutiful Christian, he was willing to follow Samson's example and bring down the whole government unless everybody bent to his will.  If only he had more support in the Senate ...

[Mav]

Lods, Sanders had substantial influence over the DNC's platform.  That's how politics is done.  By proving the popularity of his policies during the campaign, he won a seat at the table.  Those Bernie Bros who want him to maintain the rage want him to emulate the suicide squad that was sent in to rescue Brian from the cross in The Life of Brian.  After fighting their way through the Roman soldiers, they then committed suicide just as they were in a position to have an influence.  Just as Bernie won some political influence, they wanted him to p1ss it away for the sake of ideological purity. 

[cimm1979]

From twitter

I hear you, Sanders supporters who plan to vote Trump. One time I asked for Coke but they only had Pepsi, so I set fire to my head.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Hilary@ $1.45 and Trump @ $2.70....the latter has just firmed up a bit after being out to $3....

[Mav]

Do we assume the first side that bats will win because they're 200 runs ahead before the other side bats?  Conventions are a 4 day infomercial and provide a bounce.  Let's wait until the DNC convention is over and see what the polls say then.

[Mav]

I thought it would be interesting to travel into the wormhole to see what was happening in the FoxNews alternative universe.  It was hilarious!  Fox & Friends First was reviewing the first day of the DNC convention hours after it had finished.  They ran a video montage which only showed the Bernie diehards protesting with a caption 'DNC Disunity'.  The 2 female co-hosts then cut away to Lanny Davis, a former Special Counsel for President Bill Clinton.  They were stunned when he had a go at them for ending the clip at the start of the convention without referencing the powerful speeches that followed.  They were confused that he would suggest that the protests died down as the day went on.  They aren't used to reality seeping into their alternate universe  >

[DJC]

I thought it would be interesting to travel into the wormhole to see what was happening in the FoxNews alternative universe.  It was hilarious!  Fox & Friends First was reviewing the first day of the DNC convention hours after it had finished.  They ran a video montage which only showed the Bernie diehards protesting with a caption 'DNC Disunity'.  The 2 female co-hosts then cut away to Lanny Davis, a former Special Counsel for President Bill Clinton.  They were stunned when he had a go at them for ending the clip at the start of the convention without referencing the powerful speeches that followed.  They were confused that he would suggest that the protests died down as the day went on.  They aren't used to reality seeping into their alternate universe  >

From the little I saw, it was a far cry from the shemozzle that was the Republican convention.

[Thryleon]

Is this debacle still on going?