Democratic National Convention **live commentary thread**

[Illiniwek]

There are a couple people I like on the schedule, but I am definitely not as anticipatory as I was for last night's big four.

[IceSpear]

I'm not sure if some Sanders delegates realize that this isn't a contested convention, so they might throw a fit if that happens. As we saw during the primaries, many of them were not well versed on the rules.

Whose fault is it again that they think it's a contested convention?

I mean, he endorsed her and conceded weeks ago. I do agree he should've never sold that ridiculous narrative to begin with, but I'm pretty sure they were going to construct their own alternate reality regardless.

[ag]

We should get off Sanders's back: he did what he had to do.

At this point, the task is to drive the irreconcilables away with minimal cost.

[Hermit For Peace]

I'm not sure if some Sanders delegates realize that this isn't a contested convention, so they might throw a fit if that happens. As we saw during the primaries, many of them were not well versed on the rules.

Whose fault is it again that they think it's a contested convention?

I mean, he endorsed her and conceded weeks ago. I do agree he should've never sold that ridiculous narrative to begin with, but I'm pretty sure they were going to construct their own alternate reality regardless.

I guess they were using Bernie and he went with it to the umpteenth degree. And now he's not following their agenda so....

[Gass3268]

#Unity

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[Suburbia]

There's some uproar about an all-gender bathrooms at the DNC. I won't be so comfortable in an all gender bathroom.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/26/dnc-creates-a-gender-neutral-bathroom-for-attendees/

Fortunately bigots like you aren't supposed to be at the DNC anyway.

I'm not a bigot. I'm an Independent. I want valor in this country.

[evergreenarbor]

There's some uproar about an all-gender bathrooms at the DNC. I won't be so comfortable in an all gender bathroom.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/26/dnc-creates-a-gender-neutral-bathroom-for-attendees/

Fortunately bigots like you aren't supposed to be at the DNC anyway.

I'm not a bigot. I'm an Independent. I want valor in this country.

...What on earth does that have to do with bathrooms?

[Classic Conservative]

They are having Lena Dunham speak. Ewwwwww

[heatcharger]

Who thought it was a good idea for Lena Dunham to speak... in primetime???

[Suburbia]

Who thought it was a good idea for Lena Dunham to speak... in primetime???

She's popular with females. A lot of women watch primetime TV.

[Suburbia]

There's some uproar about an all-gender bathrooms at the DNC. I won't be so comfortable in an all gender bathroom.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/26/dnc-creates-a-gender-neutral-bathroom-for-attendees/

Fortunately bigots like you aren't supposed to be at the DNC anyway.

I'm not a bigot. I'm an Independent. I want valor in this country.

...What on earth does that have to do with bathrooms?

I'm just not a fan of gender neutral bathrooms. It's time for the country to move on from it.

[evergreenarbor]

There's some uproar about an all-gender bathrooms at the DNC. I won't be so comfortable in an all gender bathroom.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/26/dnc-creates-a-gender-neutral-bathroom-for-attendees/

Fortunately bigots like you aren't supposed to be at the DNC anyway.

I'm not a bigot. I'm an Independent. I want valor in this country.

...What on earth does that have to do with bathrooms?

I'm just not a fan of gender neutral bathrooms. It's time for the country to move on from it.

Why not? Gender neutral bathrooms can be important for trans and nonbinary people.

Also, it's funny that you say you want "valor" in this country but you seem to be afraid of gender-neutral bathrooms.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

16 minutes to gavel.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Lena Dunham should ensure tonight is better than that horrible Michelle Obama and Pocahontas. This might actually be worth watching.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Who thought it was a good idea for Lena Dunham to speak... in primetime???

I'm kinda curious to hear her actually. Everybody seems to have very strong opinions on her and I'm still not sure why she'd be worth them.

[KingSweden]

Who thought it was a good idea for Lena Dunham to speak... in primetime???

I'm kinda curious to hear her actually. Everybody seems to have very strong opinions on her and I'm still not sure why she'd be worth them.

She's not. She is neither worthy of the praises from the left nor the vitriol of the right. She is talented but not a savant, spoiled but seems nice enough.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I watched last night on the Live feed from the DNC website. Plan on doing that all week as there's no pundits, no opinions, no fluff, and no excess nonsense.

Then watch C-SPAN.

I don't have cable television and therefore cannot watch it. Or atleast couldn't find somewhere that I could.

It's on the C-SPAN website.

#Unity

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"love trumps hate"

[Gass3268]

I like this prayer.

[Wells]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fw7XiCJL4M

This is the official livestream.

[The Other Castro]

So far so good, looks like they may have solved the volume problem.

[heatcharger]

26 million people tuned in last night including cable news, 3.3 million more viewers than the RNC had. CNN led the way, followed by MSNBC.

[Gass3268]

Including cable news, the first night of the DNC had 3.3 million more viewers than the RNC had. CNN led the way, followed by MSNBC.

Good News!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

ok now this is just exploitative

[Illiniwek]

Including cable news, the first night of the DNC had 3.3 million more viewers than the RNC had. CNN led the way, followed by MSNBC.

Good News!

Happy days!

ok now this is just exploitative

Yeah I'm not a huge fan of it to this degree.

[Gass3268]

I wish Harkin would have retired in 2020. Democrats should never retire in a midterm.