My confession....I was once Hillary or Bust...

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6. I hear you BooScout. It is hard to dial down commitment to a cause.

Respectfully, there were 13 million Democrats who disagreed with the party leadership, not merely 1900 in the room in Philadelphia. Some of the noise was for they who could not attend, also.

It is not the first time Democrats were loud during a convention, or vocally passionate over party divisions or disrespectful of honored speakers. I recall when some black and anti-war delegates were harassed and refused credentials by party officials, and some removed from the floor on camera too.

The noise in those rooms was no less, nor was the denial of division in the party handled any better. Last night wasn't pretty, but it was Democratic party politics, if history serves to remind anyone.

I think the threats that duly elected delegates would neither be recognized nor seated, a practice reflecting previous conventions held in the days before the party embraced Civil Rights, probably contributed to the volume level.

I think the way the party publicly fumbled the DWS situation and removal did not help. I think the firing of only one official over what was clearly the action of many rang just a bit hollow.

I think that the 14 previous months of being told we are less than correct Democrats may have something to do with that noise.

The abject denial of some of the proposals in the platform committee certainly did something to amp things up.

I think the party had a very long time prior to the Convention to act in ways that were more worthy of respect in the hall.


All that said I also think it is time to put the noise down and listen. I think that the Convention hall is not the place to advocate for 3rd party voting. I think the speakers should be heard, respectfully.


I also think that the party needs to listen, respectfully, too. Promises made today and this week will need to be kept, I think.