Rigged Dem Convention Begins

It's only Monday, Friends,

So much has happened since the week began yesterday, it's hard to believe it's just Monday.

Any hopes for a calm Democratic National Convention have been completely dashed, along with any hopes for a presidential election that's fair and square.

Thanks to Russian hackers who broke into the party's computers, we now know through email evidence what before we only suspected.

We have this guy to thank for ensuring that the American presidential election is
fair and honest.  The world has truly gone mad.

The Democratic party manipulated the primary to ensure a Hillary Clinton nomination.

Party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been forced to resign in disgrace. At a Florida delegate breakfast this morning, she was literally booed off the stage. The party is now rethinking her scheduled 4 p.m. address to the convention.

Personally, I'd love to see it happen again, but I'd actually recommend she hop the first flight back to Boca.

The media is saying the Democratic party is now in disarray. Anger is flying, and Sanders supporters are urging the Senator to stage a convention challenge.

Who really knows what would have happened if the party's debates had been scheduled in prime time instead of being buried? What would have happened if the party had treated both candidates equally instead of actively derailing Bernie?

Ironically, Donald Trump was absolutely right about the Democrats rigging their nominating system against Bernie and any other Hillary challenge.

And it fits nicely into the narrative that the Clintons play by their own rules and can't be trusted.

Sanders says he still endorses Hillary, and, regardless of what happens to him personally, Trump needs to be defeated at any cost.

Tell me why.

The GOP primary, though ugly, was at least honest. The Democrats have actively ripped us off.

Many of Bernie's ardent supporters aren't having any of it.

They are gathering all around the City of Brotherly Love. Thousands are expected to protest, and city officials are hoping they don't get violent.

Meanwhile, the Democratic party has some 'splainin' to do to people like me who used to have some faith in it. Tell me why I should have any belief in this organization now that I know for certain it tried to manipulate me?

What's really rich is that the Democrats are pinning the blame for this mess on the Russians, who they allege started slowly releasing the party's confidential hacked emails yesterday. Maybe the DNC should be thinking about what it did instead.

This whole election process has been nauseating.

Bernie Sanders will not be the Democratic nominee, even though it's quite possible if the playing field had been level that he would be.

I'm feeling pretty gloomy this morning, but maybe things will look a little different to me on Thursday when the convention ends.

Stay tuned.