THE DEMS MEET – AT 10:31 A.M. ET:  The Democratic National Convention starts today in Philadelphia.  The party of Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy has now become the party of Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton.  Or is it the party of Hillary Clinton?  There is chaos, there is anger, there is mayhem.  I love it all.  From The Wall Street Journal:   

PHILADELPHIA — It’s not just Republicans that want presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in prison.

At a lively Sunday march in support of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, chants of “lock her up,” “Hillary for Prison” signs and t-shirts and calls for indictment were common among the most ardent supporters of Mr. Sanders, who arrived in Philadelphia to make their voices heard to the delegates attending the Democratic National Convention.

Republicans used last week’s Republican National Convention to make the case that Mrs. Clinton’s perceived ethical lapses made her unfit for office. Delegates to the Republican convention could be heard chanting “Lock her up!” while “Hillary for Prison” shirts and bumper stickers have proliferated across the country.

Mrs. Clinton hasn’t been accused of any criminal wrongdoing — in fact, Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey explicitly said that her use of a private email server for government work did not rise to the level that would justify criminal charges. However, Mr. Comey called her “extremely careless” in her handling of the nation’s secrets by running her work email off a private server, while a State Department probe concluded that she was in violation of Department rules.

COMMENT:  I'm guessing we'll see some pretty good reality TV.  And hear some pretty good unreality speeches. 

This may be even more entertaining than last week.  If the Sanders delegates really get going, they can turn the convention into a shambles, and they just might.  I get the feeling that many of them aren't real Democrats.

July 25, 2016