DNC Throwbacks: Coping with Hillary Supporters, A New Slogan for Dems and Inclusivity Checks
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Four years ago, America was inspired by an uplifting slogan. Yes, we can! Later turned into an insufferable pop song. Yes, we can. This year, the slogan is "Forward," which sounds like the kind of thing that Matthew Broderick shouted at his soldiers in glory before they were shot to pieces. The Democrats clearly needed help. Let's think of a punchy slogan you can slap on a bumper sticker and that will make everyone excited for the four years ahead.

So he didn't create this, he inherited this. I don't hate it, but I definitely don't like it. I'm looking for a three-word slogan. - Moving on up. - Moving on up. We still have trials and tribulations, and we're going to get through them. Do you know what a slogan is? - Nobody's perfect. - Nobody's perfect. - That's not bad. - It's pretty bad. I feel worse than I did when we started this conversation. - I do apologize. - That's not bad. I do apologize.

Oh, I'm saying that. Oh, okay. He's trying the best that he can. Right. He's trying the best that he can. That's a pretty good slogan. Obama 2012. He's trying the best that he can. He's trying the best that he can. He's trying the best that he can. I think that he's been blocked by Congress. I think, I really believe that there's been no compromise there. He's trying the best that he can.

I don't love it, and I do hate it. So, anything better? It's just taken longer than we thought, so some people started to lose hope. I'm not sure that really works as a slogan. Are you excited to have the president re-elected, John? Oh, absolutely. Would you mind telling your face, voice, and personality about that excitement? Sure, I'm real excited. It's difficult to be president. It's difficult to be president. It is a very difficult job being the president of the United States. You're responsible for the entire country. So am I.

The slogan needs to be... He doesn't know. It's difficult to be president. It's so difficult. I told you it was not a good slogan. It's a terrible slogan. There are no bad ideas at this point. Slogan for future, go. Let us do it. Okay, so that's the bar that we're working from. So I'm looking for a slogan. What do you got? Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can is 2008. It's an old T-shirt you're wearing. What do you got now? Yes, we can, but we need to... No, wait, that...

That was it. Say that again. Yes, we can, but... No, wait a minute. That's it. That's it.

Yes, we can. But... Yes, we can, but... The European debt crisis is completely out of his control. No way it's not his fault. Yes, we can, but... He inherited crap. I mean, Bush was terrible. Yes, we can, but... With three words... And an extra word... That will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea. Yes, we can, but... Yes, we can...

But yes, we can. But yes, we can. But... ♪ Forward

In Denver, there's only one question on every ridiculously dressed pundit's mind. Will the Clinton forces and the Obama forces unite? Can the Democratic Party truly come together? We sat down with a diverse group of Democrats to find out. We're unified in the fact that we don't want Obama to become our next president. I will not vote for Senator Barack Hussein Obama. Apparently the Clinton supporters are united, and they've got the websites to prove it. Clintons4McCain.com

Democrats for McCain dot com. Higher Heels dot com. Puma 08 dot com. It stands for party unity my ass. Did you consider that guy dot com?

It's taken. And we looked at a few names similar to that, but they were taken. They had their reasons and an unassailable logic. The DNC has betrayed us as Democrats. There was an abundance of fraud. Florida and Michigan was completely unfair. Exactly. It's not like she ever agreed to exclude the vote in Florida and Michigan. She didn't agree to that. Except in 2007 when she did agree to it, but that was before she needed the vote. Yeah.

The game is still on. I couldn't help but feel for them. I am tired of being called a racist just because I disagree with them. Oh, you didn't vote for my candidate, therefore you're racist. Give me a break. That's lazy. Give me a better one. So what explains what happened in the primary? The media created a dialogue that was truly sexist against Senator Clinton. Her gender was always made to be the main issue at hand.

Clearly, these people needed healing. I spoke with child psychologist Wendy Ludlow. That's cheating. You see the hurt? Yeah. Sometimes children just aren't group ready. They need a little individual support to develop their pro-social skills and behaviors. I found suffering Clinton supporters who were only too happy to be helped. And brought them to the Celestial Seasonings Post-Primary Healing Center.

And here we have Dan, who's doing a picture of what the is that, Dan? The man stealing the election. The man stealing the election. Do you feel less angry than you were this morning? No. We use play therapy techniques to help kids develop coping thoughts, such as, I can keep my hands to myself.

Okay girls, this is the naughty corner. That's right. Who's been naughty?

I can't do it, Jones. This is not weird, Greenleaf. Come on, man. I've been sitting here all day. It's weird, Jones. Some play therapists do use animals in their play. That can be a great way to help people learn how to keep calm. Aw, hi, Turbo. He's so sweet. Yeah, go on, me. Go get him, Turbo. Get him. Get him.

How was it? Did we get it? Can we do it again? Sure, no problem. Once more. She's good. Sam! Mask on, let's go! Yes, with the proper approach, party unity is within reach. Pennsylvania Democrats passed a new law, but not some boring policy s***.

They cooked up a loophole to push last call to 4:00 a.m. Not for everybody, though. Just the DNC delegates. Good times. I have two beers. Two beers. Yeah, twice as much privilege. Yes. Double up on the privilege. All right. What about the people who can't get in? Have to stop drinking at 2:00.

We and these Democrats was getting tore up till 4:00 in the morning, and we were getting stuff done, according to my main man, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey. You do a lot of networking. For example, someone just brought me this beer, and I'm gonna network with that person. Okay, let's role play. You be you. Okay. And I be another senator. I want to be a Republican from Alaska.

Why there? Because there ain't no black people. Everybody would vote for me. OK, OK. All right, so show me how networking happens in these parties. You start. Hey, Joe. Vote for the bill. Joe, I really love Alaska. Bro. And I love you too. Vote for my bill. I'm from Alaska.

Okay, cool. It was good networking with you. Good times. Yes, this exemption is hypocritical as hell, man. But I discovered you can't keep the good people of Philly down. I always drink past 2:00, though. I just drink. I don't worry about the laws. You know what I mean? I understand. I'm gonna be drunk as hell, bro. I'm gonna be drinking right over there at Garage until that time. You're drinking at Garage? Yeah, in a garage. You politicians have your loopholes.

the people of Philly have theirs, even if it is in a creepy-ass garage. Thank you so much, Roy. Thank you so much. Now, uh, now, Ronny Chieng, uh, it's his first time in Philly, and, uh, he also took to the streets after I asked him to investigate the scene in Philadelphia.

Yeah, you did send me to investigate, Trevor. But it was 99 degrees out, and after 10 minutes, the only thing I wanted to investigate was a cold drink. Can I get some ice water, please? We sell water ice. Ice water. Water ice. No, you don't get it. I want ice water. Well, there's a store for that. Yeah, this is the store for that. No, we sell water ice. Yeah, why do you have a sign that says ice water? Because it's a Philly thing. It's frozen dessert. It's water ice. Listen, buddy, you can call it a dick in a teacup if you want to. What the...

- What flavor do you want? - Wet. - Lemon, cherry, chocolate, or pineapple. It's not hard, it's four flavors. - Okay, can you give me cherry without the cherry? - I'm not a scientist. I cannot take the flavor out of the water. You get it how I give it to you. - it's a problem, man. - Listen, you're way out of your league here, buddy. - What are you gonna do about it? - you, man. try it and you might like it. - I'll try it, but if I don't like it, I'm gonna come back and kick your ass. - That's it, let's go, buddy. I'm always ready.

That's actually really good. Man, thank you. Family recipe, 1945. Can I get like a large cherry? Yeah. Thanks a lot, man. You're welcome. Have a good day. Yeah, take care. I was at the Pepsi Center to witness history just outside the security perimeter and next to the Jamboree stand. You ready to heal? Really? I want to watch this. Can you back off? Let's just heal together. Seriously? Are you ready to heal? Are you ready to heal? Are you ready to heal? Are we going to heal?

Come on, all right, don't move. Are you going to heal? Barack Obama and Joe Biden, God bless you and Godspeed. Hillary supporters, did you heal tonight? Just 45 minutes ago, these people couldn't walk.

We heal! We heal! They said she couldn't do it, but she might have done it, pending tomorrow's press narrative! The speech was amazing. It brought people together. How do you feel? Not great, actually. What are you talking about? What are you...

talking about? I don't think we can use a band-aid to cover this wound at this point. Let me get this straight. You don't think we've healed? I don't think we've healed. I think if you look at a circumstance like what happened in Nevada where Hillary Clinton won the state, and that's not the kind of, you know, the politics that any real politics, new politics, anything that anybody should condone. Are you all right? You're going to be sick. Why do we have to fight? Oh, let this be it. Oh, Hillary. Is no one going to help me up?

Like hopeful cattle, they spill out into the night. Onward into a bright future and inevitable defeat in November.

There's one key message at the Democratic Convention that's just not in dispute. We are the Big Ten Party. We represent everyone. We're definitely the arms-wide open party. We are the party of inclusion. We have just about everybody you can possibly imagine in the party. Yes, they were open to everybody. Basically, we're Latinos, Hispanics, we're blacks, we're the LGBT community, we're women, we're poor.

Everyone's welcome. Everyone's welcome. Except? Except unless you own a corporation or if you're a hunter, a gun owner, white males. Really? You don't want to lose all the white males? There are a bunch of gun, tote, and hillbilly tea partiers. That's all I have to say. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Right. Bunch of jerk-offs, right? Definitely. How open are you?

Well, open enough to include everybody. Oh really? Who wouldn't you include? We wouldn't include those beer-toting fakers down in Florida. The Tampa Convention guys. You know the types. Pot belly. Church-going. Small-minded. Anti-science. Bunch of 70's Sam Hillbilly. Whack job evangelical gun nuts. They don't want to hear a message of difference and of hope. What can you and I teach these whack jobs about inclusion?

You go first. You can't teach them anything. Don't have a clue about science, very questionable on any kind of

thought that involves more than two or three sentences. We are the Big Tent Party and we will let most anybody in unless, of course, they're carrying guns. Right. Who needs that 146 million people in your party? The Democratic Party, we don't stereotype, we don't generalize. The teabaggers generalize because they're very narrow-minded people. Right. This has been, historically, the party of tolerance. The teabaggers are the least tolerant group I have ever seen. Right. And

They're destroying us. Can you say that more dismissively? Ugh, how's that? I've always called them Nazis. And evil. Even before it was appropriate, actually. These Christian evangelicals don't get it because I don't believe they ever actually read the Bible. I have a feeling they have read it.

Well, possibly, but didn't grasp. No, more than possibly. This is so inclusive. You know, we even invite the redneck freaks in. We don't judge. What don't they get about tolerance? I would never call a redneck a name. I don't know. I'm thinking, like, a couple of teeth, you know, hair out of place, maybe a nice gut. Okay. I'm like, whoop! Yes. Eww! Big toe!

I'm gonna take my clean t-shirt and brush my teeth. Let's go! Pew, pew! Do it. Pew, pew! The world would be very beautiful if we could just accept everybody's differences. Exactly. Accept everyone's differences. Everyone's differences. We need to accept everyone. You mean I should accept them? Is that what you're saying?

The conventions are in full swing, and the race is on to see who's going to win the news war. We have the best political team on television here. And the best political coverage anywhere. The best political team in the business. Maybe the 24-hour snooze networks haven't heard that the DS was in town. Time to introduce these fools to the new Alpha Dome. Alpha Dome.

Have a taste, Cooper, because we own this convention, and you and all your boys are fresh meat. Look down on my news, ye mighty, and despair. I will now sign autographs. What are you, a delegate? No, I'm a guest. Oh, what kind of guest? Special guest. Oh, my God, a special guest. Yes. You walked down by yourself? Yes. Good for you. Oh, wow.

You should be very proud of yourself, buddy. What do you look forward to not accomplishing this year in Congress? What kind of question is that? If you saw a fellow delegate littering or doing something that was not very green, how would you handle it? Well, I would stop him and ask him to pick it up. That sounds like a Democrat to me. Demonstration. Demo. I don't feel like recycling this ass. Pick it up, please. Pick it up, please. Suck my...

You're gonna ask me a question? I thought you were gonna ask me a question. Are you an Obama delegate from the state of Michigan? You know what? This is boring. I don't want to talk to this turd. Hey, Sam, losers are part of this convention, too. Okay, shut up, Jason. I'm just gonna ask you a question. Sam, f*** off. We really want to go on through with this? Hey, ladies and gentlemen, I'm old. I don't... You're gonna use me, Sam? I thought you wanted to...

You thought I wanted to ask you a question? Yes. Why in the hell would I want to ask you a question? Hi. What's that? Do you have a credential? I'm with BBC. You're with BBC? Well, I'm British, so... I think I'm allowed in now. I'm British. You don't need a credential to be British. My voice is my credential. Listen to this. Aluminium. Let me in. Now the question is, whether Hillary Clinton supporters... This is... I'm telling you, my voice is my credential. It will... Oh, you are kidding me.

You're kidding. All right. You ready for us now? No, I'm not ready for you. Question number one. Don't blow this. Don't blow this. Don't blow this interview. I'll blow you. Yeah, it looks pretty good. I'll be taking that.

I want some more by 3.30, you got me? Oh, yeah. We're not just reporting the news. We are the news. Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my. That's what I call an AC 360. That's how we roll, son.

This week's Democratic convention became the center of the media universe, a universe ruled by television. Is there anything that you would like to say to our audience of infidels? Who'd you have to get in here? Tons of people. But there were other forms of media too, like newspapers. Bob Woodward. Kind of a dick? No, great guy. Let's pretend the camera's not running.

Woodward's kind of a dick. Woodward is somebody who knows how to get people to talk. He also knows how to get people... I know guys like that. Dicks. He's a dick. What's the deal with Ziggy? Ziggy? Yeah. I mean, is Tom Wilson just phoning it in these days or what? I don't know. We never make up stuff. Wasn't there a guy who made up a bunch of stuff? Well...

We're going to talk about Jason Blair. That was not under my watch as managing editor. What session does he work for now? No, he's gone from the Times. Kathy's a pretty good comic. Yeah, I know. I read it on Sunday. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mondays are terrible. Thank God it's Friday. I read it on Sunday and I get a kick out of it. It's good. It's good. She's good. I hang it up in my cube. Yeah.

And then there's radio. Liberal media to me is the New York Times and the Washington Post and the ABC, CBS, NBC. Oh, my God, those guys might as well be wearing a dress. Yeah, exactly. When you were a kid, did you always want to be a radio talk show host? No. You want me to turn down the volume? I don't know, maybe your equipment's acting up. Could be. Your mouth's moving, though. They like it when you hold this. I'm not quite sure what the problem is, but we're just...

That's much better. Is it? Yeah. Yeah, okay, keep going. And finally getting a seat at the table, internet bloggers. The big name bloggers here.

A lot of the higher or mostly red bloggers have been around. Josh Marshall writes Talking Points, Dave Weiner. Okay, no, no, I'm talking about the big time bloggers, the big time. Top tier. Are they here? They are the top tier. Koss. Who else? Oh, Koss? Yeah. Koss is here? Yeah. Where are they? He's been around. No, no, no. I think he's in the front row too. Really? Koss! He's distracted.

Hi. Hi. Do you think that the Democratic National Committee has treated the nerds, and by nerds I mean you, well? As well as nerds can be treated, yeah. They don't like him, so they gotta... You gotta hold it up like that. Is that right? Right there? So, he's gotta reinvent himself. Yes.

Yes. Is this weird for you? No. Overall, one thing's for sure. As journalists, the most rewarding part of the week was being among our peers. Do you think the Democrats have successfully put their agenda out there during this convention? Yeah. Buh-buh-booey, buh-buh-booey. Howard Stern is king of all media. Buh-buh-booey, buh-buh-booey.

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