The Democratic Party should thank Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Maricopa County) in Phoenix.
And above all Bernie Sanders, Hilary Clinton and BlackLivesMatter should thank him as well.
Because it all worked out wonderfully but before it did …
there were 9 days of turmoil and confusion (at least in my little head); after the BLM demonstration during the NN15 presidential town hall in Phoenix, Arizona, July 18, 2015 …
Then just a short time ago … smack … hits forehead … "duh-huh" … light bulb turns on … “it’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio stupid" …… who else?
It dawned on me that usually the Sheriff only allows protesters into the lobby, outside on the walkways or in the streets. I thought well how did BLM get into the meeting room; but then read that they cleared their planned protest with the Sheriff before the event (as is supposed to be done) and that he was okay with it.
So for me that explains it perfectly then: You see the BLM protesters didn’t plan to sabotage this event at all - this is what they do - and they are going to go as far as allowed. This interrupting of O'Malley and Bernie was not planned it is obvious to me now; and also because the NN15 host was too surprised, blind-sided and handled the interruption clumsily during the protest too.
And I bet the Sheriff was sitting back just loving the protest and watching all the confusion. I bet the good ole Sheriff was tickled pink that the NN15 Presidential Town Hall was taken over and all those Dems were confused and shaken up. What's happening?? Progressive activists protesting, heckling and interrupting progressive Democrates????
Well I believe Arpaio is one (along with his Tea Party supporters) who wanted to trip up the NN15 presidential town hall in Phoenix and the only one. After all he is a big promoter of Donald Trump and he also helped champion Trump’s rally in Phoenix just the week before.
I can't imagine the Sheriff letting protesters interrupt and taking over a Republican Town Hall - no way would something like that ever be allowed in Phoenix.
Really who hates Democrats in Phoenix? Not NetrootsNation, not BlackLivesMatter, not African Americans, not the people attending the NN15 town hall nor the 11,000 plus people who attended the Bernie Sanders' rally that evening.
Who really doesn't think black lives matter? Or brown lives, or laws, or human dignity, or common decency, or the federal government - none of these things matter to him ... none.
it’s the Sheriff stupid.
I am personally grateful for I have learned more in the last 9 days then I have in the last 6 months.
This BLM thing at NN15 and the controversy that followed was a perfect storm until after 9 days and then turned out there was a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow because look who has benefited greatly from this:
Bernie Sanders (Polls up - doing better than ever, every day)
Hillary Clinton (doing fine)
Martin O’Malley (still in)
Democratic Party
Netroots Nation (has been put on the map)
Black Lives Matter (got national attention when previously almost no one knew who they were)
African Americans (Many have become much more aware of racism and understanding of their pain)