WHAT IS THE PATH TO “OPPORTUNITY?”
by Sharon Rondeau
(Jul. 25, 2016) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, who said at 8:57 p.m. that he “won my Senate seat by 312 votes” in an attempt to impress upon DNC delegates the importance of voting, derided Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for “never having done anything for anyone other than himself,” despite the tens of thousands of employees working in his businesses around the globe and testimonials to his personal generosity.
Franken’s Senate 2008 win might have been achieved as a result of voter fraud.
Franken left the stage several minutes later, after which a segment followed purporting to show that Trump had mocked a journalist with a disability.
A young woman in a wheelchair with a disability then addressed the audience, praising Hillary Clinton as seeing her as an individual who could “effect change.”
According to a book written by Dolly Kyle, who allegedly was romantically involved with Bill Clinton after high school, Hillary insulted disabled children, people of the Jewish faith and blacks.
At 9:15 p.m., Franken returned to the stage with guest Sarah Silverman, a former Bernie Sanders supporter. Franken invited the public to go to hillaryclinton.com for a chance to win an expense-paid trip to Philadelphia to witness Hillary Clinton accept the Democrat nomination for president.
Silverman said that “Bernie” had stressed during his campaign that Americans “deserve” health care and the same “opportunities” as everyone else in America. She then referenced Hillary’s mantra from several years ago that “it takes a village…” (to raise a child).
She then praised Clinton for incorporating Sanders’s issues into the Democrat platform.
Silverman endorsed Clinton. At 9:21 p.m., she said, “To the ‘Bernie or bust’ people, you’re being ridiculous,” after which shouting could be heard of “Bernie, Bernie” which continued after Franken began speaking again.
A musical entertainment segment followed of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Paul Simon, formerly of Simon & Garfunkel, the original artists who made the song famous.