I am voting for the Democratic candidate in 2016

[Peacetrain]

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End of story..

It can be Hillary, Bernie, Elizabeth.. Martin.. who ever gets the nod at the caucuses and primaries.. gets my vote and support.. 100%

edit to correct my spelling of the word canidate to candidate in the title .. I do it every time.. sigh..

[MiniMe]

1. I have voted for every Democratic candidate since 1976

And I plan on continuing that.

[NanceGreggs]

2. Sounds like a plan.

I'm in.

[DFW]

49. Me, too.

There is no way my last choice of the Democratic contenders is worse than the "best" of the Republican contenders,
and anyone who contends there is "no difference" can save their breath. It wasn't true in 2000, and it sure as hell
won't be true next year.

[Andy823]

3. Same here

Not sure about the primaries yet, but there is no doubt that whoever wins the nomination will have my vote!

[sharp_stick]

4. Absolutely

I'll vote for my favorite candidate in the primaries but when the time comes for the General I'll vote for the winner of the Democratic primary.

[MoonRiver]

5. Me too!

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. That's what I'm doing.

No idea who I'll vote for in the Illinois primary, but I have until March 15 of next year to decide.

[FSogol]

7. Me too. n/t

[99Forever]

8. Okay by me.

[frogmarch]

9. Same here! nt

[beam me up scottie]

10. Me three.

Those that post endless declarations about staying home or writing in their candidate think it's all about them.

[safeinOhio]

11. I'll even kick in some $ to

who ever is our candidate.

[Cha]

12. Hey Aloha Peacetrain! you guys in Iowa

will be busy whenever the Dem caucuses hit there.. remember 7ish years ago!?

[Peacetrain]

50. Hey Cha!!

I posted yesterday and then had to scoot on out.. same thing today..yep they will be coming up before we know it.. hope all is well with you..

[Cha]

57. Hope you're doing Well.. you and yours, Peacetrain!

[Terra Alta]

13. same here.

I have my preferred candidate for the primary but will vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election.

[pinboy3niner]

14. Not me

I'll go for the Democratic canDidate.

[leftofcool]

52. Oh you!

[bvf]

15. Fully agreed. n/t.

[yuiyoshida]

16. YUP

This...

[JDPriestly]

17. I am voting for Bernie Sanders and all other Democrats on the ticket.

[Stuart G]

18. Yes..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as was said in OP...end of story.

[hrmjustin]

19. Amen!

[Agnosticsherbet]

20. As will I. Any other vote would be unacceptable.

[sorefeet]

21. Without a doubt

I will vote for who ever is the Democratic candidate.

[KMOD]

36. His name is President Barack Obama.

And as a two term President, he obviously can't run again.

[madokie]

23. 100%

Me too

[FoxNewsSucks]

25. Same here,

No matter what, any of them are infinitely better than the corporate-owned whores, billionaire-bought tools, and teabag crazies being pushed by republicons.

However, I sure as hell hope that candidate is Bernie Sanders.

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Is a Democratic canidate anything like

a Yella Dawg?

[UCmeNdc]

27. Yes, I will too.

[MisterP]

28. once you start thinking about WHY Pubs are so bad, of course, then that brings criteria in

[delrem]

29. The great loyalty oath crusade

excerpt from Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

"“They’re taking over everything,” he declared rebelliously. “Well, you fellows can stand around and let them if you want to, but I’m not going to. I’m going to do something about it. From now on I’m going to make every son of a bitch who comes to my intelligence tent sign a loyalty oath. And I’m not going to let that bastard Major Major sign one even if he wants to.”

Almost overnight the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade was in full flower, and Captain Black was enraptured to discover himself spearheading it. He had really hit on something. All the enlisted men and officers on combat duty had to sign a loyalty oath to get their map cases from the intelligence tent, a second loyalty oath to receive their flak suits and parachutes from the parachute tent, a third loyalty oath for Lieutenant Balkington, the motor vehicle officer, to be allowed to ride from the squadron to the airfield in one of the trucks. Every time they turned around there was another loyalty oath to be signed. They signed a loyalty oath to get their pay from the finance officer, to obtain their PX supplies, to have their hair cut by the Italian barbers. To Captain Black, every officer who supported his Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade was a competitor, and he planned and plotted twenty-four hours a day to keep one step ahead. He would stand second to none in his devotion to country. When other officers had followed his urging and introduced loyalty oaths of their own, he went them one better by making every son of a bitch who came to his intelligence tent sign two loyalty oaths, then three, then four; then he introduced the pledge of allegiance, and after that “The Star-Spangled Banner,” one chorus, two choruses, three choruses, four choruses. Each time Captain Black forged ahead of his competitors, he swung upon them scornfully for their failure to follow his example. Each time they followed his example, he retreated with concern and racked his brain for some new stratagem that would enable him to turn upon them scornfully again."

[groundloop]

39. This isn't about a damned loyalty oath, it's the fact that GOPers are far worse than any Democrat

An election is the choice of one out of of two or three candidates who will come closest to representing your views. No candidate is going to be perfect, and quite possibly all candidates will have quite a few negatives. However, it should be extremely apparent to everyone one that even an unpopular Democrat is far better than anyone the GOPers will put up. If we want to see another Bush in the White House then we can just claim that we'll never vote for Hillary or whomever and sit out the general election, but that would be a bad mistake.

I'll be donating to Bernie's campaign for the primary, but if Hillary happens to get the nomination I'll be behind her 100% in the general election (unless by some miracle the GOPers put up a candidate who is more liberal than Hillary - of which there is absolutely zero chance).

[delrem]

42. Sure it's a loyalty oath. One of several identical ones made every day on DU.

For some reason, it seems to be necessary.

[KMOD]

43. Well this is Democratic Underground.

I would think, at the end of the day, we want Democrats elected.

I know I certainly do.

[delrem]

44. Which makes loyalty oaths rather redundant, wouldn't you say?

Or is there some question about that?

[KMOD]

45. This board is to support Democrats.

This post is supporting Democrats. You will also see posts supporting Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley, President Obama, Joe Biden, etc.

Does this bother you somehow?

[delrem]

46. I think loyalty oath crusades are hilarious.

Doesn't bother me a bit.

And thanks for casting doubt on my loyalty, for saying so!

[KMOD]

47. I'm not understanding how you see this as a loyalty oath?

Are you a Democrat? Will you support the Democratic nominee?

You don't have to be a Democrat to post here, but I would hope you at least support the idealism.

And if you're personally not going to vote for the Democratic nominee, well good for you. I believe that the vast majority will however.

But why make such a fuss over it and call it a loyalty oath? Why not just say Yes, I will, or No, I won't, or simply not comment at all?

It's just a post asking a question. You can answer it, or not.

[rhett o rick]

54. I support Democrats. I love that DU supports Democrats. And I think that if posters want to

reaffirm their loyalty on a regular basis, go for it.

[delrem]

61. “Gimme eat.”

"Instead of eat, Corporal Snark gave Major —— de Coverley a loyalty oath to sign. Major —— de Coverley swept it away with mighty displeasure the moment he recognized what it was, his good eye flaring up blindingly with fiery disdain and his enormous old corrugated face darkening in mountainous wrath.

“Gimme eat, I said,” he ordered loudly in harsh tones that rumbled ominously through the silent tent like claps of distant thunder.

Corporal Snark turned pale and began to tremble. He glanced toward Milo pleadingly for guidance. For several terrible seconds there was not a sound. Then Milo nodded.

“Give him eat,” he said.

Corporal Snark began giving Major —— de Coverley eat. Major —— de Coverley turned from the counter with his tray full and came to a stop. His eyes fell on the groups of other officers gazing at him in mute appeal, and, with righteous belligerence, he roared:

“Give everybody eat!”

“Give everybody eat!” Milo echoed with joyful relief, and the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade came to an end."

[Major Hogwash]

56. That was a great book!

Bernie seems to have won over a lot of supporters at DU.
So, if he loses to Hillary in the primaries, and then chooses to still stay in the race and run as an Independent, I think there will be defections.

[delrem]

59. I don't think that's a likely scenario.

$2.5Billion will buy a lot of loyalty. A rather shallow kind of loyalty, an obscene kind of loyalty, but loyalty none-the-less (think bought politicians, pundits, websites, forums, media outlets, ...., on and on for total saturation that's never been seen before). It's what Hillary is running on - if I read her DU supporters right. Unlike them, I don't think that playing the same sick Republican $$ game is the only option in politics. I think the Republicans will surely win that kind of "level $$ playing field" battle in a GE, because unlike a totally compromised Dem who plays that game, Republicans can be honest about it (they don't have to pretend "true, the game I play is corruption to the core, but I'll change that when I win!&quot . In the end, if HRC uses her $Billions of donations from corrupt banks and war profiteers to win both Dem primary and GE, nobody will be able to call it some kind of "hope and change - bait and switch" deal. We all know where that is at. We know that going in. Those who vote for it know exactly what they'll get.

This is still 18 months before the '16 election, it's WAY EARLY.

My guess is that there'll be other contenders on the Dem side.

I doubt if Bernie loses the primary, that he'll run for Pres. as independent. I think he'll throw his support behind a Dem.

[Major Hogwash]

60. Life is full of surprises.

Who knows what will happen tomorrow.

[delrem]

62. 18 months is a long long long time in politics. nt

[KauaiK]

30. Count me in too.

[Bobbie Jo]

31. That's me.

[Hoyt]

32. Yep.

[sakabatou]

33. Mm-hmm

[Politicub]

34. Moi, aussi!

[Fearless]

35. What' s a canidate?

[KMOD]

37. Absolutely!

Me, too.

[Kablooie]

38. I'm voting for Pat Paulson.

[cheapdate]

40. My little 'ol vote has love for the Democratic Party.

[Gothmog]

41. I will also vote for the Democratic nominee in 2016

[get the red out]

48. Me too

SCOTUS

[FlaGatorJD]

51. Yep

[leftofcool]

53. you betcha! Could not resist the Palin slam!

[Aerows]

55. Right there with you

But I reserve the right to charge as hard as I can for the person I wish to be that candidate during the primary.

[stage left]

58. I'll be voting for

whoever wins the Democratic nomination.