I pledge to vote for the person the Democratic Party nominates for President of the United States.

[cherokeeprogressive]

I'm not done yet though...

I also reserve the right to support who I support until the nomination is decided, in whichever way I choose to support that person. If you think my talking smack about your candidate, whomever that may be is bashing? Hang it in your ear, and grow some skin.

So until such time as the nomination is decided; YOU FUCKING GO BERNIE. You're coming close to changing a decision I made some time ago... to never donate to a politician or party again.

[GitRDun]

1. I'm with ya CP !

Not sure on Bernie yet....too early.

But I will support the nominee.

[wendylaroux]

2. but of course nt

[mak3cats]

3. Two weeks ago, I would have taken this pledge...

...and I may yet, but I am thoroughly pissed off. I am a long-time Dem committee person (officer and all, and state committee member at one point) and DWS' high-handed, authoritarian manners these days regarding the debates are really infuriating. I tell every single person who calls from the DNC looking for money (and this is EVERY DAY) that I will not give a single dime to the national party as long as there has been no debate. The Republicans are getting all the airtime and our party is being sidelined. We have more than one candidate, and they all have a right to be heard. This is bullshit.

[brooklynite]

39. ...and electing a Republican will help "send her a lesson"?

[mak3cats]

55. See, this is the trouble...

...I take it from your posts that you are in the upper echelons of the party. You all take us grunts for granted. We work, and work, and work, and when we're not listened to, we get angry. And then we're told, "But if you don't fall back into place, you'll end up with Republicans!"

Well, guess what? At some point we're going to rebel. And I think this is the time to do it. It's the only chance I'm going to have in my lifetime to make a stand, and hopefully make a difference. And maybe you powers that be will actually pay attention to us grunts for a change.

So the next time you have dinner with whomever, spread the word.

[ladjf]

53. Yes. nt

[Frustratedlady]

4. Donald Duck is too old to run, but if he were the Democratic nominee, I'd vote for him.

It is too early to be doing all this candidate bashing, so why don't we let the best man/woman win and then take out your energy on the opponent of the Republican side? A lot of enemies among DU members seem to be growing and that shouldn't be the way it's done. Work for your candidate, but accept whichever one the Democratic party chooses. This country will be done if the Republicans ever take control again.

Pretty please?

[Nite Owl]

5. We had better all

Make that pledge...the Republicans have a scarey group. Senate,House and Presidency? It will
be worse than the Bush years. No regulations on any corps, women's rights down the drain and war, war, war.

[oasis]

7. The GOP will add 2 more Scalias to the Supreme Court.

You can bet on it

[awoke_in_2003]

8. That is the most important reason

We can't lose the Supreme Court, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg can't hold on forever.

[Hortensis]

28. Not just 2 . FOUR justices will be 78 to 83 on election day. In 2025,

when the president we elect in 2016 will mostly likely leave office, these four justices would, of course, range in age from approximately 86 to 91 years old.

Let's not forget that Scalia's retirement would enable a conservative president to appoint another hard conservative to serve for the following half century. A way of subverting the will of an increasingly majority population that neither believes in or is served by reactionary Christian white male supremacy.

[Gothmog]

6. I will support the Democratic Nominee no matter what

[lovemydog]

9. I'd vote for a ham sandwich

over any current republican. So yes, of course I'll vote for the democratic party nominee.

That's great that you support Bernie.

I'm trying to look not only at what they say, but also what they can or will accomplish.

I'm giving a serious look at O'Malley. And Hillary. And Bernie.

I'm a democratic socialist. I'm not a sellout or corporate lackey for saying that I'm currently undecided but I'll give them all a fair shake.

[MohRokTah]

10. I've decided to forgo that pledge.

I reserve the right to sit out the election should there be no Democrat on my ballot.

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. So you're saying you'd not vote for Bernie Sanders should he win the nomination.

Got it.

[MohRokTah]

12. I's saying I reserve the right to sit out any election without a Democrat on the ballot. eom

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. This post is lipstick on a pig. Try again.

[MohRokTah]

14. Are you unable to comprehend English?

[cherokeeprogressive]

15. LOL. Best comeback I've seen all day. Popcorn. Big and puffy... with no substance.

[MohRokTah]

16. More substance than your flippant response. eom

[cherokeeprogressive]

17. So what's your play if Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic Nomination for President?

[MohRokTah]

18. I might sit out 2016.

I might not.

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. Lots of substance there.

Full of sound and fury... signifying nothing.

[MohRokTah]

20. You asked a question

I gave you the only answer I have at this time.

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. Why answer when you have no answer? I might... I might not... that's not an answer.

[MohRokTah]

22. That is a perfectly valid answer.

It would depend entirely upon what the Republicans do.

[cherokeeprogressive]

23. Damn. Know what? I JUST noticed your avatar.

Never mind.

[MohRokTah]

24. I support a Democrat.

Most DUers do not.

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. Mmmmkay.

[Hortensis]

29. LOL. I didn't notice MohRokTah's avatar either. MRT, fwiw, Bernie

Sanders has a solid record of voting with the Democratic caucus 95% of the time.

Also fwiw, I fully expect to be voting for Hillary myself.

[Scootaloo]

33. What's your stance on Dov Hikind and Kim Davis?

They're both democrats. They've both been Democrats for a very long time. And htey are openly and aggressively despised by the same disloyalists you're perturbed by here.

You will of course defend these staunch party members, won't you?

Won't you?

No? Why not?

Oh, you disagree with them about stuff? Imagine that.

[Ino]

43. You support a DINO. (nt)

[MohRokTah]

44. Bernie isn't even a Democrat.

Hillary Clinton is precisely what a Democrat is, so literally, Bernie supporters are the true DINOs.

[Ino]

46. It's sad when an Independent is more true to Democratic ideals...

than war-mongering, fracking, corporate-bought Democrats <--- if that's precisely what a Democrat is, or should be, then I'm proud to support Sanders instead.

But it smells like a Republican to me.

[MohRokTah]

47. That just simply isn't so.

Bernie is an extremist leftist and that has very little to do with Democratic ideals.

[Ino]

48. Please define what Democratic ideals are to you. (nt)

[Bluenorthwest]

49. If your test for who is a Democrat can be passed by Kim Davis but not Bernie Sanders

You are using the wrong test.

[MohRokTah]

50. Bernies Sanders is not now, has never been, and never will be a Democrat. eom

[Bluenorthwest]

52. If your test for who is a Democrat can be passed by Kim Davis but not Bernie Sanders

You are using the wrong test.
You know two of the candidates on the slate right now were Republicans, Republican officials, Reagan administration and big money old GOP power family stuff. Somehow they are considered Democrats. Chafee never caucused with the Democrats, Bernie never caucused with anyone else and is a co-founder of our largest Congressional caucus.

The Democratic Party says Bernie is a Democratic candidate for the nomination to be the Democratic nominee.

But you reject what the Party says, and wish to apply the Davis Standard. It's your choice.

[underthematrix]

27. LOL! A Palinism

[PowerToThePeople]

30. Me too

Funny thing is, the person we consider the non-Democratic candidate differs.

[jfern]

31. There will be a Democratic nominee

Sanders won't decline the nomination

[MohRokTah]

34. If Sanders wins, the Democratic nominee willnot be a Democrat. eom

[LondonReign2]

35. I agree with your right not to make that pledge

No one should be forced to take a loyalty oath, they should instead be free to vote for the person that best represents them.

If Sanders wins the Democratic nomination and his views aren't your cup of tea, you should vote for whomever you choose. However, if you don't think his views are representative enough of the Democratic party, I think you're in the wrong party.

[MohRokTah]

38. If there is no Democrat on the ballot, I reserve the right to choose to sit that election out.

I only vote for Democrats.

[LondonReign2]

40. Your right. Interesting, though -- are you then confirming that party is more important than

policy for you?

[MohRokTah]

41. I am confirming that I equate the two.

I don't vote for Socialists.

[LondonReign2]

42. No one should vote for a person that doesn't represent them

Personally, I find that voting for a label, as you are describing--"I'll vote for Sanders if he has a D after his name, but not an I after his name, even though his policy views are identical either way--incomprehensible. It is just as silly as those people who say "I've always voted Republican, Ima gonna vote Republican" again, even though on individual issues they align more closely with Democratic positions.

I could be wrong, but I suspect even with the D after his name you won't vote for Sanders, and your actual issues is not with his party affiliation but rather his traditional Democratic positions. That's OK, no one should vote for someone that doesn't represent their beliefs.

[qazplm]

51. I support Hillary

and that's just a plainly idiotic and stupid position.

I don't care that Bernie isn't a Democrat when the competition is batshit crazy and would be horrible for this country.

[MohRokTah]

54. We all age our own decisions to make. Eom

[McCamy Taylor]

25. Indeed.

[David__77]

32. I won't make that pledge.

At the same time, I expect that I will vote for the Democratic candidate. I'm not running for office, or heading any sort of organization. I have no purpose for making such a pledge, and won't do it.

[99Forever]

36. I make no blind pledges to anything or anyone, ever.

Especially political organizations. Earn my support and vote or do without it.

Period.

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. I don't do Pledges Sorry.

That's too Norquist-y. I don't like Pledging Allegiance to a flag either. CREEPY STUFF - so don't take it personally.

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

45. I will ONLY vote for and Support those who support my values

Ya want something different from me ya best be holding a gun to my head in the voting booth and be prepared to pull the trigger.

[Zorra]

56. I'll vote for any Democrat who is nominated, except for one. nt