Have you ever seen the Dems so united? I mean, seriously...

[senseandsensibility]

have you? My God, look at where we are now, on the eve of the election, compared to where we were just a few short months ago. All the news is good, brothers and sisters... ALL OF IT!!!

We have registered twice as many new voters as the repukes, and they are circling the polling places for hours, we won all three debates according to the public, every day another talking head comes out with a prediction for a Kerry win, the public is waking up to the * crowd's terrorism failures (look at the reaction to the OBL tape!), and poor little * can't get his favorability rating above 48%!!!

But most of all, we are UNITED like I have never seen before. Nader is actually polling 0% in some polls! We have been working our butts off, and I thank each and every one of you.

I only have one thing left to say: KERRY IN A LANDSLIDE!!!!:dem:

[NNadir]

1. It's a new experience. My wife and I were discussing it today.

[Smarmie Doofus]

17. No. And it's a tribute to how horrible Bush and the gang...

actually are. Another four years of this and we're gonna be looking at the McKinley era as a golden age.

If K-man wins, we'll (Dems) probably be back "killing" each other in short order, just like the "good" old days.

That's a luxury we can't afford under the current circumstances.

Paul

[Quixote1818]

22. Dems are United and Republicans Divided! Talk of civil war in Party!

That is another reason I think we will win bigger than expected. A lot of conservatives are ready to get spending under control again and the best way to do that is with a Democratic President and a Republican Congress.

[NNadir]

27. In some ways, I am forever changed by what happened this year, but

it would be fun to be a part of the old herd of cats again.

[KingChicken]

2. Rising donkey!

Rising donkey!

[MADem]

4. Heh, heh, heh

My mind works in odd ways....donkey, ass....moon....

We're gonna moon the weecowboy, and let him ride his elephant home to Crawford!

[CitySky]

3. it's been fun

:kick:

[senseandsensibility]

5. Yes, it's been very uplifting!

And let it continue!:)

[Johnny 99]

6. It's scary

Really, it is, we're fucking Democrats, for Christ's sake. We're not supposed to get along.

[senseandsensibility]

12. I too find it odd.

But I'm lovin it. And I really, really hope that when Kerry is in, we will support him and rally around him. He will be hounded by the repukes like Clinton was, and he needs us. Sorry, Johnny, I think you might have to put up with a little more unity!:)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Not since '92

[Zero Gravitas]

16. 92 was never like this

92 was a great feeling with people coming together, but the threat today is a million times worse and the unity is much stronger!

Three more days!

[Guava Jelly]

8. wasn't it Will Rogers who said

“I am not a member of any organized party, I am a Democrat.”
well i think he would be quite embarassed by that statement today

[Road Scholar]

15. He would love it! LOL n/t

[AnIndependentTexan]

9. My first time to pay attention and btw I am a youth 23

[Ksec]

10. Nope. Never. Its freakin awesome baby.

[LibertyorDeath]

11. YEAH!!

"We have registered twice as many new voters as the repukes, and they are circling the polling places for hours, we won all three debates according to the public, every day another talking head comes out with a prediction for a Kerry win, the public is waking up to the * crowd's terrorism failures (look at the reaction to the OBL tape!), and poor little * can't get his favorability rating above 48%!!!"

YEAH!! :bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[senseandsensibility]

14. I know that we here on DU

at 54,000 or so people, are a tiny portion of the population, but I really think that we deserve some credit for this. I feel almost misty eyed when I think of what some of us have done to make the above possible. And, really DUers, there is no law against feeling good!:)

[requiem99]

23. Democrats: The party of hope, optimism, and can-do spirit!

Sure beats "Republicans: The party of lies, fear, and hating anyone who isn't a bible thumping Aryan."

[phish420]

13. agreed!

I'm even seeing people who have never discussed politics at ALL, even so much as a few weeks ago coming out and saying "yeah, this chump's gotta go...I votED"...lol. Extremely united and on the virge of a landslide!

Kerry 300+ EVs!

3 MORE NIGHTS!!
3 MORE NIGHTS!!
3 MORE NIGHTS!!

[OneMoreDemocrat]

18. I think there's a parallel between what happened to us.........

over the last four years and what the Republicans went through during the Clinton era; that is, we now have something and someone upon which to focus our collective anger and point it in one direction to make real change.

Bush is to Democrats what Clinton was to Republicans.....a uniter, not a divider.

Bush has himself to thank for firing up the other side like no other time in recent history.

Anger is a powerful thing when used properly.

[Stinky The Clown]

You hit the nail on the head

We need to look back at the last 12 years and learn from them. Learn from the Republicans how to win. Learn from ourselves how to win in the 21st Century. Learn, too about how NOT to squander an advantage.

But learn, too, not to get ahead of ourselves. First we have to win this thing.

[PermanentRevolution]

24. One minor difference...

Bush deserves it. Clinton didn't.

[Zero Gravitas]

28. Big difference

I see the parallels, but there is a big difference IMO.

The right hated Clinton for his perceived lack of "character" and/or because they believed the fake "scandals" not because of what happened to the country while Clinton was President. We hate Bush for what he has done to the country, for stealing the election in 2000, for mis-managing the response to 9/11, for invading Iraq and lying about the reasons.

They hated Clinton the man, we hate Bush the "president". Big difference.

Another difference is that the Right's hatred of Clinton the man was not enough to unseat a popular, successful President either at the ballot box or through their bogus impeachment. Our hatred for what Bush has done to our country will be enough to decisively beat him at the ballot box on Tuesday and unequivocally elect John Kerry as the 44th President Of The United States.

[senseandsensibility]

30. I couldn't agree more.

That's why I hate it when the corporate media calls us * haters, or says we are for ABB. They are desperately trying to portray us as no better than the people who hounded Clinton by reducing it to a sound bite. There's never any mention of what is motivating the anger on either side; that would be far too complex for them.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

53. I wasn't so much talking about the 'whys'.........

of the hatred toward Bush or Clinton, just the hatred itself, and that this hatred (whatever the reason for it) is precisely why we are so united to get rid of Bush.

Clearly the animosity toward Bush and Republicans in general is well deserved (much more so than what was felt toward Clinton), but that wasn't really my point.

[fujiyama]

44. One major difference though

is Bush has alienated many moderates and independants. Clinton was never liked by the right, but moderates never despised him. The right contiously attacked him on petty, pointless shit, that never effected people's lives. Independants didn't care though.

What we may see on Tuesday is a coalition of people from all walks of life - disaffected conservatives, liberals, moderate independants, students, union workers, as well as middle class white collar workers coming together to remove the worst president in the history of this nation.

[doni_georgia]

19. It's really a nice change

I have said many times before that when we are united we win. I really believe this will be the case come Tuesday.

Kerry in a landslide!

[AlinPA]

20. I have never seen this before. (I am 66). It is amazing. Today, my wife

and I were driving into a mall and there were two girls waving Kerry posters and it was starting to rain a little. My wife told me to stop. She reached in the back seat and gave the girls an umbrella she had in the car!

[Wind Dancer]

29. That is so sweet - what a fine woman!

It's a good feeling, we're all in this together & I have never seen anything like this before either!

[Erika]

21. Mark Twain Wouldn't recognize us today...

He said he didn't belong to any organized political party, by being a democrat.

[treading_water]

25. We need to stay this way after Kerry is elected.

We've got to protect his back so he doesn't get distracted when he's fixing all the problems * created.

[senseandsensibility]

36. That is so true!

And, as positive as I'm feeling now, I'm not counting on it. However, first things first...let's get Kerry elected!

[0007]

26. Never!

An organized effort to accomplish a purpose. It only proves that the American people won't be lied too and will only take so much.

junior is toast!

[Robert of Locksley]

31. The Times They Are A Changin' once again...

The most moving thing to me is how many people are waking up from what feels like an eternity of deep sleep after the materialist greed of the Reagan years and the high tech boom of the 90s. Democrats, apoliticals, even tepid once-but-no-longer Republicans are all united against Bush and his administration with such overwhelming force that it feels like a new American movement is dawning. I'm not sure whether it's because Bush & Co are so utterly dreadful or whether 911 burst the bubble of invincibility (probably both), but I've never seen so many people care - I mean, really care - about the future of our country and the world.

I remember how many friends scoffed when I first expressed worry about Bush's court-appointed Presidency (I had the worst feeling in my gut and a panic attack that gave me nightmares for weeks - I just felt like something dreadful was going to happen - and as a transplanted New Yorker, boy, did it ever and I wish that I had been proven wrong.) Most thought, like Nader, that there wasn't much difference in who was elected President - and politics was more of a cynical game than anything else.

Now people who only four years ago thought I was an alarmist outshout me in expressing their frustration at the direction the country has taken - they're tired of it - the hatred, the warmongering, the intolerance, the gay baiting and racial targeting. Enough is enough.

In the past four years, I've felt renewed hope and optimism watching those who never gave a damn suddenly realize how important politics is. Even if Kerry should lose this election (and I don't think he will), this is not a movement that will end here. I think we're headed for another sea change that will shake America to its core just like the 30s and the 60s did. Progressives are going to take this country back.

[senseandsensibility]

35. Welcome to DU Robert!

What a great post. :hi:

[ZombieNixon]

51. You give me hope, my man

You really do.

[harpo]

32. There were 80% more people at the Texas State Dem. Convention

that should tell you something :)

[senseandsensibility]

34. Seriously

Is there any chance we'll carry Texas? A Texas poster today said there was.

[harpo]

45. I think it could happen...turnout is HUGE where it counts

[senseandsensibility]

48. That would be SO great!!

Go Texas Dems! Take back your state!

[Technowitch]

33. Nope, never.

And I've been following politics ever since the 60s.

[crispini]

37. Do you live here? No? Well then....

think a little bit before you make those boldfaced predictions and disparage those who are putting lots of shoe leather on the ground to make it happen. We will at least be a nice fetching shade of purple, IMO....

[senseandsensibility]

40. Um, excuse me...

I think the poster you wrote to was answering my original question about Dems being unified, not saying that Texas couldn't go Dem. I know, it gets confusing at times when the posts are not in order. But, I take it you think Texas looks good?:) God, would that be something. Remember how they(the repukes) trashed Gore for not carrying his home state? Finally, Carville shot back: "It must have been embarrassing for * not to carry his own COUNTRY!"

[nookiemonster]

38. I can't describe it...

I used to be so apolitical. I love this party, I've found my place. :kick:

[senseandsensibility]

42. Welcome to DU

I'd hate to have to go through this election without it!;)

[JDPriestly]

39. If Kerry can bring Democrats together like this,

just think what he will do for the nation. He is a uniter. Wait and see. Once he becomes president, even the Republicans will learn to respect and love him. He will be another FDR and bring all kinds of people to the Democratic center.

[Lugnut]

41. Never

Shithead has done what nobody else ever managed to do.....unite Democrats. It's a beautiful thing. :D

[Laelth]

43. Never in my lifetime have I seen us so united.

Frankly, I hardly recognize us. ;)

I think this is just a testament to how truly terrible * is as President. Speaking for myself, I feel the Constitution is under siege, our finances are being ruined, the weak are being further weakened, and the religious right is using the power of the federal government and the U.S. military to wage a holy war on completely innocent people. Our unity feels like a collective outburst against these (and other) abuses of power.

Enough is enough!

Plus, Kerry showed us something in the debates ... best candidate we've had since the last JFK. John Forbes Kerry, too, will be a great President.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Spiffarino]

46. That's what * must have meant by being a uniter

We Democrats have never been so tight. I love it. I just wish it had been this way before the Chimp took power and started to screw everything up.

[senseandsensibility]

47. How true

Al Gore never had the party united behind him like this. But the good news is: HE STILL WON!!!:toast:

[isrealpackard]

49. Enjoy while it lasts (Warning: cliche alert)

Samuel Johnson once said that "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully,"

[senseandsensibility]

50. Yes,

it does, doesn't it? And my mind is CONCENTRATED, baby!!! I will not be hanged! Anyone with me out there?
Edited to add: Welcome to DU!!!

[ZombieNixon]

52. In a word,

no.

[wishlist]

54. My mom, a Repub, turned down request to work polls, said she's for Kerry!

My mom is a very youthful nearly 80 yr old lifelong registered Republican in a Repub district and even held public office herself but she has always voted Dem in all of the Presidential races and for some Dems in their local races too.

She told me that the precinct chairman for Repubs called to get her to be a poll worker this year and she told them no, that she is not voting for Bush and will not do anything to support Repubs this year since she is also very disappointed with the state Repub leaders too.

Iraq is her biggest beef, but she is also pissed about the Patriot Act demanding that the libraries keep records that can be used by the Feds to track what books people take out and told me that she is aiding and abetting their local librarians in finding ways to get around this so the Feds will be thwarted!!!!!

[bemildred]

55. Never. nt

[TriMetFan]

56. I would think that during the F.D.R. election, Democratic

were this united. But this has been way awesome. I feel it in my bones and in my heart that Kerry is going to win BIG.