If I violated the DU rules with my Obama threads, I publicly apologize for that.

[Colobo]

But I won't apologize for trying to answer the constant "What are Obama's plans apart of Hope?" questions that a bunch of "concerned" supporters of other candidates were throwing out.

Again, if I somehow violated the rules, I apologize. DU is my home and I wouldn't do anything to harm it.

[FrenchieCat]

1. This is primary season.....

and this is not copyrighted material.....

The author wants it out there.

So I believe that you are fine.

Especially in light, I would think, of the asinine questions about "duh...what's hope..doh!" :crazy:

[Fearless]

6. So I'm not crazy...

There've been at least four or five "hope and change?" threads. Two words for them all... sour grapes.

[FrenchieCat]

27. Oh...A barrage in the 5 days since Iowa.....

But it was to be expected.

Folks will "get it" when its time. It's not like Brain Surgery.

[Fearless]

36. You can't believe how happy I am that it is not brain surgery

The posts would be ever so boring.

:rofl:

[Fearless]

2. It was a welcomed change from the Hillary crying threads... believe me.

[XemaSab]

3. You have nothing to apologize for

:)

[aquart]

45. Speak for yourself.

He has one bad case of NILS (Name In Lights Syndrome).

[jackson_dem]

4. Biggest BS apology I have ever seen

He/she spams the entire board with 17 threads and then when he/she is done quickly issues a pro forma faux apology.

[Fearless]

11. Clearly, judging by those here, it wasn't seen as spam.

[XemaSab]

You must have seen many egregious violations of the rules since, um,

January 4th, and many subsequent pro forma apologies.

It's always good to hear "concern" from elder statesmen such as yourself.

[Nailzberg]

LOLOLOLOL

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[jackson_dem]

22. never mind. It is useless talking to Obama fanatics

[Occam Bandage]

35. It's very rare you have people willing to lurk that long.

It's not rare at all to have people claiming they've been lurking that long.

Edit: Whoops, almost gave yourself away, didn't you?

[MadBadger]

41. Inspired by who?

Clearly not Obama.

[silverweb]

21. That's three.

Buh-bye.

[aquart]

46. Hasta La Vista, baby.

[ClericJohnPreston]

5. Tell me

Do you see any diffference between a plan and the reality of the execution of a policy?

While you cogitate on that one, look at what Obama says he is going to do, and tell me if you find that it matches his established record in the State and Senate.

Have you ever heard a candidate make a promise he didn't keep?

Do you not see your "faith" is totally built on "hope" and "change", not REALITY.

[Fenris]

7. You did violate the rules.

I understand your frustration, but it is against the rules to do what you did.

[Colobo]

12. I apologize.

[Fenris]

15. No hard feelings on this end.

:hi:

[MalloyLiberal]

23. LMAO..just wait til primary night

When you do it all over again..LOL..you're slick I tell ya.

[Fearless]

42. Which primary night? I've got time... I'll vouch for if it happens or not.

[grantcart]

53. Obama supporters should now be as smart as Obama

and just relax and let the next few days play out. Let the supporters of the other candidates vent their frustration. If I were you rather than be so defensive I would be thinking of what I was going to do to sooth some very disappointed people to join my team. I just wish it was the problem Edwards was facing. But I appreciate your apology.

[dailykoff]

8. You can lead a horse to water

but you can't make her cry :)

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Did you ever answer the one about hope?

[Fearless]

14. I thought bringing fights over from another thread was also against the rules... I forget.

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. No answers, huh?

[Fearless]

32. I won't bring fights from other boards... sorry...

But if you go back there, you'll see my response.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3987191&mesg_id=3987383

In case you forgot.

[FrenchieCat]

19. Yes, and at this point, if you took your gas mask off

you would even smell it!

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. That might get me arrested.

But I'd give it a try!

At my age there's always hope!

[FrenchieCat]

34. There ya go.....

Now you've got it!

Better have it than be hope less! LOL!

[Fearless]

25. Lol...

Wow, almost 900 posts and that's the first time I said that... I hope that's a record. Lol... wow I did it again.

[FrenchieCat]

37. Kewl!

:thumbsup:

Hope will do that do ya! :hi:

[The_Casual_Observer]

39. It's old hat, those kind of insults have been going on for years

That's why I keep 'em there!:D

[Fearless]

43. Ok now I'm officially lost...

[The_Casual_Observer]

48. But you're ok, because you still have hope!

[Fearless]

50. You must have hope until the moment you die, to do otherwise is to die on the inside.

[The_Casual_Observer]

52. I reject hope and all it's agents.

So there.

[Fearless]

54. Then your life will be empty and joyless..

So there. ;)

[Renew Deal]

10. Good for you.

It's about time.

[NC_Nurse]

13. I don't think you did...

and you're right. People have been asking. I for one appreciate your efforts.
I can't sleep so I'm gonna read some more of his stuff. ;-)

[Nailzberg]

16. Screw the apology. It's been a barrage of "Where's the Beef?" in here

Now they got it answers.

Of course, none of them read it. They'll just keep asking the same questions.

[bobthedrummer]

17. I asked you what Obama had that made you leave the Republican Party

for him since all the other candidates also have attracted former Republicans, and I was promised a reply after you got done issuing "specifics".

I'm ready to turn in for the night, but before I do take a couple of minutes and just specifically tell me what Obama represents so much that you changed affiliation, why not to one of the other candidates?

[Colobo]

29. I'll gladly answer

Very quickly, I considered myself Republican since I was a kid back in Puerto Rico, where the Republican Party is seen as the friend of those who want Puerto Rican statehood, as I have always done. When I moved here to the states back in '01, I was 17 and eager to join the party I had heard so many good things about, apart that I was always told the GOP was the party of "true Americans" while the Democratic Party was the party of "people who live on Welfare and minorities".

To make the story short, I voted for Jeb in '02, campaigned and voted for Bush in '04, even though I quickly realized that party wasn't for me. I still resisted my own desire to leave because I didn't want to be labeled "less American" or be a traitor to my pro-Statehood ideals. In 06, however, I left the Republican Party and changed to Democrat, and I have been once since.

How Obama got my support? Tell you tomorrow.

[bobthedrummer]

33. Good night Katzenvalier, you are so full of specifics about Obama

that you have harmed your candidate here tonight...

[silverweb]

18. You violated no rules, Katz.

A handful of people think it's cute to continually demand that others do the homework, then regurgitate for them the "substantive" summary of information they want (which will never be "specific" enough to satisfy them).

People who don't like particular threads are free to hide them with a click.

People who don't like particular posters are free to partially or completely ignore them with a couple of clicks.

Instead of bitching at you, they should be taking some responsibility for themselves.

WE appreciate you, Katz! :pals:

[Occam Bandage]

20. Thank you for your work.

[lvx35]

26. Smaller Chunks are nice.

You just posted too much there for me to get through, though I found some pretty interesting little tidbits when I tried.

[BenDavid]

30. Obama: The John Kerry of 2008 . I have my suspicions about

the sudden popularity of this fresh, young face -- good chance that this is being manipulated and inflated. It is an old strategy to elevate the man you know you can beat and brainwash the sheep into rejecting the one they can't beat. In spite of the uninterrupted 7 year disaster since the Bush seizure of the Presidency, no one, least of all the party leadership and the base (the "But I Have to Have My Pony!" funsters) -- has learned a thing. They are refusing to win yet again.

The media, pink-tutus and Pony Whiners have decided that this placid, pleasant, untroubled man with the intensity of Bing Crosby is going to carry the ticket for the Democrats and miraculously defeat the determined, warlike Republicans.This light-weight is going to be eaten alive.

The best we Americans can hope for at this point is that the Republican who will be elected will not be as evil as Monkeyboy and Unka Dick. Perhaps he will simply be incompetent -- what a relief that will be."laurie"

[Rageneau]

55. More BartCop?

People who read BartCop know who you mean by 'pony-whiners.'

[gdaerin]

58. What? The support is not sudden, not for many of us!

This movement has been growing over the past year, maybe because he didn't get that much coverage you weren't aware of it, but I've been an Obama fan for over 6 months now.

Obviously, some people are choosing to just now look into the politicians and Obamas much deserved momentum he gained is causing a lot more people to be converted simply because more people are turning out.

He's still got the same message he always had, unlike Hillary.

[TreasonousBastard]

31. Maybe technically, but I'd rather see a pile of...

those kinds of threads than the usual crap around here lately. A dozen documented positive threads about a candidate in the middle of a hundred or so bullshit threads-- what's the problem?

Anyone thinks it's spamming, they don't have to read 'em.

(But, those are the people who probably should.)

[aquart]

47. So rules shouldn't apply to Obamies any more than Bushies?

Change? Sure.

[Cameron27]

38. I didn't see anything wrong with your threads.

:-)

[donheld]

40. Will Pitt is on his way to deliver punishment

:spank::hide::D

[sjdnb]

44. Again, I read the barackobama.com/issues

and your premeditated excuse for spamming DU with copied 'position papers' is not appreciated by those of us who have functioning brains .... it just re-enforces, to us, just how aggressive, single minded, and blindly faithful you all are to your candidate. Even if it means belittling anyone with a different opinion or the simplest of questions. Not at all what I expected from DU or Obama supporters.

[Egnever]

49. Cry us a fuckin river allready

What a tool

[Fearless]

51. LOL

:rofl: :rofl:

[JDPriestly]

56. I post from the candidates websites. They want us to do that.

I have also posted from Obama's website, as well as Edwards and Clinton. I like to compare their policies, but haven't had a chance to do that in the past couple of days -- no time.

[TankLV]

57. Ahh - it's the PRIMARY SEASON of a PRESIDENTIAL YEAR...it's gonna get a lot worse...

It's a free country - at least that's what we've been taught...

Everyone is free to speak their minds...