Have you ever met one of these splinterists in person?

[LoZoccolo]

I have. One of them showed up at an Illinois Dem Net gathering (oh by the way, if you live in Illinois click the Illinois Dem Net link in my signature to find out political things to do in Illinois, some of them are just for drinking and chatting). I think it was after the 2004 election and some people were trying to get Dean appointed as the DNC chairman. This guy - who had a slightly disturbed affect - said that he hoped that Dean would get rejected so that all the disaffected people would band together with the Greens; I guess he was assuming Dean would move to the Green Party or something? (People tended to make up their own narratives around Dean for some reason.) Anyways, this really cute young woman and I looked at each other like we thought he was nuts in a humorous sort of way. Note to that guy: the cute young women won't be attracted to you if you act nuts. You might even be sending them my way.

There was another one who I met before that, at this "unity" rally after the Kerry nomination nonetheless, and when he came up to me (yes, he actually came up to me first) I just said "dooga dooga dooga dooga", but you probably already knew about that.

Do you have a story like this?

[murielm99]

1. Sure do.

I was at a gathering of Democratic grassroots leaders yesterday. We are a grassroots group that has banded together to get candidates elected to county boards, and state and national positions in our areas. One of the counties managed to get a Democrat elected to their county board for the first time in 150 years. Another group has turned their county board around and elected a Democratic mayor in one of their major cities. Most of us there were elected grassroots people, such as precinct committeemen, county Democratic chairmen and other officers. Some of the others were people who are working for various Democratic campaigns.

My county is still working at getting more Democrats elected. We are happy that we have candidates running, instead of ballots with republicans as the only choice.

All ages were represented. When we went out to lunch, of course the talk turned to the Presidential race. There was a wide range of support for the top three candidates. (Some people are voting for Edwards on Super Tuesday. Good for them). Of course everyone started arguing why their choice was the best. It was nice to hear informed people stating their reasoning.

At one point, I said that I would support my candidate, but vote for the nominee and work hard for the nominee, no matter who won it. Everyone agreed with me but a couple of women. One is a 72 year old Caucasian woman, an elected county board official who has worked hard all her life for Democrats. She is an Obama delegate to the convention. The other was a 24 year old African American woman who is the finance director for a Democratic congressional campaign. Both of these women said they would stay home rather than vote for Clinton.

All the Edwards and Clinton supporters will compromise, but not all the Obama supporters. How sad.

Oh, wait! I thought this thread was about "unity."

[LoZoccolo]

2. I think they are doing that because they can still try to manipulate people with it.

Because Obama is still running, they can still try to get people to vote for him with this threat. And Edwards supporter who does it is just blowing off steam and/or being irrational.

[murielm99]

4. You may have a point.

Our chairman agrees with you. He thinks some of the people who have worked hard for Democrats all their lives will come around. They are just angry.

[saltpoint]

3. Are those the people who work for circuses and can splay their

legs on the floor and stuff?

Cuz they're totally hot.