I love the smell of desperation in the morning.

[Political Heretic]

[Heidi]

1. Tastes like chicken, smells like flamebait.

:P

I keed, I keed.

[Political Heretic]

2. Heh heh :)

[donheld]

3. No need to make this place any more unpleasant than it is

I support Obama, but there's no need to aggravate tension in DU

[Skittles]

4. they can't help themselves

and there's no spray for it

[Political Heretic]

5. "they" don't take things too seriously

"they" being me. So you can lighten up.

I've spent more than my fair share of time policing the crazies around here on my side. And after some of the utterly ludicrous, mind-boggling things I've read in here overnight, I'm not apologizing for my relatively benign post pointing out the how things have begun to escalate toward the absurd.

If I wanted to lash out, believe me it would look a lot different.

Cheers

[Skittles]

6. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

BWAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA yeah OK "my side" WHAT THE F*** side would that be? DEMOCRATIC OR REPUKE? Oh, wait.

[Political Heretic]

7. You have no idea what you're talking about.

Which is a shame, cause I like you a lot.

A simple sampling of my posting history will reveal to you that, while I'm not perfect by any means, I strive to be reasonable - part of that attempt includes spending a lot of time defending people who disagree with me from outrageous and sometimes vile spewage from my own "camp" of the primary process.

Ask Maddy McCall, for instance. :hi:

[Skittles]

9. I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT

all the "SIDE TAKING" here has made a f***ing MOCKERY out of DU - sounds like a bunch of f***ing FREEPERS with their endless idolization for this candidate or that. WTF!!!! WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR POST? JUST STOP IT, PLEASE.

[Political Heretic]

10. It's a primary. People support candidates. Is this the first election year you've lived through?

No, I think not.

Relax. :)

[Skittles]

12. OH I see, it has a DEEPER purpose SOMEWHERE

oh yeah - and DON'T tell me to relax - I DON'T RELAX when I find stuff SICKENING. NO I have NEVER seens such UTTER GARBAGE in any other campaign that I have seen in THIS ONE.

[Political Heretic]

13. Ok...so what would it take exactly for you to stop screaming at me?

Sheesh.

[Skittles]

15. STOP POSTING F***ING GARBAGE n/t

[Political Heretic]

17. Sorry I made a post you think goes too far.

I think you are doing a little bit of this:

http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/coping/projection.htm

And I also think you're generalizing me in with "DU" or the primaries however you want to label what's bothering you and taking it out on me.

I don't think you have much to back it up with.

Any review of my posting history reveals a sincere attempt not only to keep a level head, but also to police extremist obama supporters and defend Clinton supporters when they are getting unfairly harassed. I'm not perfect, but frankly, I don't deserve your hysterical bullshit because you think one post isn't lighthearted and goes "too far."

Stop putting your shit on to me. I haven't done anything to deserve it.

[Skittles]

22. I am not projecting

I am simply sick of seeing crap on DU that serves no f***ing purpose than, as donheld says, to pour salt in an open wound. I am not a supporter of HRC or Obama - I am just sick of all of it, the mockery it has made out of DU. A LOT OF US JUST WANT IT TO STOP.

[Political Heretic]

29. Here's the difference:

This:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4856299&mesg_id=4856299

Deserves outrage.

This thread however, if anything is only guilty of needing to be in the lounge instead of here. It's tame, it doesn't single any one group of people out, it may be a waste of space but the only reason it is a divisive flame fest is because you turned it into one.

[donheld]

23. You're acting like a jack ass

[Political Heretic]

27. Really?

In what way, exactly?

I think I've been remarkably civil, and think you're overreacting.

I also think you should spend more time worrying about stuff like this
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4856299&mesg_id=4856299

And less time on stuff that is tame and generic.

[Political Heretic]

8. I don't see it as particularly aggrivating - but it is commentary on some of the absurdity

...of the night tonight.

I've been up writing a grad paper, and the subjects here have been....surreal. :)

[anamnua]

11. He who laughs last laughs longest. nt

[Political Heretic]

14. Indeed. Best of luck on Tuesday. I don't know about you, but I can't wait.

:hi:

[cboy4]

16. You don't think a post that reads "I love the smell of

desperation in the morning" as "particularly aggravating?" lol

It's not only aggravating...it's obnoxious.

And when you have people from your side scolding you, you should really take notes Political Heretic.

[Political Heretic]

18. lol - no. I didn't. There's a lot of desperation in the air all around as we come down to D-Day.

The board is full of insane posts on both sides. The desperation level is about at its maximum.

You'll note I didn't make any reference to one candidate or another. That's because there's plenty of desperation to go around.

So if you feel a candidate-neutral, fairly benign comment about the desperation on all sides leading into Tuesday, with a reference to the famous line from Robert Duval and a picture is really horribly inflammatory, then gosh I apologize. I thought it was about as tame of a way there is to suggest people lighten up. :)

[donheld]

19. Salt in the wounds.

Is that what you like?

[Political Heretic]

20. Salt in the wounds of who?

Since it applies across the board.

[donheld]

21. Then i guess it would be everybody wouldn't it

Lay off it.

[Political Heretic]

28. Then if its "everybody" it shouldn't evoke such personal ire.

:shrug:

[C_U_L8R]

24. Smells like Peeps in the microwave

[Perry Logan]

25. Gradually starting to replace the smell of Obamite shit on our shoes. Yes--much better!

[Political Heretic]

26. *snicker*

that made me chuckle.

[Lerkfish]

31. I'll pray for you in your new location come a week from now

[Lerkfish]

30. it smells like....I dunno...victory

[JohnnyLib2]

32. And one Greatly Dramatized Politics (GD-P) bonus point to you!

:evilgrin:

[anamnua]

33. Another quote from the same film

'His men worship him as some sort of God'
Ring a bell?
Here's a clue:
The film centres around a charismatic, messianic character who holds his followers in a sort of trance.

[anamnua]

34. kick

[Cheap_Trick]

35. awww...how cute

pot calls kettle black.