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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:21 AM
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Just rename this forum "Obama for President"
Because that's pretty much the only thing being discussed. I know that other Hillary supporters, like me, are sick of reading about it.

Congratulations on contributing to the fracture of the party. You all want to point fingers a "us," but the divisiveness I'm seeing is all coming from the Obama camp, including the name calling and personal attacks on posters. I had someone tell me the other day that a "math entrance exam" must not be a requirement for DU when giving my OPINION that this race is still close (and I maintain that it STILL IS). I see hateful, terrible, awful things said to and about other Clinton supporters (Ferraro is a heifer? She's an "old cunt?" GIVE ME A BREAK - and then you all have the nerve to say sexism is NOT a factor in this race? IT'S A FACTOR IN EVERY DAY LIFE FOR EVERY WOMAN AROUND THE WORLD) every day. Disgusting that fellow Dems are talking to each other this way.
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against all enemies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:22 AM
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1. After the convention I hope they do.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:22 AM
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2. Xenu would not be pleased by that. nt
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:23 AM
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3. Why don't you post something positive about your candidate?
You're part of the problem. Stop your kvetching and try to sell us on her. :shrug:
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reflection Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:33 AM
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22. Boy isn't that the truth.
The signal-to-noise ratio is remarkably low around here. Let's have some positive uplifting pieces on HRC from people who are invested in her. However real or imagined the sexist climate, it's been discussed ad nauseum and I find myself skipping some of those threads, looking for new ideas.
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:01 AM
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48. I've admired Hillary since...
...Bill was running for President. Back then I was a fresh out of the closet, 22 y.o. little front woman in a band outside of NYC. After moving up there from rural PA, I was just getting my eyes opened to how the world really was.

She got into the White House and acted like no First Lady I had ever seen. Confident, super smart, outspoken and driven. She didn't do the 'traditional' FL stuff, but took a road less traveled, and was really despised for it. I admit that she bit off more than she could chew, but she TRIED to do something revolutionary and forward-thinking (because I don't have to tell anyone what kind of shitty state health care is in, and my family is living it right now). I remember wishing she were the President instead of him.

Then when she started her own political career, I was behind her 100%. If I had lived in NY at the time, I would've welcomed her with open arms and been an ardent supporter. I understand why she's done some of the 'stupid' things she's done as Senator (voted for the war, flip flopped on the DL issue, etc), and still strongly feel she'd be a great President. I think if she were, she'd change the minds of some of the people that hate her. She's been planning for this moment her whole life, and I still believe in her.

And THAT is my uplifting Hillary supporter, told from a totally biased viewpoint, of course!
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reflection Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:11 AM
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63. Now that's good stuff!
Thanks for taking the time to share it. :toast:
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reflection Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:26 AM
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84. And another thing...
As for the "bit off more than she could chew" comment, that is one of the things I admire about HRC. She doesn't shy away from a task. I don't (currently) support her, but from what I've heard from her constituents, she can be a great representative if you need something done. Her initial failed foray into universal health care was still admirable.
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:30 AM
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87. kick
nt
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:15 AM
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91. A really stupid question from a newbie
I have never been able to figure out what NT means...would you tell me? Thanks!
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:18 AM
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94. It means : no text - so that people don't have to go beyond the subject line
Go 'bama
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:15 AM
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69. As you know--several of have---but Obamafolk come on dump on them also.
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:24 AM
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4. Tell the creator of Hillaryis44 I said hi!
Quit the faux "victim" crap. You people are just as vicious. Take a look at some of the lovely barbs Obama people have taken.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:24 AM
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5. oh, please, I had to go through this a.m. and hide about 20 threads
NOW, it looks much nicer!
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InAbLuEsTaTe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:48 AM
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101. Starting to do the same thing (first time).
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 01:00 PM
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109. it makes it easier to deal, no?!
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:25 AM
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6. 90% of this board supports Obama. We all see HRC for what she really is.
So what's your point?

Give it up. I'm a woman, and I'm sick of HRC playing the Victim. It doesn't bode well for women when all she can do is whine and scream and cry. She makes us look weak, like the only way we're going to get anywhere is by playing underhanded games and throwing a fit when we don't get our way. I worked for years as the only woman on a large team of men. I had to work my ass off day in - day out. If I would have pulled one little tenth of a stunt like she is and has been pulling, I would have had the rug yanked out from under me in a heartbeat. So give it a rest already.

I'm all for having a woman in the white house - I just want the RIGHT WOMAN. Not a petty, whining brat!
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:45 AM
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36. You make an excellent point
I also feel that she is not representative of the many capable, kick-ass women who could be running for the Democratic nomination for president.

As a woman who worked my way out of welfare into graduate school with no connections and no advantages, I think Obama and his wife have a better understanding of my experience than Hillary does at this point. It seems she's been breathing the rarefied air of the political elites a bit too long. I haven't heard her speak with what I thought was real understanding about the brutal realities of working folks in this country. I haven't heard her speak as a woman to women about the issues they face every day. When she brings up sexism, it seems to be for the purposes of gaining campaign advantage than speaking to the larger issue of women's rights.

And I can't get past her enabling of George Bush over and over again. That makes me ill. I remember during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, how badly I wanted she and Bill to stand up and "denounce and reject" Bush's warmongering, and they didn't. They turned their backs on millions of people in the streets who knew this was wrong, and they smiled condescendingly at us and assured the masses that the protesters were wacky/extremist radicals, and Bush/Cheney knew what they were doing. They, along with many others, helped Bush, and abandoned us.

I'd love to vote for a woman. But I wouldn't vote for a Republican woman, just because she was a woman, and I can't do it for a Democrat either, when I don't feel she represents my views.

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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:14 AM
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68. Agreed!
Your situation sounds like a tougher challenge than mine, but I too worked my way through college. My parents didn't even want me to go away (religious fundamentalists). I had to stay in school year round, in order to afford to survive working 1-2 jobs in the process while living on campus, or in off campus student housing that could only be occupied while in school. I had to because I had no other place to go home to. I'm a big girl, I've taken my fair (even unfair) share of lumps - but you just gotta pick yourself up and keep going. Nothing in life frustrated me more than those that tried to garner sympathy by being the perpetual "victim" (using it as an excuse for failure in everything), and constantly dragging every little petty thing out like it's the biggest disaster in the world. I had some very rough times in my mid-20's, an abusive husband, etc... My boss was shocked the day I came to him to let him know I had to take a day off to move, and that I might need a little time here and there for the divorce hearings. He had no idea. WHY? Because I didn't feel that I needed to drag my personal life out in front of my co-workers. And honestly, if I had - they would have eaten me alive.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:57 AM
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90. You rock
Not that we are competing, but I think you are one kick-ass lady, and I can't imagine trying to get past the religion thing to come to any kind of understanding with your parents. My parents are not religious at all, but really just couldn't help financially.

I also hate the victim thing, because I feel it is poisonous and counterproductive. Injustice has to be answered, pain has to be felt, but making a victim narrative part of your identity is just not healthy. I don't think you and I could have gotten through our challenges if we did that.


:hi: :hi:
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:58 AM
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46. I think that is what most
women who support Obama feel. It's not about not wanting a woman as president, it's just the right woman. I love Barbara Boxer and I would support her in a new york second!:applause:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:19 AM
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74. yes, we know who Hillary is-faults and all. that is the distinctions--BO's faults
are starting to dripple out and you don't like it. too bad



We all see HRC for what she really is.
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my3boyz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:25 AM
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7. GOOD! I'm glad you are tired! Please leave and take the rest of the Hillary supporters with you!
I'm tired of all you spamming the forum with the same crap about Obama. Rezko...Wright...he's black....he can't win general election...media is biased...etc...etc.....over and over again!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:08 AM
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60. ha ---dream on We are here to stay. Hillary inspires us. She is strong.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:25 AM
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8. And here I thought this was the Pastor Wright forum
Silly me.

Oh, and can you come down off that cross? Some other Hillary supporters would like to use it. kthnxbai
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:31 AM
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18. and for 2 days it was the G. Fererro forum. and BO folks sitll threading about her today.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:25 AM
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9. You realize there are all sort of options for Hillary folks, right?
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 09:50 AM by olkaz
Talkleft for one. myDD is 24x7 Hillary. Check out those options.

And don't blame Obama supporters for this. If Hillary hadn't ran such a incomprehensibly incompetent campaign, this would have been over a long time ago, and all this would have been avoided.

Anyway, the door is thattaway. ---->
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:34 AM
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23. its your self rightous attitude like yours that OP is talking about. Shame on you.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:44 AM
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35. shame on me?
A Hillary nomination was a forgone conclusion six months ago. She was so far ahead, nobody had a chance.

You sure do say "shame on you" a lot. Why should I be ashamed? I didn't say anything hurtful or untrue.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:01 AM
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49. for this "Anyway, the door is thattaway. ---->" This IS DU. that include Hillary supporters.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:10 AM
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62. You missed the point.
I was taking that as a given. Of course this forum is for everybody.

The OP is clearly asking for less Obama supporters, which isn't going to happen here. I offered reasonable alternatives that offer that type of situation.

That's soooo shameful.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:14 AM
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66. She is asking that Obama supports show some respect. not that there be
less in numbers. so you missed the point-of the OP
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:19 AM
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75. Are we reading the same OP?
"Just rename this forum "Obama for President", Because that's pretty much the only thing being discussed. I know that other Hillary supporters, like me, are sick of reading about it."

Obama for president is the only thing being discussed,

and BECAUSE OF THAT;

Hillary supporters like me are sick of reading about it.

"She is asking that Obama supports show some respect."

That's not what was asked. At all.
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:22 AM
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81. Actually, it is..
...part of it. I see a lot of disrespect, and I seem to see it more from the Obama side than the Clinton side, although the Clinton supporters have their moments too, believe me...I'm not that blind.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:39 AM
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89. What is this silliness then?
"although the Clinton supporters have their moments too, believe me...I'm not that blind."

Everybody is crazy right now. Both sides. It's an election year. You've owned up to it, which I think was big of you.

All I'm saying is that you have to choose between craziness on this site (which favors Obama) or craziness on another site (MyDD, Talkleft, that favor Clinton).

It's all relative.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:16 AM
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92. good grief---she certainly is not telling you to leave the board like you did to Hillary supporters.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:32 AM
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96. Let's look at what I said
"Talkleft for one. myDD is 24x7 Hillary. Check out those options.

And don't blame Obama supporters for this. If Hillary hadn't ran such a incomprehensibly incompetent campaign, this would have been over a long time ago, and all this would have been avoided.

Anyway, the door is thattaway. ---->"

I didn't say leave the board. I was suggesting that if the OP doesn't like the tenor or opinion of the posts here, the op doesn't have to read any of this. There are options elsewhere that would be more more palatable to the OP's tastes.

Telling somebody to leave, and saying somebody has the ability to leave are two different things.

Hold on, I'll save you the response. Shame on me!

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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:34 AM
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98. it sure seemed like it to me. enough said about this.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:26 AM
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10. plonk
toodles
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:26 AM
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11. Oh horseshit.
Your gal's lost a huge lead and didn't even PLAN for post-Feb. 5th contests out of sheer arrogance.

And for fracturing, you simply can't beat the Clinton campaign for the 08 primaries. They lead the league.
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:27 AM
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12. Lannigan, i absolutely stand with you.
i too see all this divisiveness coming from the obama camp, and that is how he wants it.

i, for my part, should he get the nomination, will never, ever, ever, vote for such a divisive man in any general election.

and, as a florida i have already cast my vote for hillary. will it count? i don't know ... but this revote crap is for the birds. debbie wasserman-schultz said it well, florida is still trying to rebound from the 2000 election and to have another count, recount, or revote just wouldn't sit well with many floridians.

obama has to erase whatever good feelings many black voters have towards the clinton, that is why he puts out, through his surrogates, all this race baiting.

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frazzled Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:28 AM
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13. Why?
I see just as many threads here attacking Obama or supporting Hillary as vice versa. What is this unfounded persecution complex?

Just look at the number of threads in the last 24 hours from Clinton supporters attacking Obama on the Wright story. That's fair. People are defending or attacking in response, sometimes rationally, sometimes in ugly ways (just like Clinton supporters have done in all the Ferraro threads previously). But I don't here anyone whining "Just rename this forum 'Hillary for President.'" Let's just all chill.
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DarienComp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:28 AM
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14. "I know that other Hillary supporters, like me, are sick of reading about it."
Too bad. It's not this forum's job to make you happy. And if Obama supporters outnumber Hillary supporters, that's only because Obama has more supporters than Hillary.
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reflection Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:29 AM
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15. As far as I can tell,
Obama supporters have no built-in advantages over HRC supporters here. And really, if Rush Limbaugh is as powerful as a lot of people think he is, and he is artificially propping up HRCs campaign at the expense of Obama, shouldn't we be overrun with faux HRC supporters?

I honestly think Obama is just tapping into a demographic that has, until now, been largely disconnected from politics, and the netroots in particular.
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From The Left Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:29 AM
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16. Silly Thread. DU is a pro-Hillary propaganda site. Everyone knows it
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:32 AM
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19. Time for you to come out of the Obama bubble and get real.
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greguganus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:35 AM
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24. "get real"...still using Hillary's failed slogans I see. n/t
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:06 AM
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57. Ha HA---yup and she still is in the race. ha ha. and that really bugs you. ha ha
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From The Left Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:20 AM
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78. Not me. She's Destroyed Billary's Rep. Now She's Ruining Hers
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:17 AM
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93. oh stop bringing RW crap into this discussion! shame on you.
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From The Left Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 01:01 PM
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110. Another Hillbot Speaking Nonsense
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From The Left Donating Member (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:19 AM
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76. Silly, Silly, Silly. No wonder Shillary is Losing
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SoonerPride Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:30 AM
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17. Whining is so becoming
The reality is that Hillary has lost.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:16 AM
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71. so many obamafolk are using cracks crystal balls.
The reality is that Hillary has lost.
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EmilyAnne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:33 AM
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20. Don't you mean Jeremiah Wright/Geraldine Ferraro 2008?
And, that stuff you saw written about Ferraro (a heifer, etc.) is disgusting. I hope that person has been banned. Totally uncalled for.

I agree that the hateful personal attacks has reached a alarming high. I think the last 8 years have been so horrible, that we are all so desperate to see our preferred candidate get into the White House. We all want the same things, I think. We want to undo this mess. We believe that one candidate has a better chance of doing that than another. Personal attacks are just not helpful at all and the more it goes on, the further we will get from our goal of beating the Republicans.

Anyway, I hope none of my posts have been offensive. As someone who has worked with disadvantaged women in rural Mexico, Russia, Uzbekistan and a hand full of other countries, I agree that, yes, sexism is still a very ugly factor in this world. So is racism. So is homophobia. As Democrats, let's keep up the fight!


:pals:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:33 AM
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21. Well said and Welcome.
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easy_b94 Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:35 AM
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25. Yall hillbots/Billary people don't get it...Obama won more states...
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 09:36 AM by easy_b94
more delegates and more votes then Billary. He is winning this contest fairly
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:02 AM
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52. You Obamabots/McCAINY folks don't get it. Hillary is in the race to stay
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:37 AM
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26. What about the stupid pro-Hillary posts that get over 100 recs? Whine much? n/t
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 09:38 AM by ProSense
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:37 AM
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27. awwww.....
here is your banky
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:37 AM
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28. awwww.....
here is your banky
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:37 AM
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29. Perhaps the Obama/Hillary post ratio is reflective of the voting going on in the country
Just a thought.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:58 AM
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45. you thought wrong since she is getting half the votes out there.
Perhaps the Obama/Hillary post ratio is reflective of the voting going on in the country
Posted by DS1


Just a thought.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:06 AM
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56. No. She's not.
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:38 AM
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30. That's because this site is called DEMOCRATIC Underground
Hillary is NOT going to be the nominee. Her only goal is to DESTROY Obama so that the Supers will feel forced to give her the nomination OR DESTROY him enough that McCain beats him in the fall, so that she can run in '12.

Hillary is no Democrat, just a parasite on the party, and Obama is the REAL Democrat.

Sorry, but that has to be said because it is the TRUTH!
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:38 AM
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31. Please explain why you believe this race is still close.
Thanks. :-)
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:54 AM
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41. She is behind by 124 delegates
Which is why I say that. Neither will get the number of delegates they need, meaning they've really split the vote.

I haven't seen the popular vote numbers (but thanks to someone who, in another post, pointed out where to get good delegate counts) lately, and would like to. Do you have a good site for that?

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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:16 AM
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70. Obama is up by 160 pledged delegates. He's up by 124 if supers are
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 10:23 AM by No Surrender
included. He's up in the popular vote total by over 700,000. Real Clear Politics has the numbers.

The longer Clinton stays in the race, the further behind she falls. Her momentum is in reverse. I don't see a scenario where the SDs side with the candidate who received fewer pledged delegates and fewer votes.

on edit - Obama has won 53% of the pledged delegate to Clinton's 47%. Being up by 6% isn't what I'd call "close."
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:38 AM
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32. Oh sorry
Hillary seems like a decent Senator and all, but theres a Presidential race going on, and we have a Dem Candidate that needs supporting.

Gobama :bounce:
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Hawkowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:41 AM
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33. Go AWAY
Sick of DU after 13 posts? Maybe you should try another forum. It is the height of rudeness to just show up and start insulting people with fake indignation.
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:51 AM
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40. No intention to insult
And don't you think it's rude for a Dem, who was SO happy to find a cool place to hang with other Dems, to find all this bitterness and hatred going on? A reflection of the Repugs vs the Dems...scary.

Just because I only have XX posts doesn't mean I haven't been lurking for a while. I just now got the balls to say anything.

To be fair, I have seen Clinton supporters saying some REALLY stupid things. And I have flagged offensive posts, feeling stupidly like the 'forum police' for doing so.

I just hope we can and will all come back together when this is over with...there are so many bigger things to be spending our time on than trash talking one or the other candidate.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:42 AM
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34. The percentage of pro-Clinton posting...
...is not incompatible with her chances of winning the nomination.

Please alert on any posts you believe to be inappropriate. I know I have.
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:46 AM
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37. 17 posts and bashing DU already.
Nice.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:57 AM
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44. A lot of the Hillary posts are like that lately
There's another string with somebody moaning about how DU has become nothing more that an Obama site by someone with all of 11 posts.
They must have forgotten to lock the doors last night at the asylum
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:03 AM
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53. And there you go proving my point again
Sorry, absolutely NOT meaning to be rude!

But I am a woman, so call me a bitch and a whiner if you want.



:sarcasm: about the last line.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:05 AM
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55. Most of the Obamafolks posting on the thread have proven you. point. They just can't help themselves
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:07 AM
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58. pathetic
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 10:12 AM by Jersey Devil
You and apparently dozens of other Hillary supporters take the time to sign up here just so you can spam us with the same garbage over and over again and then proclaim yourselves victims when we get annoyed about your spam and you're not just plain weird?
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:14 AM
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67. No, last time I checked
I was quite sane.

I didn't sign up "just to spam you" with the same garbage over and over again. I signed up to put my 2¢ in (and if the recent pay cut I got doesn't eat too much into the household bills, I'll be donating). I've been lurking for a long time. It just so happens that the thing I'm feeling most passionate about at this moment is this divide in the party. Once this is done, it will be winning the GE. Once that's done, it'll be a myriad of other things...probably alot of GLBT stuff since that affects me quite a bit.

I'm not spamming. Spamming would take me way too long and too much energy. Anyway, who doesn't love a spirited debate? As long as it's not hateful and personal.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:18 AM
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72. yeah, "lurking for a long time" - 19 days
Registered 2/25/08

At least you could have been clever enough to hide your profile like most of the other spammers who recently joined.
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:20 AM
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77. Lurking for a lot longer than that
Not as a member. I just became one. And I have no reason to hide my profile. Anyone can lurk and read without signing up.

Give me a break. Done with this part of the conversation. OT anyway.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:21 AM
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80. Is it completely lost on you that somebody could lurk without registering?
Hmmm....
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:22 AM
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82. The freepers are bored. I guess it was to be expected.
Hopefully it'll be over soon.
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:26 AM
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85. Freeper no more
I will get a lot of questions when the CC statement arrives. But it's for the good of the country, right?

;)
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fbuzz Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:48 AM
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38. When Obama Loses The General Election They'll Blame Two Things...
White people, and Hillary.
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Texas Hill Country Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:50 AM
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39. 100% agreed.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:56 AM
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42. Oh, the Humanity!
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 10:24 AM by alcibiades_mystery


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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:02 AM
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51. hahah....love it
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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 09:57 AM
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43. i agree...take shrill hill out of it completely!
yay
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:04 AM
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54. ' i agree...take shrill obama out of it completely"
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:00 AM
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47. works for me
:thumbsup:
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:02 AM
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50. Excellent idea!
:thumbsup:
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rainman99 Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:08 AM
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59. I totally agree. However, I think the media deserves
a big hand in tearing apart the party, too.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:09 AM
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61. Have a pickle surprise!
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 10:11 AM by YOY
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:12 AM
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64. good idea. the hillbot will need a constant reminder
gonna need something like that or just ban them all.
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Lannigan Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:21 AM
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79. What a democratic statement
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:13 AM
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65. Considering
that Obama will win the nomination UNLESS Hillary engages in underhanded tactics that will tear the party apart (oh wait :eyes:) then yes, it probably should be.
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againes654 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:18 AM
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73. It is going both ways
Both camps are going to far. Both supporters are going to far. It isn't one side or the other, it is BOTH.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:23 AM
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83. Yes, And We Hillary Supporters
know it. It isn't even the number of pro-Obama posts. It's how many anti-Hillary posts remain.
I have taken the usual steps to handle this. I have given up on that situation changing, but not on Hillary Clinton (as far as this forum goes). I will continue to post here, despite the number of Hillary supporters that have left.
I do like many things about Obama, and he is indeed inspiring, and he does give me hope for many things. To do this, I have had to separate him from (some) of his supporters. That has helped me remain positive, or as positive as I can be. However, I do agree with the OP about the race being close (it is).
Maybe a longer primary season isn't one of the best things for OUR party, but I don't think it is fair in a close race for a candidate to give up. We do need to unite, and I have no doubt that we (eventually) will (by the convention). I believe (I really do) that Hillary has a chance of getting the nomination, but it will be tough. For me, it comes down to her experience. It was a fairly long process for me, but in the end, I chose to support Hillary.

Just my opinion. Don't care if I get blasted. It'll just roll off my back.

Ding
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:29 AM
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86. The party is torn apart and divided, and so is this board.
There's plenty of blame to go around, but the reality is that unless these two people end up on the same ticket, McCain may win in November.

When poll after poll is showing that 25% of Hillary supporters will rather vote for McCain over Obama, plus the ones who would either stay home or vote for Nader, it does not bode well for the party.

We have two bright, capable, good people, YES, GOOD PEOPLE, running for the same job. One is inspiring and the other one more experienced and knowledgeable.

It is time to put all egos aside or we will end up with a Republican in office.

United we stand, divided we fall.
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Independent-Voter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 10:31 AM
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88. It be in the Dems best interest to be honest. There is no way in hell that HRC would win the GE
Shit, 40% of the DEMOCRATS hate her. Do you honestly think that Joe Six-pack is going to vote her shrill ass in the Whitehouse?
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:47 AM
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99. BO negs are almost as high. he is closing the gap
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:20 AM
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95. your penultimate sentence explains the real passion for the Clinton campaign
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SeaLyons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:33 AM
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97. Hear Hear
Obama supporters can be very very rude. Don't let that stop you. Show your support for Hillary all the more.

Welcome to DU. You can push the alert button on anyone that is perfonally offensive. It's against the rules (I've been told), but I'm not sure how much the rules are inforced.
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Cheap_Trick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 12:49 PM
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106. yeah, I've NEVER seen HRC supporters being rude
:eyes:

You've all taken the high road. Every last one of ya.

By the way, that was :sarcasm:.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:48 AM
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100. Feel the rush
limbaugh
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sudopod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:55 AM
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102. Help help I'm being oppressed, come witness the violence inherent in the system!
Welcome to the internet, lol.
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RiverStone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 11:58 AM
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103. ......"all" from the Obama camp???
Come on --- not all.

No need to use a broad brush. There is plenty of mud-slinging from both sides.

I make a point to NOT insult Hillary supporters, you are - by and large - loyal Democrats and if my candidate wins the nomination, we will not be able to win the GE without you.

I continue to be surprised why folks think it makes sense to eat our own?

Now, I'll diss Hillary up and down for her Rovarian tactics and fear mongering bullshit - and I think Obama is fair game for what ever concerns you may have. But they are the candidates; they knew what they were getting into. All part of politics.

But I separate that from dissing her supporters and we need each other to fight the bigger battle this fall.

peace~:)
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 12:16 PM
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104. And a handful of Hillary supporters were rubbing everyone's face in it last Spring.
Those clowns bailed when the tide turned, but they were the first of any candidate supporters to be obnoxious shitheads. And it went on day after day, poll after poll, misleading story after misleading story, long before any other candidate was even warming up. We could have just called DU Hillary For President back then. As a Kucinich supporter how do you think I've been feeling no matter which of these two yobbos is leading? ;)

There are a lot of obnoxious supporters from both camps, and there's a lot of people who I suspect are pretending be as obnoxious in their phony support of either one just to create the atmosphere you see now.

Also, I suggest you get a thicker skin is the math quote really upset you. That's about as tame as GD-P gets. :shrug:
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 12:20 PM
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105. Just to be fair, there may be a handful of Obama supporters here who are not sexists, racists, liars
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 12:23 PM by Seabiscuit
and total hypocrites. I said "may be". I only know of 1, for sure, and that's someone everyone knows: Nance Greggs.

Over 600 of them are now on my "ignore" list, but they keep popping up like whack-a-moles so fast that there must be at least another 1,000 that I may never get around to expunging from my screen. In fact, in this one thread alone, I see 39 posts from "ignored" as of this moment.

I think at least half of them are freepers only pretending to be Democrats here to disrupt this place and cause havoc in the dem party. But the other half are the most insidiously childish, moronic colon plungers who have the audacity to call themselves Democrats that I've ever seen anywhere.
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 12:51 PM
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107. Dont lecture me in the midst of this ten thousand thread Wright spam attack from Hillbots
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 12:51 PM by Political Heretic
Police your own.
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musicblind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 12:51 PM
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108. There was a poll popping around this forum earlier that is very telling
It asked who many Hillary supporters had been forced of DU verses Obama supporters. The results were over 10 to 1 that more Hillary supporters had been forced away than Obama supporters.

It is one thing to be supportive of your candidate. We should ALL be supportive of our candidates, and it is another thing to be hurtful to others for no reason at all.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 01:02 PM
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111. Might as well congratulate yourself as well... The supporters of both
candidates have done nothing for me in the way I view the candidates. They have made my sadness over the waste of yet another election cycle even worse. Sorry, y'all suck at campaigning for your candidates.
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AGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 01:02 PM
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112. well, why wouldnt this site be like daily kos? its expected..
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 01:03 PM by AGirl
no moderation and probably admins and mods who are also enjoying all the anti hillary stuff
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