My thanks and thoughts on the Rec if you want Hillary to drop out and the primaries in general

[NJmaverick]

I want to say thank you for all of you that made that thread a record breaking success. I am very proud of DU. I also have seen some negative commens about it as well. I will admit that I am not surpised by that. I suspected that the whole "Rec if you think Hillary should quit" phenomena would not be as popular with Hillary supporters as it was with the Obama supporters. With how this primary race has polarized our party, it's pretty much a given anything you say about either candidate will have strong but opposite responses.

Still as an Obama supporter I know that all of us were disappointed that the PA results did not put an end to this very difficult time. So I thought that simple thread and statement was a great way to express that feeling. I think it made the thousand plus Obama supporters feel better. I am sure the Hillary supporters may not have appreciated seeing just how much the forum wants to see their candidate drop out of the race, but they already had something they were celebrating.

This whole primary has been extremely upsetting and depressing. It created deep divides. Divides that the republicans have taken advantage of. Divides that are going to take a long time to heal. It's very possible that these divides have cost the Democrats an election, that should have been an easy win.

Beyond that there has been the large number of tomb stoned members. Sure some are the usually freepers trying to infiltrate the forum to cause problems, but others were solid members who's passions got the better of them. To lose passionate solid Democrats, from the forum, is nothing but a loss, in my opinion.

Regards,

Rich

[NJmaverick]

1. This is needed, because the thread didn't show up in my DU