The primary infighting on DU ends at 12 noon ET on Wednesday, June 11.

[Skinner]

Now that it has become apparent that Senator Clinton will leave the presidential race, the primary infighting here on Democratic Underground will end at 12:00 noon ET on Wednesday, June 11. As http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Skinner/239">promised, this gives all of you seven days to prepare yourself for the end of the primary season, and the beginning of the general election:

We understand that not everyone will be prepared to immediately put the primaries behind us. There will be some jerks on the winning side who insist on gloating. And there will be some sore losers on the other side who will want to keep attacking the nominee. Once we have a presumptive nominee, those people will have one week to get it out of their systems. We believe that a one-week transitional period is more than fair for those of you who cannot switch gears easily or quickly. After this week-long adjustment period, we're done.

At that point, the moderators and admins will step in and shut down the primary infighting. The vast majority of people on this site will be glad to be done with the primaries. Sadly, a very small number of bitter partisans will not be able to let it go, and will likely be removed from this community. Few people will miss them when they are gone.

The General Discussion: Primaries forum will be re-named and re-purposed to host discussions about the upcoming presidential election between Senator Obama and Senator McCain.

David Allen
DU Administrator

[Hope And Change]

1. Thank you Skinner!

[livingmadness]

2. Excellent decision! Roll on June 11 ... n/t

[Radio_Lady]

136. OT: That avatar, to say the least, is precious! I'm having a big fight with the Alpha Male here..

and I'm sending it to him at the next computer via email.

:rofl:

Take this and put it where the sun don't shine!

Honestly, I wish marriage was as easy as saying, "I love you. Marry me."

And they lived happily ever after!

[wndycty]

3. welcome to the general election!

And thanks admins and mods for all that you do!

[TZ]

4. Yay! I look forward to June 11th!!

Thank you, Skinner!:)

[Botany]

5. Thanx Skinner ... keep the food pellets coming

[riverwalker]

6. It will good to have DU back n/t

[Swede]

7. Why do you hate America?

:shrug:

[Marrah_G]

8. Thank you Skinner ! ( will the anti-hillary stuff be shut down too?)

[awoke_in_2003]

109. Did you not read his post? nt

[ann_american2004]

132. I think Marrah's point is

that anti-hillary stuff might bleed into another avenue of bashing like when discussing who should be vp. I am hoping it is all answered on Saturday, including vp, so it ALL stops and we can focus on general election

edit: typo

[CarbonDate]

213. There may be valid reasons why not to choose Hillary as VP....

...but I don't think the hard-fought primary battle is one of them. If anything, I think it's made Obama a stronger candidate and we should thank her for that. What's Gramps going to throw at Obama that Hillary hasn't already?

Thanks to Hillary, Obama has been forged in fire. Whether having Hillary as his running mate is consistent with the overall message of Obama's campaign is, I think, a fair point of discussion, but nothing that's gone on in the primaries should be, in my opinion. Hillary did us all a favor, even if it didn't seem like it at the time.

[tamzins]

224. WHY HILLARY SHOULD NOT BE OBAMA'S VP

Here are a few valid reasons why Obama should not choose Hillary to be his running mate.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/09/commentary-recruiting-for-the-no-2-spot/

[Political Heretic]

166. That really depends on her.

[MethuenProgressive]

222. Did we ever get an answer to this?

?

[blondie58]

9. Thanks, Skinner! I appreciate all that you and the mods do

but you know, we're really just preparing you for those inevitable times when your little boy will act up. Who would have ever known that a bunch of adults could act like children?

[NoFederales]

#

NoFederales

[Zuiderelle]

10. Wonderful! This place will be much more pleasant after June 11.

Thanks.

[mac2]

93. Hey Skinner the race isn't over until the delegates pick

the winner, the VP, and the platform at the convention. Our primary has been manipulated now our convention.

You act like Obama is the goal of all in the party. He is not. He doesn't set the goals or the platform for the people. He is a leader not a king. This whole thing is like a truck hitting a wall of manipulation.

Now there aren't even going to be pre-primary parties for the various states. Don't tell me the DNC is broke.

Now they plan a huge party for EVERYONE for one reason...Katrina discussions, etc. This is not the place for that. 5,000 people in a big party. Ya hear the speeches don't give any of your own or your party goals.

It is to silence the delegates at the convention to make it just a pep rally. That is not democracy Skinner.

[papau]

99. It'll be interesting to see if Hillary as VP threads get smears that are allowed to stay

[mkultra]

128. i didnt see anything about attacking the delusion nominee

just the presumptive one.

[bain_sidhe]

133. it's post like these that mean we require a straight up answer...

Will Hillary bashing be allowed or not? In fact, I'm gonna put that in a subject line.

[Zhade]

142. Posting the truth about her proven lies and machinations is not bashing.

Telling the truth, backed up by evidence (Tuzla video, anyone?) will ALWAYS be allowed on DU.

Get used to the salty sting of the truth, even regarding your failed candidate.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

173. Can I refer you to Skinner's remarks about "a small number of bitter partisans"

and about their likely fate?

I suspect you are precisely what he was talking about.

Like it or not, Obama desperately needs the support of the majority of Clinton's backers, given that they make up half the Democratic party. You would be unwise to continue to make it harder for him to aquire it.

[mkultra]

176. responding to HRC propoganda may still be neccesary

If such is the case, Those posting it are un-winnable and those watching need to see both sides.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

185. It is not, and never was, necessary, or even productive.

Allow me to refer you to http://xkcd.com/386/

Obama's supporters on DU have done, and continue to do, far more harm to his cause than Clinton's ever did.

If someone is posting something that you consider to be "HRC propaganda", then by responding to it you will almost certainly be helping, not hindering them.

[mkultra]

199. your cartoon points out the Irony of your post

Will showing that arguing on the internet is useless, it thus disproves your point that DU supporters have done any real material harm at all. Clinton is the only one doing real damage, and thus the acrimony.

you sir, are on the internet and are wrong. :)

[CarbonDate]

215. After June 11....

...Ignoring or Alerting will be sufficient.

Seriously. Don't feed the trolls. Keep your eyes on the prize.

[Zhade]

219. Once again, pointing out the truth behind ANYONE'S lies will not get me, or anyone, banned.

Dream on.

[HughMoran]

151. nice knowing you

what an ass hole

[mkultra]

155. im not going anywhere

And your the asshole. Hillbots and thier "concern trolling" will not be treated with a light hand. Peace will start with us and end with them.

[HughMoran]

159. You started it

whatever - I'm going to still put fuck faces like you on ignore - see ya :hi:

[mkultra]

175. i responded appropriatley to a concern troll

Tell your buddies to shut about about princess liea and we'll all get along.

[mac2]

182. You'll have your chance to butt cheeks at the huge 5,000

person party in Denver.

[ExPatLeftist]

113. Uhhh... Since when do the delegates pick the VP? n/t

[mkultra]

156. the delegates vote on the vp slot

but Obamas delegates are expected to vote on his choice.

[mac2]

179. The delegates are picked in every state to represent their

constituents back home. They pick the final candidate for President and VP. They vote on the party platform for the election.

One man/woman does not decide everything for us. They are there to represent us and make sure it goes forward. That's democracy and representative government.

If you followed conventions from way back you'd know that. The DNC committee does not make any final decision since they are not elected by the people. The delegates rule and have the final say for us.

Not the Super Delegates. That is just plain wrong and they are not elected.

[mkultra]

200. if you say so

Doesn't change the fact that members of the delegate body where chosen for their candidate loyalty. They rearley vote against the nominee on his VP choice.


Supers are stupid, no doubt about that, but thats the way it is now. Only about 20% of the delegates are supers and they voted with the pledged delegate winner.

If you honestly believe that there will be some kind of revolt in the delegates, super or otherwise, your grasping at straws.

[mac2]

202. Read the "rules" in the Constitution and party.

[mkultra]

208. the constitution has nothing to do with this

the party rules state that the delegates vote on both nominee and vp.
But delegates are choosen to ensure absolute loyality.
Thats why its common knowledge that the nom picks the vp. He is the nom because he has more delegates. They will follow his vp choice just like they have 99% of the time.

There will be no revolt.

[truedelphi]

129. Skinner has always indicated that he is above the discussion

He has tried to show no favoritism over the candidates.

The rules for the nomination, that both candidates agreed to, were well established, and once Obama had the lead in the delegates and the superdelegates, it was over.

I am happy that Hillary did not immediately concede - as we can expect dirty tricks in the November elections, and it will be nice that Obama can name Hillary's precedent-setting refusal to concede as partial basis for his not conceding when the Repugs try to play their stolen election games.

And hopefully the Repugs won't try those.

[SammyWinstonJack]

178. !

:thumbsup: :applause:

[CarbonDate]

214. Case in point n/t

.

[mithnanthy]

11. Thank you!

n/t

[Changenow]

12. Thank You!!1

It's time to get McCain.

[Adelante]

13. Okay!

http://dnc.org

[DangerDave921]

14. Goodbye Humor

Part of the fun these past few months has been seeing the steam come out of everyone's ears, and seeing their indignant reactions to unintended slights, and seeing all the fireworks and bickering. Everyone loves a good fight! :)

Now it's all going to be love and unity and universal agreement on all issues. In other words, boring. What the hell will there be to talk about for the next five months when everyone is on the same page?

A good producer knows that on a reality show, you have to build in conflict to draw viewers in. I'm going to miss the entertainment of primary season. :(

[Career Prole]

67. "Everyone loves a good fight"?

That's quite a generalization there. I'm fairly certain not much of anybody was enjoying "the fight" except of course for the trolls.
As for what we'll move on to discussing there'll be McSame's shenanigans, bloops, and blunders, Congressional investigations, the further crumbling of the conservative movement, general election strategy discussions, rapid dissemination of news the MSM won't touch, the upcoming political neutering of a certain Joementum when we make gains in the Senate sufficient to turn his now-important swing vote into just another repuke vote (a personal fave I look forward to with great anticipation)...among other things.

I think you'll like it just fine.

[DangerDave921]

78. You know what I mean

On the Real World, for example, it was always more fun to watch combative contestants, i.e., those of different politicals views or racial views. In conflict lies drama (and comedy).

I'm not saying that future DU won't be informative or interesting. It just won't have the same bare-knuckles, knock-down, hissy-fit-throwing tantrums. And I do think that many posters enjoyed the in-fighting. Sparring with words is always fun.

Plus, I tend to be cynical towards politics and politicians. And I sometimes like playing Devils advocate, or just plain criticizing someone when they deserve it. So if I think Obama needs criticizing, or if I want to point out a weakness in a certain strategy, I now have to bite my tongue for fear of being uncivil.

[awoke_in_2003]

110. Oh yeah?

Well your candidate sucks, and kills kittens :)

[macmac001]

126. and your candidate starves babies

[awoke_in_2003]

167. Just the kind of thing

you supporters would say:) Welcome to DU

[Rufus T. Firefly]

146. Just drop by Hillaryis44.org.

You'll get your fill of denial, delusion and demagogery there. Last time I looked (this afternoon) all the posts were about joining Citizens for McCain - apparently Lieberman is helping the GOP with that. Nice guy.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

174. Tactics.

You can look forward to massive, blazing rows between people with different pet issues, people who want to take the moral high ground vs people who want to fight no-holds-barred, people who want to triangulate vs people who want to play to the core vote, and God knows what else.

Have fun!

[LanternWaste]

225. Party in-fighting replaced with taking the fights to the appropriate party...

Party in-fighting replaced with taking the fights to the appropriate party, i.e., the GOP.

"Now it's all going to be love and unity and universal agreement on all issues."
If you believe that, I'd love to make a gentleman's wager that you are simply wrong-- we'll continue to find other reasons to fight amongst ourselves.

"Everyone loves a good fight!"
If that fight is directed towards the appropriate target.

"A good producer knows that on a reality show..."
Realities shows (besides sucking) do not reflect nor represent the non-fictional lives we lead-- lives filled with enough struggles; adding more fighting simply for the sake of entertainment seems rather... selfish (at best).


But that's just me...

[BeyondGeography]

15. Bring on the GE

:patriot:

[JVS]

16. Will we still be allowed to debate the merits of HRC for VP or not?

I don't remember special protection from criticisms being extended to primary losers in 2004. Should we expect the same arrangement this year?

[WillyT]

17. Sounds Good To Me !!! - K &R !!!

:smoke:

[myrna minx]

18. Thank you. n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

19. Not a moment too soon...

[ann_american2004]

137. Hah!

hee hee hee hee hee. Made me laugh hee hee hee hee hee

[Jersey Devil]

20. Thanks for your patience - and kicked

[Dr.Phool]

21. Before you shut it down, better call in the EPA.

That place qualifies as a toxic Superfund site.

[mod mom]

26. lol. Perhaps Sen Boxer can pull some strings for a quick clean-up.

[mac2]

180. Like the 2004 Presidential election.

[BlooInBloo]

22. Woot!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

23. Crap!!

I just bought a 50 gallon drum of bile! NOW what in the hell am I going to do with it?!

[reflection]

49. Heh. Nice. n/t

:D

[yellerpup]

84. Douse FReeperville. n/t

[jgraz]

115. Ok. Your name is Jeff, you're from Milwaukee and you now own a 50 gallon drum.

Should we be worried?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

117. Only if it's filled with "Milwaukee's Best"

That's just a Hazmat site looking for a place to happen.

[realisticphish]

161. luckily for you

bile is the first listed ingredient for M's Best ;)

[WeDidIt]

24. "We Are Gonna Cream This Guy!"

:evilgrin:

More true words were never posted in GD : P

[AngryAmish]

25. I want the last post

I have a deep seated need to get in the last word.

[MGKrebs]

27. Hillary will never let it happen.

OK, it was a JOKE.

:-)

[goodgd_yall]

212. Heh-heh

a good one

[Summer93]

28. Thanks Skinner

[smoogatz]

29. k/r

For another week of gloating!

:hide:

[KSinTX]

30. Change we've been waiting for!!

:thumbsup: Let's do this thing!!

[QC]

31. Does this mean that the civility rules will be back in effect?

If so, maybe that will mean the end of things like wishing cancer on people.

[Barack_America]

32. I'm going to celebrate with a donation to DU! nt

[ronnykmarshall]

33. Thank god.

[Midlodemocrat]

34. Bring it on, McSame.

:woohoo:

[Radio_Lady]

35. Hi Skinner. Thanks for this great website. I'm thrilled to be a part of it and it has helped me

on every level.

You have done a good thing and you and all the other administrators and moderators should be especially proud of yourselves. Of course, I've complimented people openly here on the DU and found that.... um... it's better to do that via PM. That would take hours. So, you know who you are! Keep on truckin'!

Warm regards,

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball
d/b/a Accessible Media Services, Portland, Oregon

[Doityourself]

36. Groovy! Hillary's out...Sanity is in...Hallelujah!

[Radio_Lady]

38. Sanity! Is that the kinder, gentler, cuter, and younger brother of Sean Hannity?

:sarcasm:

[JVS]

39. Great, now mental health is going to be bashed as some kind of RW scheme!

[Doityourself]

102. ha Ha....uh yeah...

[Doityourself]

101. You seem to know it better than myself...so you tell me..8 track lady..

[nxylas]

37. I hope the servers are prepared

for the inevitable rush of "fuck you, Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama" posts at 11.59 am on Wednesday.

[Buzz Clik]

40. As part of my preparation, I just hit the Alert on this thread and put Skinner on Ignore.

[L0oniX]

45. Locking

Attacks on Hillary supporters will be allowed after June 11.

[Buzz Clik]

50. I never considered acual mutiny. That might be fun.

Short-lived. But fun.

[redqueen]

41. ...

:woohoo:

[RiverStone]

42. Now that's what I call a "positive" transition!

Thanks Skinner and Mods for helping all to navigate the GD-P rapids these last 17 months.

And the new forum title will be (drum roll)...... :think:

[Haole Girl]

43. Thanks Skinner

It's time to heal the wounds, quickly, and focus on the GE!

Glad to hear the mods and admins will step in, if necessary, since infighting accomplishes nothing. :hi:

[truebrit71]

44. Thank you...at long, LONG last...

...

[SoonerPride]

46. Bravo!

tick tock tick tock

[WeDidIt]

47. Skinner, can we at least get the most egregious examples of rumor mongering

locked?

I'm talksing specifically about threads that spread internet rumors which have never been substantiated but have been altered and evolved as original versions have been demonstrated to be false.

[L. Coyote]

48. Change we can believe in! Now FOCUS, FOCUS & Don't miss this video of our opponent:

TPMtv: McCain Leaves Fox Speechless: "awful" "pathetic" "struggling" "worst"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x142906

[iamthebandfanman]

51. a week to slander our nominee

i cant agree with that. sorry.

[Sedona]

52. Thanks and K&R

Let's all visualize the Obama family walking down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day

[YOY]

53. You rock Skinner

n/t

[OzarkDem]

54. Some guidance, please

Are we no longer allowed to say anything at all negative about Obama?

In 2004, when the GOP attacked Kerry, we were allowed to discuss it in GDP. Is that no longer going to be the case? Just asking.

[LowerManhattanite]

59. “Sigh.”

And it appears that some are desperately searching for a loophole that allows for the continuance of hate spewing—badly disguised of course, as “concern trolling”.

Thank you Skinner for all that you do and I look forward to seeing you in Denver. I'll be there covering the convention for my group blog.

[Terran]

70. Wow, what a coincidence

The person you're responding to is on my Ignore List. :rofl:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

71. Mine too...

Be interesting to see how many of these poster go away entirely next week.

[beac]

144. And mine!

Glad to know I'm in good company. ;)

[sniffa]

203. Ditto

[Zachstar]

124. You will obviously be able to point out an issue and make ideas about solutions.

But you cant say crap like Obama Cheated, Or Obama is a Punk, or Obama is tied to Osama.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

141. Here's Some Guidance:

Anyone on this site should be working their tails off to boost Obama up as much as possible, GOTV for him as much as possible, and do everything within their power to support him and make sure he gets elected in November.

[Zhade]

143. You - specifically - are no longer allowed to LIE about our nominee.

Just because he spanked clinton does not mean you have to admire him. You can hate him all you want.

You just can't keep lying about him.

[MonkeyFunk]

204. But your side's reserving the right to keep lying about Clinton?

And he spanked her? He crawled over the finish line on the day of the last primary with the help of superdelegates. That's not a spanking.

[Zhade]

220. Yep. Spanked her by winning every metric, including the popular vote. And TUZLA was her lie.

So was NAFTA. Northern Ireland. The mother who died IN the hospital WITH insurance.

Her lies are backed up by evidence proving them to be lies.

You, on the other hand, have nothing - which is why you lost.

[mkultra]

157. perhaps you should avoid it and focus on McCain

[Endangered Specie]

163. By all means...

[underpants]

55. Is that what Hillary decided?

:spank:

[gkhouston]

57. No. She's going to end it in 24 business hours. n/t

[SwampG8r]

56. what the hell?

The General Discussion: Primaries forum will be re-named and re-purposed to host discussions about the upcoming presidential election between Senator Obama and Senator McCain.


what about GD:Biscuits? are we never getting the room back?
we have been very very patient


sigh

[GalleryGod]

58. Thanks, Skins! 'Bout Time,my old friend!

Let's do a moratorium and kick-in a "Fin ($5.00) for Skins":patriot:

[KoKo]

60. Skinner ...will more clarification of what is allowed to be said be coming?

As a poster asked up above...will Hillary bashing be permitted if there is speculation about her as VP? We know the media is going to keep pushing that as the news. It might get confusing as to whether that will ignite the Hillary flame wars as bad as they were during the campaign.

Also...is criticism of any of Obama's "picks" allowed? Last night I posted criticism about one of his VEEP Search Team because he was associated with Fannie Mae (mortgage meltdown) and felt that having that person on the search team would cause problems for Obama in the Media. Will criticism of an Obama choice be allowed if we feel the person could cause Obama problems with the media? What kind of criticism is allowed? :shrug:

[DangerDave921]

82. Answer

I think criticism will always be allowed, provided it is offered in the spirit of helping Obama. It's pretty easy to tell if someone is a closet RW'er getting in digs versus someone with a legit concern. I don't think DU requres mindless adherence to all things Obama.

Then again, I've only been around since last July so what do I know?

[woofless]

61. Whew!

We made it. What a relief.

[Bluenorthwest]

62. Personally

I'm busy researching candidates to vote for at my district convention this weekend. I want to send delegates that are diverse and progressive, and who will stand for my particular favorite issues with strength.

Oddly, all of my personal goals were met this cycle. The Primary lasted long enough to be an actual event in Oregon. Large turn out here and across the nation. Senator Obama's lexicon and message has defined itself into something I can really support, after a strong start and a rocky middle. He went from the very skeevy McClurkin events to speaking the exact words I look for out of mainstream politicians in regards to LGBT issues. He's stopped using words that really set me off, and started using words I have longed to hear. He's even correctly connected GLBT rights with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which is to me the very heart of the fight for equality. This candidate went from being off message in a way, to being very much on message, and I think that means the campaign had open ears, and the candidate actually sees himself as a person in process, a growing and changing individual, not a set and finished mind, but an evolving mind.

I hope everyone understands that the Obama candidacy as we saw it grow and prevail, would not have been possible without an extremely excellent rival. What we as a Party just did, that can not be done without at least two very excellent players. It is a luxery to have so much talent to chose from. May our nominee Senator Barack Obama of the Great State of Illinois, home of my Father, take from his strong rival Senator Hillary Clinton of the Great State of New York, oft my summer home and residence of my alter egos, one lesson more. May he fight for the win with the determination that is Hillary's strength. May he never backdown, never. If the General is close, knock on wood, may he fight the endgame just as she has the Primary endgame, not like Kerry did it in 2004. May he fight McCain like Clinton fought him.
I learned more from my strongest professional competition than from any other person on Earth. I thank the powers of the universe for letting me have such a person to both defeat and be defeated by in turns. My rival is my whetting stone, and helps me to be ready when the real dual is engaged. Without he who took half my gigs, I'd be half the professional I have been.

[Mad_Dem_X]

63. Great news - thank you!

It's time to focus on fighting McSame - and not each other!

[Abacus]

64. K/R, this needs a sticky

[Phillycat]

65. Can you please clarify some?

I don't remember exactly how it worked in 2004. I know we're not allowed to say we're not voting for Obama (I am voting for Obama so that's not an issue.) Is criticism of the candidate allowed? If so, at what point is criticism NOT allowed? I just want to understand the rules so I don't fall on the wrong side of them.

BTW, I've basically refrained from attacking Obama since it became clear after NC that he was the presumptive, so anyone who wants to reply to this and say I'm just trying to find a loophole to keep trolling can suck it. Thanks in advance.

[Lerkfish]

75. IIRC, last time VALID questions about strategy are okeydokey

but slanderous attacks (think of swiftboating) are not.

so, for example, it was okay, if I recall, for me to post saying I think Kerry was wrong to not immediately address the swiftboaters (more of a strategy issue).
But if you joined in with the swiftboaters and started sliming Kerry, then no.

[workinclasszero]

66. Can't wait for Flush the Freepers Day! (nt)

[shadowknows69]

68. So say we all

[FraDon]

92. k&r • Bravo Mods!

So say we all.

http://www.hulu.com/battlestar-galactica

[leveymg]

69. So glad to hear this. Can't wait for the Uncivil War to end.

[Writer]

72. At High Noon, eh, Skinner?

Will there be a shoot-out? ;)

[backscatter712]

73. YAY!!! So long to the circular firing squad!!!

We can all be Democrats for a change!

[Seabiscuit]

74. Finally! Woo Hoo! Happy Days are here again! nt

[Vote4Change]

76. Wow! What Faith!

Gee, Skinner, you've got more faith in her than I do. Once I hear her concede and endorse Obama with my own ears, I'll believe it. Until then, I'm waiting for the proverbial "other shoe" to fall. Meanwhile I'll just go around with my fingers crossed and hope that it's true.

[wowimthere]

77. K&R I will abide

[UrbScotty]

79. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I LOVE this primary infighting! I love seeing reason being tossed out the window!

:sarcasm:

[PermanentRevolution]

80. Oh, thank you, sweet baby Jeebus...

And all you mods, too! Thanks for all your work to keep this madhouse in check.

[Ikonoklast]

81. Rats. It was just starting to get delusional.

Parts of GDP were unintentionally hilarious.

Great theater.

Sigh.

[Max_powers94]

83. I will miss GD-P. :(

[applegrove]

85. Great move Skinner. Thanks

[suffragette]

86. Oooh, Countdown, DU style

Can we have some snazzy graphics like Olbermann's to mark the days?


:bounce:

[Soylent Brice]

87. FINALLY.

McSame is fucking toast.

[eleny]

88. Thanks for the update, Skinner!

I consider myself forewarned!

[caseycoon]

89. K&R I can hardly wait!

:toast:

[pbca]

90. Cool, I'm done

As long as nothing changes and Hillary's concession/endorsement goes as it's supposed to I'm ready for what's next. (Though I'm still against her as VP).

I'm actually going to try to not be here much for a few days, let things (and myself) calm down a bit.

[happycozy]

91. Yes!

No more gloating and no more sour grapes. We've got to get a dem in the White House and a filibuster-proof congress.

[ann_american2004]

201. amen!

[SharonRB]

94. Thank goodness I'll be able to go in there again

It's time we started to concentrate on McSame.

[TommyO]

95. Will there be prizes for the last person to post?

For the last to be tombstoned?

[TBF]

96. I joined DU in January so I'm looking forward to being part of the community

and getting to know others without the infighting. Onward!

[Forkboy]

108. DU is still pretty rough and tumble sometimes.

Look for threads about breast feeding in public, circumcision, or anything in the Gun Forum or Israel/Palestine Forum. :)

But, you'll see how fun this place can be when we turn our sights on the Repubs. :toast:

[crickets]

97. Thank you!

[DCofVA]

98. I think we should have a going away party on Tuesday night

I'll bring the popcorn :popcorn:

[MasonJar]

100. Thank you, Skinner. It will be so nice to visit DU without the fear that

every blog will deteriorate into primary candidate bashing!

[lonestarnot]

103. Is that high noon or low noon?

snicker.

[NoodleyAppendage]

104. Wahoo!!! Ding Dong the Witch is Dead...the Witch is Dead...Tra...la...la...la...la

Thank you Skinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J

[jgraz]

114. Noodley, I don't think we ever suspended the rule against nasty sexist garbage

Maybe it's time for you to start following it.

[NoodleyAppendage]

165. Give me a friggin' break. n/t

J

[mkultra]

158. oh , you touch my tra la la.

[goodgd_yall]

211. I'll be glad when we don't have to see immature drivel like this anymore n/t

[2peaches2]

105. Thank you so very much

I have had to refrain from spending much time in this and various other blog sites with all the fighting. My candidate did not come out on top but I am supporting Senator Obama in the General Election with all my might!
So I'll be back in a week.

[jwirr]

106. Thank you. No peace has ever come without a cease fire.

[Bensthename]

107. Why so long away? We have our nominee, lets move on to the next step..

[WayneF]

111. Does this mean DU moderators will finally start doing their jobs?

I'm so happy Skinner believes the DU primary infighting will finally stop, though it's 16 months too late. Will DU finally start censoring psychotic right-wing anti-Clinton rhetoric? I doubt it...

[cynatnite]

112. Skinner and the mods deserve our thanks for doing a great job n/t

[lisa58]

116. Thank you

[defendandprotect]

118. We have a very unusual and bizarre situation developing with HRC in PETITION for VP slot . . .

I think this wall should come down now --

[Javaman]

119. So get your licks in now while you can! LOL Thanks Skinner. :)

I'm exhausted over the monkey poop fights on here.

[anitar1]

120. Thank the gods. n/t

[FatherTime1408]

121. Marching orders accepted, I will now be an Obama supporter

[Politicub]

122. Hallelujah!

I've been waiting to see this post.

Here we go!!

[ForeignSpectator]

123. Noooooo!

I mean... yaaay!

[appleannie1]

125. Thank you. The last couple months have been painful to watch.

[Danger Mouse]

127. At long, long last...thank you, Skinner!

[ms liberty]

130. And there was much rejoicing. K&R ... n/t

[ann_american2004]

131. Yippie! Thanks!

[bain_sidhe]

134. Will HIllary bashing be allowed or not? we need a straight-up

no weasel-word answer.

[onehandle]

135. Will DU let DUers continue to malign a sitting Democratic Senator and former First Lady...

...with hate-filled, non-constructive criticism (such as GD-P is know for and little else) after that week is over?

[mkultra]

160. i would imagine that as soon as the trolling stops

so will the bashing.

[ClassWarrior]

183. No, they're going to tombstone Obama bashers but let Hillary bashers run free...

...just to help y'all maintain that victimhood complex.

:eyes:

NGU.

[bain_sidhe]

196. so, pretty much like the last few months, then, right? n/t

[ClassWarrior]

197. Touche!

:toast:

NGU.

[bain_sidhe]

198. the lack of a straight answer on this from the PTB speaks volumes, doesn't it?

[shenmue]

138. You should have done this months ago.

:eyes:

[TomClash]

139. Good

And hen on to victory against the forces of darkness.

[uppityperson]

140. Good. Thank you Skinner. Thank you Sen Clinton. eom

[4dsc]

145. Sure glad this fighting is over

And I'm even overjoyed that I didn't participate in the childish rants that were displayed by supporters of both candidates..

[lisainmilo]

147. AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

I will be glad for June 11...I have posted very little for quite a will now because of the bickering. I will be glad to support the democratic nominee.



The DEMOCRAT nominee must prevail over McCain and I will do all I can to help get the DEM nominee elected.
:kick:

[David Zephyr]

148. Only wish this had come a lot sooner. Pull the plug on it, Skinner.

The focus is on John McCain now and keeping our eyes on the criminal Bush Cabal who are lurching us into yet another war, this time with Iran...all staged to influence voting in November.

[man4allcats]

149. As far as I'm concerned, you could nuke all those

silly bastards right now. I wouldn't waste a week on 'em. I've never seen so much damned childish behavior in my whole life. And just to be clear to anyone, though I'll vote for Senator Obama as I would have for Senator Clinton, Dennis Kucinich was my choice. Now there would have been a president!

[mac2]

181. Boot click

[man4allcats]

187. Is that all you've got?

:eyes:

[lightningandsnow]

150. Yay!

Thanks, Skinner!

You rock.

[creeksneakers2]

152. Thanks for your patience

Most complain about the tone of the brawl, but I enjoyed it. I think others must have too, since they voluntarily participated. I was able to express my true feelings and survived without a tombstone and only one deleted comment I know of. Where else can someone do that?

I won't miss the dishonesty though. That part I didn't like.

[malik flavors]

153. THANK YOU! I'm glad someone's going to step in and clean this place up.

[Olney Blue]

154. Time to take back the WH.

[Cleita]

162. Oh happy day!

:woohoo:

[VolcanoJen]

164. Sweet!!!

:dem:

[cleveramerican]

168. it will become thinly veiled

[Galway girl]

169. WILL SHE CONCEDE? i hope so

[Voltaire99]

170. 7 days of truthiness left!

Then you have to pretend you can stand Hillbillies!

[andlor]

171. Thank You!!!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

172. can't wait!

:dem:

[SteveM]

177. Great move! Let's start now to "get it out of the system" (nt)

[Turbineguy]

184. You mean to say

I HAVE TO CHANGE????

:mad:

[Vicky Polonia]

186. kick! n/t

[wryter2000]

188. Yay, Skimmer

We weathered another primary season. :bounce:

[1trackmindGOP]

189. Great news...I am tired of it on both sides

One would think we would have better things to do than Bash our own party and candidates.

[wryter2000]

190. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[LiberalFighter]

191. You got that right. I was fed up with the infighting and those that didn't know diddly...

about the primary process. Bunch of know it alls!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

192. THANK YOU

and thanks to all the wonderful work you and the mods have done through this grueling primary season.

[debbierlus]

193. I am so glad the primaries are over....

I didn't Kucinich or Edwards...oh well.

On to the general.

[upperleftedge]

194. Re-directing the energy is what it is about.

We have all of this energy from the primary campaign. The energy that comes from seeing your dream coming true after years of struggle. The dream of peace and honor and it was being manifest in your candidate. Your champion. But there was another champion that manifest the same dream for your friends and neighbors and even family. One champion has triumphed but the other was not vanquished, because they both have the same dream as we do. If one takes one role and the other takes another, neither is lessened. Nor is the dream of those who worked so hard for lost. It takes many hands to raise a barn. We have all won this primary season and we will all need to continue to work our asses off, each according to their ability and passion. Our deadliest foe is now our best fighter. Did you know that Harold Ickies was almost beaten to death trying to register voters in the south? We share the same dreams we have the same goals. All the leader does is chose the path we will take to reach them.

[spanone]

195. ThAnK yOu ThAnK yOu ThAnK yOu ThAnK yOu ThAnK yOu ThAnK yOu ThAnK yOu ThAnK yOu

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[nadinbrzezinski]

205. WOOOHOOOO thank you Skinner

[GalleryGod]

206. Dadgummit,Skins ! I was havin' so much fun insultin' folk!

NOT!

Let's end this quadrennial horsehiite tossing contest early ! Hell I STILL don't speak to DU Deaniacs over "Kerry/Media stealing the Nomination"...maybe I can commence talking to them since DEAN is now HATED by a NEW, nd Older Dem Demographic...Adios!:grouphug:



IT WOULD BE IMPOSIBLE TODAY To have A Great Gathering of the DU TRibes in D.C. or BOSTON or PHILLY, WHY !?!?

We'd have to install a metal detector.:sarcasm:

[Bozita]

207. Amen!

[Auntie Bush]

209. Why not right now? 2:00 on Saturday can't be soon enough.

[HEyHEY]

210. Cheer up, skinner, us Canadians will likelyt take over in the "asshole's fighting" department

As an election is gonna happen sometime soon ;-)

[CarbonDate]

216. To everybody asking....

...whether Hillary bashing will still be allowed, I suggest you read the OP. The answer is there.

Thank you and good night.

[Zuiderelle]

227. Actually, the answer is not in the OP.

[davidpdx]

217. 90 Hours Left Until D-Day

[IndianaGreen]

218. Go Obama!

The only thing that will make me happier than what I feel now is to see Lieberman kicked out of the Democratic caucus.

[Zhade]

221. That would be so sweet!

NT!

[Mutley]

223. Quick! Everyone go start your flamebait posts now!

Before the fun is over!







Anyway. Good call, Skinner. I'm quite sick of the infighting.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

226. IBTL!