Check in here if you support Obama for president but still like Hillary....

[Maddy McCall]

and support her as a Democrat.

Because if you don't support her as a Democrat, you really can't consider yourself an Obama supporter, since she's got quite a few engagements planned to rally support for him.

Here's a little common sense for you: you aren't betraying Barack by liking Hillary. Most of us know that, except for a few Knights of Umbrage who have spasms anytime that Hillary is mentioned.

[napoleon_in_rags]

1. Word! nt

[Fran Kubelik]

2. count me in!

:hi:

[PresidentObama]

3. I LOVE me some Hillary. K&R for Hillary and my good friend, Maddy

:)

[MonkeyFunk]

4. K&R

not that it will do any good. A handful of the rabid, mindless haters haven't been banned yet.

[mourningdove92]

5. Hillary supporter here!

Yes, Obama has my vote.

You make a good point, my friend. It serves no purpose to keep on harping on Hillary and it will damage Obama. I,of course, am still hoping for a VP spot.

[Marrah_G]

6. !

[Buck Rabbit]

7. I like frogs.

Hillary will be a dandy leader in a Senate with at last a true Dem majority. And with a Dem president, she will be a powerful advocate to the issues she and we hold dear.

[Skittles]

8. I did not support Hillary for prez because of her war vote

I felt it was a huge mistake she never explained to my satisfaction....but I do like her and admire her strength, support her as a Democrat and absolutely I support Obama for prez

[Maddy McCall]

13. I can understand that.

I respect your position because of your consistency. :thumbsup:

[Skittles]

33. aw thanks Maddy

do you see I still get accused of being a PUMA? :rofl:

[Maddy McCall]

50. LOL...

I know. I can remember a couple of months ago, you were accused of being a "Hillbot" by the Obamabots, and an "Obamabot" by the Hillbots.

:rofl:

Objectivity is frowned upon by some in this forum. :D

[csziggy]

47. Her war vote and the negative campaigning her people were doing in April

Are why I did not vote for her in our primaries. I voted for Edwards.

Now I am supporting Obama and will accept whoever his people select for VP.

[PresidentObama]

51. I supported Edwards too, but news flash...he voted for the war too. And it was a heat primary season

All sides did things that were questionable.

Hillary Clinton is an incredible leader, but she isn't perfect.

A fact that DU points out WAY too often, and smears her with.

[Skittles]

62. the problem I had was

I feel I had a legitimate beef with HRC - but most of the beefs I saw about her just seemed to be corporate media-induced hysteria

[Skittles]

61. I had no problems with her campaigning

I would never vote for Edwards, a man who CO-SPONSORED the worst foreign policy disaster in American history

[Catherine Vincent]

9. Of course I still like Senator Clinton.

I will always support the Clintons. I may disagree with them at times but they will always have my support.

[jillan]

10. Love Hillary!

[jobycom]

11. I'm here. She's a Democrat, and that means pro-choice. nt

[salonghorn70]

12. Me

But the most important thing right now is to not just vote for Obama but to back him 100%.

[ccharles000]

14. I will always adore Hillary.

[Pirate Smile]

15. Sure.

[Rowdyboy]

16. Been supporting most Democrats since 1970....she's one more in a long line of

smart, passionate leaders starting with Hubert Humphrey that I have admired. The primaries are over.

[peace13]

17. Do any of you have suggestions for getting our local Hillary supporters on board with Obama

We need every Dem on board in Ohio to win this election but we are struggling here to connect with the Clinton supporters.

[Maddy McCall]

19. I can't advise you...I don't know any former Hillary supporters who refuse to vote for Barack.

All of the Hillary supporters I know easily transferred their support to Barrack.

However, if Obama has representatives locally like some of his supporters at DU, it could be the aggressiveness and rudeness that causes their hesitance.

:shrug:

[peace13]

28. I don't think that it is deliberate rudeness.

We have some very young campaign workers and that is good but I don't think that they can quite comprehend us 'oldsters'. I would like to have a 'house party' with only Hill supporters and see if that would be successful. I just hate to put it out there and have a flop. Peace, Kim

[Maddy McCall]

29. Why not do that?

I think that's a great idea. If I lived nearby, I'd attend.

[NYC_SKP]

68. Maddy, you said yourself that you might not vote for him, no?

Please correct me if I misread your post here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6558291#6558316

There are possible VP's I would despise, like say Ted Strickland, but my support for Obama is unconditional.

:shrug:

[Maddy McCall]

76. I will not support any ticket that includes any anti-choice candidate, period.

Take that as you want.

As jobycom so elequently stated, I support equality. That's non-negotiable.

[NYC_SKP]

78. Thanks for responding. It's too soon to tell if this will even be an issue.

But considering the alternative, well, you know what I mean.

Let's hope together that his choice will have a limited number of negatives.

:toast:

[Arkansas Granny]

88. Like you, Maddy, all the Hillary supporters I know are now voting for Obama.

I don't know any Democrats who are going to withhold their vote or vote for McCain. I don't know how the media finds these folks or why they feel it's worth their time to report on them.

[Marrah_G]

26. Get them involved in local races

[democrattotheend]

27. Beacool posted an interesting assessment earlier

I will try to find it...she tried to explain how some of Hillary's supporters are feeling and why they are so resentful. Some of you will just say that they are being babies or were Republicans to begin with, but I can sympathize with why some of them are so upset and I think it's important that we as Obama supporters understand what they are going through if we are going to try to win them over. I am happy to see you ask this question and be inclined towards reaching out. I've been frustrated with some Obama supporters who seem to take the attitude that we don't need to work for Hillary's voters and they should just fall in line. This attitude comes from the grassroots level and does not reflect any sentiments from the official campaign.

[peace13]

35. Thanks for that.

We had a house party and there were several people who had backed Hill there. I for one was a Kucinich supporter before working for Obama. It seemed to help that all of us were not Obama originals. So many here have had at least one other favorite. I just wish that we could make it over the hump. We really need people on the streets over the next three months. Peace,Kim

[Beacool]

100. Did you mean on this thread?

Check post #107

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6554714

[democrattotheend]

106. Yes, exactly

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6554714#6556073

I thought you made some good points.

[Beacool]

107. Thanks!!!

There's more to it, but one must always tread ever so carefully around here.....

:D

[PM7nj]

18. I support her as Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

[elkston]

20. Definitely like Hillary! She is a strong candidate!

...and if she had dropped out earlier, I can almost bet she would have been offerred VP.

I hope my friend BeaCool comes and joins us in this thread as well! :hi:

[Beacool]

25. Hi, Elkston!!!

How are things? Enjoying your summer?

:D

[elkston]

31. Hello!

I am doing OK. I wish I could jump into the future to November 4th, though. Its going to be one of the most exciting elections ever!

Summer isn't Spring, but I'll take it. It gets really hot here (in North Carolina), but I thank God for AC and Aquafina.

:)

[Beacool]

41. I imagine that it's hot and humid in NC,

but then again, it's hot and humid in NJ too. LOL!!!

Take care and keep cool!!

:hi:

[Skip Intro]

21. Hillary rocks. nt

[newfie11]

22. I have always liked Hillary

She would have made a wonderful president. If she is not to be the VP then I hope she can help push through universal health care in congress.

[Beacool]

23. I supported Hillary in the past, I support her now and I will support her in the future.

:bounce:

[democrattotheend]

24. I have such a love-hate relationship with her

and have since before Obama came into the picture. I grew up admiring her when she was First Lady, and to this day, I admire her strength and tenacity and grace under fire. At the same time, I always felt like she wasn't quite genuine or authentic enough, and I started out trying to support her at the beginning of the primaries but could never quite get comfortable with her. Right now I continue to admire her in many ways, and part of me feels really sorry for her. But try as I might I don't fully trust her. I appreciate her efforts on behalf of Barack but I think she needs to do more to discourage the PUMA movement and that she could do more than she's doing to keep her top donors from grandstanding to the press about why they're not supporting Obama. At the same time, I recognize that it must not be easy for her to go out and stump for the man who deprived her of her dreams, and I appreciate her willingness to do it.

I know that wasn't the effusive praise you might have been looking for with this thread, but I really have very conflicting feelings about her, and I hope you don't mind me being honest.

[SwampG8r]

32. i was sitting here trying to put into words

my feelings on the subject but you did it extremely well for me
i agree with you completely

[jaysunb]

36. Good post

I think you speak for many.......

[KAZ]

38. Stop reading my mind! You scanner, you.

[Flying Dream Blues]

90. THis is so in line with how I feel, I could have written it myself (but not as well.) :) nt

[napi21]

30. I like Hillary, and it was a hard decision for me to make when I

voted in the primary. I think either Hillary or Barack would make great Presidents. I ended up voting for Barack, and I have nothing against Hillary or any of the other candidates who ran. I'm having a real hard time understanding why anyone would be so bitter as to even say they will vote for McNuts because Hillary isn't the Dem candidate! I honestly think the people saying that were Rush fans who voted for Hillary to sctew up the Dem primary and they're pissed that they failed!

[Gman]

34. K&R for Hillary for VP

The puritanical liberals will accuse all of us of being conservative republicans, but then that's the same people that would have voted for Nader in a heartbeat if Hillary won the nomination. But they're calling theirselves Democrats for the moment.

[mzmolly]

37. Would have gladly supported Hillary.

:hi: Checkin in.

[musicblind]

39. RIGHT HERE! n/t

[gateley]

40. Me!

Although she sure made me mad during the campaign, but that's to be expected since I was on the "other side".

[Frank Booth]

42. I like Hillary, but I don't like this "checking in" thing, so I refuse to check in.

[PresidentObama]

43. Too late, I already checked you in ;)

[NYC_SKP]

45. Once you check in is there no checking out?

I don't know?

It was nice of you, in any case!

I'm reminded of the old trick on the Connecticut turnpike where you pay for the car behind you, as a random act of kindness.

:hi:

[Beacool]

75. Yep, it's like the Bates Motel.......

:hide:

[NYC_SKP]

79. Remember the commercial...

for the Roach Motel? "Roaches Check in, but they don't Check Out"

Crap, we're all stuck together! (might as well enjoy it!)

[Beacool]

80. Yuck!!!!!! I HATE roaches!!!!!!!!

:scared:

[NYC_SKP]

81. OK, Bates Motel it is....

but no stuffing of four legged animals, and nobody showers alone!

[Beacool]

94. Heck, no!!!

The first time I watched that movie I was afraid to be alone in the shower for days.

:scared:


It might get crowded in the bathtub......

:evilgrin:

[Frank Booth]

46. Aw, hell!

[NYC_SKP]

44. I'll do it, I'm checkin in.

I support her as a Democrat and as an advocate for the underrepresented in our society.

I hope each and every one of her most ardent supporters join in this most critical battle to restore our country, and am confident that all the good people here agree that we've got to pull together behind Obama and whomever his VP choice may be.

At toast to Hillary Clinton.. :toast:

[eridani]

48. Yes, I support her. I also like her

I made my choice between the final two on the issue of which candidate would be best for promoting Democratic Party organizing, and Obama was better on that score. Doesn't mean that Clinton doesn't have her good points.

[Occam Bandage]

49. Oh sure. She's one of my favorite Senators.

[LiberalAndProud]

52. ME!!

I adore Hillary. I am inspired by her. She is a CLASS ACT.

I also love Barack, and I'm very happy he's our presumptive nominee.

[Mz Pip]

53. Works for me.

I always liked Hillary. I hope she plays a prominent role in an Obama administration if she wants to. Supreme Court would be cool. Majority Leader would also be terrific. Secretary of State.

[Political Heretic]

54. I support Obama for president but still like YOU....

....and Hillary. :)

[PresidentObama]

55. I'll second that. Clinton-McCall are the best :)

[Maddy McCall]

67. LOL...

But I'll never be VP. I'm hotheaded and I've got a treasure-trove of closeted skeletons.

:D *smooch*

[PresidentObama]

70. *smooch* VP or not, I still love you darling.

And despite my differences with her on the campaign trail at various times, I still LOVE me some Hillary!!

If she ever runs again, count me in!!

[Beacool]

77. She better run again!!!!

I have too many of her t-shirts that I want to wear again.

:D

[Maddy McCall]

66. *smooch*

You're so sweet! :D :hug:

[onenote]

56. I support Obama and don't dislike Hillary

And if she had gotten the nomination I'd be working for her as hard as I'm working for Obama.

That seems to make me a bit different than a few (not all or even most) of her supporters here at DU.

[PresidentObama]

59. I want to call your bluff--name one?

Seriously...

The HRC supporters on DU have moved on, and are on the Obama bandwagon.

[onenote]

60. here ya go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6556212#6556418

see posts 29 and 40 in this thread for evidence of someone who may "support" Obama (although there is some evidence to suggest otherwise) but says she doesn't 'like' him and isn't supporting him as enthusiastically as she'd have supported HRC.

[Skittles]

64. there's nothing WRONG with that

people are not required to bow at Obama's feet

[onenote]

69. Can't read can you?

I'll try again:

I said that I am an Obama supporter (and just to clarify--I've been one since before the VA primary in Feb) but that if HRC had gotten the nomination I'd have worked for her just as hard as I've been working for Obama.

I added that my willingness to support HRC as much as I've supported Obama makes me different from a few (not all or even most) HRC supporters here at DU.

WHen challenged, I provided a link to posts by a Hillary supporter who makes no bones about the fact that she is not as enthusiastic about Obama as she was about HRC.

Clear enough for you?

[Name removed]

73. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Arkansas Granny]

111. So what? I'm not as enthusiastic about Obama as I was HRC, but I will vote

for Obama in the GE and he will get the donations I would have made to HRC had she gotten the nomination. It's the action that counts, not the level of enthusiasm behind it.

[democrattotheend]

103. The ones who stayed seem to be on board with Obama

pirhana, Maddy McCall, BigDDem, highplainsdem, and most of the other Clinton supporters who are still here have said that they are voting for Obama. Most of the PUMAs are already gone.

[pettypace]

57. I had been anti-Hillary for the nominee since August

However, i've 180'd on her profile. Its probably a symptom of absence making me grow fonder of her. I like Hillary for the VP pick, and she may be the best of the group mentioned so far.

I mean we're 2 months in and there's still this anti-Obama fervor among Dem groups. No better way to to bring those folks aboard than to get Hill.

[grantcart]

58. I like Hillary

I like Maddy


I hate the frog.

[BlooInBloo]

63. I can consider myself an Obama supporter no matter what the fuck Clinton supporters say.

[PresidentObama]

65. Oh yes, basically say "fuck you" to Clinton supporters for no apparent reason.

Classy.

[BlooInBloo]

71. Uh... sure. If you just get to make up words to put into my mouth.

[PresidentObama]

72. What Clinton supporter told you, you couldn't support Obama?

Your post is a tad bit idiotic.

[BlooInBloo]

86. "you really can't consider yourself an Obama supporter" Are you illiterate?

[samsingh]

74. yes

[Moochy]

82. ...

oops I checked in by mistake.

[Awsi Dooger]

83. Love Hillary and wish she were the nominee

Every day I think how much more enjoyable it would be with Hillary atop the ticket. I frequent sports sites and while the right wingers desperately post anti-Obama threads every day, you can tell they are more or less going through the motions. I parry their threads and they barely protest. With Hillary it would be frantic hatred and I'd relish every syllable.

Hillary would be cruising, make no mistake about it. The one aspect of Obama's win that I'm not looking forward to are all the ignorant buffoons here who will insist Hillary would have been defeated. Between the fraud crew asserting Obama should have won by 5 points more and the anti-Hillary morons insisting McCain would have thrashed her via relentless GOP turnout, DU is going to be open season on garbage.

Still, I realize the latter position is one of the spoils of backing the winning candidate throughout.

[lamp_shade]

84. Me

I support Obama, of course, but I find myself numbed somewhat to the attacks on him. I'll do what I can to help get him elected but not with the enthusiasm I would have had with Hillary.

[TheKentuckian]

85. I support Hillary

she's a high level asset for the party and I've helped to pay off her debt and encouraged other to do so as well.

I'm disappointed in the Senator and my trust in her has waned significantly but I still support her and want her on our side. I find the everybody just hates/is intimidated/always despised Hillary as disingenuous logic. Most people I know share my sentiments and were or were planning to work to get her elected at least in the the general.
I don't know a lot of personality driven Democrats though. Most of us just want to drive back the heathens and live under something resembling the Bill of Rights, the figurehead mattering pretty much parallel to effectiveness in doing the right thing by the citizens.

It continues to amaze me how she (or anybody really) invokes so much passion in people.

[Arkansas Granny]

87. Checking in. I've admired Hillary for years.

[phrigndumass]

89. Checking in :)

:hi:

[Hope And Change]

91. Do I dare to say that I like Hillary?

Just kidding :)

Go Hillary Go!

And yes, I do like her!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

92. The same works the other day. Those Hillary supporters who are still

upset about the primaries, if you don't support HIM as the presumptive Democratic nominee, then you can't consider yourself a Democrat. I'm happy that she is coming around and rallying the troops. But I would also like to see her go after McSame for his outrageous lies and antics.

Since she did a lot of damage to Obama during the primaries by praising McSame, she needs to take on some of the responsibility for that. This means attacking McSame's lies and smears against Obama when he commits them. Her doing so makes a strong case that the Dems are unified and that she does not condone Repukes' Rovian tactics!!

I don't believe that admiring Hillary is betraying Obama and it shouldn't be an issue either way.

[beachmom]

93. I liked her FISA vote, and that she returned to the Senate in 2 weeks. I am really

hoping she moves to the left, and becomes a liberal champion in the Senate. Never mind triangulation & ambition; how about returning to her roots.

I am not in NY, so what I think is largely irrelevant, but if she does something good, I will praise her for it.

[chimpymustgo]

97. I liked her FISA vote, too. I had not been a fan, but she won we over in the primaries.

What a spunky fighter. Her determination (with a smile) was inspiring.

[SeaLyons]

95. Checking In....

Making the transition from Hillary to Barack has been hard for me, but I'm there now with Barack.

I'm sort of new to DU, and started here in the middle of the primaries. It's hard to feel a part of this community at best, but trying to get over Hillary, support Barack and feel enthusiastic about it, ,,,, well, all I can say - it's not easy.

I will always support and admire Hillary, but I sure as hell want to see Obama elected.

Thanks for the post, Maddy. :hug:

[BigDDem]

96. Hillary supporter who is on board with Obama

by the way, I only know one Hillary supporter who is still on the fence in regards to Obama, the rest are all in!!

[Lucky 13]

98. I'm not trying to parse words, but liking and supporting are not the same things...

Prior to the campaign I was somewhat ambivalent, but open, towards Hillary... as I was towards every candidate (except for my guy - John Edwards). But she did a few things during the course of her campaign that turned me sour and made me begin to really dislike her.

Do I like Hillary as a person? No.
Do I like her as a candidate for President? No.

But she is a strong female Democratic Senator and a pretty good one. Her FISA vote really impressed me and she won a lot of people's respect by voting the way she did. I genuinely appreciate her support of the LGBT community.

So no. I don't LIKE her, but I do support her as a Democrat and believe we are better off for her service. I hope she gets re-elected to the Senate and that she begins to take more of a leadership role there.

I guess like with bosses and co-workers, I don't have to LIKE a person to respect their work.

I think she'd be much more likable if she would step up and tell PUMA and the like to STFU.

[Rosie1223]

99. Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton sounds really good to me

[highplainsdem]

101. K&R. I still think she'd have been a much better nominee, though I'll vote for Obama.

I still hope she'll be on the ticket as VP because I do not have complete confidence in Obama's ability to defeat McCain if she isn't his running mate. He will need her help to unite the party, and nothing he can do will make it as clear to her supporters that he wants a united party as asking her to be his VP.

She's a great woman, a wonderful politician, and a credit to our party.

[romana]

102. Checking in

Voted for Senator Clinton in the primaries, and was really hoping she would would the nomination. I don't think she's going to be on the ticket, but I hope she has a long and illustrious senate career.

Things are settling down now, and nearly every Clinton supporter I know is planning to vote for Obama. I will work on the few hold-outs who are planning to vote for Nader. In addition to being very angry about being branded racists and Republicans by fellow Democrats for not supporting Barack Obama during the primaries (as am I but trying to let it go), they are outraged by Obama's recent position on FISA. I will do everything I can to make certain they vote for Obama in November. I think I can do it, because I understand their anger and bitterness, but I can appeal to their sense of the larger picture.

[democrattotheend]

105. Good for you

We need more Clinton supporters like you to help convince the holdouts. You have a lot more credibility than I do talking to these people because you supported Senator Clinton in the primaries.

Since you are new to DU, you may not have seen my post about this before. I created some t-shirts, stickers, and buttons for Clinton supporters like you, for sale on Zazzle and CafePress. They say "Hillary Has My Heart, Obama Has My Vote". In the spirit of party unity, I am donating the proceeds from these products to Clinton for debt relief. You can check them out http://www.zazzle.com/democrattotheend*/products/cg-196053165511745923">here and http://www.cafepress.com/blue_america/5749703">here

[romana]

109. Thanks

Thanks, I'll check them out. :)

Actually been here since 2005, but I don't post a lot.

[iamthebandfanman]

104. I dont like the kind of politics she played in the primary

but over all i still like her.


i was fully ready to vote for her in the primary when it was down to just the two of them... but then those last two months were ugly and i just couldnt do it.

i personally didnt care much for either being or nominee....
but now im pretty satisfied with things...
obama is a very strong and projecting person... i think he can bring alot of good will and comfort to people.

[DevonRex]

108. I'm checking in. There was only one reason she wasn't my

choice for the nomination and that's the IWR vote. But I think she's a fine person and a fine democrat. I also think she's incredibly intelligent and hardworking. I think she got some bad advice from Penn and her husband during the primaries. And I think it is to her great credit that she was not very comfortable with it. And hey, if my husband were Bill, I'd listen to him, too. Who wouldn't? So I'm not finding much at all to diss her about and I have no reason to even want to do that. She will continue to be a powerhouse for years to come and we can all be grateful for that because we need her as a force to guide public policy in the right direction.

[Bake]

110. Here

Bake

[Hoof Hearted]

112. Knights of Umbrage.... ..... ...... LOL.

Love it!

[Forkboy]

113. I support Obama but don't like either of them.

Go figure. :P

[terrya]

114. Yep. Add me, also. Recommended.

In fact, I sent her campaign a donation yesterday to retire her debt.

She's a good Democrat. I still like her. One of the classiest moments I've ever seen in politics was her concession speech.

[truedelphi]

115. I still like Kucinich. Whenever I feel the shrug of regret

Coming over me, I day dream about a political system so free from corruption and big money that someone like Dennis could get in.

[Olney Blue]

116. Hillary! I like her.

[Autumn]

117. Hillary has my heart

Obama has my vote. It's all good.:thumbsup: