I think we should get Skinner to rename this forum

[Midlodemocrat]

to General Discussion: Piss and Moan.

Seriously. The man hasn't even been sworn in yet and already we're inundated with 'I'm SO disappointed' and 'we voted for Republicans' threads.

Give him a chance to spend one night in the White House before you start complaining.

[babylonsister]

1. And don't forget the 'whine'. nt

[JuniperLea]

11. How about Whine and Cheese?

[Pyrzqxgl]

2. Amen!

[Parche]

3. quit wine ing

:woohoo: :hi: :hug:

[BootinUp]

4. How about just GD:Arguing ?

Reminds me of the Monty Python sketch.

[Doityourself]

5. I know. Call it Bitch, Moan, Wail and act like babies!!! n/t

[KansasVoter]

6. Maybe you would like "No Complaints About Obama at all" better?

Then it would a happy place where we pretend Obama will never say anything we disagree with!

What the hell, you can still LOVE Obama and be 100% happy he is the next POTUS and still complain about some things.

M

[Lost-in-FL]

7. Whatever happened to the "place of fresh progressive ideas"

I'm just glad DUers don't run congress. Nothing would get passed.

[secondwind]

8. amen!

[Born_A_Truman]

9. K&R

OMG, he's not even been sworn in and the gnashing of teeth here is unreal. We haven't even been able to celebrate our victory much before it started. Maybe I need a break.

[dmallind]

10. Yep - just imagine when he does what he SAID!

I mean he hasn't picked a Republican yet, let alone started working with the likes of Inhofe. It's going to be really fun when all the people who voted for and cheered the election of a guy who promised to work across the aisle and get things doen with Republicans actually watch him DO it.

[NJmaverick]

12. but but he isn't doing everything I want! exactly as I wanted it!

:sarcasm:

[NoSheep]

32. Wait...I gave him money...like a lobbyist....

[No Elephants]

50. That makes you part of the problem, doesn't it? (j/k. I gave, too.)

[NoSheep]

69. irony...

[EFerrari]

13. Maybe there are legit reasons for posters to piss and moan.

The machinery is being put into place now. That doesn't wait until January.

[Midlodemocrat]

25. I think that the pissing and moaning could wait until after the

guy gets sworn in. This site was overrun with Obama love during the GE; so let's give him a chance to do what he promised he'd do.

[EFerrari]

44. There's nothing I would enjoy more, after eight years of THAT.

I don't see it happening, though.

Our politcal culture is a sewer right now. That's not Obama's fault, just the situation.

[JeffR]

26. No, that couldn't possibly be the case.

Anyone voicing the slightest dissatisfaction is obviously a pie-in-the-sky, fringe-left nutcase whose only agenda is to take down President Obama. It must be true, I've read it over and over again right here on DU.

[Midlodemocrat]

31. DUzy, right there.

Oh, wait. No.

:P


And voicing dissatisfaction after the guy actually DOES something would hold a lot more water. Rahm Emmanuel? Have at it. But the pissing and moaning about speculation is ridiculous.

[JeffR]

36. I agree with your last sentence wholeheartedly.

[Midlodemocrat]

39. Thank you. I have my opinions on who I would like to

place on his staff, but it's his choice, not mine and I will respect it. I may end up disappointed, but that's part of life.

I mean Hell's Bells, it's not like he's pissing and moaning about the mess downstairs in the kitchen at MY house, is he?

:rofl:

[No Elephants]

48. What makes you think he isn't? He called me only this morning about that mess.

[Midlodemocrat]

51. LOL. Wouldn't surprise me. My kids never met a dish they

didn't want to dirty. :eyes:

[tandem5]

14. GD: Beyond Thunderdome

and every now and then there could be a DU bot named AuntyEntity that posts random messages with the words "raggedy man!" in the subject line.

[camera obscura]

15. GD 2: Concern Troll Boogaloo

[nyc 4 Biden]

16. GD:Wahh

[BootinUp]

17. Winna !!!

[TahitiNut]

18. So, are you pissing or moaning??

:eyes:

[Midlodemocrat]

23. Neither, obviously.

:eyes:

[TahitiNut]

29. Wow.

:wow: Sure fooled me! :eyes:

[Midlodemocrat]

35. That's not all that hard, actually.

:hide:

[pecwae]

19. Why wait? Get with the program.

[Runcible Spoon]

20. don't you have some school officials to terrorize?

but thanks for YOUR concern :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

22. Um, who are you again?

:eyes:

[Staph]

21. GD: Panic?

[NewJeffCT]

24. And "Piss & Moan" is different than any other day here how?

:shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

27. Seems to have gotten a lot worse.

I don't think the pissing and moaning after the 2006 midterms came this soon after the election.

[NewJeffCT]

34. we didn't have any cabinet appointments to make then

so, maybe it is amplified a bit.

However, it's still better than mid November 2004.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. Yeah, that was deadly. But our guy lost then.

We should still be enjoying a bit of a honeymoon period.

[NewJeffCT]

41. The honeymoon ended about 1am EST on November 5th

I would think.

[NoSheep]

28. How about: Shut the fuck UP! He's Got this!

[LynneSin]

40. Where is the picture

:woohoo:

the Lol Obama of that one

[JimWis]

30. Well said. Kick.

[Danger Mouse]

33. Don't even get me started. Dear lord, the capacity for liberals to whine is incredible.

:bagnghead:

[Arkana]

49. I'm starting to think that might be something conservatives got right about us

We do tend to whine--they just got it wrong when they said what we whine about.

[LynneSin]

37. I prefer General Discussion: Emotional Cutters and Professional Cat Herders

:D

[tridim]

42. I'm guessing the 'We voted for Republicans' folks did vote for Republicans.

And now they're on DU pretending otherwise.

[yourguide]

43. how about GD: Hillary, hillary, hillary

You'd never know by the first page that Obama is the pres elect...

[LynneSin]

61. nonono try GD: HILLARY LIEBERMAN HILLARY LIEBERMAN HILLARY LIEBERMAN

Much better

[jefferson_dem]

45. Word.

Rather than brave the shitstorm, perhaps I'll just wait for it to blow over.

[DCBob]

46. I am surprised how PO'd some are here. I am so psyched to have Obama as president.

I totally trust this guy and even if he said we need to stay in Iraq a bit longer I would accept that even though that is my biggest issue. We voted for this guy in big part due to his good judgment.

[Arkana]

47. THANK YOU.

If I had to hear one more bullshit post about Lieberman somehow bringing down Obama's administration when he's got 56-57 colleagues who'll jam his nuts in a vice if he tries it (and you folks who are moaning about this know DAMN right well the Dems haven't forgotten what he did) I was going to strangle the OP.

Dean stepping down from the DNC chair (LIKE HE HAD FUCKING PLANNED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE, AS IT IS NOW OBAMA'S DNC) is not the end of the 50-state strategy and if I have to hear one more Loose Change drug-induced conspiracy theory about how Obama is actually an animated robot with Bill Clinton's hand shoved up his ass and making his mouth move, or that Barack Obama hates Howard Dean because he didn't put Vermont maple syrup on his pancakes that morning (or some such bullshit) I will choke someone.

Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff is not the end of the 50-state strategy either.

Barack Obama is not a weak-willed puppet who will be controlled by the DLC. He won. They have to make nice with him now.

If you happen to see a lot of former Clinton people in his administration, shove the fucking conspiracy theories for one GODDAMN minute and THINK! Maybe, just fucking MAYBE, they were chosen because they were the smartest motherfucker in the room and judged by PRESIDENT OBAMA as best suited for the job, not because they're part of an evil Clinton conspiracy to turn Obama into a wombat and install Hillary as the first ever God-Empress of the United States.

Fucking A.

Edited out last line, since it came more from personal frustration and would probably be better served when I talk to my coworkers tomorrow.

[Starry Messenger]

52. +100

:thumbsup:

extra points for visual achievement.

[Arkana]

53. I'm especially proud of the wombat/God-Empress thing.

[Starry Messenger]

54. You had me at maple syrup. n/t

[No Elephants]

55. I was going to compliment you on a really first class rant. But you lost me with your last

sentence. Attacking what people say, do or think at any given moment is different from attacking them as people. I don't know why Democrats feel compelled to attack each other. I'd take just about any Dem, other than a bigot, over any Pub any day of the week.

But, other than disagreeing with the approach of your last sentence, I loved your rant.

[Arkana]

56. That last one may have come more from the absolutely horrible day

at work I just had.

[Starry Messenger]

58. If the last sentence were dropped it would make a great OP. n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

59. Oh. I thought you meant *I* was the God-Empress.

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

70. Wow. Seriously. Let's end the forum, cause you just won it.

[nichomachus]

57. There already is a forum for you -- where you're not allowed to criticize

It's called Free Republic

[Midlodemocrat]

62. Two words for you, sir.

Bite me. :eyes:

I've been a loyal Democrat for a very, very long time. Probably longer than you.

[nichomachus]

64. Then, I must have

missed the memo where it says you can't discuss or criticize. Please forward it to me.

[yourguide]

66. I missed that memo and the one where the forum was renamed GD: Hillary as well...n/t

[Undercurrent]

60. It's campaign redux around here.

Everybody and their dog was sure they knew how to run the Obama campaign better than Obama. Now many are convinced they know how to run the cabinet selection better than Obama.

Personally I voted for the smart guy. Not only is Obama the smart guy, he knows things from the inside that none of us do.

[Midlodemocrat]

63. That is exactly right. Inside information and anecdotal stuff

is VERY important. I've had clients refuse to share that stuff with me during capital campaigns and they lived to regret it because we didn't raise the $$$ we should have.

Inside information is crucial.

[JoePhilly]

65. Rename it: GD: President - Elect

[Shakespeare]

67. That would be the PERFECT name for the forum.

WE WON. JFC. Eight years of Bush, and now they want to bitch about Obama before he's even sworn in?

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

:banghead:

[Midlodemocrat]

68. Seriously. Especially the speculative bullshit.

OMG - HILLARY WILL BE SOS!!!!

OMG - HE'S MEETING WITH McCAIN!!!!!

Give it a fucking rest folks.