Who from DU is planning to volunteer, organize, donate, and work for Obama in 2012?

[peacebird]

sign up below


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[Laelth]

1. LOL. n/t

Kill the bill.

Forcing people to buy insurance is no more the answer to a failed health care system than forcing people to buy houses is the solution to homelessness.

:dem:

-Laelth

[NJmaverick]

2. I will happily donate and work to get him reelected

I think he has been doing a bang up job and I expect he will get even better with experience.

[stopbush]

8. Ditto. I look forward to all of the "Obama sucks" naysayers on DU

coming back into the flock. And I won't have to wait until even the 2010 elections to see it happen. The HCR ACT that passes is going to be a HUGE win for the Ds.

The only question will be how many DUers will deny that they were part of the "Ds are all sell outs" crowd.

[tblue]

25. Can't we just give our opinion without putting other people down?

Tired of it. There's no need to insult.

[spoony]

30. Well put.

It's becoming apparent some just want to be mean quite apart from any policy matters.

[racaulk]

50. Thank you!

:applause:

[ShortnFiery]

48. "Ditto?"

As in "mega-dittos Rushbo?" :puke:

[apocalypsehow]

64. Dishonest much? You are well aware that the term "ditto" as shorthand for "what you said" long

predates that obnoxious ranter Limbaugh.

Such rank dishonesty and attempts to paint someone as a fan of a RW asshat without the slightest shred of posted evidence and solely because you disagree with a position the poster has taken makes decent people want to :puke: indeed.

[JTFrog]

86. It's not the Obama supporters who are siding with the Rushbo dittoheads and teabaggers....

:puke:

[apocalypsehow]

59. It'll be like Peter before that third cock crowed - "I've always supported President Obama!!!1" -

which is why the bookmark feature is such a handy tool.

:thumbsup:

[still_one]

3. and who are you going to try to get elected in 2012? /nt

[VMI Dem]

4. Heh.

Not.

[dkf]

5. I'm wondering if I can get my donations back.

Seriously

[lamp_shade]

6. Meeeeeeeee.

[lamp_shade]

38. .

wrong place

[kiva]

7. Nope, I'll use my money and labor for

a deserving progressive.

[Wardoc]

9. LOL! Well, as long as he promises to only invade Iran a little bit.

[MadBadger]

10. Why, so you can egg us?

[AspenRose]

79. So they can update their ignore list.

[dmallind]

11. Me. While he is, like all candidates, imperfect, he is far better than any viable alternative. NT

[AllentownJake]

12. I'll volunteer for a local democrat

Not going to carry lying literature again.



The literature she is holding, is the literature from the Shame on you moment. Many of us laughed at her, 2 years ago, I understand why she went on tilt.

[Beacool]

91. Many of us didn't laugh.

Remember that more registered Democrats voted for Hillary than for Obama.

;-)

[KrR]

123. This was her downfall really...

wayyy to easy to get under her skin...

[jaxx]

13. I will.

I'm no quitter.

[BklnDem75]

14. Doubling my donation

Any leader that can make Congress do their job is ok by me. Well done, President Obama.

[Forkboy]

15. If there's a primary challenge and he wins it I'll vote for him again.

I most likely wouldn't vote for him in a primary, but that would depend on who runs against him.

[MuseRider]

16. No freaking way.

I did not the first time and sadly my instincts were right on.

[NMMNG]

122. Ditto. n/t

[DrToast]

17. I'll vote for him, but that's all I'm going to commit to for now.

[tomm2thumbs]

18. I'm waiting to see if there is a 3rd Act with Reconciliation on this bill -

but it better come pretty soon after it becomes law because 51 senators and a majority in the house could correct a lot of what is wrong with this - and they should have the smarts to know it

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Me. And I doubt many of the naysayers are...

worth a shit anyway.

Last couple of elections we had a bunch of assholes running around screwing things up preaching and throwing pizza parties instead of manning the phone banks, GOTV, yard signs, and the rest of the stuff. Good riddance.

(Those were the assholes who left their keyboards for a while-- the ones who stayed home were screwing up internet boards with their bullshit.)

[tblue]

26. Gee. I wasn't aware of that. I was too busy volunteering!!!!!!!!

I had no time to post on DU the closer we got to the election.

[TreasonousBastard]

33. So you say, and it may even be true, but if so you are not one of the many I speak of.

[zulchzulu]

20. It's a long way away, but I certainly will be doing grassroots stuff

If I'm still in Madison, I plan on going to Iowa to document the GOP caucus drama in some fashion. I might be back in Cali by then...

[rudy23]

21. I'll be using that time and money to help get progressives elected to Congress

We're seeing with HCR how important that is, and how important it is to push Obama from the left. If we had a few more progressives in the Senate, that's so much less power wielded by Nelson, Landrieu, Baucus, etc.

[stray cat]

22. Depending on the republican nominee - I probably will

but then I prefer Obama to Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani and McCain.

[MadBadger]

27. Why should the Republican nominee matter at all?

Fine if you dont campaign for Obama, but why does who the republican is matter?

[uponit7771]

63. Jeb Bush?!

[onenote]

23. i will

i will not sit idly by and allow the repubs regain control -- I know many here are disappointed with Obama, but you'd be missing him a lot if the next president is rudy or mitt or any other repub. A lot.

[tblue]

24. I've volunteered in every gen. election since Dukakis.

And I am really not sure if I will do it again. I'll have to see.

[showpan]

28. Anyone who helps them

is one of them and I will not support another neocon. It would be like voting for Lieberman as a Democrat or equally wrong...an Independant...wtf

This is exactly why we are in this mess today. We did this to ourselves because we voted for a party and not for a person. A large percentage of Republicans realize this now as evident by their large decrease in support. Now that the Democratic party has also been overrun with neocons, I see no alternative but to vote against both parties unless either candidate has a clear voting record against such policies that have taken our prosperity and wealth. The obvious use of the same tactics to infiltrate the Democratic party is evident by this post with it's message of party line support even if it's bad for America. What's the alternative, I don't have that answer. At least my conscience will not eat me away as millions remain jobless and homeless and as more innocent woman and children die under the false guise of a war on terrorism. The real war has been happening for decades. It's against ordinary Americans and we are very close to defeat. I will never surrender, especially with the ideology that a vote for anyone else is a vote for them...since they...are them.

[quiller4]

29. I plan to work for Obama in 2012 and I'll donate, too. I've worked forn/t

every Democratic candidate since 1972

[freddie mertz]

31. No. I'll direct my limited funds to the election of honest progressives.

The president has shown himself to be neither.

I live in PA which is a "battleground" state, but the way I feel right now, I would not lift a finger for him, other than a (possible) reluctant vote to re-elect if there is no alternative, third party candidate on the ballot.

This would be my first ever non-Dem vote for president.

[secondwind]

32. THIS 63 YR OLD GRANDMOTHER IS STILL WILLING.....COUNT ME IN...

[euphoria12leo]

34. Count me in.

:hi:

[Undercurrent]

35. I'm on board!

I will happily donate and work to re elect President Obama.

[LWolf]

36. I didn't do any of the above in '08.

He didn't earn my support.

He hasn't yet earned it as president. As a matter of fact, I am more opposed to him now than I was then.

[Name removed]

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[Sukie]

54. I agree. n/t

[LWolf]

76. DU is a self-described "left-wing" message board.

There is a requirement that DUers not use the board to campaign for non-Democrats, and of course, I didn't do that. I said I didn't donate or campaign for Obama. I was clear about that throughout both the primaries and the GE. The Democratic Party is often in direct conflict with the left, and DU is not affiliated with the Democratic Party.

As you know. When did someone appoint you to be DU's gatekeeper?

[treestar]

53. Will you be voting for the Green or Socialist candidate?

Or other?

[LWolf]

77. I have no idea who I'm going to vote for in '12.

There are no announced candidates, and no campaign.

I won't be voting for the "Green" or "Socialist" candidate. I don't vote for a party, but for the best candidate.

Should that candidate not be a Democrat, I won't be discussing my vote at DU. That would be against the rules.

Just to be clear: not donating to, or campaigning for, the Democrat does not equal a vote for someone else.

[Aramchek]

84. have fun helping Palin

Bitter and dumb is no way to go through life.

[LWolf]

88. Stupid and dishonest is no way to go through life.

Too stupid and/or dishonest to see, or acknowledge, that opposing a bad Democrat is not the same thing as supporting a bad Republican.

Too stupid or dishonest to bring substance into a discussion of disagreement.

I'm sorry for you.

[Aramchek]

97. No need to be sorry for me, my guy's in the White House, and will be so for 8 years

you're the one who has 8 years of bitching to look forward to.

May your hard head soften.

[Aramchek]

37. I'm in!

He'll get the maximum allowed from me.

[lamp_shade]

39. Ready willing and able.

[Phx_Dem]

40. Eager and happy to do so. n/t

[stevenleser]

41. Right here

:-)

[graywarrior]

42. !

:hi:

[KrR]

43. I'll be donating the max again in 2012 n/t

[Bobbie Jo]

44. Signed.

[gardenista]

45. Right cheer! And I'll be in good company!

registering voters, making my calls, delivering for dems.

[ShortnFiery]

47. No way! No how! Yes You Can be a one term President! eom

[ChicagoSuz219]

49. Absolutely!! nt

[Tippy]

51. Thank you peacebird for starting this thread......K&R

:thumbsup: And thanks to our Congressional Dem's Keep up the good work.

[treestar]

52. Won't have to do much

It will be like Clinton in 1996

[ClarkUSA]

57. +1

Even better.

:hi:

[CBR]

55. Yup! nt

[Sukie]

56. Yes, I will! n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

58. I had just turned 17 when Bush "won" election.

Never never never never will I sit out/not work an election again. It's just too important.

[apocalypsehow]

60. Here. n/t.

[old mark]

61. Yes. There is no one better in the Democratic party, and no one in the GOP

who is even remotely qualified.
Besides, I don't ever vote for republicans, not ever.

mark

[uponit7771]

62. I am...he'll win another term if jobs turns around and pony people will still be hatin

[Top Cat]

65. I am behind Pesident Obama and will help to get him re-elected in 2012

[ebbie15644]

66. Not me

[Fire1]

67. Me. Gladly. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

68. Let's see who is running in the 2012 primaries

and where the country is at.

[beachmom]

69. Count me in, although it will be an uphill battle for him here in Georgia. nt

[NYC_SKP]

70. I'm gonna work even harder just to piss off a few people here.

We might have to work harder to make up for the fools who aren't going to lift a finger or will choose to support someone else.

:patriot:

[grantcart]

96. and post a daily diary.

If your going to optomistic then you should be obnoxiously so!!!

[NYC_SKP]

101. Yes, to match the opposition I'll have to be aggressively obnoxious in my optimisim.

Sickeningly so!

:P

[CK_John]

71. I don't believe he will run in 2012. n/t

[Aramchek]

87. your spitefulness knows no bounds

[CK_John]

102. Your wrong about spite and I just don't think he will run again. n/t

[Unvanguard]

72. *raises hand* n/t

[JVS]

73. I volunteer to drink beer

[bigwillq]

74. I didn't do any of those

the last time. I did put up an Obama/Biden lawn sign, though.

[Pirate Smile]

75. Me

[gratefultobelib]

78. Me.

[AspenRose]

80. Fall in love in the primaries; fall in line in the general.

I am a Democrat.

[Blue_In_AK]

81. I didn't do it in 2008 except for a little phone banking.

I only volunteer for politicians I believe in 100%, and I did not have that confidence in candidate Obama. I have put in many hours for progressive local candidates.

[NatBurner]

82. yup

he's gonna win too

watch

[Exultant Democracy]

83. I may vote for him still, but my good will toward Obama is drying up quickly.

[A Brand New World]

85. For the 1st time ever, I did in 2008 and will happily in 2012.

The only decision he's made that I've been unhappy with is Afghanistan. And it's not like I didn't know his views on that ahead of time - I was just hoping he'd change his mind.

[Beacool]

89. You are joking, right?

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

90. Me.

[Jennicut]

92. Most of my efforts will be in trying to defeat that traitor, Lieberman.

Sigh. Yes, that idiot is my Senator.

Also, any efforts don't have to be for Obama but can be against his future opponent. Anyone stupid enough to not realize the difference is naive.

[Wardoc]

93. Been there, done that, bought the hat and the lies. Won't be fooled again. (nt)

[RetroLounge]

94. Nope...

He's on his own...

RL

[AndrewP]

95. I will support whoever the nominee is in 2002. I assume that will be Obama

as primary challengers tend to whip up a frenzy but not actually win the nomination, at least in modern times.

I'm a progressive, and I have criticisms of the current administration. But I am going to continue to support the Democratic Party and work on expressing my views from within the party.

[The Straight Story]

98. As long as he promises to keep gays down, help the wealthy more and poor less

Because then I won't be disappointed because I know what I'll be getting ahead of time.....

[Number23]

99. Me! Can't wait to be back in the States again by then so that I can REALLY do some stuff

besides just give money like I did last time. :hi:

[dcsmart]

100. YEP

[otohara]

103. Tried and True Democrat Here

I'll be calling -

Absolutely.

[Raine]

104. No, the most he'll get is a vote

in the GE no more money or volunteering.

[WeDidIt]

105. I will be. n/t

[cadmium]

106. Fired up - Ready to go more than ever. nt

[cornermouse]

107. After 3 years of paying for mandatory insurance premiums?

I think you're going to see a lot of angry people. It would probably be best if he didn't run.

[salguine]

108. If someone puts up a wheelbarrow full of chocolate pudding against him in the primaries, I'll

work my ass off for the pudding.

[jonnyblitz]

109. ...

:rofl:

[Pisces]

110. +1 here and you can add my husband to the list

[jberryhill]

111. Ask me in 2012

Waiter and seer here.

[Meshuga]

112. He will get my vote but that is about it. n/t

[iceman66]

113. I will donate and volunteer even more than last year,

to try and make up for all the disgruntled crybabies who are abandoning the President because the health care bill does not contain everything they want.

[totodeinhere]

114. If things don't change, I will support a credible progressive candidate in the 2012 primaries.

That is of course if someone like Howard Dean steps forward. But failing that, I will probably have to reluctantly vote for Obama in the general.

[DCBob]

115. You Deaniacs need to watch his performance on Rachel just a few moments ago. He has caved.

He basically supports the bill now. One comment he made "if the Republicans hate is so much, there must be some good in it".

[cornermouse]

119. No. He didn't.

But don't let the truth get in your way...

[Nancy Waterman]

116. Absolutely!

I will vote for him and donate and maybe do some calling for him. I am totally behind him.

[Chan790]

117. Not me...

and as unhappy as I am with his performance, that decision was made before he even won the last election.

I worked on the Obama campaign in 2008 post-primary and swore off 2010, 2012, 2014 to work exclusively on issues-campaigns because I predicted that with a Democrat in the WH and a Democrat making court appointments that there would be a lot of issues-campaigns needing my help more than any national race...the only race I'm getting involved with is the one to take out Joe Lieberman because that's personal for me and has been since before Gore chose him for a running mate. I want that man's political tombstone carved already...I've been waiting for it too long already.

Admittedly, nothing Barack Obama has done in his year in office has given me much reason to second-think this decision.

[kwenu]

118. Natch!!!

[Hekate]

120. Me. Gladly. At the moment he's delaying his vac to take care of business in DC, not...

... heading off to the pig farm to "cut brush" and fall off his bike.

Hekate

[damonm]

121. Yo.

[Sherman A1]

124. No

probably won't even vote for the office.

[quaker bill]

125. most likely