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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:44 AM
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A call for a Moratorium on intra-party sniping (from both sides)...
Edited on Fri May-02-08 01:06 AM by crimsonblue
I call for a 24 hour moratorium on the back and forth vitriol between Obama and Clinton supporters. I will be the first to admit that I have contributed to this, but I think we all need to come together as a party and stop attacking each other. Do I think it a valid argument to keep bringing up Wright day after day? No. But I also don't think it a valid argument to spin Clinton's gaffe during the O'Reilly interview as some evil thing. I think she was a bit caught off guard (you can't deny that actually is one, if the only, of O'Reilly's strong suits) by O'Reilly's craziness.

At this point, policy difference could matter less to me, and I will tell you why-- I just do not see either candidate vetoing legislation that the other strongly supported or that passed through a Democratic Congress. For example, I don't think Obama would veto a healthcare bill with mandates, and I don't think Clinton would veto a bill banning cluster bombs. We seem to forget that their policies have many similarities-- more so than any differences.

Why don't we just let the voters of the remaining states decide and then go from there? I've been as vocal a Hillary opponent as anyone on here, but I think it is time to stop. Let us please focus our attention, if but for 24 hours, on McCain-- the man who wants to continue the war in Iraq "for a hundred years", the man who want to offer greater tax cuts than even Dubya, the man who clearly has no grasp of the issues that affect non-millionaires, the man who wants to bomb Iran and has shown serious bouts of anger.

edit: changed from inter to intra. sorry for the apparent confusion.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:46 AM
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1. Too bad you didn't show up like three days ago.....
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2rth2pwr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:46 AM
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2. Screw that.
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:50 AM
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3. I wish I could agree with posts like this, but I can't.
I don't see why people are trying to keep other people's feelings in check. Do I speak my mind? Yes. And I appreciate when others do the same even if we don't agree.

This is also why I don't put ANYONE on ignore and I don't buy into shit like 'Let It Sink'. Sorry. People should say whatever they feel like saying, within the rules of course. I understand wishing for civility but until this circus of an election is over, it's just not in the cards.

Be real. Say what you have to say. Like Malcolm X said, Make It Plain.
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ruby slippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:51 AM
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4. I agree. I just posted a thread, too, on the same kind of thing...sad for
Edited on Fri May-02-08 01:01 AM by ruby slippers
the Democratic party.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:52 AM
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6. (you mean Democrat"ic" right?) n/t
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:51 AM
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5. God Bless Us, Every One!
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:00 AM
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7. go get 10 of the most vicious Hillary attackers who keep posting Wright related material to sign on
and come back with something serious.

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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:03 AM
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8. It's telling that you wrote "inter," not "intra."
But please, keep bringing up Clinton's biggest gaffe to date. Negative exposure is still exposure. She needs to look really BAD by Tuesday to end this primary nonsense.
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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:06 AM
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9. no, it was an error on my part.
it has been corrected.
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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:07 AM
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10. Dr. Freud would have a field day.
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