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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:04 AM
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It's time to STOP threatening to vote republican
Its time to STOP working against the nominee
Its time to STOP making baseless charges
Its time to STOP reissuing knowingly false data, benchmarks, milestones, criteria: KNOWINGLY FALSE ones
Its time to STOP playing the victim
Its time to STOP disrupting the real business of the party: the General Election
Its time to STOP organized trolling


it IS time to START mending fences
it IS time to START figuring out where you fit in for the general
it IS time to START being a loyal democrat again
it IS time to START working towards UNITY
it IS time to START having useful discourse


it IS time to START. NOW.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:07 AM
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1. yeah lets put all the non-worshippers in camps ok (oh wait, there is no nominee yet) nt
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:08 AM
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2. I remember being sad when Edwards lost.
I got over it. Can you?
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:09 AM
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4. "worshippers" = Language which is NOT part of the solution
Edited on Wed May-21-08 09:09 AM by havocmom
but does smack of projection
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:08 AM
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3. They're doing it because
They're republicans

They're racist

They love the war and the millions of lives lost

They love high gas and food prices

They love global warming

They love people losing their jobs, pensions and their homes

Am I missing anything?
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:11 AM
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5. not going there
I'm just saying certain behaviours are not productive and should stop.
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:48 AM
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19. Well then somebody needs to give a legitimate explanation
Why they think McCain would be better for the country than Obama. There's really none that I can think of.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:12 AM
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7. You forgot:
They are vindictive to the point of destroying all women's choice because they are mad they ran the wrong woman to be the first woman president.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:12 AM
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6. Amen. K&R nt
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Waya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:13 AM
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8. Would never vote Republican........
......even if Hillary would have won it (no, it's no longer possible that she might) I would grit my teeth and vote for her.
She would be a million times better than McDumbass. My Yorkie would be better (and probably have a better grasp on the issues, too).
All this 'I'll vote McCain or stay home' crap is ridiculous - think of what you're doing! Do you really want to subject this Nation to 4 more years of Hell, kill more troops, have more rights disappeared, shred the Constitution just a bit more, have Gas prices go even higher, maybe see food riots because people cannot afford to buy groceries any longer, have no changes in Health care and Education (except for the worse), more record foreclosures, bigger recession, etc, etc - just to prove a damn point? Do you really wanna cut of your nose to spite your face just because your Candidate didn't win?

Think, folks!
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:14 AM
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9. thank you!
Democrats voting for McCain is like letting the air out of your tires because they are low.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:16 AM
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10. Also time to stop threatening to vote Nader or stay home. nt
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:17 AM
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11. rec 3
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:18 AM
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12. If anyone here dares to threaten to vote Republican, I'm going to protest by
voting Republican.
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:19 AM
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13. "Its time to STOP making baseless charges, to STOP organized trolling"? So, when will you stop?
Flame bait.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:36 AM
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14. Good question, and until it stops I will tell every pollster that calls me
that their is no way in Hell I will ever vote for Obama, even if it's a lie. It's what they deserve after spewing their hatred of Clinton, Race baiting her to win a primaries, ect... Thing will change after we have a nominee, until then you can expect that the "I will not vote for Obama" poll to keep rising. A little fear of losing might just be what the doctor ordered for the Obama campaign.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:37 AM
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16. well, we'll put you down as not agreeing with the OP, then
Edited on Wed May-21-08 09:46 AM by Lerkfish
I'm curious what such an action: lying to pollsters, actually accomplishes?
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:37 AM
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20. Well for one thing the higher that number gets the more we see
Obama supporters trying to reach out to us instead of insult us for our CHOICE, so I would be happy to see that number get up to 60% if it would make the Obama supporters think twice about some of the things they have said. Also lying to pollsters is a time honored tradition. Also it depends on what polls you lie about. I would never lie about my opinion on the war, or Shurb, but would I lie in a primary poll, you betcha I would especially since I see daily lies posted by Obama supporters, and daily lies being spread by his surrogates on TV. They don't have a problem with lying to win, then neither do I.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:40 AM
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21. hmmm....
so, it accomplishes compliance from Obama to give you what you want (whatever that is)?
Still not sure how your anonymous lie to a pollster actually accomplishes that.

but hey, it's a free country. If you want to actively work against the nominee, you're free to do that, too.

just don't call yourself a democrat.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:50 AM
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26. I haven't actively worked against any nominee as we don't have one yet.
I am every bit the Democrat you are and your willingness to say I am not one is a perfect example of why Clinton supporters are so pissed off. Are the lies that Obama surrogates have propagated O.K. with you, because they do it every day.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:56 AM
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28. you just promised to lie to a pollster AGAINST a democrat
how is that not working against a democrat?

I don't need to "lie" about you when you so openly out yourself like this.

show me where I have lied, at all. You can't do it, because I haven't.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 12:43 PM
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30. Lie.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6027329#6027393

"Candidates do have demographic stats to work with, HOWEVER, to use it as a

rallying point is whipping up the racist support intentionally.

when the demographics become your policy points, its a sad day for the party."

Clinton did not use demographics as a rallying point in whipping up racist support. That's just the way the Obama camp is trying to explain why they lost WV, and KY. Of coarse you believe she did, so you may not think this is a lie. But isn't accusing a fellow Democrat being a racist just as bad if not worse than lying to a pollster to make a point?
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 12:59 PM
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31. um...pretty lame
its kinda hard to lie about my own opinion, which by the way, I still stand behind as the way I view that situation.

and no, I don't think me saying my honest opinion on this board is worse than lying to a pollster to make a point.


you lack perspective, and apparently, integrity.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:03 PM
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34. Pretty lame there yourself.
Edited on Wed May-21-08 01:04 PM by SIMPLYB1980
Just like I thought. Another Obama supporter that thinks "we" are dirty and "they" are clean, all the while asking for unity. LoL!
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:06 PM
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36. passive aggressive bullshit. You called me a liar and then pointed to an opinion.
after you openly admitted you would lie to a pollster to "punish" Obama.

you just earned a permanent ticket to my ignore list.

I AM asking for Unity == you insist on refusing that request. IMHO, that makes you something other than a democrat.

plomk.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:10 PM
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37. My opinion is your opinions are lies.
Edited on Wed May-21-08 01:10 PM by SIMPLYB1980
Glad to make the ignore list of another asshole for Obama.
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:22 PM
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38. May I ask
what your definition of "unity" is?

Is unity the cessation of any criticism of your candidate while you continue to denigrate mine?

Or is unity the recognition that the supporters of Senator Clinton have just as much of a right to our opinions as you have to yours?

From reading the OP, and your responses to this sub thread, it appears it is the former.

I have, time and time again, stated that, IF and WHEN Senator Obama is the official nominee, not only will I vote for him, but I will work for him as well. I call that unity. You obviously do not.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:32 PM
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39. no, I call that unity as well
Edited on Wed May-21-08 01:33 PM by Lerkfish
your last line I agree with, I mean.

there is a difference between criticism and openly threatening to vote republican.

And promising to lie to pollsters to punish Obama IF he is the nominee is not unity, that's spite.

surely you can tell the difference?

and I would point out that I was not forbidding opinions, it was your compatriot who was accusing ME of lying for having an opinion.

sorry, but you're intentionally mischaracterzing that interchange.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:38 AM
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17. "even if it's a lie."
Most of us kinda know it is.
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:46 AM
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25. Just goes to show that polls are indeed irrelevant.
Good job! :thumbsup:
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:50 AM
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27. so you admit having no integrity. sad.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:34 PM
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40. You are part of the problem.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 02:02 PM
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41. Just as you are part of the problem with all your photoshops of Clinton.
Though I do like that one, I'm going to steal it.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 02:57 PM
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43. They will cease if and when she ends her campaign.
FYI, they are more of a commentary and reflection on the posts I read here by her fans and detractors than about her. ;)

Is that your pic? I like it! :)

I am a Kucinich supporter, by the way, and an equal opportunity offender. :D


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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:36 AM
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15. As an Obama supporter, I hope this list extends to those in our camp as well.
Because the subtext indicates that Clinton supporters are exclusively culpable of these crimes. It isn't so. Some of us have behaved poorly.

It is time to heal, and it's also time to apologize.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:38 AM
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18. I meant it to apply to everyone who is a democrat.
I thought the "working towards unity" was a clue.


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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:44 AM
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24. I agree but if the delegate victory is overturned by SD's
expect Green recruitment to sky rocket and AA support to diminish

there's nothing for it...

I wouldn't advocate it here... but I couldn't blame them.

It would help the GOP less directly than some Kentuckians voting against Obama... but probably more significantly.
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:41 AM
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22. any self proclaimed Democrat that would threaten to vote Republican
is either a liar or a complete idiot
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:42 AM
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23. K+R
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Bleacher Creature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:59 AM
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29. Amen -- but just to be clear, threatening to "stay home" is NO DIFFERENT
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:01 PM
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33. Yup.
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knixphan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:00 PM
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32. K&R
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 02:44 PM
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42. May I suggest you post this
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:46 PM
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44. I posted THIS thread
that's sufficient. I am not going to go around posting in every thread. You're welcome to quote this thread and link it, if you like.
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