I'll Be Staying Here at the GD/P Until Conductor Skinner Closes the Station Down. Anyone Else?

Unlike others, I have determined to stay here at the GD/P until our Party has declared a Presumptive Nominee. I wish we had already united behind the candidate and were facing off against John McCain, but alas we are not.

And so be it. So until Skinner shuts down the station, I'm going to scoot all the way back now to the caboose and take a nice comfortable seat and watch the remaining scenery on the Obama train as we close in to our final destination this primary season.

I'm ordering a nice, cool Seven & Seven as the train sweeps past the landscape now in full forward motion and so effortlessly. It's a lovely thing.

Who else is staying 'til the last day at GD/P? Come on back to the caboose where the die-hards sit. I'll order your favorite drink, too.

I think it will just revert to General Discussion:Politics like it always was before the primaries.

Enjoy the ride in, Warren.

:toast:

:shrug:

Take your shoes off, XemaSab. The ride into the station is going to be a victory lap.

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(Did I say that? :hide:)

This train seems to be gliding from back here in the caboose.

Welcome to the die-hard car.

Pass me one o' them brews from back there.

I hope we're not all drunk when we arrive to Obama's victory party.

Line them up and keep them coming....

Lined up and they will keep coming your way. Take your shoes off. The ride in to the victory station is going to be sweet.

To victory in the fall!

"There will be a holiday in our street soon!"

And as you say, "to victory in the fall!"

Ouisghibaugh turns me a tad belligerent....

"More Wars! Less Jobs! McCain '08"

I sent him an email yesterday asking for clarification (no reply yet, I'm sure he's busy). Anywho... In the memo he posted, he added a caveat about one of the two needing to drop out. It wasn't absolutely clear if we have a presumptive nominee (someone that has his the required # of delegates prior to the convention), but the other competitor refused to drop out - whether he would shut it down or not. So essentially, when Clinton decides she's not quitting, even after obama hits the number - it's unclear what Skinner will do.

We've already won. Enjoy the ride in now.

And I could never quit GD-P, it's my daily crack.

a vodka gimlet please...

It's nice back here in the caboose with the hold-outs, the die-hards. Welcome.

Then, I'll leave. With a fuckin smile on my face.

Thanks for staying in until the end. :toast:

Not that it's not worth shutting down.

have a rum and coke

or go even further back and have a bottle of Annie Green Springs wine.

We're in the final days of our journey. We're really picking up speed now, but it's like we are gliding to the station.

:D

:toast:

We also have non-alcoholic beverages here in the caboose.

Here's to the diehards. :toast:

Bitter. :toast:

I don't drink alcohol, and I only read the threads that have a positive subject line (although I've been fooled a few times).

I'm not perfect, though. I :smoke: like a chimney. And I'm addicted to caffeine.

So, I'll just settle in and watch the fireworks at the front of the train.

**edited for clarity**

Let me know when the fireworks begin from the front of the train.

Harry Reid says we're just days away from arriving at the station now.

It's a funny thing. I was outraged when we were "condemned" to stay in this forum for the sake of the rest of DU's sanity. After the first couple of days, I could not stand the flagrant soap opera political texture here, and so I left. After two days of abstaining, I felt the pains of withdrawal, and so I waded back in. I still despised and detested some of the threads here, and I held some of the posters in contempt. Sorry, I guess this is turning into some sort of true confession. Most of those people were eventually tombstoned, so no offense intended to any current DU'er reading this post. For the first time since I have been a member here, I learned to use "Ignore" but the maximum number of people I "Ignored" was three. That's it - just 3.

But here I am months later a better political person for having sweated it out. I don't think it's possible for the true political addict to be on the outside looking in. Those of us who persevered and made it to the finish line have done a service not only for ourselves in learning and growing politically, we have also made a contribution toward steering this forum out of the skid, which those who remained on the outside did not do.

So I'll be here until the, to borrow Bill Clinton's phrase, last dog dies. And when this Forum is shut down, I'll leave proudly, knowing amazingly enough, I withstood some of the hardest of days here I have witnessed since I arrived in 2000. I do regret some of the other old timers did not stay and help steer the Forum out of the skid as well. Their help was sorely needed.

Thanks for starting this thread.

The GD/P wasn't a forum for the faint of heart.

I'm glad you stayed in.

"elitist?" If so, I am placing my order now. If not, give me one of those Red Bulls!

Merlots, Pinot Noirs, Red Zinfandels, Chiantis, Burgundy's and more.

Samantha, the caboose is elite. It's for the die-hards who hung into the very end. You'll fit right in. :toast:

I really, really need them. It's been a rough, rollercoaster ride so far.

I do enjoy the company here in the caboose, so I am propping up my feet, feeling the breeze and breathing deeply. Thanks for the wonderful invite. I am glad you made it to the end as well ....

Who else will be arriving, do you think?

Sam

And what is that music you have playing ...

Do you want lime with that, BlooInBloo? Welcome to the last of the die-hards.

EDIT: I know! It's wacky!

this train really has a smooth ride, i barely felt those bumps along the way. the company is awesome. what a great ride so far.

And the company is awesome because you are here. Take a seat and enjoy your white russian as we glide to the finish line. Thanks for staying in all the way. :toast:

i don't know how i got hooked on GD:P, but i have to read it for at least an hour a day. i click (and 'view all') threads with no real method or purpose, just reading the same old same old, day after day... and for whatever perverse reason, GD: P entertains me (even the silly smiley that ya get when you type the :P part of the forum title makes me smile).

i have an extensive ignore list composed probably 55-45% of supporters who constantly, consistently name-call and nothing else, but have most of the most vehement posters still visible.

i don't know what is wrong with me :shrug:

i'll be sipping my pinot noir and reading GD:P until it's gone. it's all good :-)

Anyone for cards?

I love banging my head against the wall :banghead: