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Skinner

(63,645 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:33 PM Apr 2020

It's the end of the Democratic presidential primary on Democratic Underground

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).

It's been a little over a year since we opened the Democratic Primaries forum here on DU, and now that we have a presumptive Democratic nominee (Congrats, Joe!) the time has come to shut it down. We're going to let you all post your postmortems in there for another day or so and then we are going to archive it.

If you previously expressed support for Joe Biden in the primaries, your signature line in the DU Primaries forum still shows you as a Biden supporter. If you supported someone else, your signature line now shows you as "Undecided." I encourage everyone go to the DU Candidate Preference page and set your preference to Joe Biden if you have not already done so.

At the moment we do not know if we are going to set up a new top-level forum for the upcoming 2020 elections. We will be following discussions closely to decide whether we need to do so in the future.

In previous presidential election years this has traditionally been the time when the DU Admins would beg forgiveness for the pervasive incivility on the website and gently reprimand our members to try to make an effort to be nice. But I'm not sure any of that is necessary this time because overall I think this primary has been (dare I say?)... not so bad.

So instead I want to express my gratitude to all of you who came to DU during the primaries and passionately supported your preferred candidates, while treating your fellow DUers with kindness and respect. Thank you.

As we head into general election season, I feel like the members of this website are more united than we've ever been. As you know we expect the members of Democratic Underground to support Joe Biden and all other Democratic nominees in the elections this fall. But this year I don't think we'll have much trouble coming together to win in November!

Go Dems!

Skinner
DU Admin

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It's the end of the Democratic presidential primary on Democratic Underground (Original Post) Skinner Apr 2020 OP
Thanks for a job well done, sir. SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #1
Thank you, Skinner! AirmensMom Apr 2020 #2
Thank you for all your hard work. Celerity Apr 2020 #3
So long, Throckmorton Apr 2020 #4
This year was definitely better than 2008 or 2016. comradebillyboy Apr 2020 #5
Agreed. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #13
Thank you for the Primary forum. Mike 03 Apr 2020 #6
I totally agree! I was heartened by the number of positive things... LAS14 Apr 2020 #7
Hallelujah! n/t Drum Apr 2020 #8
Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #9
Yay!!! 2naSalit Apr 2020 #10
Mahalo, Skinner. Let's Do This! Cha Apr 2020 #11
Thanks, guys! ZenDem Apr 2020 #12
I agree! It has been nice during these primaries SiliconValley_Dem Apr 2020 #14
I can't say that I'm sorry to see it go! W_HAMILTON Apr 2020 #15
Thanks for all your hard work, Skinner. It's much appreciated. Hekate Apr 2020 #16
K&R to infinity ismnotwasm Apr 2020 #17
The framework makes it easy for DU to keep itself civil. Thanks, Skinner, EarlG, Elod! marble falls Apr 2020 #18
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Me. Apr 2020 #19
Glad to see the end of the divisiveness. lpbk2713 Apr 2020 #20
👆 +1 flibbitygiblets Apr 2020 #23
Thank you, thank you, thank you! mountain grammy Apr 2020 #21
No need to change usernames this time question everything Apr 2020 #22
Thank you Skinner. This had been a pretty good primary IMHO...and that is because of TOS and the Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #24
I would like a place to discuss the election separately Kerrycrat Apr 2020 #25
that's a good point G_j Apr 2020 #54
Remember when we thought the primaries would never end?? FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #26
Thank you Skinner! Dem2theMax Apr 2020 #27
Well done! DarthDem Apr 2020 #28
Thanks, you guys... stay healthy, please! n/t TygrBright Apr 2020 #29
Thank you, DU admin! spicysista Apr 2020 #30
LET'S DO IT!!!!! Initech Apr 2020 #31
Thank you, Skinner, EarlG and Elad! PunkinPi Apr 2020 #32
"...members of this website are more united than we've ever been. Hortensis Apr 2020 #33
Skinner, thank you, and thank you to everyone here at DU! :) nt Sloumeau Apr 2020 #34
Many thanks to you Skinner and all for the very best politics appalachiablue Apr 2020 #35
Whoo hoo! Cornflake chicken for everybody! Phentex Apr 2020 #36
Thank you for a super job and as always for creating livetohike Apr 2020 #37
I do not think a separate Presidental forum is necessary. The LBN forum is fine. thank you. riversedge Apr 2020 #38
Thank you for this forum Gothmog Apr 2020 #39
You are very welcome Skinner... many thanks, as always, for all you do to keep the trains runnin!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2020 #40
Yep! Only one train now - the BIDEN train! ehrnst Apr 2020 #56
Thank you, Skinner! calimary Apr 2020 #41
Though I never qualified to post on that forum, I did follow it with great interest. DFW Apr 2020 #42
Good post, my friend. calimary Apr 2020 #84
Thanks, Mary! DFW Apr 2020 #86
Good job Roy Rolling Apr 2020 #43
A sincere thanks for not only that forum but also yonder Apr 2020 #44
Go Unity! Don1 Apr 2020 #45
For all you do...💜 sprinkleeninow Apr 2020 #46
You guys do know how you've shaped our lives, right? nolabear Apr 2020 #47
lol.. my home within my home. Cha Apr 2020 #77
I voted for him in our Primary, and of course will vote for him in November Kali Apr 2020 #48
Right on! Here we go! Time to Beat the Drum! WheelWalker Apr 2020 #49
Thank you!! A top level election forum section, similar to the primary one, would be nice relayerbob Apr 2020 #50
Thank you! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #51
TY Kitchari Apr 2020 #52
+1 honest.abe Apr 2020 #53
Thanks! Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #55
Thank you, gentlemen. Now is it time to award clemency to those users on hold for review? Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2020 #57
It went very well considering the stakes. We are all in this together. nt applegrove Apr 2020 #58
Thanks Skinner- Next priority- harden our defenses so we don't get kicked off by the Forces of Evil! NBachers Apr 2020 #59
Thank you, Skinner, BlueMTexpat Apr 2020 #60
"because overall I think this primary has been (dare I say?)... not so bad. " yuiyoshida Apr 2020 #61
Thank you seta1950 Apr 2020 #62
Thanks. I'm proud be a member of the community. Firestorm49 Apr 2020 #63
Now, let's kick some ass! liberal N proud Apr 2020 #64
K&R stonecutter357 Apr 2020 #65
It's been real, Skinner. Thanx for all the discussions regarding all our Blue candidates! Backseat Driver Apr 2020 #66
Thank Goodness proud patriot Apr 2020 #67
Well done! BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #68
Thanks Skinner, EarlG and Elad! greatauntoftriplets Apr 2020 #69
Well Said & Well Done. Thank You. flying-skeleton Apr 2020 #70
Bingo. I'm still a Bernie supporter - as Senator of Vermont. Biden 2020! backscatter712 Apr 2020 #71
Thanks Skinner, and I personally would love a top-level 2020 elections forum Polybius Apr 2020 #72
Thanks, Skinner! highplainsdem Apr 2020 #73
thank you skinner. love you orleans Apr 2020 #74
Thanks to DU Mgt. greytdemocrat Apr 2020 #75
Well that's just your opinion and I wholeheartedly Cha Apr 2020 #78
Please archive and immortalize the forum. Lucid Dreamer Apr 2020 #76
Well, the Democratic is now available as a "read only forum" Lucid Dreamer Apr 2020 #87
I voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary. RandiFan1290 Apr 2020 #79
thank you DU! Sunlei Apr 2020 #80
Hey skinner! Maxheader Apr 2020 #81
If I am stlll alive 11/4/20 Cozmo Apr 2020 #82
The Democratic Primary Fourm has been my life line to the elections. UncleNoel Apr 2020 #83
But there's this... flotsam Apr 2020 #85
For the sake of organization, I hope you'll consider a General election form. musicblind Apr 2020 #88
My eyes are still smarting from the *ONE* time I posted in Primaries. Pls yes to a GE forum! UTUSN Apr 2020 #89
Post removed Post removed Apr 2020 #90

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
1. Thanks for a job well done, sir.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:34 PM
Apr 2020

AirmensMom

(14,600 posts)
2. Thank you, Skinner!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:35 PM
Apr 2020

I don't know how we'd get through this without DU!

Celerity

(42,646 posts)
3. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:35 PM
Apr 2020

Throckmorton

(3,579 posts)
4. So long,
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:35 PM
Apr 2020

and thanks for all the fish.

comradebillyboy

(10,119 posts)
5. This year was definitely better than 2008 or 2016.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:35 PM
Apr 2020

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
13. Agreed.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:40 PM
Apr 2020

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
6. Thank you for the Primary forum.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:36 PM
Apr 2020

It was fun and stressful... but who could resist it?

LAS14

(13,749 posts)
7. I totally agree! I was heartened by the number of positive things...
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:36 PM
Apr 2020

said about candidates by people who had signed on for other candidates.

"But I'm not sure any of that is necessary this time because overall I think this primary has been (dare I say?)... not so bad."

Drum

(8,909 posts)
8. Hallelujah! n/t
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:36 PM
Apr 2020

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
9. Thank You, Sir
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:37 PM
Apr 2020

It is certainly time. Some of us will miss the scrap, I expect, and I would not deny I am among them.

Still, it is for the best, and I hope the customary post-primary purge may be avoided.

Be well, and stay safe!

2naSalit

(86,048 posts)
10. Yay!!!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:37 PM
Apr 2020

Finally. Thank you!


Cha

(295,900 posts)
11. Mahalo, Skinner. Let's Do This!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:37 PM
Apr 2020
& StaySafe!

ZenDem

(442 posts)
12. Thanks, guys!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:39 PM
Apr 2020

This is still the first place I come to in the morning. Even while I was 'away', I was here.

GO, JOE!!!

 

SiliconValley_Dem

(1,656 posts)
14. I agree! It has been nice during these primaries
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:42 PM
Apr 2020

It would be fun to have a separate 2020 General Election forum.

W_HAMILTON

(7,813 posts)
15. I can't say that I'm sorry to see it go!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:45 PM
Apr 2020

Now, time to focus on what ultimately matters: kicking Trump the hell out of our White House and wiping out Republicans up and down the ballot in November!

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
16. Thanks for all your hard work, Skinner. It's much appreciated.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:45 PM
Apr 2020

ismnotwasm

(41,919 posts)
17. K&R to infinity
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:45 PM
Apr 2020

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
18. The framework makes it easy for DU to keep itself civil. Thanks, Skinner, EarlG, Elod!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:46 PM
Apr 2020

Me.

(35,454 posts)
19. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:49 PM
Apr 2020

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
20. Glad to see the end of the divisiveness.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:51 PM
Apr 2020


I never posted much for or against any particular candidate. Some
of the agendas grew tiresome. I hope we can all unite once again.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
23. 👆 +1
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:53 PM
Apr 2020

mountain grammy

(26,568 posts)
21. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:51 PM
Apr 2020

question everything

(47,264 posts)
22. No need to change usernames this time
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:52 PM
Apr 2020

In previous years, I remember 2004, DUers were allowed to change their usernames if theirs was something like: GoLieberman, or something.. So many were allowed to change their usernames without losing their post counts.

I don't think I have seen anything like that since but, it is not as if I pay that close attention.

Thank you for keeping the DU ship afloat.





Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
24. Thank you Skinner. This had been a pretty good primary IMHO...and that is because of TOS and the
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:53 PM
Apr 2020

hard work of you and the other mods did to encourage civility while promoting shall I say 'lively discussions"!

Kerrycrat

(159 posts)
25. I would like a place to discuss the election separately
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:57 PM
Apr 2020

General Discussion is dominated by Covid posts, and personally I need somewhere to go to get away from that. Otherwise I’ll have to dodge those bullets to see election talk.

Just my 2 cents

G_j

(40,366 posts)
54. that's a good point
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:56 PM
Apr 2020

the Covid crisis is certainly overwhelming. For that reason, it might be worth considering a separate forum for the election.

FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
26. Remember when we thought the primaries would never end??
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:00 PM
Apr 2020

Thanks, Skinner, and your team for all the clear pathways here to discuss, learn and interact!

Dem2theMax

(9,594 posts)
27. Thank you Skinner!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:00 PM
Apr 2020

All in all, it hasn't been bad this year. And going forward, I can't imagine anything but full-on support for Joe.
November can't get here fast enough!

DarthDem

(5,253 posts)
28. Well done!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:00 PM
Apr 2020

And thanks.

I do think a general election forum might be useful.

TygrBright

(20,733 posts)
29. Thanks, you guys... stay healthy, please! n/t
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:00 PM
Apr 2020

spicysista

(1,663 posts)
30. Thank you, DU admin!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:01 PM
Apr 2020

Geaux Dems!!!!

Initech

(99,913 posts)
31. LET'S DO IT!!!!!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:04 PM
Apr 2020


PunkinPi

(4,870 posts)
32. Thank you, Skinner, EarlG and Elad!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:04 PM
Apr 2020

Let's go Joe!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
33. "...members of this website are more united than we've ever been.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:05 PM
Apr 2020

I've thought so but really nice to hear it from you guys.

Go, Dems!

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
34. Skinner, thank you, and thank you to everyone here at DU! :) nt
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:05 PM
Apr 2020

appalachiablue

(41,052 posts)
35. Many thanks to you Skinner and all for the very best politics
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:07 PM
Apr 2020

and news site on the web. DU is a treasured resource for those who want to know what's happening and how to make the world a better place. Here's to a great season and election ahead! ~ A.Blue

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
36. Whoo hoo! Cornflake chicken for everybody!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:08 PM
Apr 2020

Thanks DU Admin!

livetohike

(22,084 posts)
37. Thank you for a super job and as always for creating
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:08 PM
Apr 2020

Democratic Underground .

riversedge

(69,719 posts)
38. I do not think a separate Presidental forum is necessary. The LBN forum is fine. thank you.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:14 PM
Apr 2020

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
39. Thank you for this forum
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:20 PM
Apr 2020

I would like to see a general election forum open at some point. This is going to be a nasty fight and trump is not going to go away without a fight.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,110 posts)
40. You are very welcome Skinner... many thanks, as always, for all you do to keep the trains runnin!!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:23 PM
Apr 2020
 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
56. Yep! Only one train now - the BIDEN train!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:59 PM
Apr 2020


Time for everyone to get on board!!!!!!!!!

calimary

(80,693 posts)
41. Thank you, Skinner!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:25 PM
Apr 2020

Yeah, I think this one went more smoothly and less contentiously than in 2016. And that means thank-you's go out to EVERYONE HERE!

This time was much better BY FAR. Dare I say it was because Bernie supporters this time were as civil and cordial as can be. They proved we can have differences of opinion without verbal napalm or running many of us (including me) off this board. And it was THEIR behavior, this time, that did NOT trigger any reactive response that would start the verbal knives and bullets and fists flying. That was not the case last time. I give the Bernie folks here the main credit for that, this time. What a welcome change!

Hey, DU Bernie supporters - you have my thanks and my appreciation. You represented your man in a positive way, which reflected well on him.

DFW

(54,051 posts)
42. Though I never qualified to post on that forum, I did follow it with great interest.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:27 PM
Apr 2020

The civility mentioned in this OP was sometimes rather difficult to detect.

At other times it was both evident and heartening.

This seems to be a ritual DU goes through every time there is an open primary. I will be glad to see some of the "survivors" stick around. I know from experience that most, if not all, of those who came to promote discord, or to promote someone they were paid to, will now retire to wherever they came from, perhaps to show up in three and a half years, perhaps never to show up here again. What we must now promote is the defeat not only of Trump and Pence, but of those who would perpetuate the system that enabled them to take power in the first place.

A Democratic White House is a car with three wheels. It can drag along slowly and painfully, and it will be a dry refuge from the rain, if a very constrained one. That fourth wheel--the one that will let the car run along at the pace we now so desperately need--is a Democratic Senate.

Make no mistake--the Republicans know they lose the presidential election, and will cheat in every way shape and form they know of to reverse that defeat. Democrats are ready and waiting this time--something our overconfidence led us to discount last time.

But the Senate is a very diffuse target. People targeting Moscow Mitch's seat aren't in on what it will take to get Mark Kelly into the Senate in Arizona, nor flip Joni Ernst in Iowa, nor--dare I wish it? Leningrad Lindsey in South Carolina.

Let our battle scars from the presidential primary harden into armor for the general election. We are going to need it. If anyone thinks it is no obstacle to insert distractions because they think favorite aspects of their agenda take precedence, let's put the lie to THAT one here and now. Yes, it IS an obstacle. Save it for the Whiners Forum, or at least until after Biden's inauguration. Democrats have many a bigger fish to fry at the moment.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
84. Good post, my friend.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:37 AM
Apr 2020

DFW

(54,051 posts)
86. Thanks, Mary!
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:20 PM
Apr 2020

I think we can leave out the "POS used car salesman" posts (and the "Biden is a rapist" posts--gimme a break!) at the very least until we have sent Moscow Mitch packing!

Roy Rolling

(6,853 posts)
43. Good job
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:29 PM
Apr 2020

That is how a democracy works in real life.

yonder

(9,631 posts)
44. A sincere thanks for not only that forum but also
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:33 PM
Apr 2020

paying attention to the gauges, valves and levers that keep this site hurtling down the tracks.

Don1

(1,652 posts)
45. Go Unity!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:52 PM
Apr 2020

sprinkleeninow

(20,133 posts)
46. For all you do...💜
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:53 PM
Apr 2020

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
47. You guys do know how you've shaped our lives, right?
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:56 PM
Apr 2020

Proud to be a DUer. ❤️

Cha

(295,900 posts)
77. lol.. my home within my home.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 05:09 AM
Apr 2020

Kali

(54,990 posts)
48. I voted for him in our Primary, and of course will vote for him in November
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:57 PM
Apr 2020

but I don't really like faces for avatars, can you make a different endorsement signature? I prefer the nice blue D like your regular avatar, honestly.

(just being a spoiled brat, I barely go into that forum anyway )

WheelWalker

(8,943 posts)
49. Right on! Here we go! Time to Beat the Drum!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:14 PM
Apr 2020

"

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relayerbob

(6,508 posts)
50. Thank you!! A top level election forum section, similar to the primary one, would be nice
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:17 PM
Apr 2020

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
51. Thank you!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:35 PM
Apr 2020

I appreciate all you folks do to maintain this special place for us to get together!

And DU has the very best emojis! TY!

Kitchari

(2,157 posts)
52. TY
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:41 PM
Apr 2020

honest.abe

(8,556 posts)
53. +1
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:52 PM
Apr 2020

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,033 posts)
55. Thanks!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:58 PM
Apr 2020

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,781 posts)
57. Thank you, gentlemen. Now is it time to award clemency to those users on hold for review?
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 04:05 PM
Apr 2020

applegrove

(118,015 posts)
58. It went very well considering the stakes. We are all in this together. nt
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 04:18 PM
Apr 2020

NBachers

(17,001 posts)
59. Thanks Skinner- Next priority- harden our defenses so we don't get kicked off by the Forces of Evil!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 04:22 PM
Apr 2020

BlueMTexpat

(15,349 posts)
60. Thank you, Skinner,
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 04:51 PM
Apr 2020

EarlG and Elad for having this site! It has literally kept me from going completely insane.

I KNEW in Nov 2016 that there was something wrong with the election when this site was hacked on Election Night.

It was clear to me then that there were illegalities that should have been investigated before ever allowing 45 to set foot in the WH.

Unfortunately, that was not to be. We have been living a nightmare since!

Let us end this nightmare in Nov 2020, if force majeure does not intervene in the meantime. (I keep hoping.)

Let us also retain the House, win a majority in the Senate and oust Mitch McConnell FOREVER!



yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
61. "because overall I think this primary has been (dare I say?)... not so bad. "
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 04:58 PM
Apr 2020

Its easy with Trump being their candidate and if anyone votes for him, well they haven't been paying attention...to whats going on in the world.

seta1950

(932 posts)
62. Thank you
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 05:13 PM
Apr 2020

For all that you do, you’re the best.

Firestorm49

(4,002 posts)
63. Thanks. I'm proud be a member of the community.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 05:31 PM
Apr 2020

liberal N proud

(60,300 posts)
64. Now, let's kick some ass!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 05:51 PM
Apr 2020

Vote Blue blue blue

stonecutter357

(12,682 posts)
65. K&R
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 06:33 PM
Apr 2020

Backseat Driver

(4,336 posts)
66. It's been real, Skinner. Thanx for all the discussions regarding all our Blue candidates!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 07:03 PM
Apr 2020

proud patriot

(100,700 posts)
67. Thank Goodness
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 08:03 PM
Apr 2020

Let's Win This !

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
68. Well done!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 08:43 PM
Apr 2020

greatauntoftriplets

(175,695 posts)
69. Thanks Skinner, EarlG and Elad!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 10:27 PM
Apr 2020

Onto the election.

flying-skeleton

(694 posts)
70. Well Said & Well Done. Thank You.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 10:35 PM
Apr 2020

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
71. Bingo. I'm still a Bernie supporter - as Senator of Vermont. Biden 2020!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 10:42 PM
Apr 2020

or as an honored member of Biden's Cabinet, of course!

Biden won fair and square.

Polybius

(15,238 posts)
72. Thanks Skinner, and I personally would love a top-level 2020 elections forum
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 10:54 PM
Apr 2020

We can talk about all 2020 races, like the important Senate elections too.

highplainsdem

(48,727 posts)
73. Thanks, Skinner!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 11:25 PM
Apr 2020

orleans

(33,986 posts)
74. thank you skinner. love you
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 11:59 PM
Apr 2020

and everyone who keeps du running.

please stay well

greytdemocrat

(3,299 posts)
75. Thanks to DU Mgt.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 01:35 AM
Apr 2020

I just wish our guy was stronger.

I'm really afraid Trump is going to
chew up Biden.

I like Biden but he is...lacking.

Hopefully it won't matter and the
hatred of Trump will carry us to
victory.

Cha

(295,900 posts)
78. Well that's just your opinion and I wholeheartedly
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 05:13 AM
Apr 2020

disagree.

Biden Supporters know better than that.

Lucid Dreamer

(584 posts)
76. Please archive and immortalize the forum.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:50 AM
Apr 2020

Administrative Skinner,
I would like to have the contents of the Primarys forum available in some read-only for at least a year.
There are writings that could be worthy of study and evaluation.
It could be interesting to see what predictions came true or failed.
Can that be done?

I really appreciated having the forum available during the primaries. Thanx.

Lucid Dreamer

(584 posts)
87. Well, the Democratic is now available as a "read only forum"
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 12:34 AM
Apr 2020

I sure that is just standard procedure or policy, not an answer to my request.

RandiFan1290

(6,206 posts)
79. I voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 05:31 AM
Apr 2020

Changing the avatar would be disingenuous.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
80. thank you DU!
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 06:37 AM
Apr 2020

please this time don't let the republican funded spoiler campaigns like jills & the malejill gain a toehold here.

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
81. Hey skinner!
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 08:25 AM
Apr 2020

When ya gonna start another "mail" forum?

Like before where you guys have really neat/snarky

responses to obnoxious msgs.. from wingers...I

think that would be great during the run up to nov...

Thx,,red1

Cozmo

(1,402 posts)
82. If I am stlll alive 11/4/20
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:05 AM
Apr 2020

Let's compare what we have and what we we were promised. come 11/4/2020. At this point in time. I fear that a free and fair election is no longer is a part of the discussion. trump is gonna force that anti-malarial drug down your throat. Don't spend your $1200 just yet. it's their idea of a sick joke. Geez, hope Miller, Mnuchin and Jar-Jar are having a good laugh. Maybe this virus will wipe out all the reasonable people and natural selection can start doing it's job.

UncleNoel

(864 posts)
83. The Democratic Primary Fourm has been my life line to the elections.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:14 AM
Apr 2020

I want to thank the admins and Skinner for making this a great place to come to. And I thank all the posters, no matter who you were in favor of, for mostly civil posts and sometimes cheerful back and forth. I have met many great people here and look forward to the General Election Forum. In the meantime, on to General Discussion.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
85. But there's this...
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:10 PM
Apr 2020

"If you supported someone else, your signature line now shows you as "Undecided." I encourage everyone go to the DU Candidate Preference page and set your preference to Joe Biden if you have not already done so."

I did, however now my page says I would vote for Joe Biden in a primary and this is NOT true. A more proper line would be "Joe Biden is who I will vote for in 2020". This may seem like a quibble but you are asking many posters to lie in the cause of democratic unity and that seems wrong to me.

musicblind

(4,484 posts)
88. For the sake of organization, I hope you'll consider a General election form.
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 07:04 AM
Apr 2020

I like having a place to discuss the election without it bleeding over into my generalized topics.

Either way, you guys have done a great job this year, and congratulations on the civility!

UTUSN

(70,496 posts)
89. My eyes are still smarting from the *ONE* time I posted in Primaries. Pls yes to a GE forum!
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 02:47 PM
Apr 2020

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