May? Interesting.

When folks who NEVER say ANYTHING positive about the party or mainstream Democrats always have something to say when they can cause SHIT.

I am really losing my fucking patience with that.

Now I do admit I NEVER respond to people no matter the environment when I know they are not on my side or the side of the D party, I figure ignoring them causes more bad juju than responding.

In real life you can do this by just changing the subject.

We DUers need to wake the hell up.
Rightwing publications like The Hill (Trumpian billionaire owner) INTENTIONALLY RUN HEADLINES to stir up sh*t and get Dems and Dem allies to fight.


I’ve gotten to the point where if I see a headline in the Hill I will NEVER hold that issue against a candidate again because I refuse to support any rightwing talking points.


I’m for Dems and for liberals and for patriotic Americans. And I am against Republicans and their billionaire donors and the suckers in the GOP base who vote for them.
And I try never to say anything negative against anyone who is helping Dems.

That’s enough. That’s my voting guide.

AWESOME she is, and Kamala, and Joe, and Cory, and Pete and so on and so on.

that so many "Democrats" on social media are more invested in tearing candidates down than in cheering on their favorites. We have a great group who agree on just about everything. We don't need scorched earth.

I have been working with the state Democratic Party to turn Texas blue for a very long time. The Democratic Party is working hard to lessen the damage being done by trump

then if people wanted to show support for a minor party as their number 1, but could vote for a second choice after their candidate was non viable it would stop lesser party candidate from becoming spoilers


it doesn't just affect the presidential race

I doubt that ranked choice will be that popular this cycle

A vote for stein was a vote for Putin and trump

I am advocating for it because it would insure better outcomes

look at the democratic primaries, while biden leads the next 4 politicians following him are much more progressive ,add their support up and you have double bidens support

ranked choice voting would give one of the more progressive pols the nomination giving us a more popular candidate, which would in turn give us a better chance to win the general and winning is what we all want, correct?

but you keep beating that same ole dead horse, see if it makes a difference

Don't you think?

K&R

I won’t break TOS and say that I will never support him period, but I’m not going to lie and promise that I will.

I also have one that I would not be happy to vote for - but I will:

Vote blue, no matter who.

even if it's not your preferred choice?

You will vote for Bernie Sanders if he wins the nomination?

There's a huge volume of candidates that aren't my choice right now. With the sole exception of Bernie, I am 100% willing to donate to any of them should they secure the nomination. With that sole exception, I WILL volunteer canvass for any of them should they secure the nomination. It's not just a matter of liking/disliking. I have a very strong dislike of Gillibrand because of the whole Franken issue.. however, I will support in all those ways mentioned above if she does turn it around and etch out a win.

So, to your first question, no that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying there's a sole exception that I refuse to lie and commit to, not that I'm only willing to support my preferred choice.

To your second question, my answer would be a violation of the TOS that I've agreed to as a member, and respectfully decline to answer.

What does it mean for a nominee to move aside for a nominee? How would a thing like that even work?

So far, only one candidate has refused to commit to supporting the nominee.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=242764

and they haven't.

subject + verb
subject + verb

shall we?

And if there is no drama I will be the FIRST to be thankful and admit my thread was unnecessary, deal?

If you're thinking about Bernie drama, I'm sure he'll concede during the convention after the vote is final and put his support behind Elizabeth Warren....errr... I mean who ever the nominee is.

And thus this thread.

I hope you are right, but even the suggestion of such an action really does warrant condemnation.

You're basically asking that ALL of our candidates rally behind the one who comes out of the Convention as our Democratic nominee, and who will be going on to defeat trump in November.

Sad that this has to be even discussed.

as long as they are statistically nonviable.

....see that they have no possibility of winning they too will rally around the ultimate nominee. By Super Tuesday a good many of them will have very few, if any, delegates due to the 15% rule anyway.

There will be no brokered convention and no super delegates supporting anyone but the leader in pledged delegates.

convention.

...Bernie if he is the winner.

Consider that Joe's strength, is that he can beat Trump. The latest Fox Poll has both Joe and Bernie with strong leads over Trump.

Now imagine the unimaginable and Joe drops out, for some odd reason, before Bernie. And Bernie wins.

Can Joe unify the party behind Bernie? And if Joe does not join Bernie and Trump wins, will he be blamed at all for our loss?

Although of course things can change.

But your point is valid, either way.

fascist nazi killer which is what we have now.

mainstream Democrats or even left leaning like Warren Harris Booker etal

because they know deep inside that it is their candidate who will not support the nominee.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=242764

We must have one of these posts a week now. I guess there are one or two candidates - and a few of their supporters - who make these messages obligatory week after week. I'd like to think this wouldn't be necessary, but I know that's not the case.

Anyone hanging around for months still fighting the primary should be ignored. They can knock themselves out complaining about rigging and media blackouts and establishment this and that and make enemy lists but I doubt anyone will care. Such a person is of no interest in the face of beating Trump, which our nominee will do.

....lots of money left in their treasuries, they should blanket the country from late July through early November. We could have a Democratic surrogate in 40% of our states virtually every day.

and time to jump on the winner's bandwagon.

clear YOU are not going to be the nominee, you suspend and support.

Maybe we can have a twitter campaign #suspend&support

when the time comes

this time. At least I hope so.

When it becomes clear a given candidate is NOT going to be the nominee, we should tweet the following to them

#SuspendandSupport