For those squawking about Senator Clinton's supporters not wanting to

vote for Senator Obama, and you know who you are, please listen up:

Senator Clinton may not go past the March 4th Primaries because she may lose them. As such, her supporters will be very unhappy about it, they are invested in her candidacy and will be devestated at the loss. Many of them on here have been reviled, insulted and looked down upon by the other candidate's supporters so already are feeling less than wanted. They are angry over that and hurt that their candidate may not make it if she loses on March 4th. They are saying that they will not vote for Senator Obama but it comes from the pain of watching their candidate lose. Please show them some fucking respect and courtesy about their pain and loss and let them have their moment of hysterical grief.

I have no preference in this race, my state (AZ) has already voted, I do not care who wins the nominee but as a former Deaniac who had her heart broken by his loss, I understand the pain that the Clinton supporters are/may be in. Some of them have been total jackasses towards the Obama supporters. (I can think of a few) So what? Not all of them have been, and regardless of their behavior, they are your fellow Democrats and they most likely will fall in line behind Senator Obama but they need some time to heal.

Let them.

And by the way, if Senator Obama suddenly starts losing, you Clinton supporters should do the same thing for the Obama supporters.

Cuz this is an important thing to remember.

a thread within ten minutes of posting it is pretty pathetic?

Redstone

so I wanted to remind people that this IS about more than just hating Senator Clinton or being mad that her supporters are bitter right now...I mean even I said I was not going to vote for that Senator Kerry when Dean lost but what did I do?

I put country before party and voted against a gawdawful president for someone I did not care for in the slightest.

thing.

Posts like yours do little to help the party faithful remain strong for November. Or did you forget there was general election?

Then fall in line after having some time to heal. November is still seven months away and you can always gloat in August about winning the nomination if he does win. But for a few weeks after March 4th, if Senator Clinton loses, give her supporters some time to heal.

Prolonged hate and anger doesn't help anyone, especially your candidate. I didn't vote for him because he was so GREAT! I voted for him because I couldn't bear the constant slamming of another Clinton for 4 years! Barack has a lot of attributes, but he's going to get beaten up visiously by the Pubs and we all know that. We really need EVERYONE to help defend him and put down the attacks. The things that Hillary or her supporters might have said against him so far are going to look like friendly comments before this is over.

The Pubs LOVE the power they've had, and nothing fights harder than a cornered animal, and that's what they are.

:eyes:

hope you enjoy it.

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for Obama. You keep forgetting that part.

to the polls, than to convince someone who is so bitter about losing and committed to "crying in their teacups" to use a Kerryism. The effort isn't worth it.

That's why everybody who is eligible votes every election. Right? Meanwhile, you don't care about turning off people who by virtue of the fact they post on this site, are heavily into politics and have probably never missed an election. Do you think your candidate feels the same way?

Just because they post here and care about this a lot doesn't mean that their ballot means any more than that of someone who usually isn't that interested and can be convinced to vote. Dedicated Obama-haters are not worth the time it takes to convert.

avoid this swamp of a forum and still post. Or are the Obama police going to chase them down to the lounge and smoke them out of their caves?

And you're very naive to think you can just replace voters with new voters. I'm guessing you also believe the election is going to be a cake walk? That Senator Obama is going to win over all the indies and pubs and sail to victory. So far, he can't even pull together his base (neither can Hillary). He's going to need every vote he can get and people like yourself and going to be the reason why he can't get those votes. Congratulations.

And I speak as one whose primary candidate is still being reviled by Obama supporters. It still hurts to see Edwards abused.So I switched to Hillary after John suspended and have watched her be kicked.

not being eligible for of all things the constitution not saying "he/she/his/her..." whenever discussing things like the duties of the President.

This is why we needed the Equal Rights Amendment all those years ago-that some actually still pull this kind of illogical stunt.

Not to mention some of the more sexist flame wars about gender stereotyping that have been going on around here for weeks. When this election is over, I'd love to go back to the archives and pull quotes from young men and women who argue that there is NO SUCH THING AS SEXISM-or if there is-it is a trivial and laughable problem in comparison to residual racism. I'd like to counterpoint them with some choice excerpts from the "M" word and "B" word wars....and let's not forget the nutcracker!

I'm not sure grief and pain are the emotions I'm feeling.

Confusion, annoyance, ambivalence. For contrast, look at post #4 then look at post #9.

You'd like to believe in the possibility of mutual acceptance, respect and a productive working partnership. I'd have no problem "resigning" myself to work with #9. It wouldn't take resignation-I'd be honored to work with #9 and hope #9 would be equally receptive. However...some reflect badly back on their chosen candidate, delaying the accommodation.

'Nuff said?

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that some don't really consider when talking about how "Oh, they'll get over it just like Dean supporters did"... this time around it feels more personal to many.

to "get over it". Even before I was a Hillary supporter -- she's my 3rd choice but I've always admired her a lot -- even before, I saw so much vitriol towards Hillary and her supporters and so many sexist remarks and remarks against the LGBT community. It will take me a long time to look at DU in the same way. I won't just "get over it".

it is clear that many of the Obama supporters on here are more likely the "SUCK ON IT!!!!" Types.

As a fellow Arizonan, I'm well aware of the danger that John McInsane poses to our country. Assuming the worst case scenario for me, that of the Clintons pulling some slimy trick to get the Super Delegates to go their way, I will still trudge to the voting booth to mark her name on the ballot. I'm pretty sure most Clinton supporters feel the same way vis a vis Obama.

Some things outweigh hurt feelings over a bloody primary race. Like psychotic wingnuts on the SCOTUS or 10000 years in Iraq, off the top of my head.