War Is Over If We Want It - rec this if you think it is time to unite around a Nominee

The People have spoken.

We need to focus on McCrap.

:)

It's time.

she hasn't done better than she has. I will vote for Obama in November but other than the actual vote I don't support or have any enthusiasm for him or his campaign. The lesser of two evils as far as I'm concerned.

:patriot: :headbang:

You have never made it remotely possible to even be civil. Sorry.

All you wanted to be before was nasty and hateful. NOW you're being magnanimous? Nope. I'm not buying it.

Bake

Sure, they refused to take sides before NC. But now that we have a nominee, what do you think they will say? :)

We should keep that in mind. There are many posers all over our grass roots networking pages that are taking on HRC and Obama supporter aliases. They are infiltrating our blogs and forums, to purposely flame our divisions and cause trouble, big trouble.

These perpetrators might say they are supporters of these candidates, but in all actuality they are really good freepers. They establish accounts and act out the part to make themselves seem legit and then they use immature language and walk around starting fights by throwing comments around like little grenades. HuffPo is a good example of how Operation Chaos works. I can think of a few others places.

Just something to consider. I have tried my best to avoid being a cyber chain jerker.
I want Peace, fo sho!

we have, I won't agree with. But one is better than the other. Go, Obama! I have faith in his background as a constitutional lawyer. Who knows that? I do. And we need help there.

when I chose Obama over Clinton. Sure, there were other deciding issues, but ultimately I kept coming back to his Constitutional background.

Of all that is wrong with this country, nothing can be accomplished on any long-term basis if we do not restore and also assure our Constitution will always fully stand and be fully protected. We can never allow our Constitution to be ignored or abused again. It doesn't matter who is the abuser - Republican or Democrat: we can never allow what Bush* and his administration (Addington, Yoo, Cheney, Gonzales and gang) have done. NEVER! We must have a distinct separation of powers.

A promise to restore the Constitution? To restore privacy? To void the actions that Bush took in his signing statements?

What? Where?

after the disaster the current admin has placed us in, I feel better knowing our Constitution is in the hands of someone with a background in Constitutional law.

:::shrug:::

To kick McCain's butt.

:kick:

Oregon has been a battleground state before. So we want to hold a primary there to get maximum Dem participation and investment in the primary. Same with West Virginia. I don't expect the Dems to pick up Kentucky.

Also, Mi and Fl need to be settled before the nominee is selected so that the states feel that their vote was counted. If SDs start going to Obama as expected, then seating 1/2 the delegates which is the penalty which the DNC rules calls for makes no difference to the outcome because Obama should reach the magic number anyway. But this way those states get to participate. Since both are fall battleground states, esp Florida, this improves Dems chances in the GE.

So, it is not quite time yet.

Be patient. Nothing bad is going to happen.

Clinton wins WV and KY and goes out on a win.
Obama seals the deal with Oregon.

As long as she doesn't go negative on Obama.

Maybe it is a good thing to hold a primary there so we get the troops at least suited up and in a dry run.

"Be patient. Nothing bad is going to happen." GOOD mantra to repeat to oneself in the days ahead, McCamy!

:headbang:

At this point, unity is more important than anything else, and no harm in letting things play out a bit.

His rules.

Why would you drag Skinner into this discussion? Skinner has his hands full as it is.

Skinner's rules are common sense. When there is an official nominee it will be expected that we all be supportive.

The original poster believes Obama is our nominee. DU allows him to post his beliefs, and is allowed to ask others to do the same. The OP is not asking anyone to disrespect another Democrat. He is only asking people if they think it is time to unite and focus on our common enemy. That is our ultimate goal. Knock out the GOP and take our injured country back and restore our Constitution.

Those who want to continue the primary fight are free to do so, because after all, Mrs. Clinton is still in the race, and they have a right to be fair by her. But there are those who see an inevitable and want to move on to the big picture. That's allowed, so long as it is civil.

This is why I love DU. I came here on the day that ass-whistle was appointed, and have been impatiently waiting for these days to take back what once belonged to the American people. To be honest, it felt like this time would never arrive. But it has!!

I'm looking forward to kicking some Republican (McCain) ass.

:) :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :)

Like how hypocritical is it for a torture victim to support illegal torture.

You've just won a Squirrel Award!

We need to unite for our country.

What do we want? Our troops out! When do we want it? Now! How do we want it? Change! Who can bring about that change?

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p.s. However I will vote for HRC if I have to.

I'm worried that Hillary is staying in to help hand the Whitehouse over
to McCain, so she can run again in 2012

and we will have 4 more years of this assault on us all.

We need to focus on McSame cause the corporate media isn't, and McBush is just sitting back watching this fiasco between the Dems, we cannot or this country cannot afford it no more.

And rout the Republican Rats from D.C. Let's take it all. Democratic majority all the way. End the war, fix the economy, protect the environment.

I want my husband home, and the war over. I want to restore our moral standing in the World.

Democrats, UNITE!

:kick:

Clinton had the chance to do the gracious and dignified thing this morning and concede, but her ego won't allow it.

The rest of the supers need to step in an end it for her, like McGovern did.
I'm talking to you Mr. Edwards and Mr. Gore.


In the mean time McCain is just sitting back laughing and collecting donations.

We can't win in November without Clinton supporters on board. 40% are already wary of Obama - him forcing her out would probably double that number. What we need is unity, regardless of what happens she can't win.

So what is to gain by forcing someone who cannot win out, other than to look like a bully? Frankly, Hillary owes it to everyone who has stood by her all these months and given her money to see this thing through. Trying to stop that would not just be harmful, it would be undemocratic.

Obama has the nomination. There's nothing good to come from needlessly antagonizing Clinton supporters further.

He should, if only to refute the Clinton strategy being put out there that he is unelectable in the GE.

Hillary can point to the primary campaign and say, "See, he can't seal the deal among his own party members. McCain will rout him."



I agree that we need unity, but it doesn't appear that the Clinton campaign wants unity. Just for the chance of seating Fla. and MI. they've been painting the DNC and Dean as "undemocratic", effectively turning Clinton supporters against the party and the nominee.



Healing can't begin until Hillary supporters accept that she won't be the nominee. She is giving them hope where there is none, making the eventual loss all the harder for them, and making it harder for them to move past it.



As you stated she cannot win, so this thing has been seen through.



There's nothing undemocratic about Obama continuing to campaign against Clinton (cause really that's the only thing he can do to force her out), and for the reasons I stated above I happen to believe it would be more harmful and divisive for the party for him to not do so.



I've tried to keep my gloating to a minimum, but sometimes they make it very difficult.

Hopefully, the super delegates will step in and make our arguments moot.

you're going to be all on board and happy. You wouldn't balk at a lot of gloating and posturing by Hillary supporters? No? But that's what you want us to do. There are poor losers and poor winners. If you are a poor winner now, you will likely be a loser in November. What's more important, beating the Republicans or the desire to stick by the MSM story of the nasty Clintons?

I can vote for Obama. I began this whole thing wanting Al Gore. Then when he didn't run, I switched to Edwards. MSM used Hillary and Barack to knock him out. I considered Barack but didn't like the way his supporters paid no attention to his call for a new and better politics. So I went with the candidate that I though would win against McCain. Now if we are left with Obama, I will vote for him. But he and his supporters have to win my work and money.

But now we have a common enemy John Mcinsain. McBush can not be allowed to win. Lets get together and focus all of our attacks on bringing down the Neo-cons and put a stop to Shrub's third term.

GO OBAMA!!

McFlipFlop needs to be taken down a few notches.

I've been playing around with "McCaca", which amounts to the same thing but adds an Allenesque taint.

not that I haven't said some mean spirited things in the past brutal 4 months.

We need to focus our negative energy on Gramps McInsanity.

With congratulations to Senator Hillary Clinton for waging a very tough campaign!

:thumbsup:

crimes of this current administration. McCain will be weakend by his association with this & when pressed will cover-up for them rather than pursue justice.

:grouphug:

I can't stand the thoughts of eight more years of this crap! There will be two votes for Barack coming out of this house in November.

I will agree that HRC bowing out after the next round of primaries is the best way to extend national democratic party appeal, and it will promote healing in our party. IF she keeps the focus on talking about herself and directs her negative criticisms towards McBush. Take aim at the real foe. She should only be talking positives about both herself AND Obama. Spread the love, ya know?

Hillary should not allow her campaign spokespeople to go on the puppet shows and harp on "the white voter" talking point. That kind of talk only helps the Repiggys and it isn't even valid in certain blocks. It is terribly divisive and kicks up mud. Plus, it just looks bad on her campaign and perpetuates the typical MSM ignorance of talking up those fractures and division.

We need to talk about McHundred, and what he is hiding up his dirty sleeves. Go Dems! :grouphug:

What if Hillary got the nomination? Can't let it go can you? You can't ask only one side to stop being divisive.

Barack should avoid the same things. That was the point of my post, but I should have said that it goes both ways. I concede that. I would rather see them hitting the campaign trail to talk up our party and fight off McHundred.

Everyday, I let many things go. They just fly right on by me. I really try to avoid conflict with others, but I will not stand by while injustice is carried out in the name of competition. If Hillary got the nomination, I would of voted for her. I have changed my position on that one though, to be honest with you. I don't want McNut to be POTUS.
So, Go Dems!:kick:

Us voters are the teachers of this busy classroom. We show our leaders how to come together to solve our problems. The candidates and politicians should follow our lead on this. I am working to end divisions everyday. Big Tent-UNITE! :pals:

If people would just behave in a civil manner and call out those that don't, we could still support either or both candidates and focus our energy against McCain.

As Clinton said, she is in it until there is a nominee. I'm going to let her make that call. If the DU admins decide that we will focus on one nominee, I will respect that.

But I am certainly not going to do it because you say so. You have treated people around here very poorly at times. Why don't you start this new crusade by treating everyone else with a little more respect.

It's time for her troops to put down their bayonets and tell her the War is Over.
Sometimes the General is the last to know...

Its time to recycle this around the web - McCain's Greatest Hits - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwDzZlXijE

We are the part of the spectrum that ENDS wars........lets end our own. NOW

This country cannot handle four more years of Bush based policy.

You can say that again, and again, and again. Abolish war and live! We share the same path to Obama.

Not just because I snuffle around on the Internet looking for things I can grouchily disagree with--because I do. No, I dissent because a full primary season does several wonderful things: it brings out new voters, it generates interest in the campaign, and it controls the debate and dominates media coverage.

Once a first-time voter is registered and votes in a primary, I'm willing to bet that the new voter will be more likely to return to the polls in November. They get their paperwork together early, so they're much less easy for the goons to cage out.

Furthermore, I think voting in an important primary is more likely to secure interest in the winner no matter who it is, and that will be a further inducement to return in November.

The remaining states are fine states which deserve to play a meaningful role in the process. They deserve the attention of the candidates--of both candidates. This can only help our cause.

Hillary Clinton is a fine candidate who has doubled the volume of the message and injected huge amounts of money into the overall Democratic campaign. She has a mathematical chance of winning and since we have come this far, we Democrats can afford to wait out another month of sumptuous, silky smooth press coverage. Clinton voiced her awareness of the overall campaign last night. Hopefully, she'll play ball.

And as I said, some you folks may want to roll up your sleeves and fight the right-wing gak machine that is the Republican Party, our evil government and its corporate controlled press. But the best way to fight them is to keep their toys in the box for as long as possible. As long as all eyes are on this wonderful campaign, nobody is paying attention to John McCain or the Republican party.

So there. I've said my piece. Oh, but after June 3rd, I think the Clintons should probably pack it in and join the Obama train.

Dems MUST win for our very lives *and* the lives of the dumbasses that vote rethug...!

NO MCBUSH!!