Here's how to waste your time supporting a candidate.

[LoZoccolo]

1. Continue to discuss the matter with people who demonstrably show a willingness to use manipulative and disingenuous tactics. If someone acts like an ass, do you really think you're going to be able to stop that over an anonymous Internet message board?

2. Use those tactics yourself.

3. Neglect to do the real work necessary to be compelling to people who can be reasoned with.

You will probably do more for a particular candidate off of DU than you will on DU.

[Eurobabe]

1. Lather, rinse, repeat

[IndyOp]

2. Dem Party Activism: Blue Tiger Dems...

I am distracted for the evening from the candidate debates...

Check this out - finding the future by looking at our past:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2936185

[geardaddy]

3. I wholeheartedly concur. n/t

[rucky]

4. ...or not even worry about it for another year. n/t

[TwilightZone]

5. Agreed. I'm a bit amazed at the animosity being shown

by detractors of our various potential candidates already. It seems rather early to be getting so worked up about it!

[snowbear]

6. And it's only going to get worse before it gets better...

Primary season at DU ---->

After our nominee is chosen at DU:

[TwilightZone]

7. Yeah, I remember primary season much too well

Unfortunately, we seem to be starting a lot earlier this time!

[Zhade]

8. Here's the surest way to waste time supporting a candidate:

Make it about the personality, not the policies and principles.

[TwilightZone]

9. Better yet, complain about his/her tone of voice

Who needs issues?

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