Anyone else having difficulty summoning the strength

[WilliamPitt]

to wade into yet another Kerry/anti-Kerry debate?

I am.

Vote for him. Don't vote for him. Rub mashed potatoes on your chest and dance the Funky Chicken. Whatever.

Who gives a crap? Bush must go.

[Syrinx]

1. I rub mashed taters on my chest all the time

But I'm still voting for Kerry.

[dennis4868]

2. This election....

for president is no longer about politics. Politics went out the door after the lies about WMD and the outing of Joseph Wilson's wife,a CIA Agent. This is not 1992, 1996 or 2000. Those elections were about politics and policies. This election is about removing criminals and thugs out of the white house....the people must impeach Bush if Congress will not. I am not a fan of Kerry and dont particularly like his style and most of his policies. But that does not matter anymore. There is a cancer in the WH and it must be removed in November!

[redqueen]

27. So well said!

:yourock:

[hedgetrimmer]

45. Yes and in one year we will have a smaller cancer in the whitehouse.

Which will also need to be eradicated... Power to the people!

Get away from my Dennis Kucinich!

[oxymoron]

3. Oh yes

I have long since lost my patience. I try to stay out of the anti-Kerry threads on DU and save my strength for the debates in the real world.

[dennis4868]

6. you mean....

DU is not the real world? If so, what am I doing here?

[Nederland]

33. What are you doing here?

The same thing most people here are doing: pretending they live in a world where the majority is liberal. It feels nice, doesn't it?

[kera]

4. i fell your pain

I fell a sort of numbness after so much excitement about all those damaging news and the still undamaged polls

I m kind of sinking in fatalism to protect my sanity with the hope that somehow those crowds called the majority adjudicate our fate the way we expect

[Dr Fate]

5. I know. Its not even like the old DU...

I used to "come" to DU and it was a place where everyone stuck together- and all Democrats!! That meant a lot to me, living in a small, conservative GA town....

3 years later- and everyone is attacking the DEM nominee- if only we could see then...

Sick & tired of it too....

[Lindsey]

7. Yes, dennis4868

you are right. They are criminals, thugs, and the most destructive force to have ever been in office. Sometimes I still can't believe it. Fortunately, I'm fine with Kerry. I guess I'd be having a hard time if it was Lieberman in there but I WOULD VOTE FOR HIM WITHOUT QUESTION BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH MANY OF HIS BELIEFS, HE IS NOT A CRIMINAL, HE IS NOT A THUG, AND HE IS NOT EVIL. That's why I'm not the least bit ashamed to resort to the mantra: ABB!!!!!!!!!!

[Lexingtonian]

8. yep

There are only so many times you can respond reasonably to arguments that are essentially "He's not Howard Dean, circa September 2003, waaaah" or "Kerry is not catering to my ego needs, and I mean Needs" or "As an unemployed Presidential campaign expert I demand of Kerry to do the following thing I just thought of- and pronto".

[WilliamPitt]

9. "As an unemployed Presidential campaign expert..."

*snarf*

That rules.

:)

[Lexingtonian]

11. gee, thanks

Sometimes I have a little of the gift of subtle verbal cruelty. Not that this is my first slap in this general direction- this one (#26) proved fairly popular....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=396161#396457

:D

[WilliamPitt]

12. Oh shit on me

"I'm in denial that I gave a ridiculous amount of money to a bad candidate because he appealed to my ego like no other."

:)

[redqueen]

28. Please forgive me for butting in here

but this kind of crap is NOT helpful.

If one is seriously concerned about helping to ensure Kerry is elected in November, I kindly suggest that the attacks on those you supposedly wish to draw votes from should stop.

And referencing a dig from over a month ago for some strokes? My my my... ego indeed.

[blondeatlast]

40. ROFLMAO! "As an unemployed former campaign expert..."

Classic!

That should be someone's sig line!

[Kenneth ken]

10. I prefer to rub

the pot roast all over my chest. :D

I've little or no interest in Kerry/anti-Kerry debates though. All my debating is internal; am I too cynical for the real world, or do I just see things clearly?

I'll vote for whoever the Dem nominee is, even though I don't expcet that person to be perfect, or, in fact to be able to accomplish much that would benefit the majority of americans; no matter how sincere they might be in their intent to do so.

[Zomby Woof]

46. are you an Excitable Boy?

;-)

[Kenneth ken]

50. you betcha!

I was kind of hoping he'd bite on debating the merits of pot roast vs mashed potaotoes for chest rubbing.
edit - since he'd lost interest in Kerry / anti-Kerry debate.

[sampsonblk]

13. This is good news

The Repugs hashed out their internal problems in the 70s and have emerged as a unified party. IMHO, we are doing that now. I don't see anything wrong with it, as long as we remember to still fight like hell to get rid of Bush.

We have some questions to resolve amongst ourselves:

1. Are we going to be a liberal party?
2. Are we going to focus on social issues that the Repubs use for ammo against us? (God, guns and gays)
3. Are we going to allow the Repubs to define what we believe in as immoral? Or are we going to admit its immoral (either directly or by not sticking up for it) and try to be more like them - just with a liberal slant?

Can anyone else think of issues we need to resolve?

[redqueen]

29. I could list many

but they all have to wait till after the election.

[VolcanoJen]

14. Personally, I'm going to tie a lambchop to my right thigh...

... and jog around the block thrice.

God, I love mashed potatoes...

Who gives a crap is right. Bush. Must. Go.

WHATEVER IT TAKES!!!!

[Zomby Woof]

47. just leave my eyebrows alone!

:scared:

[RogueTrooper]

15. You are SO right

candidate infighting is so last month. Give it a break folks.

[REP]

16. I Never Has The Strength

Every time I read a post from someone saying they just can't vote for him because he isn't pure enough, I remember that saying about wrestling with pigs: you get all dirty and the pig likes it.

[lojasmo]

17. Aw crap

These questions are legitimate questions about human responses to ambiguity. Damn it, Will, If you don't like the content of a thread, STAY OUT. If you are unable to do so, then at least make an attempt to honor the intellectual spirit of the hypothesis instead of attacking the creator of the topic.

Yes, bush must go, but there are plenty of Democrats who ARE INDEED disenchanted with the recent actions of the presumptive Democratic nominee. These questions are valid, whether you believe so, or not.

So, in short, DON"T WADE IN.

[mouse7]

18. Fine, then you'll be to blame for Chief Justice Pickering, too

Remember that as he's getting sworn it.

[AntiCoup2K4]

24. Nah, the chief justice will be Fat Tony Scalia

And Junior's first SC nominee will be Ken Starr, making good on a promise that Poppy made in 1992.

And when that happens, be sure to thank Terry McAwful and those Repuke assholes From & Reed for throwing the game.

[redqueen]

30. So, for asking that Will not add to the divisive environment

he's responsible for a future cheif justice? Amazing... I don't even know what to say.

I bet your response helped him to resolve his difficulty and vote for Kerry, though, don't you think? :eyes:

[lojasmo]

32. Bullshit

Did you even read my post?

I never said I won't vote for Kerry. I only said it isn't unreasonable for people to feel less than entheusiastic about it, and that having discourse about those doubts is not unproductive.

[Forkboy]

19. I'm having difficulty summoning the strength for something

[Posinegativeman]

20. Repeat after me...ABBABBABBABBA

This time with ~feeling~

[quaker bill]

21. I haven't participated in any in a while

Kerry is the nominee. Anti-Kerry arguments are futile.

Although he was not my first choice, I will vote for him.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

22. I don't even look at those threads anymore. EOM

[mcar]

23. I'd rather eat the mashed potatoes, but Kerry's my guy

I'm also tired of all the breathless "Kerry has got to attack, NOW" and "The polls, the polls, we're doomed" threads as well.

It's March. No one is paying attention except us political junkies and we've already made up our minds.

Let's all take a deep cleansing breath and relax.

[MoonRiver]

25. Very sick and tired.

It's demoralizing and depressing to witness. I want to focus on * and his crimes against humanity. How getting him out would not be the highest priority for any Dem activist is beyond me. :shrug:

[redqueen]

26. Nope

Compared to pounding the pavement in Texas summer heat, going door to door and sometimes having that door slammed in your face (which actually now that I think of it is preferable to the infrequent hateful rants), this is child's play.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

31. You call those threads debates?

[PopSixSquish]

34. Actually Mr Pitt...

I fully intend to rub mashed potatoes on my chest and dance the Funky Chicken whilst voting for Kerry. And I'm going to have someone film it and send it out over the internet and make some money doing it.

SINCE, I'M UNEMPLOYED AND CAN'T FIND A JOB IN MY CHOOSEN PROFESSION THANKS TO THE MORAN'S "ECONOMIC POLICIES"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, for yelling, today is not a good day for me to be on DU reading some of these threads.

[Blue_Roses]

35. It's a waste of

time and energy to "debate" the anti-Kerry threads when there is so much other debating to do. It's like they just sit and "brew" over what Kerry isn't doing or what he shouldn't be doing...geeze...

I just don't get it...:shrug:...why, oh, why, would someone want 4 more years of Bush...

[sangh0]

36. Strength is not required to do battle with mental pygmies

A willingness to wade into muck is

[messiah]

37. Hey, I like reading those debates!............

[WilliamPitt]

38. :o)

[blondeatlast]

39. I'm finding the "hide thread" and "ignore" very handy.

I figure if enough of us just ignore the nay-dir-sayers and such, eventually they'll only be arguing among themselves.

Let 'em have their fun.

[The Magistrate]

41. Well, Mr. Pitt...

They do provide a target rich environment....

"His vorpal blade went snicker-snack..."

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[curse10]

42. Well, they do make it easy to set up my ignore list

:-)

[blondeatlast]

43. Yeah, I asked the mods if I could propose a mass "ignore."

Not singling out, just reminding everyone of the handy little "zzz's" in the corner. They didn't say no, but did discourage it.

Still, it grows and grows.

Perhaps eventually they will be arguing only with themselves, get terribly bored, and move on.

[hiphopnation]

44. Just heard your segmant...

on 'The Majority Report' on AirAmerica...nice job. Kudos. :)

[Gemini Cat]

48. I'm going to rub pudding on my chest.

Other than that, I'm voting for Kerry.
Kerry may not have been my first choice, however, he is the Democratic choice. The wanker currently sitting in the White House must go.
To that end I will do whatever it takes to see to it that Kerry is elected. I will send what little money I have to Kerry's campaign and I will work my hardest to get people to vote for him.

This country and this world can't take four more years of wanker boy.
I know I certainly can't take another four years of the wanker-in-thief!

Can anyone?

[xxqqqzme]

49. Using my

energy 2 work 4 the Boxer campaign and Jim Brandt cuz he is trying 2 oust Roherbacher. We NEED the House and/or (at least) the Senate back. Then it is good!

[THUNDER HANDS]

51. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...maaaaashed potatoooooos

:D

[redqueen]

52. love your sig!

Ha, a classic. :) Well done.

:thumbsup:

[mzmolly]

53. I agree.

Who gives a crap? Bush must go.

If the people who won't vote for Kerry will feel no greater pain with a * presidency then a Kerry Presidency, by all means - Rub mashed potatoes on your chest and dance the Funky Chicken.