All Bitter-ites/bots should leave this forum immediately and return to sanity

[elias7]

I have read too many posts by those who are basing future decisions on what went down in this GD:P forum. Angry Clinton supporters who hate Obama because of a few dozen zealous Obama supporters. Angry Obama supporters who hate Clinton because of a few dozen zealous Clinton supporters.

For those who despise the politics of guilt by association (read: Rev Wright controversy, et al), anger at either candidate because of the dysfunctional discourse in this forum amounts to the same thing: guilt by association. I will not hate your candidate because I hate your rap or your attitude.

I left the GD:P forum early as it deteriorated to a level of debate worthy of right vs left cable TV punditry, sibling squabbles, drunken football/futbol fan hooliganism, and worse. This forum has simply been beneath the dignity of the Democratic Underground, resembling the level of discussion seen on Free Republic.

Almost all Clinton and Obama supporters I meet in real life (which, thankfully, is just about everybody) are not of this ilk. Most I talk to have had a difficult time choosing between the two. And when a choice has been made, respect for the other candidate does not dissipate. The debate in this forum is not representative of the discussion between most partisans.

For me, the passion must be reserved for getting a Democratic in the White House, not "my Democrat" in the White House. Whether my choice wins or loses the nomination, I refuse to be inflamed by those "Obamites" or "Hillbots" that have failed to realize that we are voting for a champion for Our Side. We are a team. We have a larger goal in mind.

I respectfully suggest that those caught in the vortex of this forum break away immediately. If we cannot get past the poison that is spewed in the discourse here, the resulting bitterness that is growing within the ranks of our party will merely mean that we don't deserve to hold power any more than the Republicans do.

[honeylady]

1. I agree 100%

I have to say that the hatred for Obama and the hatred for Clinton is just insane. Let's knock it off. We are all democrats here and need to come together to beat dumb ass grandpa. Both Clinton and Obama are good candidates who deserve to be treated with respect.