Fuck the repugs. Our party has frontrunners, one of whom is black, one of whom is female

[flvegan]

While neither is my choice, I love that our party, the dems, have this diversity.

Me? I'm voting for the peace-mongering vegan (Kucinich) in the primary. However, I'll vote for the D in the runoff.

I'm just real, Real, REAL f'ing proud of how far we've come.

Wait until September, and the idiocy begins with the R-dipshit answers come out in the same forum.

[cboy4]

1. Oh, you make is sound as though the Republic candidates

are nothing but rich white guys.

Oh, yea.

They are.

[flvegan]

3. I can't wait for the "gay marriage" question in September.

Hooooooooooo-leeeee sheeee-it. Someone better get some plastic sheeting for the front rows, cuz there's gonna be Gallagher-esque exploding "melons" coming from the stage.

[cboy4]

5. LOL

:)

[AndyTiedye]

11. I Prefer Calling Them "Repiglickins". "Republic" is a Form of Government

The Repiglickins do not govern (they mostly steal and engage in thuggery), and they have been doing everything they can to dismantle our Republic.

[LeftyMom]

32. Pigs are smart and rather nice.

Let's not be unfair to the pigs. They haven't done anything to us.

[AndyTiedye]

33. You Have a Point There

[Captain Hilts]

2. Same here. They aren't my choice but they're contributing a lot. ..

And they're both smart. I'm glad they're in the race.

[flvegan]

6. And, I'd not begrudging vote for either one.

They might not be perfect to me, but they're a whole helluvalot better than what the opposing bullpen has to offer.

[Captain Hilts]

12. You can say that again! nt

[NewJeffCT]

4. Not only that

while they may not win, both the African American and the female candidate have legitimate shots at winning the whole thing.

[flvegan]

23. Damn right.

Fact is, we've got a good, accepted group of frontrunners.

[aquart]

7. And we're arguing about their POLICIES!

It's Edwards, our rich white guy, who's getting the fashion flack. He's my candidate and it's unfair to him, but OH MY GOD could you have imagined this twenty years ago????

[Ishoutandscream2]

8. It's good to see some good ol common sense on this board

It has been demoralzing, quite frankly, coming here and seeing the bickering and name calling. It has made me sad to see those of us tearing ourselves apart, so to speak, and not focusing on the common enemy. Ya know, the Republic party.

I'm like you; Clinton and Obama are not my favs in the race, but I will support our nominee to the nth degree.

Oh, thanks for the post. It cheered me up.

[flvegan]

9. I've got a good friend here, with a sig line I think about often

It's something like, "build your candidate up, don't tear mine down"

I'm just happy to be part of a movement, a party that can embrace a black man running for Prez and a woman running for Prez. 20 years ago? No chance.

[whirlygigspin]

10. Obama & Clinton are war mongers

If either of them win, war as usual

sell outs

[AtomicKitten]

14. that is so not true

What a completely baseless, gratuitously nasty thing to say.

Particularly about Obama. He was against the Iraq War from the get-go.

[SaveAmerica]

13. My daughter noticed this after the first repub. debate - Mom they all

look the same!!

[flvegan]

15. Your daughter has achieved a form of political enlightenment

It's superficial, but it's relevance is what it is.

[AtomicKitten]

16. Although I'm still holding out for Gore

... any of the Democratic candidates would be a vast improvement over the current regime.

Any of them.

[flvegan]

17. I'm a total Gore-monger, too.

Dennis is my first choice, Gore is a close second.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Isn't it great? Like you, neither of them is my first choice, but I still love

it that they are in the race, and each has a real chance to win. The Republicans are still so stuck in Rich White Guy Land, it's not funny.

[flvegan]

20. And the more the masses hear from them

the more that just MIGHT wake up.

[SeattleGirl]

22. And the more "normal" it will strike people to have a woman and a black

run for President.

Several people have said that 20 years ago, this would not have happened. I think TEN years ago, it wouldn't have been possible that a Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama would be seen as SERIOUS contenders.

[flvegan]

25. Oh, you got that right.

10 years from now, I want to see a candidate in the mix that doesn't stop at something to behold. Oh, hell no. I want her (HER!) to be a black, asian lesbian vegan diabetic, with a PhD in everything, who is pro-choice, pro-gay marriage and pro-paper ballots across the board. I know, I'm really just pig-piling issues. I just really want to see Americans take America back.

[Pushed To The Left]

19. K & R! Democrats are the party of diversity. n/t

[flvegan]

21. Which makes them...the American party.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[alkaline9]

24. kick and rec!! I needed something uplifting like this thread, thank you!

You said it perfectly... and I'll add...

I realize our candidate will probably be Clinton, perhaps Obama, but one of our candidates WILL be our next president! (unless we grow a spine and impeach, but you know, lol)

I will make sure I do everything in my power to GET US ELECTED, no matter who it is. And being a white man, I will never be prouder than to be a part of history getting a black person or a woman elected to be President of the United States of America!

Unelectable, eh repukes? PROVE IT! I call your bluff! Dem's '08!!!!!!! :P

[flvegan]

26. Can you even imagine, as a white man

as I am, to be part of a movement, a belief that is so unexpected or unaccepted, that we can help to elect a woman or a black man to be our President of the United States.

There really is no "unelectable" in reality.

Damn if feels good to be a gangsta...uh, I mean a "dem" in these days.

[JeffR]

27. Well said, flvegan

K & R.

:kick:

[flvegan]

28. Thank you, sir!

[AntiFascist]

29. Careful, Condi Rice might join the race on the R side...

not only is she black AND female, but she's also a former oil company executive.

[flvegan]

30. She's not joining my race

She'd be Janet Jackson on those grounds. Unless she's giving up a nipple or two...

[gnvresident]

31. Democrats have always respected diversity

Good point. I think Hillary made that point too and I hope a good number of white rich Republicans were watching and thinking 'maybe the same old shit with our party just won't cut it anymore'. The diveristy on that stage was a great symbol of what the Democrats respect and believe in. We are a diverse and open-minded group. Power to the Democrats.. Take back the White House and stay there!

[philosophie_en_rose]

34. *cough* Alan Keyes *cough*

:rofl:

The Greedy Oil Party has had some token candidates (Elizabeth Dole, Alan Keyes), but the Democrats have real contenders that run because of their qualifications and not as all the white freepers "one friend that's black."