What does *D mean?

[mot78]

I've been seeing this term floated around lately.

[madfloridian]

1. I heard it means comparing Dean to Bush.

Not very nice.

[frustrated_lefty]

2. It's debatable

but I suspect it means there will be an asterisk next to President Dean's name throughout history, and there will be a footnote indicating he reshaped the nation to make it more closely resemble the land described in the Constitution of the United States of America.

[madfloridian]

3. Excellent response.

:-)

[Bozola]

4. &D[0]

That's what

[Julien Sorel]

5. In some religions, it is considered bad form or blasphemous

to write out the deity's name in full. Those who use *D are showing the ultimate respect for *H *D. And He is certainly worthy of it!!!

[ViognierSipper]

15. That is right * Dean

will do nothing but lose for our country. He has the right wing against him and the DLC who I respect because of the ties with Gore. We have to vote in a more established candidate who has been doing this job for years. I think Kerry is the one.

[KaraokeKarlton]

16. No, someone told me it stood for *Douchebags

who like to make more work for moderators and the admins. :shrug:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

17. LOL

I think you nailed it!

[KaraokeKarlton]

18. Yep, I think I did too

Talk about a bunch of inconsiderate jackasses. It's almost Christmas and I'm sure the mods and admins have better things to do with their time then babysit a bunch of grown fools.

[Julien Sorel]

19. Not sure what to say here. Peace offering?

[windansea]

6. ya reap what you sow!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7261&mesg_id=7261

[dajabr]

7. It's the same thing as calling Hillary Clinton, "Hitleray"...

Basically, shorthand for Right Wing hate speech.

[mitchum]

8. Uh, why would (perhaps speciously) comparing the two...

be "shorthand for Right Wing hate speech?" That really makes no sense.

[dajabr]

9. I'll clear it up if I can...

IMO, calling Howard Dean, "*Dean" is the same type of dispicable smear as a freeper calling Hillary Clinton, "Hitleray."

[Scott Lee]

10. It means there is a contigent of very nasty, bitter antiDeans out there

who are getting so exceedingly desperate in trying to smear Howard Dean that they are down to comparing him to Bush-hole.

Have some pity.

[KaraokeKarlton]

11. I'll tell you what it means

It means that the Moderators and Admins get to spend a Friday night just 6 days before Christmas fielding a massive amount of alert messages because a bunch of fucking idiot adults who need to be babysat don't know how to play nice. They could be at a Christmas Party or out enjoying the spirit of the holiday season, but NOOOOO...they get to break out the DU primary pooper scooper instead.

Okay, now everyone have a race to see how many flame baiting inflammatory threads you know you shouldn't be posting can be started in the next 5 minutes.

This shit makes me sick! :puke:


(on edit...I was so fired up typing this that I screwed up on wording. I did NOT intend to give hell to those who alert, but to those who are posting the stuff that gets alerted....sorry about that.)

[mzmolly]

12. LMFAO!!!

Thanks I needed that..

[KaraokeKarlton]

14. You're welcome

and I needed to say it as much as you needed to hear it! :D

[mzmolly]

13. I think it means *D is ahead in the polls.

:hi:

What does "I voted for Nixon/Reagan/Bush 1 but I am really a liberal" mean? I know :think: *C