I'll be happy when the primaries are over.

[TDale313]

Really not a big fan of the eating our own portion of the program.

That's all.

[chillfactor]

1. me too....

I am so sick of the bashing each side does to the other....I will be happy when we actually have a nominee and hopefully we can come together as one...right now I see the positives and negatives of all of the candidates......I will support whomever the nominee is whomever it is....

[NBachers]

2. People I've otherwise liked, respected, and clicked on have become "don't reads."

I'm skipping over the dreadful attack stuff posted by those who promote rancor. Spew it at the Republicans.

[msongs]

3. any of the 3 would be fine in comparison to the likely repub. my main concern is

getting more senators and house seats as well. which of the three can deliver on that account

[TDale313]

4. I think we have a good shot at retaking the Senate.

Hopefully we can pick up seats in the House, although with the Gerrymandering Repubs have done in Red/Purple states retaking will be tough before the 2020 census/redrawing of the Congessional maps. But hopefully we can at the very least make some gains.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Same here. Ick. n/t

[Skittles]

6. swooners SUCK no matter WHO they are swooning for

[Control-Z]

12. Yes.

Damn, yes. No magical mystery tour in our immediate futures. With a country this large, (and fucked so many times over by the right) the wheels of justice move slowly. We do cleanup. We've gained a lot through the Obama presidency. Building on what we have gained is the only reasonable path to solid permanent solutions and change.

It's easy to destroy everything good, practically overnight, when criminals are in charge. It is time to take on 8 more years of slow but steady growth - something the public hasn't seen, at least in my lifetime.

[joshcryer]

7. I don't post nearly as much anymore.

[yuiyoshida]

10. I have stopped and kept to

regular stuff.. and topics I know about , like Asia.

[JackInGreen]

8. Hear hear

and here here and there too. I've had enough of the sniping and snapping teeth between all of us on MYRIAD things.

[calimary]

9. Hear a Here, there a there, everywhere a hear hear!

Totally agree. Can't wait til it's over. I can't wait til the whole frickin' election is over!

Btw - nicely put, TDale313!

"Really not a big fan of the eating our own portion of the program." Cast that one in bronze, my friend.

[BainsBane]

11. I've learned

That a certain segment don't see me--or many, many Americans--as their own. So I suppose human nature is such that I reciprocate that sentiment. I don't see that changing after the primaries are over.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. I am avoiding the Hilary and Bernie rooms

as well as GD : P (your title lured me). I am already tired of the bullshit. I know most supporters are ok, but a vocal minority is annoying as hell.

[MineralMan]

14. I'm sure you're not alone in that.

I find that I"m not posting in the GD Primary forum much at all. I'm not seeing a lot of discussion here, frankly, so I'm off to other places on DU most of the time.

I'm supporting Bernie Sanders right now. If he's the nominee, I'll continue supporting him. If not, I'll be supporting whoever is the Democratic nominee for President.

I'm a Democrat first, and a supporter of particular primary candidates second. So, we'll see who ends up as the nominee. I can support any Democrat who gets the nomination with the same enthusiasm, frankly.

[99Forever]

15. Might be a stupid question, but here goes.

If you hate the primaries so much, why are you posting on the forum specifically designated for them?

[TDale313]

16. I suspect you're not actually looking for an answer

But I'll give you one anyway. I don't hate the primaries- I don't hate getting to hear about/from the candidates. I don't particularly like the nastiness and infighting that tends to come with it. I could just trash the whole forum, but there'd be stuff that I'd miss out on that I don't care to miss out on. And it is probably futile to wish we could be a little nicer to each other, but I do anyway.

[RobertEarl]

17. The nasty is bad

That's why I had to offer some advice to those who go to extremes. Some claimed it was a threat, but it was merely an observation that being nasty has repercussions.

I'm not a fan of juries...... but...... after a few hides people think twice about nasty posts. Heh, been there, done that got a few hides, so I do have some experience.

[CK_John]

18. Only 380 days to go.

[TDale313]

19. Sooner if you're looking at the point where...

We have a presumptive nominee, which is often when some of the worst infighting tends to ease up.

[MoonRiver]

20. Even then there are fantasies about a challenge during the convention.

Even after the contender has conceded and endorsed the other candidate.

[leftynyc]

27. Oy

Please don't tell me we're going to have to put up with that crap again.

[MoonRiver]

29. I hope not. But it does happen.

Don't think it will be tolerated long on DU though.

[jalan48]

21. I guess if you really believe things are that clear cut, binary if you will.

[madokie]

22. No kidding about that

[Sheepshank]

23. agreed

[ram2008]

24. It may be nasty for now

But I think most of us will end up voting for whoever the nominee is, no matter how much we disagree and are hostile to each other now, no one wants a Republican in the White House.

[TDale313]

26. I think so too.

And the debates and disagreements are all part of the deal. I just wish things didn't have to get so nasty so quick among the supporters. Wishful thinking, but there ya go 😀

[ismnotwasm]

25. Yeah. Already have primary fatigue

Can't remember what I did last time--avoided most of it I'm sure. I might just trash this forum, but then it's occasionally interesting.

[Maedhros]

28. In my opinion, the Democratic Primary is the real, meaningful election this cycle.

The general will be a dog and pony show, with little or no substance and decided entirely along tribal lines.