Reply #46: While I understand the enthusiasm for another endorsement [View All]

[salin]

this is not likely to be as much of a boost - at least in DU - and in some parts of her own district - as many others.

The period leading up to the primary in that district was pretty hairy around here - a number of folks living in that district were giving updates about the circumstances and conduct in that race. They may not have been her dirty tricks, but there seemed to be a number of dirty tricks going on and there was a flood of crossover voting (across parties) in the primary - a move that had been pumped up for weeks in the rw local media (esp, if I recall - radio).

So the grief being caught here is a reflection more of old wounds that are hard to heal, than of the endorsement itself. Just thought that the context mattered (and am just working from my memory of du at the time preceding and through that particular race.)

FYI at least one being disparaged on this board (ala 'oh you duers who don't live there dont the people who live there have the right to vote'... in a condescending tone ) lives in that district, worked hard on McKinney's race, and reported regularly on the unusual (for that area) going ons leading into the race - through election day. The condescending tone - because the enthusiasm is not perhaps shared - may be a bit lacking of empathy/context.