Reply #5: thank you for the well thought out reply. [View All]

[oxbow]

For me though, what happens at DU (or any other online forum) doesn't really matter. There are jerks in every family, and each of the camps here certainly has theirs. There are also plenty of troublemakers here and in real life (just look at the unexpected results from 'Operation Chaos.' Who ever knew there were so many jerks ready to spit on the principles of this country by using the voting process as a practical joke?).

I believe in personal responsibility though, and Obama has pledged to run a transformative campaign. He has kept that pledge for the most part, I think. He keeps trying to focus on the issues, and the personal stuff seems to leave a bad taste in his mouth. Hillary is still playing the old gotcha! politics, though, as evidenced by the last few days of her campaign. The candidates are responsible for their words/actions, just as we are for ours. The fact that some asshole online has such poor impulse control that he can't act decently doesn't excuse Hillary's behavior in the least.