It's funny.

[WilliamPitt]

Imagine we had three posters on DU named 'Dean,' 'Kerry' and 'Clark.'

In a thread, 'Dean' calls 'Kerry' and 'Clark' Republicans.

Someone would surely hit alert, and the post would get deleted as a personal attack per DU regulations. 'Dean' would get a warning from the Admins and be unable to post until he promised to follow the rules.

Just struck me funny.

[Jerseycoa]

1. I know

I laughed at that, too.

[NV1962]

2. You suggesting he should answer to moderator Terry McAuliffe?

:evilgrin:

[Dookus]

3. heheh...

well I think Dean should get a 24-hour timeout.

[mlawson]

4. Well, we don't know what Dean has heard, from McAuliffe. nt

[Zomby Woof]

5. I still can't decide

Coltrane's "A Love Supreme", or Miles Davis's "Kind Of Blue"?

It's THE MEDIA'S FAULT.

[asthmaticeog]

45. I'll make it easy for you...

Dude, if you prefer Miles over 'Trane, you're totally a Freeper. ;)

[Maddy McCall]

6. Clark and Kerry would point out Dean's political record in his

home state that indicates he is more moderate than either, and then Dean would go to Ask the Administrators and complain that Clark and Kerry were piling up on him and personally attacking him and mods were unfairly favoring Kerry and Clark.

:evilgrin:

[WilliamPitt]

8. And Skinner would lock the bitchfest thread in Ask The Admins

and tell everyone to shut the fuck up and take the fight out of his kitchen. :)

[Maddy McCall]

26. After he told Dean: There is a correct way to appeal the mod's decision

and this is not it. :-)

[knight_of_the_star]

7. lol

Too true.

[Renew Deal]

9. I thought the same thing.

I wated to tell the poster that it was against the rules. Funny that it's not.

[Renew Deal]

14. I have alerted the mods.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=120&topic_id=12062

[MikeG]

10. I haven't decided who to vote for yet.

But I guaramantee you it won't be based on who plays nicest with others.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

11. Dean woulda been tombstoned months ago if the campaign followed DU rules.

[last1standing]

12. I don't like Dean calling other Dems repubs, either.

But I think Kerry's dirty campaigning is even worse. As for Clark, I think that Dean should be quiet and let him run his own campaign. As a Dean supporter, I don't like everything he says. I just like more of it than any of the other candidates.

[NashVegas]

13. I Wonder What DU Rules Say

About calling people at 4am and pretending to represent other posters?

[MikeG]

15. You have to remember who the nominee has to face in the fall.

I want a nominee who gives ulcers not one who gets them.

[WilliamPitt]

18. In my humble o

Dean gives every appearance of suffering some peptic discomfort on this one. Kerry, by comparison, sounds like he took his Maalox.

[MikeG]

20. With me, its more between Clark, Kerry and Edwards.

Dean jumped the shark with the "scream". He committed an unforgiveable sin, he looked bad on television.

[WilliamPitt]

21. "Jumped the shark"

:)

Surprisingly, that is the very first time I've seen that term used in this forum.

In the case of the scream, it seems pretty clear that the shark jumped him, and proceeded to bite the shit out of him. Rarely have I seen the media do so rapid and efficient a judo-chop takedown on a national candidate. That was like wham and splatter. I don't blame Dean supporters one bit for being wildly frustrated and pissed about that.

It's scary stuff, when you think about it. The Democratic candidate, whomever it may be, is going to be walking the razor's edge from now to November. They took Dean down in a day. None of the candidates are immune to that kind of action.

[MikeG]

22. You can't give the media such an easy shot.

As Chuck Noll used to say, you have to be good enough so that the refs don't decide the game. Clinton was good enough.

[Lorien]

41. Clinton gave the media what it wanted:

deregulation. Shrub gave it more of the same, and now they're loyal to him. I think you'll be amazed at how unbelievably "flawed" our candidate will turn out to be, whoever he is.

[lurk_no_more]

30. About the same as those that

use fake avitars and bogus candidate support announcements.


And then there were none!
” JAFO”

[fujiyama]

16. I sometimes get the impression...

that all the candidates are acting like kids...My mom thought Carol Mosely Braun was like a school teacher in the debates, especially when she scolded Al Sharpton for attacking Dean's record on race/afformative action.

And Bush is the damn spoilt rich bullying brat who thinks war is a video game...sometimes I get the feeling he thinks they're all soldiers are GI Joes..."fuck saddam"..."I'm bored of all these numbers and stuff"...

[joshcryer]

17. Technically Dean pointed out Kerry's finanicing habits.

Similarily to one pointing out that a poster with a similar nickname who is behving evilly posts at Free Republic. Not calling said poster a freeper directly, but making the insinuation. Is this against the rules? I don't think so, as long as the insinuation is factual. And in Kerry's case it is.

[WilliamPitt]

19. John Kerry is a freeper?

THAT is the best one yet. Thanks. :)

[joshcryer]

31. Nah, but basically I doubt anyone would get in trouble here...

...for pointing out Kerry and other candidates' revenue sources and making an inference that said revenue approach is similar to that of Republicans.

[bigtree]

36. John Kerry's revenue sources

John Kerry Releases Fundraiser Names in Effort to Improve Transparency
Challenges Democratic Rivals to Follow His Lead
October 21, 2003
http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2003_1021b.html


John Kerry's donor list:
http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/donors.pdf

[corporatewhore]

23. they are all freepers save for the posters w/ handles DK or Sharpton

hheheheheheh

[babzilla]

24. why don't you post a thread about it?

What strikes me funny is the fact that you feel the need to post a new thread on this topic.

Perhaps you could deign to comment on the existing threads regarding Dean 'calling' Kerry and Clark republicans.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=243277

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=243729

Isn't there a rule about this?
Why yes there is, it is rule #4

4. You may not start a new discussion thread in order to continue a current or recent flame war from another thread. The moderators have the authority to lock similar threads in order to contain flaming on a particular topic to only one thread at a time.

Just struck me funny. Surely someone will alert.

[WilliamPitt]

25. Surely someone will

*sigh*

:)

[Maddy McCall]

27. I'd bet my son's savings account that someone already has.

:eyes:

[babzilla]

34. Surely Will will not call me Shirley

now that's funny.

:)

[WilliamPitt]

35. I just wanted to say good luck. We're all counting on you.

I just wanted to say good luck. We're all counting on you.

I just wanted to say good luck. We're all counting on you.

I just wanted to say good luck. We're all counting on you.

:)

[rtassi]

39. I just learned today

that you had resigned from truthout. Are you willing to provide more information? Or is this a matter you wish to keep private?

[WilliamPitt]

42. I'm the Press Secretary for the Kucinich campaign

truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Because I took the DK gig, I can have nothing to do with truthout; it is against the law for nonprofits to be directly affiliated with any one candidate.

truthout rules; I miss it alot already. But this DK gig is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

[babzilla]

40. gosh, I didn't even alert

Yet here we are dancing in the lounge.

I guess your good luck wore off on me.

[sandnsea]

32. Thought this was a DU thread

About DU rules and how they might relate to the real world. Silly me.

[MarkTwain]

33. Why is it that...

... it seems as if those allied with Doctor Dean can not just "go with the flow"? Why is it that I get the feeling here, after the last two months, that whenever candidate Dean is fairly criticized or challenged, or his supporters perceive their feelings to be hurt, they run to hit the alert button?

Maybe the reminder "like father like son" applies? After all, Doctor Dean set the pattern a few months ago when he, unable to stand the heat in the kitchen, petitioned the chef, Mr. McAuliffe, to chastise the rest of the kitchen help who were "picking on him."

It's also interesting that Doctor Dean apparently does not find, that now that he is deconstructing so dramatically, the principles he criticized McAuliffe for not imposing are principles to which he apparently can no longer adhere, himself. Can anyone spell hypocrite?

Damn. If he can't take it at this stage and reacts in the bizarre, politically immature, and strategically impotent ways we have seen, Karl Rove will not have to break a sweat in the general should Doctor Dean become the nominee.

I'm glad that Will posted this thread because, frankly, his thesis is a good one and it would have become buried in the other threads specific to this topic since the reaction here has been so overwhelming in the rush to post "not again Howard" that the reply counts are staggering in those other threads. Think about that.

[NashVegas]

38. Just A Hunch

But methinks Dean has rarely been *fairly* criticized in DU. Without naming names, recently I saw on another popular (although with nowhere near the membership of DU) liberal board where a poster started a thread wherein he spoke of having some second thoughts about the good doctor, and he specified what those doubts were.

Instead of being greeted to insults by Dean's supporters and detractors, instead of being congratulated on his good sense by said detractors, all of the replies contained thoughtful discussion by mature individuals who weren't looking to score points on anyone. Something like that has *never* happened on DU.

[Kanary]

43. Care to share name of said liberal forum?

Sounds like something I"d like to look into.

You can PM me, if that's more in keeping with the rules.

Thanks!

Kanary

[babzilla]

44. Read the original thread again if you please

specifically this section:

Someone would surely hit alert, and the post would get deleted as a personal attack per DU regulations. 'Dean' would get a warning from the Admins and be unable to post until he promised to follow the rules.

The OP brought up the alert button, implying that Dean would be the one who received an admin warning.

Trust that I didn't alert.

I merely commented on the tendencies of those who tend to critique Dean.

I am officially off the record regarding the candidate who seems to react in bizarre, politically immature, and strategically impotent ways. Until someone asks me of course.

[frustrated_lefty]

28. I'm not thrilled at Dean doing that

but I'm reserving judgment for the next week or two. His campaign is undergoing a major shakeup. I want to see what comes out of that, but don't think we'll have a clear view until a few weeks have passed.

[ulysses]

29. then by the same token,

Kerry and Clark would be DLCers fond of referring to Dean and those like him as communists.

[Ramsey]

37. Imagine somebody called their good friend

Let's say his name was Will Pitt. Let's say his phone was on incognito. That friend would call you back right!!!

:loveya:

[Don_G]

46. I Never Noticed

But then, I only log into DU once or twice a week anymore.