Today will be a great joy.

[cali]

I have seen so many nasty posts about Obama over the last day that were utter bullshit, that I'm going to take great pleasure in Obama's win tomorrow- And that's aside from my genuine satisfaction that the candidate I believe will be the best president, won.

My Schadenfreude will be most pleasant.

[MadBadger]

1. Right there with you Cali

And let me say to you again, its a pleasure having you on the Obama team!

[cali]

3. thanks, hnmnf!

I expect that nothing tomorrow will be a drag on our spirits- no matter how many insults are thrown our way or how much bitterness wells up in DU.

Go get 'em, Barack. Bring it on home to us.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. I'll be to die for.

Yummy!

[Occam Bandage]

4. Abso-fucking-lutely.

My heart will leap with joy at the Great Enfrothening that will follow Obama's NH and SC smackdowns.

[cali]

5. one at a time OB, one at a time.

We gotta get through NV before we arrive at SC.

[Occam Bandage]

6. Ah, of course. I get ahead of myself.

Though the current SC polling is very favorable, Iowa showed that momentum can turn on a dime.

[XemaSab]

7. The three most beautiful words in the English language? I love you. The four most beautiful?

I told you so. :P

[harmonicon]

8. I have mixed feelings about it...

... because it will just increase the hypocrisy coming from the Edwards camp about how they'll support their candidate to the end after months of telling other to jump on the JE bandwagon, because he's a winner, gosh darnit! And I'm already sick of that after just a few days.

[onehandle]

9. I've never said a single negative word about Obama.

Having pre-Schadenfreude says it all about a few of his supporters.

[cali]

11. I didn't say you did. But GD and GDP are litered with hit posts

by Edwards supporters. Fortunately, two of them have been tombstoned. Unfortunately, increasing desperation among some Edwards supporters is producing some ugly posts that have no truthful foundation. It's disgusting, so too bad if I take some pleasure in watching Obama win over Edwards and Clinton.

[Marrah_G]

28. It's littered by hit pieces from all the camps. Obama's included.

[Crunchy Frog]

10. Me too. I'll be posting these two pictures alot.

[Perry Logan]

12. This is "anticipatory masturbatory gloating"--a practice much loved by wingers.

You imagine something or predict something--then gloat about it as if it were real.

[cali]

14. What bullshit Perry, and you know it.

I've stuck up for your candidate repeatedly here, and Schadenfreude has zip to do with right wing anything. Duh. You are so transparent- not to mention sadly bitter and small. Oh, and I'm not making anything up. Have fun stewing in your bile.

[thoughtcrime1984]

38. Perry? Don't you mean ignored?

That's all my screen shows there.

[ellisonz]

13. Nothing but the Last Throes of a Few Dead-Enders.

:sarcasm:

But seriously, I plan on being slightly conciliatory.

[cali]

15. I wish I could take a page from your book but

the ugliness here and in GD has taken its toll.

[ellisonz]

18. If anything it's made me more existentialist.

F'in addiction to politics.

Trust me, it was more entrenched in 2003-4. The present hostility is actually kind of mild since there are bridge builders in number.

What I find interesting is that some of the people I was most at war with in 2004 are now on my side.

Bless You St. Howard Dean of Vermont

Edit: BTW, presuming you're in CA., get some sleep. It's almost 3 A.M. in Honolulu hear. Early riser?

[cali]

20. Oh, I'm in Vermont

not CA. And I'm about to go talk to my son who was at Dixville Notch last night. Thanks for the thought anyway. I remember the 2003 wars. I was posting under the name Clary then. But this year seems worse to me. At least we didn't have to deal with racism and sexism.

[ellisonz]

23. Get in a car and find the victory celebration fer chris sakes!

Hop skip and a jump!

I find those things bother me in the non-internet world more having witness a good deal of the former first hand.

7-2-1.

[cali]

31. Nah. It's almost 3 hours to Concord for me.

I'm going to friends' for dinner and to watch the results tonight. My kid will be in Concord with my sister and nephew.

[ShortnFiery]

16. Yes Cali, you've got that right!

Oh happy day! All the mean spirited attacks and insistence on HRC's imminent coronation are proving to be *media and insider* BUNK when the votes are cast and (honestly) counted.

Did I mention, OH HAPPY DAY!?! :hi:

[cali]

21. Hi shorty

it is a happy day.

:hi:

[ShortnFiery]

27. Yes, nice to see you too.

:-) I've been taking a sorely needed break from politics and will probably just continue to check in from time to time.

While I'm here, I'm willing to admit there are some *true treasures* at DU (representing all Democratic candidates), including yourself cali, but others tend to bring out the worst in me so I learn MUCH MORE from "reading not posting" for the most part.

Have a good one ... BTW (and irrelevant) I LOVE LSU! :blush: :hi:

[Armstead]

17. Cali -- Does your temprement allow you to take great joy simply because....

you're happy that your candidate wins for positive reasons?

[cali]

22. My OP makes it clear that that's my first

priority and pleasure. This is secondary.

[Skidmore]

19. cali, I'll join you in that joy.

We certainly need to look forward in hope to a better future with our young people. I think Obama can take pull people together to work on building something new out of all the death and destruction of the last decade.

[dailykoff]

24. Much depends on who counts the votes.

Eye-opening post in GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2624600

[AtomicKitten]

25. 5th K&R.

Gobama.

[Marrah_G]

26. The all around nastiness in both camps has become irritating

I can't wait for the damn primaries to be over. I'm sick to death of watching Du'ers tear each other up over this and both sides can only see themselves as the victims of the nastiness and are blind to their own camp asshats.

[oasis]

29. If your schadenfreude will be enough to sustain you through 4 years of Pres. Huckabee

then it was well worth it.:party:

[Occam Bandage]

39. That's funny. Obama demolishes Huckabee in head-to-heads.

[oasis]

40. What happens after the GOP propaganda machine gets going behind their boy?

[mtnsnake]

43. hahaha, the Huckster. Just the thought of it is kind of humerous. Strum us a tune, Huck!

"Pres. Huckabee" lol

[girl gone mad]

30. For what it's worth..

Kerry supporters were taking just as much pleasure in his victories 4 years ago.

The hardest work is still ahead, and if Obama wins the nom, a huge part of that work will be convincing Clinton's supporters to get out and vote for your man. Attitudes like the one you possess won't sway them.

[jonnyblitz]

32. He will win I am sure. I was in Nashua (Hollis),NH from before

New Years until a few days ago staying with my sister and brother-in-law. They are getting bombarded by politics and the buzz in the air, even amongst the NON DEMS I was around seemed to be about Obama and that is what I told the two young guys that came to her house that were canvassing for him . I kept all my issues(McClurkin, "kingdom on earth", Lieberman as mentor, not showing up for votes, my all around distrust, etc) with Obama and his obnoxious cult of personality internet supporters to myself, let the boys give their talking points, took their literature (my sister and brother in law weren't available) and told them that I thought Obama would be the chosen candidate even before my state,CT, got to vote in the primary. This made their day. I thanked them for being out there and participating and talking to me and wished them luck. They were excited and I was pleased to see late teens, early twenty somethings involved and so into it.

So, yes, it will be a good day for you and your fellow Obama supporters. I am sure he will win. I also need to eat crow because a bit over a month ago I was confidently proclaiming when the McClurkin crap came out and I was pissed that Obama wouldn't be around after the primaries (when he was consistently behind in the polls). I was so wrong. I don't feel all that bad though because I am not the only opinionated asshole posting here! I still can't stand Obama , but oh well, he is going to win this unless something drastically changes and ,like a BOT, I always vote DEM in the end. :shrug: :hi:

[readmoreoften]

33. Hey, not many people have the guts to admit what a nasty person they are.

I salute you. I'll get behind your candidate if he wins the nomination, although with much reservation. Lucky for you, I've stopped judging himbased on the caliber of supporters he attracts. Of course many Obama supporters are kind, genuine, informed people who see a spark in this particular candidate. But he also seems to attract knee-jerk worshippers and overemotional "militants without a cause."

I'll let you go ahead and have the last word, cali. You seem to mistake having the last work for winning an argument. Actually, come to think of it, I'm not even arguing with you. I'm agreeing with you. I agree that you are exactly the type of person who enjoys other people's unhappiness and I fully expected you to flood DU with nasty, self-congratulatory rants that are, in truth, more about your ego than your candidate. So what?--you glommed on to Obama last minute while his star was rising. People who rely on Schadenfreude for sustenance also fulfill their egos by misidentifying another person's success with their own personal success. They tend to support winners for the sake of supporting winners.

Schadenfreude is usually something that people accuse other people of, not something that people brag about. But, hey, be proud I guess...
If your candidate wins, I'll be happy for you. I'll be happier if he wins the election. I'll be happier still if he actually works out as well as his followers think he will.

[jgraz]

35. Oh, that's gonna leave a mark.

:rofl:

[Beaverhausen]

42. well said

[jgraz]

34. And with that...

The Obamabots officially replace the HillShills as the most annoying coalition on DU. Congrats Cali -- I know you worked hard for this. :eyes:

[NoBorders]

36. Totally psyched! n/t

[krabigirl]

37. I'm sure he will win. The media has chosen him.

[jgraz]

41. This month. Last month it was Hillary

I guess Edwards is up next, just in time for Super Tuesday.

[Occam Bandage]

44. Kick out of shame.

The anti-Obama stuff was bullshit, but we were wrong to take the low road.

[ruggerson]

45. Schadenfreude is very interesting

it has a way of biting people right in the ass.

[TankLV]

46. You've been one of the worst gloaters and obamabots around here...

notice you're absent lately!

and that's good...

[HughMoran]

47. making predictions sucks sometimes

I feel for you...

[pamela]

48. K & R

[last_texas_dem]

49. Kick

[Egnever]

50. Glad I passed on this one but check out post #24

prescient? Interesting indeed.