What's going to happen to all the anger, once the primaries are over?

[hisownpetard]

Let's hope that the Democrats who are now directing their anger at other DUers
who support different candidates will, at that point, direct their energies toward
seeing to it that Bush &Co. are held responsible for all the harm we know they've done
and all the criminal acts we have yet to find out that they've committed, in our name.

May we all have the energy left, when it comes time to attack people other than our own.

[book_worm]

1. it was as bad or worse four years ago and we all came together

no problem.

[TheDebbieDee]

12. I don't agree. I think there is much more enmity......

and bad feelings between the supporters of the leading candidates this time around.

But I do agree that once the nominee is selected, I believe that everyone will start to make nice.....

[Flabbergasted]

33. Are there more paid trolls? More money involved.

[qanda]

63. I suspect paid trolls because I've never seen anything like this

Last night was an absolute nightmare. As soon as anyone would say anything about Clinton, the attack dogs would come out of their corners. I don't have a candidate and have sat on the sidelines throughout this entire process, but this is just ridiculous.

[AlCzervik]

2. hopefully it will go over to whoever republican wins the nod.

[Breeze54]

7. Stop that!

:spank:

:P

[AlCzervik]

9. ok, i'll be over in the corner doing oppo research on republicans of anyone is looking for me.

[Breeze54]

13. That's better.... please send out memo's we can use!

:D

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[hisownpetard]

21. Thanks! I'll bring you coffee...

[SteppingRazor]

3. As I recall, a bunch of people left or got banned after the 2004 primaries...

and that pretty much solved the problem.

[TheDebbieDee]

19. Yeah, I remember a bunch of trolls/freepers

with huge post counts started revealing themselves in the days before and after the elections.

And after these trolls/freepers got tombstoned, the DU mods let us all pick new names if we wanted.

[hisownpetard]

27. When you say they started revealing themselves, you mean, by the tone of their posts?

Or did they actually come out and admit it?

[TheDebbieDee]

57. No, they were coming out the woodwork, gloating

and ripping Kerry/Edwards and the Democrats!

[hisownpetard]

59. Ugh.

:wtf: :grr: :nuke:

[Breeze54]

4. I don't see a lot of anger really.... but all will be well...

Things will calm down.... I actually think a lot of the discourse has been good.

It shows we have a lot of passionate and engaged Democrats here at DU! :D

[hisownpetard]

26. I think the discourse is great but not the pokes in the eye, just to hear the other person scream.

[LakeSamish706]

5. And there in lies one of my fears with whomever gets elected....

"direct their energies toward seeing to it that Bush &Co. are held responsible for all the harm we know they've done
and all the criminal acts we have yet to find out that they've committed, in our name."

Will these criminals be held accountable?

[Breeze54]

11. The GOP will feel the pain of accountability when we take back the whole Senate and the WH!

;)

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[LakeSamish706]

18. I seriously hope that your right, and that Congress can be spurred into...

more action than has been displayed by them in the last year.... These thugs need to be investigated and not let off until justice prevails... They are indirectly and in many cases directly responsible for thousands of deaths.... Not to mention the distruction (almost) of our constitution and certainly our World reputation.

[hisownpetard]

20. That's my ongoing fear, as well. I'm so afraid that, once the Democrats are in control

again, they'll be so agog by the heady perfume of success that they'll just sing "Auld Lang Syne"
to Bush and his criminal cohorts, and let 'bygones be bygones.'

That would be an act of complete negligence and just as much a sin as the crimes Bush&Co.
committed against this country. We cannot let them stand. We cannot let them go unpunished.
And we cannot let the wrongs they perpetrated go uncorrected, to set a precedent for future
dictatorships in this country.

[Carolina]

61. Will these criminals be held accountable

Don't count on it. They have been getting way with shit since Nixon's pardon!

[Bucky]

6. I will return my anger back toward grammatical errors on DU, where it belongs.

By the way... "run on sentence".

[kimmerspixelated]

10. But when we type fast

we catn' always be prefect!

[Breeze54]

15. I'm missing letters on my keies!!! and I can't hit them

as hard as I used to! :P But I'm trying!! I really am!! :rofl:

[hisownpetard]

24. Btw - "return my anger back"? Redundant.

[Bucky]

35. Grrrr

That quotation mark should be behind the question mark.

Damn your eyes.

[hisownpetard]

38. GRRRRx2. Not in England, lovey. Ever been?

:spank: :grr: :hurts:

[redqueen]

44. You sure about that?

Hmmmmm

[hisownpetard]

46. Well, I've only been "British" for 5 minutes... but I think so.

:blush:
Single Quotation Marks

In the United States, we use single quotation marks < ‘ ’ > to enclose quoted material (or the titles of poems, stories, articles) within other quoted material:

"'Design' is my favorite poem," he said.
"Did she ask, 'What's going on?'"
Ralph Ellison recalls the Golden Age of Jazz this way: "It was itself a texture of fragments, repetitive, nervous, not fully formed; its melodic lines underground, secret and taunting; its riffs jeering—'Salt peanuts! Salt peanuts!'"
British practice, again, is quite different. In fact, single-quote marks and double-quote marks are apt to be reversed in usage. Instructors in the U.S. should probably take this into account when reading papers submitted by students who have gone to school in other parts of the globe.

[redqueen]

47. No not you, Bucky!

I learned that the punctuation only goes inside the quotation if the punctuation is directly associated with the material in the quotes.

Examples:

Nancy said, "Where the fuck was your lyin ass last night?!"

She didn't seem to agree with the old adage that one should "stand by your man".

[hisownpetard]

48. OH! Well, then - nevermind.

}(

[Bucky]

60. You learned wrong if you learned it in America.

It's grammar, not logic. So don't try using logic when you write. Rules of grammar are fairly arbitrary. The quoties always go to the outside, even when using them that way doesn't make "sense."

[redqueen]

64. Are ya absolutely positive?

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

I learned this when I learned to do proofreading when I was training to become a technical writer, so... but I did learn it in the US, yes.

:shrug:

[Bucky]

65. Cool website

In each of the examples shown on that page, the quoty marks come after the commas or periods.

So not only am I sure about this rule, I'm goddamn cocky about.

[redqueen]

66. Eh?

Rule 2. The placement of question marks with quotes follows logic. If a question is in quotation marks, the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.

Examples: She asked, "Will you still be my friend?"

Do you agree with the saying, "All's fair in love and war"?

Here the question is outside the quote.


NOTE: Only one ending punctuation mark is used with quotation marks. Also, the stronger punctuation mark wins. Therefore, no period after war is used.



and the next random result:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html

Put a dash, question mark, or exclamation point within closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it applies to the whole sentence.

Philip asked, "Do you need this book?"

Does Dr. Lim always say to her students, "You must work harder"?

Sharon shouted enthusiastically, "We won! We won!"

I can't believe you actually like that song, "If You Wanna Be My Lover"!




:shrug:

[sniffa]

8. not me. i've got a list of names.

you all know who you are.

[Meshuga]

14. The negative posts are just noise

Once Kerry won the nomination this place came together.

[hisownpetard]

28. That's good to know.

:hi:

[Blue-Jay]

16. Hopefully, lots of tombstones will be handed out.

[Steely_Dan]

17. Speaking of Which...

Biden made it very clear that he would hold Bush responsible and I think he will. What has Obama, Clinton or Edwards said (if anything) about bringing BushCo to justice/accountability. Maybe I haven't paid much attention, but other than Kucinich, I haven't heard much. Just like we are not hearing anything about the war. You may not be aware, but there is a war going on.

-P

[hisownpetard]

31. Although the war has taken a back seat temporarily to current campaign coverage,

I'm sure that none of us has forgotten that there's a war going on.

Part of the reason for the campaign coverage enthusiasm, I believe, is that it's an opportunity for all of us
to take a breath and, for the first time in years, think/talk about something else for a brief period of time.

[Occam Bandage]

22. We turn our artillery on McCain/ Romney/ Giuliani/ Huckabee.

[hisownpetard]

34. Or just buy them airtime and let them do it themselves.

:nuke:

[hisownpetard]

36. And if we run out of artillery, we can just borrow Cheney's buckshot.

[Capn Sunshine]

23. My experience in '04

grudging support for a flawed candidate ; sent money, attended rallies, did not canvass
In fact, the Kerry people treated us like dirt because they viewed us (Howard Dean campaign) as dangerous insurgents.

Now, this time around it should be apparent that those who do not support Obama now will probably experience the same emotions, and be really annoyed by the perky and young enthusiastic Obama campaign workers. ( "Who ARE these people? I never see them at the Dem Club meetings")

[Meshuga]

30. And Deaniacs attacked Kerry as Bush-light

The bullshit went both ways from both sides in 2004. The bullshit and smearing still come from all directions in 2008. The styles didn't really changed except we have new candidates.

[hertopos]

41. Actually, I will never forget.

The attack on Hillary was to personal and too sexist. I no longer feel comfortable working with most of Obama supporters. I also know a lot of former Bush supporters are going for Obama. For me, the choice was between Hillary and Edwards, never Obama. His personal charm does not work for me at all. I prefer Al Sharpson over Obama because Al is at least real. Obama remind me of Tubak from Star trek. He is like Hollywood celeb. I still don't know anything about Obama's key policy. I can see what's Hillary focus and Edward's.

By now, I really hate Obama though I don't know much about him. I learned a lot about his background but all I got is that he is a nice guy...

What Obama supporter did in DU and in media will make some people remember how sexist this country is for a long time.

One more thing. Obama is not black. He is only half black. Yes, I know in this country if you are 1% black, you are black. Other than his skin, I see nothing black about him.

Hertopos

[AlertLurker]

25. It will, of course, be redirected at the successful RePIGlican candidate.

Bwahahahahahahahahaha...

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Once that happens the Clinton-haters will crawl back under their rock.

Or be tombstoned. The others will support the nominee.

[hisownpetard]

39. Only one rock, for all those people?

[damntexdem]

32. It will go on to middle school.

[hisownpetard]

40. I hope the crossing-guard is a Dem!

[Seabiscuit]

37. DU is like a big dysfunctional family who loves each other and we may

fight, yell, scream and say things we don't mean at the moment but in the end we'll all stand together with the democratic nominee ready to take back the White House! As a group we'll need to all work together for the Democrat nominee because you know the Republicans won't give it up that easily. So I'm kicking this for our party! :dem:

[hisownpetard]

42. Thanks.

:hi:

[redqueen]

43. Well some will still bitch and moan about this or that, referring to Dem stuff...

but mostly yeah, it'll get directed outward.

Worry not. :hi:

[hisownpetard]

45. Glad to hear it. Thanks!

:pals:

[MrCoffee]

49. we all need to heed these words of wisdom

from Mr. T.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eisa5AZ20W0&feature=related

[hisownpetard]

Well, everything was just going along swimmingly, with me all happy and stuff,

graciously accepting your unexpected kindness in telling everyone to "heed these words of wisdom,"
until I saw...













"from Mr. T."

Now, life sucks.

:cry: :banghead: :blush:

[MrCoffee]

51. did you even watch the clip, duplicatron?

no. you saw Mr. T and immediately discounted anything the great Oracle may have to say.


on your own head be the shame.

[hisownpetard]

52. How dare you? I, of course, watched the whole thing, every friggin' syllamabobble.

and am looking for a translator who speaks "T," but they've all been let go.

I do find it more than a little unsettling, however, that someone named "Mr. Coffee" is proselytizing for someone named "Mr. T."

Make up your mind, will ya??

[MrCoffee]

53. Quit your jibba-jabba!

if i ever catch you acting like a crazy fool again, you're gonna meet my friend, PAIN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySN_plfiNI&feature=related


:rofl:

[hisownpetard]

54. Umm, are you sure your Mommy lets you play on the keyboard?

[MrCoffee]

55. awww, don't tell her. i'll be grounded, like, forEVER

[hisownpetard]

50. delete-another damned dupe

[lisainmilo]

56. I am 100% Democrat first.....

I will get behind whatever candidate gets into the GE.

[ProudDad]

58. Yep, once it's all over

we can go back to watching the corporate capitalist masters continuing their consolidation of control of all the resources on Mother Earth and destroying same in their pursuit of profit...

[Perry Logan]

62. If Hillary wins, much of the hatred will simply leave the party.

Any number of people have promised to leave the party if Hillary gets nominated and/or elected. What a stunning victory for the Republican slime machine!

These are the same good people who love to tell us Hillary cannot win--based on their assurance that the whole world hates Hillary as much as they do. And they repeat this dismal meme over and over. Their only possible reason for doing so must be to depress their fellow Democrats. Why, thank you, Hillarophobes!

It's good news for the party if the Clinton-haters leave. We'll all feel much better, I promise you.