So starting tomorrow no more 3rd party garbage at DU?

[ringmastery]

We have our nominee with Edwards withdrawing. It's General Election time?

[Mick Knox]

1. I vote Yea! and No more vanity candidates either! please DU

[corporatewhore]

15. No more Corporate candidates either please!

[Mick Knox]

16. It is who it is..... Our candidate is Kerry! thats it.. its done nt TYVM

[Fenris]

2. Careful. Someone might jump you. There are still 2 candidates in the race.

Aside from Kerry.

[ringmastery]

5. After tonight,

it's mathematically impossible for Sharpton or Kucinich to win.

It's OVER.

The fat lady has sung.

[SangamonTaylor]

6. This is true...just watch out for yourself though

Some around here feel that numbers don't matter.

Thanks for the trip Edwards.

[Fenris]

7. I agree, but *they* might not

Just a heads up. Dennis seems to have some ravenous supporters around here.

[Padraig18]

3. No, not quite.

There will be no partisan attacks, starting tomorrow (or whenever)...

[molly]

4. I agree!

[still_one]

8. I disagree

I think there should be a third party like Pat Buchanan to help the
Republicans out

[slinkerwink]

9. what do you mean by third party garbage---our candidates are Dems

[ringmastery]

10. Nader people attacking Kerry

It's time to stop fighting each other and start attacking Bush!

We must win!!!

[ibegurpard]

33. Who are the Nader people?

I've not seen a whole lot of them.

[janx]

35. I haven't either. I've seen many posts decrying them,

but I haven't seen more than one or two posts favorable to Nader.

[minkyboodle]

39. are you sure

Emmanuel Goldstein is all powerful and he walks among us and all of his agents must be banned!!!! :eyes:
Scott

[papau]

11. but we still have Hillary as VP - maybe?

:-)

[DuctapeFatwa]

If the Democratic party is concerned about 3rd party voters, they have

the freedom to nominate a candidate that gives them at least the appearance of a second party.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. 2161 delegates are needed to be the nominee,

right? Kerry doesn't have 2161 delegates. He's not our nominee, yet.

[ringmastery]

14. He'll have that after tonight

remember there are 800 super delegates who were waiting for the field to clear. They'll all go to Kerry now.

[jmaier]

17. in_cog

It's pretty much beyond time to accept that Kerry is going to carry the battle against Bush -- it's not uncommon for the mathematically inevitable front-runner to be considered the nom for all practical purposes!

[JHBowden]

13. I'm on board.

If one wants to team up with Bush and support Nader, they do not deserve our support. This isn't "re-electBushunderground."

[goobergunch]

18. We don't have a nominee until the convention.

Dean is on the Pennsylvania ballot and I intend to support him.

[edzontar]

21. Me too. I am voting Dean in PA.

And that is neither third-party, NOR garbage.

[Mick Knox]

22. LOL pulleeeeeezzzzzzz

Its over mathematically effective immediately.

[goobergunch]

47. Kerry still doesn't have 2162 delegates (n/t)

[KoKo]

19. I haven't voted yet! I'm in NC a BIG STATE! I have a voice, don't I?

:shrug:

[ringmastery]

23. you have a voice

but you'll be talking to yourself.

It's over.

If you want a voice in four years, I strongly suggest you write to your legislators in NC and have them move up the primary.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

25. You do the notion of...

democracy proud, sir! Kudos!

[Zhade]

28. No, according to some people here, you do not.

NT!

[Old and In the Way]

20. Indeed it is. Time to send the disruptors home.

:-)

[edzontar]

24. Who gets to decide? One person's disruptor is another's

Thoughtful commentator.

BTW, do you also want to ban Kucinich, Sharpton, and hold-out Dean supporters too?

[Old and In the Way]

30. Only the one's who really support Bush.

[Iverson]

37. Eh? Time to send the dissenters home?

The burden of exposure to nonidentical viewpoints can be so upsetting in a democracy, oui?

[maxanne]

26. let the purge

begin!

[cryofan]

27. I would like to continue to tout Nader until the convention

Do you mind? Nader is the one who talks about progressive ideas most convincingly.

[Old and In the Way]

31. Why not post at the FR or Nader for President?

I think you'd find your thoughts more welcome there.

[Forkboy]

34. I welcome his thoughts

and yours.

[Old and In the Way]

48. I'm sure do...his.

[Forkboy]

49. huh?

that makes even less sense than usual.

[RichM]

36. Please, be my guest. On behalf of DU, I welcome you to tout Nader to

your heart's content. After all, what kind of progressive forum would we have here, if Ralph's frequently incisive & always well-developed views were not welcome?

I'm surprised there would even be a question about this!

[JasonBerry]

29. John Kerry is the nominee - Greens can now exit left == n/t

[Iverson]

38. a good pair of earplugs ...

You too can be protected from the unacceptably nonidentical.
Now avert your eyes lest you turn to stone, or possibly a pillar of salt.

[sangh0]

40. Hey, you left out the straw men!

Oh wait, you didn't!

[Iverson]

41. well let's see

Does this mean that you think a purge of Greens is a peachy keen idea? That's the thing to which you're rushing to assist, you know.

[Forkboy]

43. Someone is just bored

the other thread got locked.Now you're next on the flamewar dinner table :)

[Iverson]

44. What a relief.

That must mean that at some point I wasn't on it.
Thank you!

[Forkboy]

45. Different courses

maybe you're dessert :D

[no name no slogan]

46. He still needs 999 delegates for that

He's got just over half. 20 states have not voted yet.

It's still March. The convention is in June. We still have plenty of time.

[sandnsea]

32. The Bush campaign has begun

We have our nominee. Kind of seems like we ought to begin our campaign too.

[redqueen]

42. How many new mods are there, anyway?

:eyes: