"Where have all the "Flowers Gone...Long Time Passing?" Hillary Supporters?

[KoKo]

I remember doing battle with poster "Wyldwolf" and others.."tooth and claw to death" over Hillary and her candidacy. NOW when we NEED YOU.... Where HAVE YOU GONE? :shrug:

There's only about three Hillary Supporters Left here posting.

I don't have a "person in this race." I can't vote until May...I'm hoping the race between Hillary and Obama goes on until Convention...because it seems the MOST DEMOCRATIC.

So...I'm still posting stuff about each one...Positive or Negative....Just so you know where I'm coming from.

BUT...WHERE ARE those early Hillary Supporters? Did they get "A Ticket to Ride"...and cut out?"

edited...for gross typo's, etc.

[Darth_Kitten]

1. Cripes, I'll watch your back.

I guess I'm in the Hillary camp now. Original Edwards supporter.

[KoKo]

2. Yeah....."long knives" for those of us who "just don't know, yet."

Who Knows..but I think it's a good thing to keep it going. Don't know why I feel that way....but I do.

[SharonAnn]

69. I'm a Hillary supporter. They gave me the Obama Koolaid but didn't like it.

[BeatleBoot]

3. I'm here

[paulk]

4. what's the point of coming in here

trying to make some reasoned point

and having some kid who's been here for six months shout you down?



It's a waste of time.

[KoKo]

6. New Rules might cut some of that crap out...we need to wait and see..

:shrug:

[aquarius dawning]

17. No, it will work against us I think.

[BeatleBoot]

14. A-freaking-Men

This is not where elections are won or lost.

It's a forum,

On the Internets,

Where people pontificate,

[rodeodance]

35. its just not the new kids. I seldom can post a positive Hill thread without snarky

Obamba folks coming onto it and pooping on it over and over. I find it demeaning.

[paulk]

37. yes, that's true

I've recently put some long time DUers on "ignore" for just that sort of thing.

I don't understand why being an Obama supporter requires one to attack Hillary Clinton 24/7.

And behave like a complete asshole.

[rodeodance]

49. i know. instead of posting positive things about o., they are relentless in posting

anti Hill pieces--over and over.

[Leopolds Ghost]

67. Not a Hillary supporter, but I don't like when people come on threads to do that.

Someone starts a positive thread about Clinton or Obama,
and opponents don't just disagree, they spam the thread with
anti-candidate rhetoric as if they had a personal stake in
convincing DUers to hate Clinton or Obama.

[HeraldSquare212]

5. Didn't you hear, the Clinton campaign is short of money. (joke, joke...)

[KoKo]

10. Yes...I posted about it...but SPUNK and MESSAGE can overcome that stuff

if Hillary will reveal herself....I'm still hoping...

[HeraldSquare212]

18. I agree - if she could just let loose and not be worried about the political calculations

of everything she does or say, she could very well be a great candidate and senator and president.

[rodeodance]

48. look what happened when she had a teary moment. The press/pundits were

relentless (and this board has been having a hay day ever since).
I wish it too--i just do not think it will happen.

[zabet]

7. Here but,

after being called racist, fascist,
a liar, an idiot and stupid by some
of the more aggressive Obama supporters,
I just read and rec the positive Hillary
threads.

[judaspriestess]

64. let me add to that list,

a lousy American too.

[FormerDittoHead]

8. Intimidated, I'm thinking...

The vitriol directed at Hillary supporters here is phenomenal. This whole time has been very demoralizing. I was an Edwards supporter, but went with Hillary because I don't see electability being an issue against McCain for ANYONE, I like her health care plan better than Obama's (although not as much as I'd like to) and I think Hillary simply can get more things done than Obama can with his lack of experience.

That said, many people are being attacked with the greatest venom I've ever seen, along with lifelong Democrats who've spent a lifetime in office standing up for civil rights, but who happen to support her, most recently Ed Rendell....

The earth is scorched, but I'll vote for him. He won't need any money to win against McCain, but this whole cycle has grossly turned me off.

[Occam Bandage]

9. Some of the more, er, "vocal" got banned. Some probably left in disappointment;

political boards usually start to thin out as a candidate gets chosen. I'm sure that most are still here, but are just taking a breather. There won't be much good news for the Hillary campaign for the next few weeks.

[HughMoran]

15. P2BMKN & Kennedy Guy?

They seem to be missing - when did this happen?

[Occam Bandage]

21. They bit the granite a couple days ago, along with a dozen lesser trolls (both Clinton and Obama)

[HughMoran]

22. I left a couple of days ago in disgust

Jeez, I miss all the fun :party:

Do you have a complete list? I like to keep track of these things.

Edit: I posted a couple of posts yesterday, but didn't see the bannings. I did comment on P2BMRKN's many hearts gif - that may have started the ball rolling - :smoke:

[Occam Bandage]

23. Here's the celebratory thread. People were posting names there.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4551250

[HughMoran]

28. Thanks

My ignore list is now 5 names lighter :D

[rodeodance]

36. Hi.

[HughMoran]

41. Hello

What's up?

[rodeodance]

50. oh, not much, was phone banking a few times this week. i hurt my knew snowboarding

so doing the crutchy thing. lots of ice now out there in WI--. after an hr of talking--mouth gets dry so hand it over to others. there are some computers there so can log on here.

how about you?

[HughMoran]

62. Just trying on the new shoes here

The post limit and assorted bannings have changed the environment here - waiting to see how it shakes out. I'm not so enthusiastic about the race now that it seems to be going one way. We'll see in 2-3 weeks if it's over.

[ronnykmarshall]

11. ...

never mind

[aquarius dawning]

20. I'm stealing this photo nt

[ronnykmarshall]

25. Cool huh?

[ruggerson]

12. We're all here, we're just basking quietly in the warmth from the Obama crowd

n/t

[Sapphocrat]

30. Is that what that is?

Feels more like third-degree radiation burns to me.

[rodeodance]

40. I laughed out laoud at your comment--that is not how i would describe this!!

[aquarius dawning]

13. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated

Just kidding. I'm still in it to win it with Hillary. If it doesn't happen, I'm still voting for her unless she actually tells me to vote for Obama.
Go Hillary

[mtnsnake]

16. You rang?

:evilgrin:

There's only about three Hillary Supporters Left here posting

Three is all it takes to handle 400 or 500 Obamaites, so what's the big deal :smoke:

[Adelante]

I've been wondering about The Count and GreenArrow

They're not Hillary supporters, but I wonder where they've gone. I haven't seen them in so long.

[NCarolinawoman]

24. I wonder about Sapphire Blue. She was an Edwards supporter.

I never was, but Sapphire Blue had a good heart, and I use to sign all those petitions of hers. :(

[Straight Shooter]

26. The last time I exchanged a couple PM's with SB, months ago, she was not in good health.

I respect her privacy and don't want to discuss the details.

Now that I'm back on DU, I've been wondering where she is. She stayed in GD for the most part, and I haven't been there much. Now you've got me worried. Maybe she still checks her messages, you might try sending her a PM.

[NCarolinawoman]

34. Thanks, Straight Shooter.

You know, I was critical of Edwards at times, but when SB started a thread about him, I could never bring myself to enter into the discussion and say anything negative about my former Senator.

SB was a feisty crusader whose heart was/is always in the right place--- a person with a beautiful soul.

I do remember reading about some of her health problems.

[Straight Shooter]

19. I don't know how you could have missed me and my sterling posts.

:cry:

[rodeodance]

51. oh, I for one notice them:-)

[KoKo]

59. I did see some...but it get's drowned out...I know...

So you know...I post negative stuff about both Hillary and Obama..so if you see it...don't think it's an attack.. I just don't know which one...and don't vote until May 6th. I'm hoping both will still be in there. I'd hate to think all of the state of NC is cut out because we didn't defy things and move our Primary forward... :-(

[smalll]

27. We're all still here. It's not over yet. Texas and Ohio, here She comes!

YES SHE CAN - be the nominee. Chances are still strong that she'll be the choice, the cultists and their ceremonies will melt away, and we shall scrub the bloodstains from the temple where so many good Democrats were sacrificed to their strange new bloodthirsty god.

They have sacrificed Joe Wilson, John Edwards, RFK Jr. and others of the great and the good in our Party. When the knowns are finished with, it will be the unknowns - the people, us - who will shuffle forward, each in our place, in the long line of the condemned. Old people, and the boomer generation? To the altar! Gay people? Prepare to "lose your hearts" to Obama (when they're ripped still beating from you.) If this infernal cult machine is not stopped, even the working classes themselves will find themselves dragged to the altar -- think about it, during the general election, when polls start showing Obama weakness in places like Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a stubborn reluctance of a too-large slice of the downscale demographic to commit to him, who can doubt that Obama and his minions would not hesitate to sacrifice them to his "post-partisan" imagery? It's not about the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, it's about the Party of Obama!

She will not let this happen.

Obama and the Obamatrons? They Shall Not Pass.

[Sapphocrat]

29. What's the point?

I mean, I understand your frustration -- believe me, I do -- but the Obama supporters are getting what they wanted: they outnumber us, they shout us down, and many of us are leaving DU to them. I'm still here only because I've set a date for leaving: the day Obama officially gets the nomination.

Actually, it will probably be before then. I don't see much of anything to talk about anymore. Certainly nothing anything new, anyway; it's all recycled old conflicts that will never be resolved, and I'm past weary of being told I'm a stupid, racist idiot whose opinion is crap because I'm old / gay / white / a woman / whatever.

Sometimes a person just has to move on. And I don't mean "MoveOn."

[rodeodance]

44. I think that date is for me also. but I will post till then. you are right. old arguments

that get recyled. and we are continuously shouted down--but i luv me the smackbacks!

[susanr516]

53. For the first time ever

A presidential candidate came to Robstown, Tx today.

Robstown is 16 miles from Corpus Christi, in S Texas. We are 60% Hispanic; 1/3 of our children have NO health insurance whatsoever; 70% of our children qualify for free or reduced school meals.

Hillary came to Robstown today--in the middle of the day, in the middle of the week, when we are all at work. Conventional wisdom said we couldn't get more than 1500 people to a campaign rally on a work day. There were over 7000 people there, and they turned away over 1000 others, because security was overwhelmed by the sheer number of people who came to see Hillary Clinton. People began to line up at 6 am, and by the time the doors opened, the line was was almost half a mile long.

People cheered, and danced in the aisles, and stood on their chairs to see Hillary.

I don't know if she will win the nomination, but today, Hillary gave thousands of people in S Texas hope. My 13 year old son claimed a place 10 feet from the stage and stood there for FOUR HOURS--and said, "I will be a Democrat until the day I die."

Today was a very good day for me--win or lose, I feel like there is a candidate for President who SAW me, and who was concerned about my life.

Thank you, Senator Clinton, for visiting my little corner of the world.

[anamandujano]

60. Well stated. One can only answer so many silly threads with the same

slip-shod premises.

I was thinking of continuing reading but not posting but I'm sure I'd be provoked into saying something against the rules.

[nonconformist]

31. I don't think I was one of the "early supporters"

I was an Edwards supporter that switched to Clinton shortly after he dropped out.

Anyway, I'm around, but trying desperately to cut back on my time here, so I'm posting much more sporadically.

[KoKo]

66. Why did you switch from Edwards to Clinton....most here

would think Edwards supporters went to Obama. Why are you an "outlier." :shrug: What do you see in Clinton that reflects Edwards message about "Two Americas?"

[nonconformist]

68. I see nearly identical health care plans, for one.

That's a huge issue for me. I also trust Clinton to fight more for health care than Obama, because she has a long history in that regard. It's near and dear to her heart. I think she's learned a lot about the industry and knows the issue inside and out. She's also closer to Edwards on trade, another huge issue when you're talking about the "Two Americas".

Clinton wasn't my first choice, but I was forced to chose between her and Obama. I weighed a lot of things and researched them both extensively. Bottom line, I found that her platform most closely matched Edwards on key points.

A lot of Edwards supporters have switched to Clinton.

[Lucinda]

32. We're still here.

In my case, I have a large section of GDP in "time out" at the moment, so I post much less often. :)

[goldcanyonaz]

33. Newer poster here, still hanging tough, but not feeling very welcome here as a Hillary supporter.

Hillary supporters are far outnumbered here and it's becoming less and less fun to post here.

Any win she has ever had has been illegitimate since New Hampshire and it's only gotten worse since.

:cry:

[rodeodance]

46. hey gal--yah-after NH the hate got hateer--louder and meaner!

[Marrah_G]

38. Not gone, just not around much...this place has become far too nasty

If I want to read disgusting BS RW memes and talking points about Dems then I can go to that "other" site.

I think many long time posters are fed up and disgusted and are just walking away, at least for a little while.

[LizW]

39. Still here, just watching quietly

I was (was? still am) an Edward supporter, but I voted for Hillary in the primary after Edwards suspended.

I'm mostly just watching the melee. It has gone beyond anything I could ever have imagined.

[KoKo]

42. It' Ain't OVER...YET and let's HOPE for a REAL CONVENTION

So keep at it after Hillary to get herself out there with a message that those who want to vote for her can get enthused about! She's ditched the old "hangers on." Let's see what she's made of...and GO FOR IT.

There's still states with high delegate count left to be counted. I can't vote until May 6th...so I'm still looking...

[jillan]

43. I'm here.

Just really hate this place these days.....

[maddiejoan]

45. I've been campaigning for her Presidency

since 1992, and I'll be the last one standing if need be!

[aquarius dawning]

47. A pollster called tonight and asked who I was going to vote for (in Ohio primary)

and what the likelihood of me showing up to vote on election day was. I told her Hillary Clinton before she even named anyone and that it was a 100% probability that I would show up to vote. Ted Strickland is endorsing her and so is John Glenn. These people are pretty popular here in Ohio. She very well may pull off a win here in Ohio; although it's not guaranteed. I sent her another $50 tonight as a show of continued support. anyone care to match me?

https://contribute.hillaryclinton.com/form.html?sc=1597&utm_source=1597&utm_medium=e
contribute

[rodeodance]

52. can't this month, but hope you get lots of bites:-).

[lse7581011]

54. No Thanks!

already gave it to Obama!

[BlackVelvet04]

55. I've been posting off and on all day....

I can't be here 24/7.

:shrug:

[TheWraith]

56. They realized that their candidate has lost.

She can't catch up now without a miracle, or without stealing the election.

[KoKo]

57. It's not over yet...and it doesn't help to keep going at folks who are still supporting

one, or the other, of the last two candidates for Dems out there. We need to think of both candidates. There will be positive and negative news about them...but making it into "My Team against Theirs...what good does that do?

We are all in this together...it's bigger than which Sports Team Favorite wins. This is about Bush and the Shredding of the Constitution, Our Economy, Jobs, Lives, our Kids and Grandkids Lives...our Future.

It's too important not to hope that both stay in until the Convention. Let's give both sides their chance. :shrug: I know it sounds dumb to those who want it all "wrapped up now" in a neat package. But what good does that do? It just gives more time for the RW to Attack! The longer we look at both our candidates the better for us parsing out the issues that either might fail or be champions of for us Dems. Why "wrap it up" and let the RW "SwiftBoaters" and the rest of their Evil Doers come out early and start to attack.

There are many of us who still don't know whom to support because our Primaries are LATE... Give us a BREAK ...let's keep focused on the strengths and weaknesses of both Hillary and Obama and keep it civil... Can't we do that? :shrug:

[aquarius dawning]

58. I count 577 delegates up for grabs in three states that Hillary is favored in

Your overconfidence is amusing.

[Danger Mouse]

61. WTF Board have you been posting on?

There's plenty of Hillary supporters around.

[KoKo]

63. Hillary WON ...New Mexico................

Just so you know...

[KoKo]

65. Yes She DId...and that's with Repug Cross Overs.........

Keep it going! To the CONVENTION!

[NoPasaran]

70. Well, I'm still here

I pretty much stay out of the flamefests, although sometimes I can't resist tossing a grenade into a thread. But for the most part, I just read GD-P and add people to my Ignore List.

But in real life I'm trying to get ready for running my precinct caucus on March 4. This is my first time as precinct chair and wouldn't it be my luck that this would be the first time in a generation that Texas mattered.