Attention Obama supporters:

[TwilightGardener]

No more Wright threads. No more Granny/Typical White threads. No more race threads. No more Preacher threads. Let the Clintonites start these and keep them alive if they feel they must, but we don't have to contribute or kick those. Find something else to talk about, because I have the sneaking hunch that the media checks blogs and message boards to see what people are talking about, and if we internet folks are still obsessed with this, they'll keep covering it. Leave this all to Fox and RW radio and Freepville and Hillary is 44, complain to the other outlets about their stupid obsession, and stop perpetuating it. It's a manufactured smear, we are making it worse by making it seem more important than it is. Just my take on it. I'm calling for a Mass Ignore on the topic.

[SoFlaJet]

1. deal...

I'm in WD

[trained specialist]

84. what software do you use to get all these sock puppets

popping up at once?

[DemsUnited]

2. Exactly.

Let's start talking about how the numbers are pretty darn near impossible for Hillary to get the nomination, how McCain is either senile or stupid or both, and how Bush's approval rating is so far in the toilet that even Faux news isn't trying to prop it up.

[LakeSamish706]

3. I agree, and will not respond to any postings of this nature any longer on DU...n/t

[Window]

72. Exactly. Ignore them and let them talk to themselves. Just simply do not reply.

[JackORoses]

4. sounds good to me. Let that trash fall into the garbage chute where it belongs.

[Yes We Did]

5. On board...

I'm done looking at all their bullshit threads. I mean, you can usually tell by the title anyway.

[writes3000]

6. I've already stopped replying to those threads. Ignore is a wonderful thing. n/t

[JuniperLea]

7. Both camps are getting pretty damn negative...

Good to see you saying this. We are supposed to be better than this. We are supposed to not only avoid these things, but abhor them when we see the RW using them.

Two wrongs do NOT make a right. Never have, never will.

[olkaz]

8. This never works, but fine, I'm in.

For what it's worth.

[Ned_Devine]

9. cheers

[scheming daemons]

10. Damn.... now I have to ignore THIS thread, since it mentions those things.......

....
;-)

[otohara]

11. Yes I Can

Mass Ignore very doable.

[Indenturedebtor]

12. Deal

[PylesMalfunction]

21. Kicked

:)

[Hutzpa]

13. Its a deal

The media have been snooping here since 04 and I'm sure they have moles
who constantly wreck havoc....firestarters.

We need to show that we can rise above the rest....

[kid a]

14. k, r & agree

[Ned_Devine]

36. Nice sig. line...

...I like any Radiohead reference. "Stop Whispering', correct?

[FunkyLeprechaun]

15. I read them

But I don't kick them... I'm now starting to get bored of them because they can get repetitive. Whatever happened to looking at the first 10 posts before posting a subject?

[backscatter712]

16. I'm with you - I'll make even more use of the *plonk*.

That's what it's there for.

They want to stir the shit, it won't show up on my screen for long.

[grantcart]

17. Wright who?

[Drachasor]

18. I am going to try to keep my thread alive, since I think a productive conversation can happen there

IMHO

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5181762&mesg_id=5181762

[TwilightGardener]

23. OK--just asking to start minimizing this now. It's a goal, not a mandate.

[Georgie_92]

19. Deal. Let's keep this kicked.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. K&R

:kick:

[City Lights]

22. I'm in.

[Growler]

24. Agreed

[LSparkle]

25. Excellent! There's enough good news today anyway ...

Richardson's endorsement is a huge plus and the polls look like they're settling down again.

Happy Friday and Happy Easter to all happy Obamaites!

[TwilightGardener]

28. Happy Good Friday! Let's start taking back our forum.

[K Gardner]

26. I was just getting ready to post the same thing. For Obama Supporters, today is a crucially

important day. I know, to me, after hearing Richardson and understanding FULLY the implications of what he said, there is nothing else to flame about here. Nothing else divisive to discuss. It looks strangely disconcerting to still see Granny Racist Pastor threads on this DU board.

Let them post until their fingers turn blue. We have nothing else to gain here. It has been done, it is over but for the shouting. It is time for US to move on. We have nothing to defend. Obama WILL be the nominee. Where does that leave us at DU?

Well, if we want to stay here, we can talk amongst ourselves in productive threads. We can move to the Obama Group. We can ignore the flamebaiters and the last gasps of a dying campaign. But we really MUST change the tone here, for Obama and what he has managed to accomplish. It is truly phenomenal. Don't let DU remain a mirror of Free Republic. Please, lets all do our part to clean this place up.

If you catch me forgetting, please remind me. I'll try and I hope the dynamics of this board change soon.

[Ned_Devine]

38. You're right...I heard Howard Fineman on Keith...

...refer to Obama last night as the likely presumptive nominee. That was the first I had heard any one refer to him as that. I think some folks in the media are still too timid to say it even though it is mathematically correct

[K Gardner]

41. I've been hearing it more in the past two days, and we'll hear it more from here on out.

[Ned_Devine]

43. I sure hope so.

I am not saying this as a zealot. I genuinely find Sen. Obama to be probably the best and most interesting candidate the democrats have put out there in a very long time and I feel like he deserves it. I also think a majority of American voters want him. These are just my instincts as an American citizen.

[Whisp]

81. codeword 'wienerdog' if we catch each other slipping.

agreed?

[mhoran]

136. Perfect

The "Weinerdog" Strategy. I'm in.

This is a test: Reverend Wright said.....

[Bonobo]

27. K/R

[JPZenger]

29. Yes, don't reply to repetitious slander, let them slide into oblivion nt

[Tippy]

30. I agree......

[Scurrilous]

31. K & R

:thumbsup:

[lolamio]

32. Yes. I am doing this elsewhere as well. I refuse to engage it. n/t

[Bigleaf]

33. Agree and kick

[sandnsea]

34. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

People pretend this board doesn't matter, but when it's mentioned on Fox or any other cable news outlet, then for chrissake, YES IT DOES MATTER. And yes they talk about what WE talk about. So we need to set the agenda people!

[mmonk]

35. Fine with me (except responding to the thread I started).

[Hepburn]

37. Good doggie!

Good post! :hi:

[GarbagemanLB]

39. Done. I will not post in any Wright/race thread unless it is a POSITIVE discussion on race.

[abbyg8r]

40. I agree!

[Whisp]

42. I'm in. nt

[shadowknows69]

44. I'm game

I took everyone off ignore recently but I think I'm going to fill my list back up.

[GeorgeGist]

45. Thank God

Religion's Not Important to Obama

[Vinca]

46. Agreed. I was thinking today how very sad it has been this week.

Five years into a war with nearly 4,000 dead and it hardly got a mention on the news. The media are whores.

[Iceburg]

47. I think its a good idea - cuz' your candidate (and his supporters) are starting to look

like they have deep psychological issues that would disqualify any of you from holding a position of responsibility.

[myrna minx]

48. I'm in.

Good idea.

[libnnc]

49. Aye.

[tekisui]

50. Word.

Leave it, also, to their New-DU-Outcast-Hillary-Support-Site.

[TwilightGardener]

51. Kick--I see some people succumbing to the temptation--resist, my children!

[K Gardner]

52. Yes, RESIST my fellow CULTISTS ! The lure is strong, but drink more KoolAid ! Seriously, its

funny to look at some of the successful threads.. its just the same IGNOREDs talking to each other.

It'll be hilarious if we can keep it up. Their heads will explode soon !

[enlightenment]

62. What's interesting is to see how it works on both sides -

everyone is ignoring everyone else and only speaking to the people with whom they agree.

I don't have a dog in this race - I'll vote for the Dem nominee when November rolls around. So I don't often come into this place, and I don't generally engage either side. But I had to respond to your comment, because from my point-of-view, not having anyone on ignore, it's pretty clear that both sides of the Dem aisle are doing the same thing . . . only neither side sees it, because you're all ignoring the other side. You see your "ignoreds" and they see their "ignoreds."

And THAT is hilarious.
:)

[democrank]

53. Such a good idea, wiener.......I`ll try.

~PEACE~

[zulchzulu]

54. Excellent idea!

I'm for just putting the OP on ignore at this point that brings that shit up. I want to focus on McCain since Obama IS going to be the nominee.

[wowimthere]

55. Agreed k&R

[DerekJ]

56. I've already started that.

I am with you.

[99th_Monkey]

57. K&R - I'm in!!

:kick:

[lonestarnot]

58. I didn't need to be told.

:P

[IndependentDem]

59. threads on important topics-- maybe even policy differences? I'm all for it! k&r

[Bensthename]

60. Agreed.. It seems to be dying in the media anyway thank god

[sniffa]

61. Damn. And I just started this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5197734&mesg_id=5197734

I agree. Don't feed it - let it sink.

[Nia Zuri]

63. agreed

[Ino]

64. kick (nt)

[VolcanoJen]

65. I'm on board, wienerdoggie.

:thumbsup:

[Adelante]

66. Yeah nt

[slinkerwink]

67. Those threads are no longer relevant in the words of Mark Penn!!!

[Bullet1987]

68. I agree...

[Qutzupalotl]

69. It's funny, I don't see any of my ignored posters here,

yet they're all over the threads with anti-Obama propaganda in the titles.

Just saying...

[Tatiana]

70. FIRED UP, ON BOARD AND READY TO WIN! YES WE CAN! n/t

[jimshoes]

71. I'm fairly sure I've got most of the worst

of the firestarters on ignore now anyway so I'm in. Edited to add there are 70 plus posts on this thread and so far not one respondent has shown up as ignored. That's pretty cool.

[Unbowed]

73. I don't even click on the freepy threads. Just say NO. n/t

[Megahurtz]

74. Okay I see it.

I hope it works.

[BenDavid]

75. it will be kept alive to show the liar obama is......

Until yesterday, Obama said the only thing controversial he knew about Rev. Wright was his stand on issues relating to Africa, abortion and gay marriage. …

His initial reaction to the initial ABC News broadcast of Rev. Wright’s sermons denouncing the U.S. was that he had never heard his pastor of 20 years make any comments that were anti-U.S. until the tape was played on air.

But yesterday, he told a different story. “Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes,” he said in his speech yesterday in Philadelphia.

ABC News

[SoFlaJet]

88. welcome finally to my ignore list

BD...use your own imagination as what it stands for in MY mind and then add a head at the end

[DemVet]

112. Ignore is a cop-out.

It simply shows you have no tangible debating skills. Night school may help.

[Name removed]

118. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[DemVet]

158. Longer than you. n/t

[populistdriven]

140. rofl they were already on mine!!!

:bounce:

[Megahurtz]

93. Okay so...

to you "Anti U.S." comments and "controversial" comments are always the same thing.

Every controversial comment ever made by Rev. Wright is "anti-U.S."???

Do you realize that your accusation itself is a lie? You sure you want to stick by that? :crazy:

Your liar accusation of Obama holds no water. Reread what you said.

[TwilightGardener]

95. Do not get sucked in. Must resist.

[TwilightGardener]

94. Thank you for kicking my Operation Mass Ignore thread!

[ima_sinnic]

114. ah, another racist who wants to keep the nonissue alive to add to my ignore list

--which makes it a twofer--getting to tell you off (for the first and last time, since I will now be unaware of your presence) and kicking this thread at the same time. I have the same feeling about your post as I do about holding a dead rat at arm's length while unceremoniously holding my nose and dropping it into a dumpster.

I have been more diligent in the last two days about filling my ignore list and find GD: P to actually be a much more pleasant place. Those who have been obsessing about race appear gone, as well they should be.

[H2O Man]

76. I agree.

Nominated.

[Coexist]

82. hey!!!

:hug:

[Whisp]

77. kick for the wienerdog.

[Life Long Dem]

78. Then when it's only them talking. They will look racist.

[Coexist]

79. ok

[4_Legs_Good]

80. Organize!

Great work!

David

[trained specialist]

83. WRIGHT!

uh I mean wrong.

[progdog]

85. Okay

:dem:

[knixphan]

86. aye!

[knixphan]

87. if we could all read minds...

we would eventually have to develop an 'ignore' muscle.

onward to November

[BumRushDaShow]

89. Kickity kick kick

:kick:

[tishaLA]

90. ok

[Coexist]

91. kick

[Tribetime]

92. sounds good to me

[ginnyinWI]

96. check!

I use "hide thread" all the time rather than Ignore. Works for me.

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[woolldog]

97. Just say no, to posting on those threads.

:kick:

[surfermaw]

98. Amen...that is the reason I have stay off the board a lot. If we fight the rep. want have to

[BumRushDaShow]

99. TTT

:kick:

[Bigleaf]

100. Time to give it another boot.

[ms liberty]

101. An excellent idea. I'm sick of 'em anyway - they don't do anything to advance discussion. n/t

[Laurab]

102. Agreed - I've been trying to do it already.

It's really kind of funny just to read the threads when they have no one to argue with, and arguing with the few hardcore, and the new or re-born ts'ed ones is such a waste of time, anyway.

[politicasista]

103. K&R

:kick:

[IsItJustMe]

104. The sh!t is old. I don't even bother reading them anymore.

[goletian]

105. tru dat, good lookin out - nt

[KansasVoter]

106. Great!

[chknltl]

107. rrrrrROGER-WILCO, Overnout.

[AgadorSparticus]

108. k

[Willo]

109. I've been lurking and learning a lot thanks to DU...

Although this is my first post here, I wholeheartedly agree and am in.

How about adding "distraction" as a reminder or would that be better for other types of threads?

[TwilightGardener]

131. Welcome to DU! I will leave it up to all members to use their own judgment, but

I think we should just move on from this particular topic, and maybe other people will too.

[DeeDeeNY]

110. Yes

Most of the anti-Obama posts make little sense and do nothing to keep a rational dialogue going.

[DemVet]

111. No deal....

I'll be more than happy to keep the issue alive.

This Rev. Wright issue speaks into Barack Obama's character, or lack thereof in his case.

Choosing a race-baiting, America-hating preacher as one's "mentor" and "spirtitual guide" and sitting on one's ass while all these racist comments were spewed is rather telling...don't you agree?

No, this issue is not going away...not now....not in the future.

Good day.

GO HILLARY!!!

[ima_sinnic]

117. another one smoked out--this is the last post by you I'll be seeing

--speaking of race-baiting, your own obsession with race and distortion of the man's message makes you a very tiresome and nonessential person for me to waste my time reading. sayonara! (clicks "ignore" icon)

twofer--tell off the oh-so-righteously indignated one just above me, and KICK this thread!

[rucognizant]

120. Don't have time to "make up " an ignore list. I just hit the up arrow & move on.

However, I DO have a Granny 'unracist" statement to make. I think I was too tired to post last night!
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, is NOT "a race-baiting, America-hating preacher"! That is the right wing MSM slant! Like the Dean Scream they are taking something out of context and replaying it ad-nauseum!

I googled Wright last night and made a startling discovery!

Rev. Wright' parents were my neighbors back in 1963,64! He was off in college & the the service.
Rev. Wright Sr.'s autobiography, The Pilgramage of a Pastor is selling on Amazon ( 2 available starting at $125.00!!!!! ( not posting the link it's too long!)
His Mother is Dr., "DOCTOR" Mary Henderson Wright.(education field)! The Dr. Mary Henderson Wright Scholarship, awards outstanding graduating, High School, FEMALES in the fields of MATH & EDUCATION with a college scholarship!
Their Grace Baptist Church, Pastor Rev Wright SR., was right around the block from our apartment.
The neighborhood was one of wonderful big old homes, circa mid 1800's with many freed or escaped blacks settling there.
American Girl's black doll makes it there safely, to an Aunt, in the books accompanying the doll! ( pre Mattel)

http://unjobs.org/authors/mary-henderson
http://www.shawuniversity.edu/minister/presenters.htm#Wright%20Bio
The true America Hating ones are the clueless; ignorant of the "fierce urgency of now", who are plodding along with the hubristic, assumption, that America will go on as usual, rewarding them for their efforts. ( I mean McCaine, Lieberman eta.al & their many many supporters) NOT CLinton. I think she also "gets" the fierce urgency of now!
America's trashing excellence as usual!

[mkultra]

154. congrats, yoru on the list

[blogslut]

113. If you can't resist, then use this handy graphic

please feel free to save it to your computer and upload it to your favorite image storage place thingy. :)

[TwilightGardener]

133. LOL! Love it.

[blogslut]

139. The wombat makes it

Don'tcha think?

[ellisonz]

115. Done.

[Jawja]

116. Kick.

Thanks. :dem:

[Lena inRI]

119. Aye. . check. . .Roger . . and out.

[Maxdee55]

121. I Guess Its OK When Obama Goes Negative

I'm starting to understand this now, if your against Obama your a racist, and if he doesn't win the nomination or the general election then there is foul play afoot. It has sickened me as a Democrat how all you Obama supporters have made Hillary Clinton out to be the devil, she gets enough of that from the Republicans. I'm curious though how many of you out there who are calling the rest of us racist even grew up with black people, or lived in the vicinity of a black person, somehow I don't think too many of you. Regardless of what you say Wright's statements were anti white and anti American, and I'm sure over a 20 year period he has allowed Mr Obama to partake of his views on race in America. One thing is certain however if this had been Hillary, the Obama crew would be all over her, but then I guess it would be OK. I take comfort in the fact that even if Obama gets the nomination he will never win the general election, and I will vote Republican for the first time in my life.

[LukeSkywalker]

149. Real democratics don't vote for Republican war thugs

No, Wright's comments were NOT anti-white. They were Anti-Genocide. You just refuse to open your eyes. That's the problem. He didn't say "I hate white people" or "I hate America" or anything like that. If you have a quote then bring it here. I don't think you are going to find it. Because I read what he said.

He asked America to wakeup to what it is doing to people around the world. But you refuse to open your eyes and see that. THAT is the problem.

Yeah vote Republican and continue the genocide over lies over there in Iraq. Show us all what you're really about.

[cseper]

122. So, DU is now an Obama for President. only? N/T

[TwilightGardener]

134. No. I am just calling for a specific topic that has been beaten to

death, with no new developments, to be given the attention that it deserves in the grand scheme of things, which is: less and less each day, until it's dead and can stop hurting our candidate. We don't need to do the GOP's work for them. It takes discipline, but we can do it.

[Zambero]

123. There are real issues to discuss, right?

The longer we enable these preplanned smokescreens to persist, the less time will be devoed to discussing real issues: Iraq, health care, the economy, unbridled corporatism, et al.

[cyberpj]

124. Yes We Can. nt

[toys4kitty]

125. Kick!

:kick:

[BlueJac]

126. I quit bashing Hillary weeks ago........

There is something way more important than bashing and that is supporting the candidate of the Democratic Party.

[D23MIURG23]

127. K&R

[me b zola]

128. Deal

:thumbsup:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

129. Agreed, K&R

Time to shift the focus, volunteer, hold house parties, slap on bumper stickers, wear pins, organize, send money, register voters. There's simply no time to engage in head-banging with people who disagree with us. Not this time. Hell, I'm not even that inclined to support bashing McCain - watching recent video of him - he's doing it to himself.

[defendandprotect]

130. PLEASE stop calling it MSM . . . it's corporate-media or corporate-press . . ..

[defendandprotect]

132. and, PLEASE, stop watching corporate-media "news" . . . !!!

[L0oniX]

135. Put all Hillbots on ignore too.

[TwilightGardener]

141. Actually, I don't advocate that. That's an individual decision, if certain

people are driving up your blood pressure. My call for a Mass Ignore is more of a specific TOPIC Ignore. I just think the Wright story should be allowed to die, at some point.

[4themind]

137. Done and Done

[OwnedByFerrets]

138. K & R

[Teaser]

142. I'm in

.

[jackson_dem]

143. 87 recs. Now there are folks to enforce "correct" action/thought on internet boards? Like a cult...

[Tatiana]

145. BOO!

:rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

146. LOL!

[Tatiana]

148. *****DIES*****

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Cha]

144. Great idea, WD!

I don't go on those threads and if Obama's supporters don't contribute to the OPs then we're ahead 'cause it's so over.

[Swamp Rat]

147. I am playing hide-a-thread.

But I am not putting the offending trolls on ignore because I am looking forward to granite cookie time. :D

[ralbertson]

150. OMG!11!! ... I just got an email about this!! ... This is HUGH!!11!!!

That does it!! I can't believe I have been SUCH a moran as to ever drink the O'Kool-Aid before now!!!! Now that the wool has been pulled off from over my eyes, I AM GOING TO VOTE REPUBLIKAN this fall for the very first time ever in my LIFE!1!!11!!




*fnord*

[ShortnFiery]

151. Thank-you Wienerdoggie, I'm there ...

I've BEEN there. ;) :hi:

[TwilightGardener]

152. Self-kick as a gentle reminder to Obama supporters: I know you

mean well, but bringing up racial topics (or responding) are just fanning the flames, and exciting the Hillary supporters who want Obama to be the racist black guy. You are feeding them the ammo they crave, and you are not changing any minds.

[JVS]

153. The threads on race are designed to exploit differences and divide the people.

And to see people claiming to be democrats trying to fracture the party along racial lines is disgusting.

[mkultra]

155. im digity down

K&R

[cliffordu]

156. I'm in. K and R

:hi:

:kick:

Wouldn't let me R it...too late.....

Oh, well Kick again!!

[TragedyandHope]

157. I approve this message. n/t

[indimuse]

159. as IF the TRUTH will vanish..like Obama's state senate records!!!!

Michael Sreenan , Antoine Rezko , Rezko employees also plunked down $1,000 each. ,Abdelhamid 'Al' Chaib, Ali Ata. Aiham Alsammarae,: Aiham Alsammarae, Barack Obama, Emil Jones, follow the money, Kwame Kilpatrick, L. Brooks Patterson, Nadhmi Auchi, Rod Blagojevich, Christopher Kelly Jack Lavin, Stuart Levine,Pat Quinn, Lt. Gov. of Illinois, Rita Rezko,Michael Rumman...some playas hitting the stage soon! hide.. hurry hide....

[cooolandrew]

160. Exactly, we need to formulate strategies against the nonsense, I'm all for this idea.

[Inuca]

161. Absolutely n/t

[mrbluto]

162. A move worthy of Faux News.

Don't like a story?

Don't give it air.

Bravo!

You're on your way to wielding power the Republican way!

Nothing says progress like using the tactics of the villains.