A plea for a "No" vote on the proposed new GD rules

[Walt Starr]

GD is the crucible of DU.

In a crucible, a mixture of substances is brought to a melt. In the crucible the bullshit gets burned away. Occasionally the slag will rise to the top and need to be skimmed off, but when it's all said and done, what's left in the crucible becomes something very pure.

I know the crucible has been boiling over regularly lately and a lot of people don't like that, but I plead with you, DO NOT TURN DOWN THE HEAT!!!

Yes, the candidate bashing gets viscious. Yes, it's painful, but in the end we will all be armed no matter who ends up being the nominee. We'll will have heard it all. There will be no "surprises" sprung by the Repukes because we will have arrived at the pure substance. We will know how to answer all the bullshit because the bullshit will get burned off here in our crucible.

If you turn things down to a slow simmer, I guarantee the Repukes will spring surprise attacks on our nominee and we will be blindsided.

Let's turn the heat UP rather than down. Vote down these rules and let our crucible burn away the bullshit!

[papau]

1. Bullshit does not burn away - add $200 m and you get TV video that

we in effect have vetted.

Let the GOP hire their own focus groups.

[Booberdawg]

2. Skinner already has a thread open for this

[Walt Starr]

3. No, he doesn't

He has a thread lining out the new rules and the fact that there will be a vote.

This is a thread explaining why I think everybody should vote against those rule proposals.

[Booberdawg]

4. And your comments should be posted in that thread

Another post like this was locked earlier

[Walt Starr]

8. If he locks it

I'll consider the vote rigged.

Elections have multiple posts supporting multiple positions all over DU.

A DU election should have the same consideration or this is not really "Democratic".

[AnnabelLee]

5. Locking

Please post your opinions about the proposed rules in Skinner's thread which is provided for that purpose.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=434070

Thank you
AnnabelLee
DU Moderator

[Terwilliger]

6. Walt...Skinner will lock this soon

though I think its entirely appropriate to bring up these discussion points separately

[im4edwards]

7. I'm not sure why you think the rules don't allow spirited debate

maybe I'm missing something but I thought I'd read them carefully.