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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:35 AM
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Sorry, I Feel Like Gloating
YAY KERRY!!!

:bounce:

GO KERRY!!!

:bounce:

WOOOOAAAAAHHHHH KERRY!!!

:bounce:

Kerry won. Kerry won. Kerry won.

All is right with the world. Sanity still exists!

The air smells cleaner. The water tastes better.

My god, even my acne is clearing up!

:)
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JHBowden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:39 AM
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1. Pride and happiness are verboten!
The only emotions and attitudes esteemed here are pessimism, misery, depression, and weakness. Get with the program -- be a jellyfish!

:crazy:
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pmbryant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:41 AM
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2. Kerry hasn't won yet. That will come in November.
That's when the time to celebrate is.

--Peter
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:44 AM
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3. nah, I'll celebrate now
Edited on Thu Mar-04-04 10:44 AM by Magic Rat
I like feeling happy. Some of you out there might wanna try it.

:)
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pmbryant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:54 AM
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6. Gloating vs 'feeling happy'
With all due respect, gloating and celebrating when, as a party, we have not achieved our goal yet, does not sound like 'feeling happy' to me.

For the record, I am quite happy with Kerry as the nominee and look forward to his inauguration next January.

:bounce:

--Peter

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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:03 AM
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15. agree
i'm happy kerry is going to win the primary. but i don't gloat when it comes to winning against other democratic candidates. gloating is for when we beat the right wingers.
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Indiana Democrat Donating Member (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:19 AM
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20. Wrong.
Now, at the very least, it won't be a landslide loss of epic proportions.

Kerry is the nominee, not the favorite Govenor of DU.

It is MOST CERTAINLY time to celebrate.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:45 AM
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4. Sorry, sounds like a Lounge post to me, Magic. November is when
you can jump up and down. Many days of hard work ahead. And, remember he isn't safe as the frontrunner if you believe in Democratic Process until the Dem Convention.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:56 AM
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9. I already think Kerry is a lock for the presidency
So to me, this is just as good. I'll be jumping up and down from now until November.

I think I'm optimistic enough to sustain repeated jumps for 8 months.

:)
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:25 AM
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21. ROFL, Magic. Let's hope your "jumping" brings us luck in November.
;-)
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Dying Eagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:49 AM
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5. YES!
even thought we shouldn't be Gloating, I have been on this campaign since Oct. when we didn't have a snowballs chance. Good work Kerry people. It's our great candidate and your hard work that made this happen
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:57 AM
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10. Thanks! Congrats to you, too!
People were laughing in my face in August when I told them I supported Kerry.
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:55 AM
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7. Is this necessary?
really?
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:57 AM
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11. yes
Quit being a worry wart. Lets have some fun. We're 8 months until the election - do we have to wring our hands for that long?

We all know the election will come down to the last 72 hours anyway.
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:01 AM
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14. Hey I've been a Kerry supporter from day one
and I'm ecstatic, but we don't need posts like these. People are already accusing of us of dividing the party (although that isn't true). We don't need to give the Kerry haters any fodder.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:10 AM
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16. Kerry haters will hate him no matter what
I don't care about them. If they don't want to hop on the bandwagon, it'll leave without them.

But right now, it's a party back here and I'm doing the electric slide.

:)

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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:14 AM
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18. it's not about Kerry haters
of course they will hate him no matter what. but there are many people who are going to support kerry but are still upset about their candidate losing. show respect to them. be happy about kerry but no need to gloat.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:18 AM
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19. but I didn't say a negative word about any other candidate
You see, that's the difference. I am gloating my candidate won - not that anyone else lost.

I wasn't rooting for Dean to lose. Or for Edwards or Clark to lose.

Unlike some other supporters around here who shall remain nameless.

I'm just making a lighthearted point that it's okay to be happy that Kerry won and that by expressing that emotion, you're not 'dissing' someone else's candidate or their supporters.

Someone had to win this contest. They all had an equal and fair shot at it. Kerry got the job done.

I'd summize that if Kerry had lost and someone else had won we'd be hearing an endless stream of "Thank God Kerry lost" threads.

So by comparison, this thread is very mild.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:26 AM
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22. i know, i saw it for months
the gloating of other supporters of other candidates on how kerry was doing bad in the polls, fundraising etc. but that doesn't mean it's ok to do it. this post is mild compared to that. i guess i just don't like the word "gloat". it's something i would use when we beat right wingers. for now, i'm happy and excited about kerry being the nominee.
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pmbryant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:13 AM
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17. No
The election will only come down to the last 72 hours if it is close.

In an analogy I know you will appreciate, basketball games often are decided in the last few minutes, but if one team decides not to worry about the first 3.5 quarters, they are going to get slaughtered and those last few minutes will simply be garbage time.

Keep that in mind please. :-)

Peter
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:57 AM
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12. no
and i say this as a kerry supporter who is happy he did well.
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 10:56 AM
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8. Kerry - Kerry - Kerry - Kerry {in a chant}
It is a great outcome for the Democrats and for America when Kerry wins in Nov.!

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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-04 11:01 AM
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13. I think kerry supporters
should be able to release a little tension, via happy posts, all things in moderation of course :)
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