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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 07:30 PM
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Can there be a separate forum for those that
want to complain about Democrats?

Why can't the main forums be used for their stated purpose, not to be mean spirited but to DISCUSS in a civil manner?

Aren't the main Forums to be for those that SUPPORT Democrats?

Is that asking too much?
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 07:51 PM
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1. Can we have a separate forum for people who make unsubstantiated claims and who get nasty when asked
to "prove" their anti-Democrat Party fabrications?

This place it getting out of hand - somebody needs to get control of those who are undercutting the Democratic Party and daring anybody to do anything about it.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:11 PM
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8. Yep.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 11:51 PM
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16. Well, now that that's been agreed to
:rofl:

If I were king :)
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 01:28 AM
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18. I will follow you anywhere, my leige.
:rofl:
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 08:03 AM
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20. My post is out of total frustration
Should there have to even be a need to have a forum for those that want to undercut the Democratic Party ~ of course not.

The rules are that we are to SUPPORT the Party but that is not what is happening unless I am missing something.

:shrug:

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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 09:56 AM
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24. I'm frustrated as well
I can't understand why posters who do nothing but snipe at people and make fun of the language of the Obama campaign are allowed to post here. If I wanted to be mocked about "hope" and "change", I would go to a right-wing website.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 07:57 PM
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2. We're on the verge of losing a critical seat and the "slash and burners" are slaying Dems left and
right in GD.

Is there any hope?
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:12 PM
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9. Only if we stand together, my good friend.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 08:37 AM
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23. I'm absolutely standing with the Democratic Party

and if not for the BO Forum I would be totally out of DU.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:38 PM
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12. That's my concern
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 07:58 PM
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3. It's a little Orwellian..
but this is the way it is..'cause it's not my site.
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rebel with a cause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:04 PM
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7. MIne either.
I have a feeling there would be some house cleaning if it was yours.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:21 PM
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11. lol.
I'd get a state of the art cleanup crew in here:)
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rebel with a cause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:47 PM
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14. And I'd help.
:hi:
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 08:08 AM
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21. I know but I'll need to take a rest
I could not sleep last night I was so upset about the constant news on M$M that Kennedy's seat would be lost .

And ~ that there are people posting on this board that are happy about it.

:cry:

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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 07:58 PM
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4. Nope. If people want to criticize, I have no problem with that on the main forums.
Edited on Mon Jan-18-10 07:59 PM by Avalux
Valid criticisms that provoke discussion are fine. Unfortunately, most of what I see hare hateful posts, often written for no purpose other than to get others worked up - no different than the technique the far right uses. THAT sort of thing doesn't belong on DU - anywhere.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 08:26 PM
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5. I agree with you + perhaps I didn't make myself clear
I'm not concerned about different points of view, that's valid.

I'm concerned about the anger, I don't need to get cut up for trying to convince a Democrat that they should vote for a Democrat.

Let's face it, the "Progressives" owned the main forums.
They should not own it and I should not own it.

Democrats getting elected should be the goal.

Perhaps I'm missing something.


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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:13 PM
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10. Some are paid operatives.
I believe this with all my little 'heart'.


ratfuckers from the rove camp.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 11:54 PM
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17. Yes, constructive criticism is actually quite desirable
If only... :(
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 09:18 PM
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6. They have one...It's called Free Republic
Why they're posting here is a puzzle to me.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 10:39 PM
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13. They post here so they can be quoted in the MSM

and play right into the hands of the Republicans.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-18-10 11:27 PM
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15. It's bending over backwards to suit a minority. Awkward and odd, but a Progressive notion.
At least that's how I see the attitude that Skinner has taken.

Letting the free speech thing run crazy, so crazy that the real supporters are given a special group.

Hmmm. Like allowing smoking in a restaurant, with a select little non-smoking section?



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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:41 AM
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25. I think you might've gotten it there.
The tent's so big we let in tent-burners. :D
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 12:47 PM
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26. Or being allowed on the Bus
but you have to sit in the " Your Forum" if you support the Democratic Party.

I love this Forum with all my heart but that is still what it feels like to me.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:52 PM
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27. Yep
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 03:09 AM
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19. It is asking too much.
I have no idea why, but it's asking too much.

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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 08:10 AM
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22. I understand, I have no idea either.

I loved the way that you framed that response to me.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:57 PM
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28. Waaaay toooo MUCH! It's asking
too much to not have the rules broken in other forums that seem to be followed closely in the BOG.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 03:56 PM
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29. I think you're being intellectually dishonest.
:rofl:

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