Holy crap, 2 years until the election and GD is already toxic. Skinner ...

[11 Bravo]

Elad, and Earl G, I will be doubling my contribution for the next several quarters. You all are in for a bumpy ride.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. It's really silly.

Much ado about nothing. Nothing but whacking the hive.

[Harper_is_Bush]

2. There's a model for strong & successful group dynamics...

It has four stages - forming, storming, norming, performing

There's nothing wrong with what's happening here. It's not "toxic" at all.

[kestrel91316]

3. Amazing how a tiny little thing gets blown all out of proportion by

strategic, calculated overkill on the part of the paid moles.

I think I'm going to start keeping track of who posts repeated attacks against individual Dem presidential candidates and see if I can find a pattern. The Edwards house bit smacks of a coordinated Rovian attack, what with the HUNDREDS of individual threads repeating the same tired memes.

PS: Dear mods - I thought it was a violation of DU rules to actively work to defeat ANY Democratic candidate.

Dear DUers - If you can't say something nice about somebody (any of OUR candidates), don't say anything at all. Otherwise I FOR ONE will assume you are a fake Democrat.

[TahitiNut]

4. Yep. In-toxic-ated.

:evilgrin: Like a bar.

Not by accident, people weigh in on subjects which require no research, with opinions requiring no expertise, and with a certitude of rectitude surpassing Bill O'Reilly's. Any drunk can do it.

There's nothing like a subject regarding which EVERYONE regards themselves an expert - and anyone with an opposing opinion as evil and stupid. After all, we KNOW there's no possible room for more than one opinion, right? That's what I love about 'liberals' - eagerness to share the planet with diverse people.

:rofl:

[msongs]

5. "It's my house and I live here"- diana ross, "the Boss" lp nt

[quinnox]

6. And what does this have to do with Edwards house??

:evilgrin:

[11 Bravo]

8. Forgive me, I strayed off-topic.

:)

[mmonk]

7. Maybe an 08 election discussion section should be started now.

That way, GD could be left for current serious matters. It will be easier to get to the current important threads on the Libby trial, Iraq/Iran escalation, investigations threads and other useful items.

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. Or, better yet, a John Edwards House forum!

:eyes: sheesh. I've never seen anything like this.:crazy:

[Hekate]

13. Gods yes. Can we please quarantine all the "House" threads?

And quarantine is the right word. They are like a disease. Maybe we could get them quarantined far away on another message board. :eyes:

Hekate

[BeFree]

11. with ya on that

they are beginning to declare, its time for the spare.

The spare forum that is, and dump ALL the candidate threads there.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Man, this campaign is going to be worse than '04 and

I didn't think anything could be worse. :( November 2008 can't come soon enough.

[mmonk]

14. Though I didn't think possible, it appears so.

[alfredo]

12. Accepting defeat is hard, but adjusting to victory can be

more difficult. Our struggle to get back into the majority is over. A conquered enemy is not near as much fun as one that challenges us and makes us focus. No external enemy? We'll find one within.

[AbbyR]

15. I'm having a hard time keeping up

I vowed to hide all house threads, but they just keep popping up like dandelions. Sheesshhh!