I have never been more depressed about my primary choices than after this debate

[Recursion]

This is going to be a really rough election.

[Ed Suspicious]

1. I thought you lived in India.

[Recursion]

4. One, like many expats I can vote

Two, this assignment is over before November.

[Ed Suspicious]

6. Fair enough.

[Paulie]

9. No more stories and pictures

Sorry but I'm actually kinda sad to hear that. I'm unable to look at a cabana as just a cabana... AND ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!

For those looking for one of the best lounge threads ever: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018577487

[Recursion]

11. Ha! We've got a two-year stint in DC, then we'll be out in the world again

I did post a picture of the "cabana" at one point; it really is absurd when you see that it's just like two picnic tables with umbrellas and some plastic outdoor chairs.

Colombo may be a possible next foreign tour; that would have some cool pictures.

[berningman]

2. so sorry for you. ive never been more excited nt

[Recursion]

5. I'm glad. I hope there are a lot more people like you

Because we're going to need it.

[yourout]

3. deleted for stupidity on my part.

[Recursion]

8. No worries. I just get more pessimistic about our chances every day

It's not so much that these two are bad (though I don't think either would be particularly great Presidents from a temperament standpoint); it's that the party really, really needs to get over the 1960s rather than re-fight that battle. I had hoped Obama's nomination in '08 was a sign we were moving past that, but it's looking like not.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. "the party really, really needs to get over the 1960s" - exactly.

But some Boomers seem particularly resistant to the idea that we are in the 21st century, or that the entire universe doesn't still spin on the fulcrum of the years between JFK and Patty Hearst.

[HerbChestnut]

7. Sorry your candidate dropped out, Recursion.

I know what that's like, and it can be frustrating.

[Recursion]

10. It's not even that; I can think of a ton of people who would be better candidates

Schweitzer, Tester, Castro, Villaraigosa, Gillebrand, Wolf, Patrick, Booker, Beshear, Hassan, McRaven, Gregoire... People who aren't older than my retired parents, and don't send two wings of the party into screaming matches with each other about stuff from a half century ago that people just can't let go of.

[KentuckyWoman]

18. As a child of the 50/60's

I feel compelled to tell you that I much appreciate this post.

On issues I like Bernie....and yes, I admit it's partly the familiarity of theme and the fact the issues of my youth have still not been addressed. If anything, the last 40-50 years the so called solutions only made matters worse in some respects.

BUT, that said. I am also disappointed the conversation is not more about the future. We will need an entirely different infrastructure moving forward to support future technologies. The haphazard quilt we have now is a bit of a mess. Expensive and completely inefficient. Holds us back IMHO.

Anyways, this boomer appreciates your post.

[slipslidingaway]

21. But most do not want to challenge the Clinton machine, still we have better candidates. nt

[Recursion]

23. Yep.

It's a shame.

[slipslidingaway]

26. Yes it is, just stay involved in the process :) nt

[mythology]

12. Neither candidate inspires me either

But fortunately the nutjobs on the Republican side do, and living in Massachusetts, I've got some local races (albeit ones unlikely to be particularly competitive) that interest me.

[Recursion]

17. Oh, any of the GOP will inspire the hell out of me to donate and volunteer

And since it looks like I'll be in Virginia my vote and effort may for once matter (I've previously voted in DC, MA, or MS which were all foregone conclusions). I guess that's kind of cool on its own.

[bettyellen]

13. I'm sorry- I am happier! No more decided, but my state doesn't matter at all, so I am good.

[Recursion]

14. I should hopefully be registered in Virginia by November

That's purple enough that it would remove any lingering compunction about voting D.

[bettyellen]

16. You'll get a compunction-ectomy if I have to wheel your ass into the operating theater, dammit!

[Recursion]

19. Voting D is always a given for me, it's just interesting that volunteering would actually be useful

Previously I've been in DC, MA, and MS, where GOTV only really mattered during the primaries themselves rather than the general; I'm kind of excited about the idea of being in a state that's not a foregone conclusion for once.

(The "compunction" thing was just a joke.)

[bettyellen]

20. was thinking the same. was looking at phone banking pre-Super Tuesday and Bernie uses

same staters, frankly I don;t think Hillary will need me yet then, so screw it, I am probably going to save it all up for the general. Because Trump does not amuse me.

[Recursion]

22. Trump scares the Bejesus out of me.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, and I think that same argument applies to elections, sadly...

[bettyellen]

24. I think my goal is to have an encyclopedic knowledge of whatever asshole wins the R nomination.....

So I can ruin him in November. I usually do not do the negative campaign thing, but I think I may need that capability in November.

[sadoldgirl]

25. The problem has been that nobody dared

to run against the power of the Clintons. If she
had not run a lot of good competition would have
stepped in.

Whatever happens the Obama enthusiasm has
subsided, but also any dem against the disaster
of W would have succeeded in 08.

What worries me more, and I think this will apply
to the rest of the US, that the republicans are voting
in greater numbers than the dems.

That I see as the real danger in 2016.