I can't wait until this primary season is over.

[MrScorpio]

The only way that I'm keeping sane is by NOT putting any of the candidates on a pedestal. I would have no qualms voting for our candidate, whomever that shall be, in the general election. None whatsoever.

The way I see it, none of them are perfect, no matter how much I agree with them. My position is not to choose based on how much I agree with one over the other, but actually how much I would support them in spite of how much I disagree with them.

I'm an unabashed Democratic partisan. Give me your nominee and I will fight for them, hell AND high water against the GOPers.

Now let's say that the person I choose in this primary, if I ever get around to choosing one, gets elected to the White House, and once there, they'd make a decision that I don't fully agree with. It won't be that much of a shock to me because I know that presidents are usually left with only bad choices from which to make their decisions.

Also, I figure that my candidate's agenda, whomever it is, will become obstructed, both in Congress and in the street, just like President Obama. I'm definitely not of the mind that our candidate will make everything happen all on their own. One thing that's always been evident for me is that we Americans love to tear down our own heroes. No one is ever going to ride into D.C. on a white pony and give us everything that we want.

All of us need to understand that, about politics in this country, it's not about what you can get, it's about what you can take.

Lastly, this isn't about me, so there's no point in investing my identity in any of them now, picking the nominee is a collective exercise for the party alone.

The convention and the nomination can't come too soon for me.

[scarletwoman]

1. Amen! nt

[sabrina 1]

2. I'm having fun. Life is short, enjoy it. I love my candidate and love that he's so easy to sell.

It's exciting and wonderful! To see how so many people are excited again about voting.

Come on over and have fun!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Omigod, YES.

I especially like and identify with this sentence, my dear MrScorpio:

The convention and the nomination can't come too soon for me.

Thank you!

[Cha]

4. My candidate is not a pedestal.. and I'm keeping quite sane by staying away from this forum.

I made an exception to K&R your sweet thread, MrScorpio

"I'm an unabashed Democratic partisan. Give me your nominee and I will fight for them, hell AND high water against the GOPers."

This is the way it's always been for me.

The convention and the nomination can't come too soon for me."

This I agree with wholeheartedly, too.

[olddots]

5. this reminds me of waiting for school to end

Its quarter to three for four hours .

[pnwmom]

6. K & R

[NBachers]

7. Sorry, you make too much sense. Has this been alerted on yet?

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I'm still coming here every day, but I'm steering clear of many posts and posters. Too much toxicity.

[irisblue]

8. me too. Thanks MrScorpio

[Major Hogwash]

9. I used to have that opinion, but just willingly accepting the outcome is what cost us the party.

I no longer just willingly accept the eventual party's nominee simply because they claim to be a Democrat.
1984 was a clarion call for me.
The outcome of that election made me think Democrats should stop trying to find common ground with Republicans.
Then after seeing Dukakis pulled around like a pull-toy just for the sake of some ridiculous photo ops in 1988, I started getting more actively involved with trying to get the most liberal candidate from our party elected to be our party's nominee.

Yet, you also said this --

All of us need to understand that, about politics in this country, it's not about what you can get, it's about what you can take.

I wasn't born to be abused and just sit back and take it willingly.

[PowerToThePeople]

10. F that

"it's not about what you can get, it's about what you can take."

I am done with abusive relationships.