Reply #13: But do you realize that all it takes for these candidate threads to get to the "greatest" page

[pacalo]

is a group of rabid followers who enjoy seeing their candidate's name dominating the page? The thoughtlessness & lock-step mentality undermines the purpose of the "greatest" page, don't you think?

And, why, for heaven's sake, do we allow these mindless, competitive "your candidate stinks" threads to have a forum of its own? (Actually, two forums: GD-P and the "greatest" page -- if you don't catch it on its provisioned forum, it's sure to be on the "greatest" page, which gets more attention.) Do we really want to air our dirty laundry for anti-Democrats -- making it a lot easier for them to garner all the hatred for our own candidates in one spot? It's like we've drawn a map for them to find what they're looking for.