To what degree is your candidate support based on the attitudes of anonymous messageboard posters?

[bicentennial_baby]

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[XemaSab]

1. Anonymous messageboard posters (all three) are all in my house with disease

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[bicentennial_baby]

4. Same here, it's a wonder I made it to the polls yesterday

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[alteredstate]

48. LOL!!!!!

[NC_Nurse]

2. Zero.

A lot of posters around here don't do their candidates any favors, but I know better than to pay attention to any of them. ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Good to know

:)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. OMG, I like TOTALLY depend on anonymous messageboard posters

to select my Presidential candidate, and in fact to determine every aspect of my existence! DU is my whole fucking life!!!!111! I'm series!

[bicentennial_baby]

7. It's ok, you're not alone, apparently...

;)

[Nailzberg]

6. I weigh all my decisions heavily on them.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. That's series...

:o

[Yanez Houston Jordan]

8. Zero. But my level of sympathy when their candidate loses is somewhat affected.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Understandable, I suppose.

[Mass]

19. Same here.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. I see by your avatar you voted for X.

Screw you, Hitler, I'm voting for Y just because.

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Vote Mercer

:patriot:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

I'm sorry but the country isn't ready for an awesome president.

It's not that I'm against awesome people myself, mind you.

[bicentennial_baby]

24. But who will prove that America is America?!

x(

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

34. Canadians.

[MrCoffee]

33. Traitor! I saw sniffa's photo thread yesterday...

and after everything ( All Three) Lee Mercer Jr. has given you both (National and International).

:cry:

[bicentennial_baby]

41. I still didn't get my $350,000

x(

[MrCoffee]

44. You sold YOUR SOUL (Eye-Spy) for a measly 350k?

Oh My Mercer.

[woolldog]

12. Not at all.

That would be pretty silly, wouldn't it?

[bicentennial_baby]

17. Very

:)

[sniffa]

13. I was planning on voting for Mercer yesterday

But the disgusting behavior of Hillary's supporters made me check off Obama.

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Wow, that's hugh...

:hug:

[tammywammy]

15. 100%

If a candidate can't unite DU then what do we expect them to do to the country?

[bicentennial_baby]

21. 'Zactly...

:rofl:

[UALRBSofL]

29. DU boards have nothing to do with it

It's about character, honesty, integrity in a candidate. I have been very disappointed in Obama today with all the yapping he has done today.

[bicentennial_baby]

31. Ahem, please stay on topic...

That was not the question posed. Take it elsewhere, please. :)

[tammywammy]

39. Oh, I'm sorry

Your sarcasm button must be broken.

[knowledgeispwr]

16. Zero.

Anyone who does needs to re-evaluate how they pick candidates.

[bicentennial_baby]

25. I happen to agree

:thumbsup:

[candice]

20. Whatever they say, I think! I always follow "celebrity" endorsements...

...otherwise, why not just sell my vote outright?

[bicentennial_baby]

27. Vote Huckabee, or Chuck Norris will beat your ass

:D

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. No more than a French soldier would be influenced by what a German soldier yelled from his trench

in World War I, and vice versa. The trench lines have already been formed here and we're just shelling each other all day long, in between charges over the top. And I do mean "over the top".

[bicentennial_baby]

30. Word.

:patriot:

[Coexist]

23. its in direct proportion to the number of duplicate posts

X % of snide remarks / the snark factor.

its quite simple, really.
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[bicentennial_baby]

42. Nice formula!

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[rinsd]

26. Zero, and we should thank god for that.

Because if the world were exposed to GDP, no one would vote Democratic.

[bicentennial_baby]

43. True dat

:patriot:

[bunnies]

28. 0% asshole factor here.

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[bicentennial_baby]

Gotcha!

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[TexasObserver]

32. Zero, and the proposition itself is laughingly absurd!

Anyone who says their vote is affected by how the posters here behave is a liar or worse.

[bicentennial_baby]

36. I'll go with worse

;)

[murielm99]

35. Maybe

5-10%.

I was leaning Obama. I knew quite a bit about him just from living in Illinois and being involved in Democratic politics here. Of course I voted for him in his Senate race.

The more I saw, the less I liked. I looked at voting records and listened to Edwards, Clinton and Obama. I attended campaign events.

I looked at endorsements. Knowing a little bit about how some endorsements are obtained, they counted a little, not a lot.

None of them are perfect. But I voted for Clinton. I will take substance over soap bubbles any day.

The Obama supporters on DU make me sick. People who speak dismissively of older voters, who disparage our liberal leaders like Joe Wilson, who spread Internet rumors, and talk about not wanting to smell Clinton crack for the next eight years are not Democrats. I don't believe all of them are actually Obama supporters. I believe many of them are republican trolls and disruptors. They did weigh a small amount in my final decision, but less than endorsements or records.

I can't believe the size of my ignore list. I can't believe the intelligent website where I used to come to learn and discuss has turned into such a mess.

[bicentennial_baby]

38. Interesting...and a little scary

Fine if you don't like the candidate, but who gives a hoot about faceless people on DU? I mean really..

[murielm99]

50. I looked at some of the links they provided

and checked out some of the stories. I weighed in the fact that many of them might be trolls.

Sorry that I answered honestly if you were looking only to be dismissive of the answer.

[kestrel91316]

37. Not at all. But my opinion of the posters in question certainly is....

[bicentennial_baby]

40. Understood.

:)

[lurky]

45. This GD-P stuff seems to be leaking into the real world.

I passed an Obama GOTV guy Monday. He was holding a "Don't Forget to Vote!" sign that had an Obama logo in the corner. He wasn't talking, just holding the sign, smiling, and waving.

This guy a few feet behind me saw the sign and started screaming at the guy, at the top of his lungs, "HILLARY!!!!! HILLARY!!!! HILLARYHILLARYHILLARYHILLARY!!!!! FUCKING HILLARY!!!!!" I don't think he was physically threatening, but it was pretty over-the-top. I was running late, so I didn't get a chance to see how it ended, but he was still going when I went into the subway across the street.

[bicentennial_baby]

46. Wow, that is fucked up...

:crazy:

Maybe they were both DUers? :rofl:

[lurky]

49. I was wondering what their screen names were...

:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

47. to the zippidyfuckingdoodah degree.

none at all. Anyone new that comes wouldn't support any canidate because of all the hateful bullshit thats posted here not to even mention "I'll vote for McCain instead of (democratic nominee)"

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

51. I only come here for the draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ma.

[blue neen]

52. Excellent question....

with "attitude" being the operative word.

Some posters are so obnoxious with their snark lines, put-downs, digs, and general attitude-dancing threads that it sometimes ALMOST turns me away from their candidate. Then I figure, nah, a real Democrat wouldn't say shit like they do.

So I go back to reading intelligent, informative, educational posts that do help me make up my mind. After all, I was never a "Road Scholar" to begin with. ;)