Why is there so much animosity between Obama and Hillary supporters?

[GOPBasher]

Why the hell is there so much antagonism on both sides here? Does anyone realize how freaking similar these two candidates are? There is, as far as I can tell, one difference in their platforms: the health care mandate. Whoopi! Why don't we shoot each other over it?

Both will give us excellent health care reform, lowering costs and getting near-universal coverage. Both will end the war in Iraq. Both will repeal the Bush tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and get us back to fiscal discipline. Both will invest a tremendous amount in a new energy economy that will make us cleaner, safer and more prosperous. These are both great candidates, and we should all support whomever is the nominee in November.

And, we can stop fighting on the way. I have my candidate, but I will work just as hard for the other one should that person be the nominee in November.

[Teaser]

1. Coz they all stupid

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[Botany]

2. Because one side is right and the other side is wrong

One side is the gold standard and the other side is
snake dung.

:rofl:

[peoli]

4. One side is ready on day one, and one isnt.

[Yes We Did]

13. And one side is RIGHT on day one and the other isn't.

[MidwestTransplant]

3. Because Hillary endorsed McCain over Obama

[JoFerret]

6. Rubbish

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[MidwestTransplant]

25. She says she and McCain both have experience to bring to the White House

but Obama only has a speech. Sounds like an endorsement to me. I used to like her a lot but the Clintons scorched earth tactics are disgusting.

[MichiganVote]

17. That's nonsense.

[Hieronymus]

30. Russert seems to think that Hillary handed the presidency off to McCain...

No way she can beat him, and she's aware of what she did.

[HughMoran]

38. Always a retard has to post even in a good reasonable post

You are an ass hole.

[meow mix]

5. MSNBC is reporting on it now. how hillary endorsed Mccain over Obama

tweety and russert are discussing it now

[paperbag_ princess]

7. it is because their platforms are so similar

the best explanation I have heard:

Because their platforms are so similar, it is all about personality....and means it is personal and emotional

[axordil]

28. That's it in a nutshell

And they have very different personalities, as opposed to their very similar platforms...so that's where the action is.

[cbayer]

35. Well said. nt.

[nemo137]

42. Like that old saw about professors and office politics

"Why are the battles in academia so bitter? Because the stakes are so low."

[Forkboy]

46. I was telling my father that last week.

I think that's exactly what it is.

[babylonsister]

8. Perceived smears from both candidates are stirring it up. nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. Because Obama Supporters Are Assholes.

[shaniqua6392]

10. I like them both and don't really care which one wins.

I don't know why people are fighting like this. I plan to work my ass off to get our nominee elected. But I am also in no rush to have one of them drop out like some are calling for. We have plenty of time. I think we should let all of our fellow Americans get a chance to vote.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

11. Because Hillary Supporters Are Assholes.

[MadMaddie]

12. I agree with you the infighting is ridiculous...

We better gear up, make up our decision and kick McCain and the Repulicans ass.

[WilliamPitt]

14. Because a lot of people here need hobbies like the desert needs the rain.

[NashVegas]

24. Rain Would Mess Up Desert Ecology

:hi:

[Forkboy]

47. LOL

:rofl:

[Johnny__Motown]

15. Because of the endless slime spewed by the Clinton campaign

[MaraJade]

31. Because of

the endless woman-hating slime spewed by the Obama campaign. . .

[bowens43]

16. They are very similar on the issues

the difference is that Obama can deliver Hillary can not. Obama is credible , Hillary is not. Obama can beat McCain, Hillary can not. Obama may be able to heal some of the wounds our nation has suffered over the last 28 years due to constant partisan bickering, Hillary will make these wounds deeper.

Obama is the only chance we have. If hillary is the nominee, McCain will be president and we will likely lose the Senate in the process. We will see at least one more conservative on the supreme court.

Obama is in this for the right reasons, Hillary is in this because she feels that she is entitled to the presidency and there is nothing that she won't do to gain the power she feels she rightfully deserves.

It's about character and Hillary has none.

[stillcool]

18. Cause and effect.

[JerseygirlCT]

19. Yeah. I know. I do have a preference, and some

of the behavior of the other has been really, really disappointing. But bottom line is and will be that we must have a Democrat in the WH, and either of our candidates would be an excellent choice, and miles and miles better than McCain!

[MaraJade]

20. Hillary supporters fear the arrogance and the

unrealistic expectations of Obama supporters. This is one reason why Hillary supporters are overwhelmingly
older folks. We remember the past. Some of us think that Obama, while well meaning, looks too much like
Jimmy Carter. Others of us fear the insubstantial "no-clear-plan", "let's have hope" thing. I have heard
many say that if Hillary is not the nominee, they will turn to McCain. My husband is one such democrat. He
said that he'll never vote for Obama.

Obama should not ever think that if Hillary drops out he'll get the support of the Hillary people. That's
very chancy. . .

[Xipe Totec]

21. Because they are totally committed

or ought to be committed.

:hide:

[aquarius dawning]

22. because lines have been crossed and it has become personal.

[DemGa]

23. Obama based his campaign on "Hillary hate" -----NT

[LoZoccolo]

26. Because Hillary has sunk so low with her tactics that I really want to see her lose. n/t

[readmoreoften]

27. The candidates are almost indistinguishable. But Obama supporters are total assholes.

[MaraJade]

29. Agreed!

They have joined the "Hate Hillary" and "Fear a Female in Power" crowd, and their ARROGANCE
and HUBRIS is sickening. They are completely lacking in humility and balance.

What a suprise it will be when Obama isn't the next POTUS. . .

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

33. Ding Ding Ding!

[HeraldSquare212]

32. Check the anti-Obama swarm-posting in January and early February.

That's where it all started.

[cbayer]

34. The animosity you see here is only espoused by a small, but vocal group.

These people have become convinced that their candidate is right and the other is wrong, etc, etc.

Most reasonable people are happy to have both of these candidates and will support either one. They may prefer one, but they are not zealots.

The zealots have their reasons and most of them are based on fear of the other.

They are best ignored. They do their candidates no favors.

And they are weinie-heads.

[riverwalker]

36. one has a freight train load of baggage

that will only drag us down.

[Beregond2]

37. Why

In my opinion, it is because, as soon as the Clinton supporters realized she wasn't going to be handed the nomination on a silver platter, that someone had the temerity to question her succession, they turned extremely nasty. The fact that Obama ran a brilliant campaign and she ran an inept one, only made them all the meaner. Some people are not capable of accepting that they made the wrong choice, and will hang-on to their wrong-headedness to the bitter end.

[HughMoran]

39. Good post

I can't comprehend the hate - it's stunning.

[Crunchy Frog]

40. We're not shooting each other over differences in their platforms.

We're shooting each other over differences in their conduct and differences in their percieved electability and differences in various less tangible factors.

Also, some of the bitterness comes from the fact that it's an extremely long and drawn out primary, and longer it goes on for, the more people's nerves are going to be frayed. Hopefully it will be over soon, but it may go all the way to the convetion, in which case, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Obamaniac]

41. Because he's winning --- duh!

Hillary supporters are sore losers.

[DainBramaged]

43. "Yoot " versus age

Obama appeals to the young, Clinton to seniors, and neither understands the other category of voters. Yet the animosity gap between them has widened, and their supporters have taken up the gauntlet.

[madmom]

44. Actually, in the Ohio debate Obama did admit his health care plan DID have a mandate,

I think it was parents HAD to buy insurance for their kids.

[Zorra]

45. Because those Democrats most influenced by the media are controlling the primary

process.

Sad, but true.

American Idol. Go team. Rah-rah-rah.

[BigAnth]

48. Cause they're fucked and I hate them.