I'd like to praise the Obama supporters here who are reasonable, kind...

[Maddy McCall]

and haven't let the primary stuff affect our friendships.

It's sad to see friendships (real-life or internet-based) being destroyed during this primary season.

To those of you who show reason and kindness this season, and realize that politics is not the only thing on which we should base our friendships, I salute you.

When you stand up against the troublemakers who support Obama, my respect for you grows. When you say something kind about Clinton (even though I know it pains you :) ) I appreciate the effort you make to keep DU from imploding.

Thank you, reasonable and kind Obama supporters. :hug:

[scheming daemons]

1. "politics is not the only thing on which we should base our friendships"

Are you willing to cut Obama a break with respect to Wright?

If not... the words in my subject quoting you are just bullshit.

[samdogmom]

2. Thanks, Maddy...but it goes both ways...

I'd like to see a few Hillary supporters show a little kindness to Obama supporters. So far I haven't seen many olive branches being extended in the opposite direction.

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. I did the other day

But it is worth repeating every day, so I'm glad this thread's for you!

[Maddy McCall]

7. Tom, you are the Hillary supporter we ALL (Obama and Hil supporters) should emulate.

:hug:

[helderheid]

9. Absolutely - and Maddy, you as well!

[Maddy McCall]

19. Oh, I've had some low moments, I'll admit.

I've succumbed to the "gotcha game" more than a few times. :(

But I appreciate your comment. :hug:

[helderheid]

37. hey, ditto. It's hard sometimes.

:hug:

[Maddy McCall]

6. I'll be honest with you.

I don't have any hatred for Barack. I would love to see him trounce McCain if he gets the nomination, and I'll work my ass off to see him do it.

But the nastiness at DU by Barack supporters is met by nastiness from Hillary supporters, and vice versa. GDP has ceased to be about supporting candidates. It's become a game of back and forth gotcha, and not much more.

[JuniperLea]

15. Well said!!!

There's always the chicken vs egg situation... "you started it"... "no, you started it"... bottom line is, it takes two to tango. If you don't "dance" back, someone looks silly... and it's not you! hehe!

I'm with you, Maddy! I'm geared up and ready to fully support whomever gets the nomination!

[Cant trust em]

20. I stopped posting anti-Clinton stuff a while ago

When I got back into DU when the primaries in January the place was on fire and I fell into the flame bait trap. At a certain point I had to look in the mirror (as a matter of speaking) and didn't like what I became. I saw a person who was spending more time trashing other democrats than building up my candidate. Since then I got out of that game.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. You are so right about the game of gotcha. Even good threads get hijacked

and turned into flamefests. I don't have an ignore list, but I've sure been hiding threads lately.

[samdogmom]

61. Peace!

[Umbram]

11. I thought this was a good thread:

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5220679

and by a poster that I disagree with quite often, no less.

While I still suspect that some of the motive behind posting it was assuming that Obama supporters only hate Hillary, it still was a good, respectful, productive thread.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. I have tried to be courteous and polite to Obama supporters even when disagreeing with them and I

appreciate Obama supporters who have responded to me in the same vein. I have also asked several members to refrain from calling either candidate or their supporters childish names. I think we can discuss our differences without being ugly to each other. I'm ready to see some civility return to this board.

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

16. Yep, you're one of the good ones

:) I appreciate that.

[Arkansas Granny]

24. Thanks for the kind words.

:D

[Maddy McCall]

25. And you have been.

You've been a very kind poster.

:hug:

[Arkansas Granny]

34. Thanks Maddy.

:hug:

[Tatiana]

42. You are very courteous and polite!

:hi:

[Catherine Vincent]

3. There's not enough of them, that's for sure. nt

[bdamomma]

4. I would just like to comment.

that we (our party) needs to get together to fight against McSame or he will be sitting in that office.

[Maddy McCall]

8. Even if this primary season drags on a couple more months....

we could all adjust our behavior so that there's no lingering hatred after our candidate is selected.

Right now, I don't think that's possible.

[asjr]

13. I just hope we can last that long. It has

been a painful experience to see how many threads are given to bashing Obama or Clinton. There is no point in doing so. I will vote Democratic even if I have to hobble to the voting booth. We have two good people.

[Maddy McCall]

17. We could, if we all take individual responsibility...

and if we old-timers tell the newbs who are disrupting to chill it.

And, I agree 100% with the rest of your post. I'll crawl if I have to. :D

[blm]

10. If people adhere to the facts that exist in the historic record there shouldn't be any problems

with expressing their feelings pro and con on the politics and the policies.

But, geez, the silly name calling at other DUers is so playground.

[Maddy McCall]

14. Yes, I know.

Like I said above, somewhere along the line, this quit being about the candidates and it started being a game of "gotcha" to piss off each other.

[Swamp Rat]

18. k&r

[Maddy McCall]

23. You know, I'm really mad at you.

But it all can be overcome if you'll hold a crawfish boil in my honor.

:rofl:

:hug:

(I've never been angry with you, and couldn't be!)

[RiverStone]

21. I sure like unity posts!

We need each other a lot more then we need to diss each other.

I hope and expect when the dust settles, we will be arm and arm as we fight the real enemy this fall.

Thanks for the positive post Maddy!


peace~:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

30. You're welcome, RiverStone.

Love your username. Makes me want to go to the mountains TODAY. LOL.

[Guava Jelly]

26. I return the thanks to my friends who support Sen Clinton

I have tried to remain on the highroad but I admit I have failed a few times.
Whatdoyado :D

[Maddy McCall]

27. I think you've pretty consistently been a high-roader.

I've jabbed you a couple of times, completely unfairly, though. :(

[Guava Jelly]

31. I probably had some of it coming to me

:) all is well

[Forkboy]

44. You've been the biggest jerk here, who are you kidding?

Peace this, unity that. :eyes:

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[tishaLA]

28. I wish more of us could advocate reasonably

and disagree without becoming assholes. It's far too easy to fall into that gamesmanship, the piling on, etc.

[Maddy McCall]

29. Yeah, and I don't think either side does it because they hate the other candidate.

I think it's a supporters vs. supporters game. One-upmanship thing. "If you post something nasty about Clinton, I'll post something even nastier about Obama" type thing.

[Forkboy]

32. I always try to mentally keep the good ones sorted from the rabble on both sides.

There's too many cool people in both camps to let the vocal minority dictate my feelings towards those individuals. I like a lot of people in both camps, and see no reason to hate on anyone over their choice of candidate.

I hate on people for totally different reasons. ;)

That was a nice post Maddy, and it's an example of why I put you in that good category, even when we disagree. :toast:

[Maddy McCall]

40. Awww....thanks!

:hug:

You and I found resolution to some old issues quite a while back. I'm not gonna beat up on you because I do respect you for a multitude of other reasons.

:hug:

[Forkboy]

43. Well then, thank YOU.

But you can still beat up on me if I deserve it. I'm so far from perfect I couldn't locate it with help from the Hubble Telescope. :)

:hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. I'm going to pretend that was for me.

:P

[Maddy McCall]

41. You and you only.

:rofl:

:hi:

[grantcart]

35. glad I took you off ignore so I could hear you praise some of my friends lol

[TexasLady]

36. I do try to be kind

and fair, because I'd hate for my words to bite me in the butt if Obama doesn't become the nominee!
:P

[Maddy McCall]

48. I know! I think the same thing sometimes!

That's why I try not to say, "When Hillary's president...."

:rofl:

[thevoiceofreason]

38. And we like the red-toothed frog

[Maddy McCall]

49. You'd better!

:P

[thevoiceofreason]

66. Good for you. Although it's right on that edge of spooky.

[PylesMalfunction]

39. It's Democrats like you all in this thread...

that keep me coming back and reading stuff in this forum. I don't have a lot of time to post but I've been here for a long time and I think that most of us will get past this primary and do what we can to get the Dem nominee elected. We have so much to lose if we don't. :(

[Maddy McCall]

50. Post more!

Your post exhibits much wisdom. I hope you'll post more! You're a 2001 old-timer...hope to see you here more.

:hi:

[PylesMalfunction]

77. Awwwwww!

Thank you! :pals: My job involves running a message board so that's what I do all day. I get a little burnt out so that's why I usually just lurk. :)

[shomino]

45. This is kind of spirit and mentality we need in the Democratic party!

Thank you for being a voice of sanity and unity in these troubled times for our party. We need to start pulling together and get this worked out so we can win against McCain! Far too much is at stake!

[Maddy McCall]

51. Well, the news was short on anything I could use to bash Obama with today.

JUST KIDDING!

Yeah, I made the decision not to post anything in an OP inflammatory today. We do need to pull together to beat the Repubs in November. That should be in the back of our minds, everytime we start a thread in DU.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

46. Bless you, Maddy!

I know you support Clinton, and you know I support Obama. Doesn't matter. You are someone I think highly of, and someone I consider my friend.

And thank you, and the other Clinton supporters who are also reasonable, kind, and haven't let primary stuff affect their friendships.

:hug:

[Maddy McCall]

52. I wubs you.

Can't imagine EVER attacking you for what you believe in.

I know you. I know your heart. You are a truly marvelous, kind, good person. Who you support for president has no impact on my beliefs about you, and what you've shown me about yourself that I know to be true.

:loveya:

:pals:

[SeattleGirl]

55. Maddy, you just made my day!

I'm scrambling to get a project out in the mail today, feeling harried and buried and crazy, and then I read this.

I wubs you too! :loveya: :pals:

[tammywammy]

47. I hope I'm included in this

:)


And vice versa to all the nice Hillary supporters as well.

[Maddy McCall]

53. Sure you are!

:hug:

[PoliticalAmazon]

54. IMO it's difficult to respect someone who supports Hillary...

...The Bush-Jr/Rove tactics Hillary has used, the lies she has told, the evil race-baiting and division she and her toadies have done--sorry, but I view Hillary supporters like I view Bush-Jr supporters. It would have to be an unusual Bush-Jr supporter for me to be friends with, not because they support someone different than I do, but because Bush Jr (and HRC) are both so amoral, unethical, hateful, and willing to destroy America to get what they want, that for someone to support him (or HRC) would make me question what kind of person they are that they could support someone who behaves in that way.

I have Republican friends. None are Bush Jr supporters. Most voted for him in the first election, but not the second election.

I guess I see people who support the Bush Jr's and Hillary's of the world as not having the kind of integrity it takes to say, "No, I won't support that kind of person. It would make me feel dirty to do so."

Go ahead and flame away, but that's how I see it.

[Maddy McCall]

57. Thanks for demonstrating why this thread doesn't apply to you.

Bye.

[MadBadger]

68. Then go jump off a bridge and you no longer have to respect anybody!

[knixphan]

56. McCain is coming

Nothing unites like a common foe.

[Maddy McCall]

58. Indeed.

:toast:

[Maddy McCall]

59. .

[madrchsod]

60. i still loves ya maddy

even though we disagree...i try not to get upset with the folks i have read all these years. if i do it`s cause sometimes i just get pissed off. once this is over we can focus on the walking corpse of the rethug party.
we have to remember just because a democrat is the president does`t mean we do`t hold them to the fire....:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

70. Back atcha, ya big galoot!

:hug:

[NC_Nurse]

62. I hope you mean me...

:-) I still am friends with most everyone, at least I think so.

I try to be nice to everyone. I don't think I've been rude to anyone.

How could anyone not love the Maddy and her frog? :hug: :grouphug:

[Maddy McCall]

71. Of course I mean you.

:hug:

:loveya:

[woolldog]

63. I appreciate the compliment. Thanks. (nt)

[hfojvt]

64. are you really praising

both of them?

[Maddy McCall]

72. LOL

:rofl:

Behave! :spank:

[Doctor_J]

65. You are welcome, MM

I want my country back from the Bush Crime Family so bad, and I want to come ALL the way back. I think BO is best equipped to take us there, and that's why he's now got my support. Any of the Obama supporters who bring up Monica or Vince Foster or who are still dwelling on Bosnia have also been sent to my ignore list. Let's keep our eyes on the prize.

[Maddy McCall]

73. You impress the hell out of me.

:yourock:

Thanks for saying what you did about your ignore list.

[RichardRay]

67. I still think...

that Frederico's grin is disturbingly toothy, but I understand that he has great emotional connection for you, so I won't say anything more about it. But if he bites me, Bodhi will bark at him.

[DeepModem Mom]

69. A hug for you, Maddy!

:hug:

[Maddy McCall]

74. Thank you!

A big one back to you! :hug: :loveya:

[4_Legs_Good]

75. I don't want to fight

but sometimes I will get snippy if someone posts incindiary comments about my man, Obama.

And while I've *never* been a big Clinton fan (either), I don't hate them either. I just don't think Clinton is right for America right now.

I appreciate good Clinton fans too!

David

[Maddy McCall]

76. I know how that goes!

:hi: