Well, it was fun "knowing" some of the folks here while it lasted. [View All]

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Don't let the door hit me on the way out and all that, yeah yeah I know. I have felt the same way reading other people's posts saying they are leaving the board and what not, so those reactions are "priced in", but knock yourselves out anyway if so inclined. Somehow I still felt compelled to make a post like this, so there is that.

I appreciated the posters like kpete who take so much time to post good articles and info, and the ones like mythsaje who take care to put really well written pieces here. There are many good folks like this here.

I was already starting to spend a lot less time here, but the primary thing has just about killed any desire to even lurk much. It bothers me because it seems like so much ugliness without even a useful purpose. Much worse in my view than if candidate's partisans just stayed in their own playpens and read the forums of the other candidates for info but didn't post there. It just seems like a lot of angry shouting with difficulty gleaning any useful information amid the dreck.

It leaves enough residual bad feeling, for me, that there isn't much motivation to come back after the nomination regardless whether my candidate makes it or one of the others.

Maybe I'll still check the news and editorial forums for some links. Take care everyone.