Way to go, DU!!!

[WilliamPitt]

Twelve, count 'em TWELVE Clark-hysteria threads on the front page of GD alone...and that's only twelve with the name 'Clark' in the title.

Way to be, DU. Way to 'debate.' I'm glad all those other crummy threads got smashed down into the archives. They sucked, anyway.

[edward]

1. Me thinks the fair man doth protest too much.

[WilliamPitt]

2. Ought to be a thread about that

[edward]

12. Can you talk without self righteous indignation?

Oh, I must be one of the godam stupid people. Really, are you this bored?

[WilliamPitt]

13. Probably, but you should start a thread about it

[Brian Sweat]

55. Do you have any idea what the quote you are paraphrasing means?

Cause it could in no way be applied to Will's post.

[WilliamPitt]

58. Nah, but he'll go start a thread about it.

[edward]

89. Another condescending insult.

Read my reply to the person saying I don't know what I am talking about. (don't you get tired of insulting people?)

[WilliamPitt]

99. Nope. Go start a thread about it. Titled 'Waaaaahhhh!!!'

[edward]

106. If you know my first quote was from Hamlet, do you also know what

that phrase means? "the lady doth protest too much?"
Or is insulting people all you know how to do?

[WilliamPitt]

111. I know how to start a thread about it

You're a glutton for punishment, aren'tcha?

[edward]

112. So you have no idea what the Shakespeare quote means.

Hamlet's mother and he watch a play where a character is saying how much she loves her husband. The mother says, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
The meaning is that the mother feels guilty for the death of her husband and marrying the man who killed him.
My quote was to say that you have started threads(including this one) that were intended to start hostility and insults.
Your "protest" was ironic then, because you were among those you were "protesting" against.
Not a "glutton for punishment", but hoping you actually had some knowledge behind your condescending sarcasm. You apparently do not.

[WilliamPitt]

130. It means you should start a thread about it

[edward]

115. Irony is dead. Ignorance is bliss.

[edward]

87. Yes, I do have an idea. Thanks for your interest.

It was from a Shakespeare play, I believe it in response to Desdemona.
(from memory here). The reply, "The lady doth protest too much," means that the person speaking is guilty of what she is protesting against; that someone loudly objecting does it from guilt.
Will has been writing insults and hate filled posts today, calling people "godamed stupid." Filling threads with people writing insults.
Yes I do know what I am talking about: You wrote a condescending reply because you think it can't be possible someone other than yourself is intelligent or informed. And notice I did not say I am correct on Shakespeare, that it is from my memory. Let's discuss it it that is what you intended.

[WilliamPitt]

88. The word you're groping for is 'Hamlet.' This needs its own thread.

[edward]

91. Good, no discussion.

Just wanted to let me know I was groping. Thanks for you the help.

[WilliamPitt]

You could start a thread about it

[KoKo]

62. Well.......a scan of thread posts says "Lounge" to me....but what the Hell

do I know about it! :D

[WilliamPitt]

64. Go start a Lounge thread about it!

[KoKo]

94. ARGHHHHHHH! I just did it Will........it's down in the Lounge.......

are you going to stay here just hit/post/hit/post/hit/post.....In the Lounge...In the Lounge....In the Lounge....

Why do you always come here an beat up on DU'ers? :shrug:

[Iverson]

3. go with your strengths

We could try to revive the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but it's just not as sexy as candidate hysteria.

[WilliamPitt]

6. 13 threads now with 'Clark' in the thread title

WOO HOO!!! This is the best!!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

4. There were 15 earlier!

I know, I counted!

[ima_sinnic]

5. Clark is a DLC plant

n/t

[WilliamPitt]

7. Go start a thread about it

[newsguyatl]

125. i'm beginning to wonder

mighty, mighty defensive of clark...

interesting.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Why aren't half of these threads

locked has dups?

[WilliamPitt]

10. You should definitely start a thread about that.

[DoYouEverWonder]

36. I'll see your post

and up you another.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=120&topic_id=4008

[goobergunch]

9. How long before this one goes down?

Since it doesn't bash Clark and actually provides a modicum of logic, it must be Archived!

:grr:

[WilliamPitt]

11. Maybe we should start a thread about it

[TioDiego]

18. Just don't call him a poopie pants

[goobergunch]

19. Maybe there should be a thread for starting new threads (n/t)

[Kamika]

14. hey thanks

We thought there for a moment you wouldnt like it

[WilliamPitt]

17. I want to start another thread about how I like it

[WilliamPitt]

15. Woo hoo!!! 14 threads now!!!

[WilliamPitt]

66. Now down to 13. COME ON, PEOPLE!!!!

[WilliamPitt]

76. Back up to 15!!! WOTTA COMEBACK!!!

[jumptheshadow]

16. My question

If DU processed a record-high number of new profiles yesterday:

* How many were planted anti-Clark spammers?

* How many were planted pro-Clark astroturfers?

[WilliamPitt]

Good questions. Go start a thread about it.

[Castilleja]

20. What about the long list for others before him?

Remember all the bashing threads for other candidates? Hasn't been that long ago. It will pass, and be someone elses turn. Maybe simultaneously. I think Wesley Clark will be scrutinized just as everyone else has and should be.

[WilliamPitt]

21. You're probably right. Start a thread about it.

[fishnfla]

22. 15 now

one has the name twice in the title

[WilliamPitt]

23. Yeah, but I already started a thread about it.

[fishnfla]

24. maybe we can turn this into a drinking game

I know, go start a thread.....

[WilliamPitt]

29. No, go buy a case

Every time a thread about Clark starts, you have to drink a beer.

THEN you start a thread about it.

[fishnfla]

Im NOTs as drunk as youse clark I am

*belch*

[tabasco]

25. SAD - this used to be a good forum

Lately it is not worth visiting. Too much insubstantial and unsupportable garbage posted about the candidates.

[SweetZombieJesus]

26. My Clark Clark Bo Bark Banana Fanna Fo Fark thread was better than this

Yep.

[WilliamPitt]

30. You should TOTALLY start a thread about that

[Jacobin]

27. There seems to be concern bordering on bedlam

that General Clark is a PNAC Trojan horse. In other words, another Bush* in a different skin.

That is cause for many DUers to flip out and eschew their sometimes good discussion threads.

I've avoided those threads because they are so hysterical and I'm not sure that there is much to see worth seeing. Maybe when it calms down and the smoke clears we will get a better picture of the guy.

I also understand that the Clark supporters fervently believe he is the only Dem who can beat Bush* and that they are going overboard to try to rip other candidates apart to gain support for Clark, a tactic which may have dubious results.

Another four years of Bush* is not some hypothetical discussion issue for many here. He is killing our children and husbands and wives in Iraq and murdering tens of thousands of Iraqis. He has thrown millions out of work and enabled white collar criminals to loot peoples' retirement accounts and get away with it. He may try to draft my two sons if he gets re-selected. This guy is a brute and he is "amongst us". I understand the shrieking and shrill nature of the partisans. My blood is boiling. The current state of panic on the discussion boards is not helpful, but in time i hope it will settle down.

However, I understand. We are talking about life and death here. Literally.

[MoonRiver]

51. But, I'm a Clark supporter who also supports Dean and others

I just like Clark best. But say that here and lately it feels like facing the Inquisition.

[sandnsea]

Bedlam

That's the exact word I was looking for. This board is pure bedlam today. And it's coming equally from all directions, people who are in a panic about Clark and people who are defensive of Clark. I'm not sure I like the guy, but he gets that Bush is leading this nation down a dangerous path and that's a good place for him to start. I think I'm going to just work today, participate in the evil capitalist system and all of that!

[Pepperbelly]

69. totally untrue ...

when you wrote: "and that they are going overboard to try to rip other candidates apart to gain support for Clark, a tactic which may have dubious results."

I suggest you use your eyes and your reading skills to see who exactly is bashing whom. A hint for you ... Clark supporters are bashing no one but the strident, hysterical Clark bashers right now.

[sandnsea]

100. It stands your hair on end, don't it?

In fairness, he/she did try to say that those going after Clark because they think he is a PNAC trojan plant are causing "many DUers to flip out and eschew their sometimes good discussion threads."

And if you've been bashed by any Kerry supporters, I want to extend my own apologies. There are a couple who get a little overzealous. And do try to differentiate people who are concerned, like me for instance, from the rather crazy comments I've seen as well. And know that as long as Clark does well, it just isn't going to stop. You simply will not be able to post anything on Clark without hearing he said he supported the war. Or he voted for Reagan. Or whatever, it will just go on and on and on. Forewarned is forearmed and all of that! Good luck with your guy!

[JVS]

28. If you are worried about the other threads go kick them

problem solved

[watercolors]

31. AHggggggggggggggggggg

What is wrong with DU, have we gone the way of the freepers????
I am totally disgusted with these post, I haven"t even made up my mind yet, and none of you are helping! How about posting positive remarks to help us. Lets go for some positive grown up discussions amoung us, quit this crap!! I have better conversations with my grandchildren,they certanly behave better!!!

[WilliamPitt]

32. "AHggggggggggggggggggg" would make a great thread title

[leftofthedial]

33. Yo Will, isn't it natural that Democratic Underground would

express strong interest in the newest Democratic candidate?

I remain a supporter of Kucinich. I'm appalled at the pointless bashing threads that seem to have taken over GD lately, most of which are rife with ridiculous hyperbole or disinformation.

I thought (in *my* "Clark hysteria" thread) that we could clear the air a bit and encourage people try to state a real case about their support or opposition, without the crazy bullshit. Some of the most opinionated and prolific candidate posters lately (on both pro and con sides) are people I never saw posting before. It leads me to suspicion about them and about their chosen (worship or target) candidate.

[WilliamPitt]

38. Maybe I'll start a thread about

how CapitolGrilling.com does it. They have one thread - titled, say, 'Wesley Clark' - and then everyone posts in that one instead of starting 231 other ones that get 12 hits and then vaporize.

[opihimoimoi]

43. You just know Clark is scaring the shit outta the non Clark supporters.

He da MAN and he shows strong.

Me, I don't care who among the top three gets the nom.

Perhaps a combo of the three.

They are all GOOD.

Way better than the whacko we got now.

[VelmaD]

34. Will, darlin...

step away from the keyboard. Go outside. Hug a tree. Take a deep breath of the fresh air. Count to a sufficiently high number. Call your mother. Something. Anything. :-)

[WilliamPitt]

40. Can I start a thread about it when I'm done?

[VelmaD]

50. Absolutely.

Just as long as you don't mention any of the Dem candidates in it.

[neuvocat]

35. No one agrees with you so their threads suck.

Thanks for contributing another thread that does absolutely nothing to contribute to anything. Can't say that anyone is surprised.

[WilliamPitt]

39. Go start a thread about it

so I can laugh at you when it gets locked (again).

[edward]

42. You see, Will Pitt is the only right thinking person at DU.

That is why his anger is justified. Until we all learn, he will need to teach us.

[WilliamPitt]

45. I can teach you how to start a thread about that

[edward]

49. Great humor.

And you wonder why people don't always treat you with respect.

[WilliamPitt]

57. Definitely. Go start a thread about it.

[TioDiego]

37. I'm looking for an idea for a thread, has Will Pitt got any suggs?

[WilliamPitt]

41. One or two

[TioDiego]

56. One if I can call Clark a poopie pants in the process

[union_maid]

53. I just got home from work...

...thinking about starting a thread about it. Are we keeping this one kicked? Or is the fun over?

[WilliamPitt]

61. Hell no. Go start a thread about it.

[JVS]

44. This thread belongs in the Lounge, no?

[WilliamPitt]

46. No

[ulysses]

47. fucking hell, man

Do me a favor Will - start a thread here on some aspect of economic globalization. Pro, con, indifferent, doesn't matter. I'd like to test a theory of mine...

[WilliamPitt]

48. I'll go start a thread about that

[ulysses]

60. thanks

[drdigi420]

63. Maybe it's the weed, but...

This is the funniest thread I've ever read here.

Maybe someone should start a thread about that!


PS, if you're a stoner, check out our forums on www.stonernet.org

[IranianDemocrat]

52. WillPitt-1 Extremist Wackos-0

Right on pal ;-)

[WilliamPitt]

59. Sould I start a thread about it?

[IranianDemocrat]

65. Ok, I could just post random words to get my post count up.

Go for it

[nostamj]

54. I'm about to give up on GCD

there's virtually NOTHING to read if you're ignoring the candidate bashing crapola...

[Emboldened Chimp]

67. Obligatory "Start a thread on that" post

signed, WillPitt

[WilliamPitt]

72. Duplicative 'Start a thread' post about starting a thread

[starscape]

82. Why don't you start a thread concerning creating a new thread about....

...opening a thread?


I think my brain just broke.

[TioDiego]

68. Start_Thread()

Function Start_Thread
start_thread(start_thread)

[nostamj]

74. repeat

REPEAT
start_thread(start_thread)
UNTIL (GD = "Meltdown")

[Q]

70. Don't blame me...I started two serious subject threads today...

...and both of them died a quick death.

- And it's not even CLOSE to election time.

[Rich Hunt]

75. Ideas: keep kicking threads

Go back and find good threads, and if you can't think of anything to add, kick them.

Honestly, all this Clark Clark Clark is driving people away.

Go find some political articles online and post them for discussion.

[ronzo]

71. Clark ate my dingo. n/t

[WilliamPitt]

73. Time for a thread!!!

[Emboldened Chimp]

77. I've got an idea

Instead of 'kicking' threads, we'll 'Clark' them.

[WilliamPitt]

80. Someone is kicking all the Clark threads up as we speak

[legin]

83. 17 now

:evilgrin:

I only bumped one.

[Emboldened Chimp]

85. Jesus Christ!

It's all Clark at the top!

[Egnever]

78. This thread completely erases

any respect I had for will pitt in the past. Its politics. Its been played this way as long as i have been paying attention. Your suprise at it boggles the mind.

Cry much?

[WilliamPitt]

79. Oh, go start a thread about it.

[TioDiego]

81. Must have been all that pee he drank earlier.

[WilliamPitt]

84. I started a thread about it!!

[TioDiego]

86. Recursion always did give me a headache.

[Wetzelbill]

90. this is one of the most demented threads I've ever read

funny, though.

[IranianDemocrat]

92. 23 THREADS ON CLARK NOW!

LOL

[Emboldened Chimp]

95. And you're responsible for, like, 10 of them!

Nice work!

[IranianDemocrat]

105. Apparently you can't count!

1...2...3

NOT

1...2...10

[Emboldened Chimp]

108. I found FIVE just now!

And it was the most cursory of searches...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=370310

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=370261

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=370383

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=369429

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=369819

[WilliamPitt]

93. 21 CLARK THREADS!!! OUTSTANDING!!! DU HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER!!

[Skittles]

96. THERE WAS ONE ACCUSING WES OF MIND CONTROL

I F***ING KID YOU NOT

[WilliamPitt]

98. That's what caused me to start a thread about it

[jonnyblitz]

101. yes the Temple of Set thread was a good one!! LOL!!

:)

[jonnyblitz]

102. yes the Temple of Set thread was a good one!! LOL!!

:)

[Karenina]

97. Errraaaa...

It's 20 now and Hurricane Isabel is....

[WilliamPitt]

103. ...going to be renamed Hurricane Clark. This needs a thread.

[drdigi420]

104. busy starting a thread about it

[dave29]

107. I'd just like to say I'm enjoying the tantrum

:cry:

and no, I will not start a thread about it. But you are welcome to if you like.

[bunk76]

109. American Bandstand was the cats ass....

and Dick Clark is the coolest....so why du you all dislike him so much?


:evilgrin:

[mpsteve]

110. CAN YOU SAY..."GRASS ROOTS?"...for CLARK

[kayleybeth]

113. Wesley Clark wears white after Labor Day

eom

[never cry wolf]

114. Sheesh

This dropped off the front page, can't imagine why. Getting a little crowded there maybe.

[maggrwaggr]

116. dude I TRIED to start a debate and got brutally dogpiled!

It was weird. It was like freepers attacking, only on DU. I was accused of being an agent of Karl Rove, of being exactly the same as Hannity, Limbaugh, etc.

I love to debate, I love to argue. I was expecting a lot of converesation, but not what I got.

[Kanola]

117. Some of these hysteric posts sound like arguments between 8 year olds

As I have said ad nauseum, I do not want to attack any DEM or Dem supporter personally. There are ways to constructive critisize a Dem candidate w/o putting their supporters on the defensive. I have seen about two constructive posts versus 30 and then some for the flamebaits. If you engage in these kind of posts, just remember you are probably not winning any supporters to your side because they get ticked off by grandstanding and confrontive rhetoric.

My eyes are in the future in 2004 when we HOPEFULLY can get Bushco out of office. That IMHO is the most important objective, and just blasting DEMS we may not agree about is not getting us there.

[edward]

120. The thread was started by an 8 year old.

Maybe that is the problem. Some threads are serious, some, like this, were started by someone who just wanted to insult people. And he actually thinks he's not a cause of the problem he wants cured.

[Wednesdays]

127. You must be in love with Clark, edward...

because I did a "search" of the threads you've been responding to, and man, you are freeking obsessed with the guy!

[WilliamPitt]

129. He should start a thread about it

[Generic Other]

118. Okay, I got the thread and needle

Where's the hole?

[moondust]

119. This is a worthless thread.

Waste of server time and space.

[Emboldened Chimp]

121. But you add to the waste

by posting

[moondust]

123. Small sacrifice to make

if it will help separate the wheat from the chaff.

Stop adding more waste now!

[iangb]

122. Irony isn't dead.........

......it's simply having a long break.

[GalleryGod]

124. Thanks Will, More "IGNORE" Carpet Bombing!

:smoke: :argh: :boring:

Way to "Smoke 'Em Out, Pally!":nuke:

[CWebster]

126. AGREED

Damn Pitt. Glad you are back to your senses again.

[OrdinaryTa]

128. The Kerry Threads

When there were lots of Kerry threads, mine said Kerry should drop out for the good of the party. A few people liked the idea, most people didn't. Others merely said it was too soon.

John Kerry's not a leader, he's just a face in the crowd. He didn't have the guts to vote AGAINST the war. Fellow Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy has remained consistent throughout, and is now calling the war a fraud. Yeay, Ted Kennedy!! Kerry is trying to stay consistent but doesn't want to present himself as the kind of politician who gets taken in. Boo, John Kerry!!

Somebody should start a thread about that. However, nobody's really interested. John Kerry is OLD NEWS. He should withdraw for the good of the party.