Primary fatigue

[radfringe]

I live in Pennsylvania, our primary isn't until end of April - already I'm having primary fatigue and I haven't even voted yet, nor really settled on a candidate to support.

If you don't have primary fatigue, a short visit to the GD-P will take care of that or cause you to curl up in a fetal position, wrap yourself in a soft blanket and suck your thumb.

I'm tired of the stupidity more than anything else - the blathering blatherheads with nothing to say, the "moran"-ic attacks about who smokes, coughs, does or doesn't shake hands, and the latest episode of idiocy - Obama's nostrils.

For all the flames, stabbing, yelling, pouting, olympic urinary output competitions - you know what it all comes down to?

It comes down to everyone supporting whoever the nominee will be and kicking as many freaking republics out of office as possible.

Look - whoever you support, support them and tell me why I should vote for them - not that I shouldn't for "x" because they cough, smoke, don't shake hands or have nostril hairs.

a decision based on nose hairs makes as much sense as voting for someone because you'd like to have a beer with them - and you know what happened the last time we did that.

[mmonk]

1. Our country has great problems not being addressed.

Expect all TV coverage to be centered around elections or things like Britney Spears or missing white women for months to come.

[Snarkoleptic]

2. Shouldn't we focus on the truly important news?

Like OJ and Paris Hilton.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. We don't vote till May...

good thing, cause it's gonna take that long to decide between the two the MSM have picked for us.

[KharmaTrain]

4. It's Why I Call It The Silly Season

I was "primaried" out about a year ago and pretty much tuned a lot of the shit out. Yep, I watch the shit fly, but I have no interest in hopping in the slop. As has been my rule for many an election, I didn't select a presidential candidate to support...prefering to work on local races and save my money and energies for the general election. I voted in the primary last Tuesday and I still haven't revealed on DU who I voted for...who cares! This isn't an election about me...it's about the direction of the country and which party and people will be the most capable to lead it and return some sanity.

I don't mind reading comments about the candidates and the races here...within reason. When I sense "groupthink" or possible trolling, I'm onto the next thread. Person A cutting down Candidate B does nothing for me...and so much of the hair splitting has no bearing on the person's ability to competently run the country. Many are caught up in the emotions and that jades their view of the bigger picture...but it also provides for some interesting reading.

The corporate media would love for Democrats to turn inward and become divided. I don't see that happening. Most of us are too pissed to let this election get away. Some of us have never forgotten who the real enemies are to our rights and nation...and I suspect that come September, we'll see others focus as well. The stakes are too high to let the Repugnicans anywhere near another 4 years of power and to shove it up the corporate media's butt at the same time.

Personally, I hope the Obama/Clinton battle drags on all the way to Pennsylvania...getting more Democrats a chance to have a vote/say in this process. I ignore the concern trolls that this will hurt the Democrats...au contrare...it keeps us focused on this race and gets more people involved. I know in the end, the process will sort itself out and we will have not just a very strong candidate, but a party united like we haven't seen in our lifetimes.

[jimshoes]

5. I too am becoming fatigued by the unpleasantness

exhibited during the primaries and I have to ask myself, if I were a disruptor, what kind of posts would I be posting to cause the largest rift among the Democrats on this board... and, if I were truly looking for the best choice to further the Democratic, progressive and liberal points of view and proposals to un-do the ravages of republican, neo-con criminal behavior and incompetence of the last 7 plus years, would I be eviscerating one of our own to advance my personal choice at the expense of a fellow Democrat?

So with that in mind, the ignore function shall be getting tasked much in the near future to those who
1) engage in personal attacks on fellow Democrats,
2) Engage in personal attacks on fellow DU'ers
3) Anyone espousing republican ideals, talking points, propaganda
4) Sophists, (you know who you are)
5) Obvious trolls, flame baiters, hate mongers.

The only upside to all the infighting is that we will have covered everything that will possibly be used once we have decided on a candidate later on. The downside is we will have wasted time and effort that could have been directed at the opponent in the general.

Thanks for your post radfringe, and a chance to vent my frustrations.

[helderheid]

6. You sound like you belong to a CULT!

:hi: :P

[radfringe]

7. yeah, I do

the holy order of tongue-in-cheek cult, led by Our Prophet, the exalted Bozonian Dunna Takeit Series!!!!

[helderheid]

8. Careful! You're sounding strident!

:rofl:

[radfringe]

9. side effect of dunking cookies in kool-aid