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In reply to the discussion: Check in if you Support President Barack Hussein Obama [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)This severe weather has kept me indoors even more than usual in winter, and I've had time to peruse more of DU than I would've otherwise.
I'll be supporting President Obama even this Spring and early Summer when I can't be online as much. I've asked management to give us a 'follow' function to facilitate tracking the best writers, but the concern seems to be that newbies would be at a disadvantage. I pointed out the discrepancy they face in the valentine department as well. Still think we should be able to 'follow' whom we wish. Maybe if enough people lobbied for it....
Anyway, I'll suggest one way people can gauge the true level of their support for President Obama: try showing up in RedNeckLand wearing campaign gear and deal with the flack you'll get. If you really want to test yourself, go alone. (I used to celebrate Veterans Day by wearing my Harry Bridges (ILWU) union tee shirt into a VFW hall and see how long I could stay before they kicked me out. Doesn't work in the MidWest, though, because even the older guys don't seem to have heard of the ILWU, although I guarantee you they hate unions with a passion. But I digress....