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2016 Postmortem

Cha

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16. Thing is.. after the 2008 primary President Obama and Hillary came together for the good of our

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 04:33 AM

Sep 2015

country and so did many of us on this site. The Hill supporters I scrabbled with anyway.

I started liking her again at the end of the Convention when she endorsed him. And, then he chose Hillary for his SOS.. and she did an excellent job. I was rooting for her as well as the President.

I held no animosity. Same with the 2004 Primary when I was a Deaniac. When that was over the Kerry peeps welcomed me to work together for our country.

That's what it's about.. not my personal fee fees.. our country our planet.

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Some time back, I asked what DU was like in the last Presidential primary... [View all] C Moon Sep 2015 OP

When you criticize or even "bash" the candidate, it is one thing... Bonobo Sep 2015 #1

We Sanders supporters make up 85%+ of this website... Agschmid Sep 2015 #2

i didn't realize it was that much. anyone DesertFlower Sep 2015 #4

how do you know this? if you are going by a poll that people m-lekktor Sep 2015 #5

It got personsal in 2008 too Armstead Sep 2015 #9

I think back then it was "Deaniacs" that were vilified as the spawns of Satan. nt Bonobo Sep 2015 #12

The favorite beverage of the spawns of Satan is Kool-Aid. ellisonz Sep 2015 #21

Here's your ray of sunshine: Capn Sunshine Sep 2015 #3

truth in what you say steve2470 Sep 2015 #17

even though i supported obama i only bashed DesertFlower Sep 2015 #6

Fences won't be mended Hydra Sep 2015 #7

2012 wasn't too bad, 2008 was bad MiniMe Sep 2015 #8

Sorry, I meant 2008, not 12. C Moon Sep 2015 #14

"Politics ain't no place for sissies." SMC22307 Sep 2015 #10

And then there was the continuing aftereffects of nader Armstead Sep 2015 #11

I wouldn't count on all that much fence-mending. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2015 #13

2008 got a lot worse than this. This is all prelude to the real action. Exultant Democracy Sep 2015 #15

Thing is.. after the 2008 primary President Obama and Hillary came together for the good of our Cha Sep 2015 #16

It was ugly. LWolf Sep 2015 #18

For 2004 people were passionate about their candidates but it did not get ugly like 2008 and 2016.nt ieoeja Sep 2015 #19

2008: "Food Fight at a monster truck rally." It was ugly. But Dems locked arms at the convention. McCamy Taylor Sep 2015 #20