Is anyone else bugged by DUers taking joy from candidates having trouble? [View All]

[WilliamPitt]

I'm coming at this as a Kerry guy, so I should say that out front. It is pretty clear that John's campaign has hit the reef in the last 48 hours. His manager is gone, other staffers are grumbling, and overall he has proven himself to be a far, far less effective candidate than I could have believed. Maybe he'll turn it around before New Hampshire, but I am not terribly optimistic.

That having been said, John Kerry would make an excellent President. His IWR vote justifiably hangs around his neck like an albatross, but in his 19 years of service in the Senate, he has built up a progressive voting record that is to be honored.

Howard Dean also endured some recent bumps with the Confederate flag thing. He weathered it well, showing me for one that he is way better on the trail than Kerry. But he got dinged up for a while. I think, by the way, that Dean would make an excellent President.

My point? When Dean had his trouble, and with Kerry now having his, it freaks me out to see some DUers apparently taking joy from these problems. You saw it, I saw it. It has been and is all over General Discussion. Search 'Kerry' or 'Dean' and you'll find plenty.

Folks, one of these candidates, or one of the others, is going to be our nominee. One of them is going to carry the banner. When any of them stumble, it means trouble for us all. I don't care who your candidate is or who my candidate is or who the other guy who made you mad last week has for a candidate. Any one of these guys gets tagged, we all feel the sting.

Basically, I'm saying candidate advocacy is awesome. Shadenfreude when one or the other or the other gets lumped up is weird, over-competitive, and utterly blind to the goal, which should be scourging the criminals from our house.

"Yay! Your guy looks dumb today!" is a suicidal attitude. Here's my poll: