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iwillalwayswonderwhy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:16 PM
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Dang, I sure wish I felt so positive and passionate
About either of the candidates. I really do. Try as I might, I waver back and forth. I didn't vote in the primaries, cause I just couldn't decide (and I live in Florida anyways). Both seem so vastly superior to McCain, it's not even a comparison. I'd proudly vote for either candidate in a general election.

The ugliness here has been unsettling. I always heard that DU was a hotbed of horrors during the primary season, but has it always been this bad? I just feel that as a party, Democrats are very lucky to have such fine candidates.

So I'm undecided and ambivalent about the outcome. Are there more like me? It's interesting watching this unfold. I liked Edwards, too.

But I must say, I'm jealous of the passion, I really am. Cause try as I might, I just can't find it.
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:18 PM
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1. First Female President in 232 years. First African American President in 232 years.
That's not all of it, but I'm sure it plays a part.
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iwillalwayswonderwhy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:20 PM
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3. That IS a part of it, to be sure
It's astonishing really. It makes me proud to be a Democrat.
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:19 PM
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2. I don't feel the passion either, I respect both candidates.
And although I voted for Hillary and openly admire Obama, I have been personally attacked on Obama threads
WTF?
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iwillalwayswonderwhy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:21 PM
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4. Yeah, I keep pretty quiet
For that very reason.
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blocker Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:22 PM
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5. As much as i detested Bush in 2004
It's gotten to the point that i detest Clinton even more, not sure if it's just her or her campaign or her supporters, but something just ticks me that i cannot stand her anymore, i will be voting for another candidate in the GE hoping that Bloomberg runs as an independent.
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iwillalwayswonderwhy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:25 PM
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6. Not me
I'll enthusiastically support whoever gets the nomination of the Democratic party. To me, the urgency is that McCain NOT win.
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:25 PM
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7. Every Four Years We Go Through Growing Pains On The
Left. Somewhere in here, progress is happening even if it doesn't feel like it just yet :)
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iwillalwayswonderwhy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:29 PM
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8. Well it's disturbing
It really is.
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blocker Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:33 PM
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10. Symarip not now for me!!!
as of today, reading everything around different blogs about how the Clinton supporters are treating this thing looking for a grain of salt and making it into a rock, just isn't cutting it for me, that's why i would just feel great joy watching her get beaten in an election by a big margin. Even if i don't give a hell, i feel the Obama camp is handling this whole campaign with class especially Barack, now the "supporters" is another thing but they have nothing to do with the campaign organization.Clinton is as dirty as i have ever witnessed is just makes me sick...stick to the issues dammit!
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LiberalAndProud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-18-08 10:32 PM
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9. I find myself in the same boat.
This is a barrier-breaking moment in time, a watershed moment in history. I will happily vote for either of our candidates ... sans passion.

I, too, am envious.



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