Deaniacs converting to Kerry at MeetUp

[zulchzulu]

I just got back from a Kerry MeetUp where 10 people who supported Dean are coming to their senses and going for a real candidate.

One person cried at wondering what she was thinking...the killer story for her about Dean was the Enron in Vermont story and the Saddam capture and "hearing Dean's lame response". She sid she had it with his arrogance and is scared that he'll get the nomination and will lose and Roe vs. Wade would go away due to Bush appointing at least two SCOTUS justices.

She had gone to the recent Dean MeetUp and was disgusted by the cultish close-mindedness.

Those were her words.

[SoCalDem]

1. FWIW.. This should be posted in GD Primary forum

you have time to edit to an "oops" and post in the correct forum :)

[tsipple]

2. When was the Kerry Meetup?

And where? How many people were there? I've never been to a Kerry Meetup.

[zulchzulu]

33. The meetup was in a midwestern college town

There were about 50 people there.

I'm not a huge fan of MeetUp; I think it's fairly lousy groupware and a bit spammy as well...

Has anyone noticed their spam increasing since they signed up for MeetUp? Yeah, this is a possible other topic thread, but...

[zulchzulu]

49. Some of the photos from the MeetUp

Todd was so upset about having been for Dean and suddenly seeing that he was so wrong. We gave him some Kerry literature about health care and he was distracted and calm.



Susan was worried about all the money she had spent on the Dean campaign and Doug calmed her down and recited some Kerry quotes that soothed her. They left together.

[stickdog]

56. Man, that's funny stuff. (nm)

[slinkerwink]

3. the enron thing is a kerry lie.......

besides, Dean was doing his job as governor by bringing in businesses, jobs, and revenue into his state. Enron was just one of those companies that set up captive insurance----besides, no one really knew what Enron was up to back then.

[zulchzulu]

8. Dean was hangin' with the Enron fellas, dude

Once again, Dean has no leg to stand on dissing Bush for being a bud with Kenny Lay and Enron.

Ho Ho was doing the same thing.

The truth hurts, don't it...

[TLM]

52. No... Enron owned some businesses in Vermont...

but then they owned business interests in a lot of states.

The fact is that the law which attracted them was already in place... and back in 95-96 Enron was just another big energy company as far as most people knew.

And Dean was NOT doing the "same thing" with enron as Bush. Bush gave his pals at enron huge tax breaks that created a huge deficit... but Dean balanced VT's budget every year. Dean was not the one who passed the tax breaks that attracted these companies so the idea that he was doing them favors like Bush did for enron, is wrong.

[poskonig]

4. So that brings the Kerry meetup total to what, 14?

O8)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. While I like Kerry, this post is anecdotal ad hominem tripe

For the record, I like Kerry and I am not terribly fond of Dean but would support him if he got the nomination...I just don't see this post becoming anything other than a food fight.

[zulchzulu]

10. It's the truth...I know that's something Dean people aren't used to

And it's also going to be a trend.

[tedoll78]

13. Characterizing an entire group of people..

very intelligent.

[zulchzulu]

22. What the heck. That's all I see Dean fans do here

Everyone else is evil, bad, warmongers, PNAC, NAMBLA, blah bladdidy blah...

The only people that Dean fans aren't nasty to are Sharpton fans...

[eileen_d]

26. Man... I've seen plenty of muck on DU

but I've never seen a NAMBLA reference. That dog won't hunt... ROFL

[Don Claybrook]

29. You are verifyably wrong

Take a look around. I've said many gracious things about Clark and Kerry. Today, yesterday, last week, etc. And I know I'm not the only one. You really should retract your erroneous statement. It doesn't look good.

[zulchzulu]

32. Well, you are the exception

I haven't followed your input. If you mean what you say, then I apologize profusely.

Perhaps I'm being a little heavy-handed, but it seems the trend with Dean fans is to be pretty nasty to those that think he is not the person to best beat Bush.

I'm not about to waste my time drudging up threads where the evidence lays. I have better things to do.

[Don Claybrook]

36. I'm not trolling for a personal apology

I'm trying to point out that there are many complimentary things said about candidates by supporters of other candidates. The negative stuff just sticks out more. It's not such a good idea to generalize so much. Only ONE of these candidates will win the nomination. If it's not my candidate, I'm going to have to find a way to vote for the winner and still live with myself. So I'm not making incontrovertible and damning statements about the other candidates. I'll give them a little grief, yeah, and I'll put up a spirited defense of my candidate. But I realistically have to be ready to back the other guy, which means, among other things, that I can't claim that he and his supporters are Satan reincarnate.

Thank you.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

44. Wrong. They attacked Sharpton about a month ago when Al had the

gall to attack poor Howard during a debate.

What do all of these candidates think - that they're in a Primary race or something?

[Melodybe]

53. That is total BS, dude, I try to be respectful of everyone on this board!

I only take the time to argue with those that say that they will not vote for the nominee, if it is not someone they supported, or people that want to vote for Nader. Why are you lying about me? I am constantly giving people props when their candidate does or says something cool. ABB, look into it.

[Wonk]

19. FOOD FIGHT!!!! WOOOHOOOOO!!!!!

:silly:

[LoZoccolo]

21. RUFF RUFF RUFF RUFF

What I tell you?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. *Deaniac hurls tomatoes at Kerryette*

[JustJoe]

6. I just went to a Dean meetup and 11 Kerryettes converted.

They broke down and begged for forgiveness.
All of them were horrified that Kerry had
sold his house right from under his family
to get money to stay in the campaign.

[zulchzulu]

14. There is no way a Kerry fan would "convert" to Dean

Unless you count people that had lobotomies recently.... even then... nah...

[pruner]

7. my dad just sent Kerry some money…

click here to read about it.

[LoZoccolo]

9. I need their names, and the location of the meetup.

They will not get away with this.

[eileen_d]

12. What are you saying, exactly?

You're going to go get the ex-Dean supporters and kick their asses for defecting?

Inquiring minds wanna know...

[LoZoccolo]

16. No. But I wondered if anyone would take it serious.

I'm like the dog that sees two people arguing, and starts barking.

[eileen_d]

20. I guess that makes me "the sound of one hand clapping"

or something. Ah well, I'll just eat a few kittens and get to bed...

[zulchzulu]

15. You sound like you work for Stalin or something... :->

[mb7588a]

25. There's that cult, huh LoZoccolo? nt

[zulchzulu]

43. Is this the investigation team?

Bob: "Hmmm, they said they were for Dean. And now they defected."

Tony: "Yessir! I know what to do...sir!"

[Don Claybrook]

11. Did they perform the baptism there onsite

or is that scheduled for a later date?

[zulchzulu]

18. Nah, they are nice people and so are you

They just were open-minded. Imagine that!

[Jim Sagle]

17. Yeah, right.

[koopie57]

23. this is so sick

everyone needs to support their candidate of choice, but it is stupid to put down another democrat. You may be right in your criticism, but it is wise to keep that to yourself. Well, unless you don't mind stupid bush having four more years to destroy us. Sometimes there are some democrats who are just too stupid. Their hearts are in the right place, but their mouths are full of stupidity.

[zulchzulu]

27. Hah!

So Dean people don't put down other candidates?

Wow. Nice try... :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[Andromeda]

48. Dean supporters defend Dean

when someone unfairly attacks him---or what they perceive to be an unfair attack. You're just trying to antagonize Dean supporters by starting this stupid flamebait thread.

[La_Serpiente]

35. Hmmm

might as well throw some salt on the amputed leg eh?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4047

He could have said that Dean is number one in the poll, but he didn't.

[zulchzulu]

39. You forgot. "Undecided" is leading in the poll by a lot

[La_Serpiente]

41. Yes, I hope more people

believe in John Kerry. I am routing for him all the way :-)

[stickdog]

57. What a coincidence! Dean is also routing him. (nm)

[prolesunited]

28. Just reading through this thread

makes me glad y'all got your own forum. Have fun? :hi:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. SFIFMC !!!

[DemOutWest]

31. So it is

possible to be unassimilated (?)

The mother borg will not be happy. :)

[La_Serpiente]

34. hmmmm

is scared that he'll get the nomination and will lose and Roe vs. Wade would go away due to Bush appointing at least two SCOTUS justices

I heard that Dean won't apply a litmus test on abortion if he selects a replacement for SCOTUS. Is that true?

[babzilla]

37. hope you had a hankie handy

One person cried at wondering what she was thinking...

That sounds like quite a meetup you had there.

I'm picturing the 10 former-deaniacs writhing on the floor, speaking in tongues.

Finally set free from their cultish close-mindedness. Finally unburdened from the arrogance and fear. Finally assuaged that Roe v. Wade is secure under the Kerry candidacy.

Can I get a witness, can I get an Amen, can I get at least 2 scotus judges?

Talk about your real deal.

</sarcasm>

Which were her words?

[zulchzulu]

38. lol

At one point, it was that bad... lots of sweaty, confused 22-year-olds...

[La_Serpiente]

42. lol

[JustJoe]

40. Great parody, zulchzulu. Thread of the day.

[stickdog]

45. I just came from a Kerry Meetup, too.

Nobody else showed.

[sfecap]

46. You just got back?

Really?


Oh well, nice flamebait anyway...

[zulchzulu]

47. The date was moved

...and I'm not talking about the gal that was with the guy crying that he felt bad for being for Dean and spending all that money that could have gone to some nice Victoria Secret outfits for Christmas.

Not too many people would have shown up for Christmas eve for a MeetUp for anyone...I hope anyway.

[babzilla]

51. but the cryer in the OP was the "gal"

One person cried at wondering what she was thinking...the killer story for her about Dean was

You didn't tell us about the crying "guy" with her.

I'm sure it was frantic and sweaty as you stated, but just how many of them were crying?

How many converts were crying because of misplaced lingerie money and how many converts were crying out of open-mindedness?
Which gender had the majority of sobbers?

[ibegurpard]

50. This thread is fucking hilarious!

Thanks for the laugh everyone! :toast:

[Jim Sagle]

54. I just flew in from a Kerry meetup, and boy, are my arms tired.

Ba dump bump.

[babzilla]

58. A deaniac walks into a psychiatrist's office

Deaniac: Doctor, my sister claims that all of my fellow cultists are close-minded and are beating my wife on top of it. They are breaking down in tears in the face of their hard earned money going to waste because they have donated to their chosen candidate instead of buying some crappy-ass lingerie from Victoria's Secret.

Psychiatrist: My dear Deaniac, why don't you simply explain to your sister that she shouldn't pay any attention to those that attempt to divide her party by insinuating that she is confused or weepy about supporting the candidate that she chooses.

Deaniac: Because we need the eggs.

Edit: ba dump bump

[Jim Sagle]

55. Kerry's campaign has been suspended.

He was arrested for robbing an old lady and stabbing her with his chin. ;-)

[Jim Sagle]

59. John Kerry walked into a bar and ordered a beer.

The bartender replied, "Why the long face?"

Ba dump bump.

[babzilla]

60. John Kerry walks up to the Pearly Gates

St. Peter says, how's that war that you supported doin'?

Ba dump bump

[Moderator]

61. Locking............

This is inflammatory.


DU Moderator