From what I see I HOPE DU has a small number of members/posters

[Bensthename]

Oh my goodness. I have only been here for a few days and WOW, you guys have a lot of passion for your candidate. I'm sure no minds are EVER changed here on how one is going to vote but I would dare to say this place looks to cause some people from not voting because of hurt feelings or over hyped non-political issues.

So, there are no new voters being created here. Republicans are not here or they are laughing if they are. And so the people here seem to be in such a battle that it is literally a vote war. And at the end these heated battles could literally cause the Dems lost votes in Nov. I sense many here are not going to vote for the one that is not their pick when the nominee is finally made.

I was kind of down thinking about this until I realized that this place can not have an actual effect on the final outcome of votes unless there are millions of avid posters here.

So no offense but I hope there are not that many posters here that may be influenced to not vote after this nomination process is said and done.

Myself I will vote for the eventual dem nominee and I hope every one else does the same.

[Mike Nelson]

1. It hasn't always been like this...

I hope it ends soon.

[Debi]

2. Thank you for your concern

and welcome to DU :hi:

[Bensthename]

19. thanks..

[marmar]

3. You're very diplomatic....and you've joined DU at a very tense time.

This forum, right now, isn't a very pleasant or reasoned place. But there's plenty of positive energy in General Discussion, Editorials & Other Articles, Environment and on and on. Just about any forum but this one.
So welcome to DU! :hi:, and I hope you haven't been shellshocked by the GD-Primaries pit.

[Bensthename]

20. lol.. Lots of passion. Still better then my work and friends were they care less about politics.,

And yes I can imagine this has been a very tense time sense. Seems like just before the TX and OH primaries the bashing has ramped up every where..
Thanks

[frogcycle]

4. don't worry

90 percent of the crap is sock puppet shit disturbers maybe 50-60 actual people generating alll the babble

sound and fury, signifying nothing

[goodgd_yall]

5. As many of us like to remind our fellow DUers

The Real World is nothing like DU. So, I am hoping you are right that most Dems will vote for the Democratic nominee whoever it is.

[babylonsister]

6. There are tons of new people here, including you. Look by your

name and see that number there? That's how many posts you've made. There are many new "DUers" here, and people who like to stir up trouble. As for DU's fun facts? They're on the latest page and probably elsewhere:

117,440 user registrations and 35,675,250 posts since January 2001-as of today.

And welcome to DU!

[stillcool]

12. February 2008..

I think I've heard that Republicans are laughing at us line a few times before. Is that standard fare?

[Bensthename]

21. Oh well we were laughing at them when the die hard cons had their last choice become the nominee,lol

I still love that,.

[JohnnyLib2]

7. Welcome to DU.

Be sure and look over other forums. :hi:

[Bensthename]

22. will do thanks

[cbayer]

8. It may be small, but it is influential

We are die-hard political junkies that inject this stuff every day and then take it to the streets.

We hone their arguments and gather our facts (or distortions of facts). I don't discount our impact on the process for one moment.

[Sparkly]

9. Welcome to DU, Ben!

I think MOST of us will vote for the eventual Democratic nominee. Stick around!

(By the way, my Mom was from Ramona and then Tulsa! :hi:)

[Bensthename]

23. That's cool. I do like it here. There's a lot of meat to chew on.

[Oleladylib]

10. Ben..there ARE credible websites.

[OzarkDem]

11. Most everyone in GD-P is a new poster

There are a few of us who are long term members, but we're in the minority.

Don't worry, a lot of the new folks will be gone when the election is over. They don't usually stick around.

[fadedrose]

13. I can tell by comments of media people that they read DU nt

[Bensthename]

16. Do you think so? I always hear them saying "the blogisphere is saying.."

Hmmm.. Maybe they do use this place as a way to judge peoples reactions.. That would be interesting to know.

[fadedrose]

17. Looking at views, 203 people have looked at your post...... nt

[Capn Sunshine]

14. Trust me. No one pays attention to DU- there's too many sockpuppets here

I'm a party official and I assure you GDP is strictly entertainment value. No one takes anything from DU seriously. Except the other DU posters

Or to quote a popular freeper site

"YAY! OPERATION CHAOS IS A SUCCESS!"

[fadedrose]

15. Look at the column on the right labeled "views"

That is the number of times that thread has been opened and read....some are in the thousands...

[Catherine Vincent]

18. The Obama thugs on here have taken over this board.

After the nominee is chosen, it'll get better. :hi:

[chocome]

24. you can also sort the threads by name, and see who is Obama/Clinton supporters

DU users spreading fud about HRC tend to come from a small group of Obama bots...

[Tarheel_Dem]

25. Oh my....

[tbyg52]

26. Yeah, that was my thought...... nt