Start That Clock Now Skinner... One Week !!!

[WillyT]

I beg ya, man!!!

Please???

:shrug:

[Warren Stupidity]

1. K&R IT IS OVER!

[jefferson_dem]

2. One week for what?

To get in line with our party's nominee or get the fuck off of DU?

Now's that time.

[WillyT]

4. Just Following DU Protocol...

If Skinner wants to toss that rule and start right now, I am ALL IN !!!

:evilfrown:

[Growler]

5. yup.

[RL3AO]

7. In one week this becomes GD:GE

[uppityperson]

12. link here..1 wk transitional period.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4798898&mesg_id=4798898

WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE ON DU WHEN WE HAVE A PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

Let me be clear: We expect our members to support the Democratic nominee for president. This expectation has been written into our rules since as far back as 2002, and we aggressively enforced this rule in 2004 after it became clear that John Kerry was the presumptive nominee. In other words, this is not a secret. If you are at all shocked or surprised by this, then you have not been paying very close attention. Don't even bother trying to convince us otherwise. This was decided long ago, we've already heard all the opposing arguments over and over a thousand times, and we're not going to change our policy. Here is how this will work:

At some point between now and the Democratic convention in August, one of the two remaining Democratic front-runners will drop out of the race, and the remaining candidate will become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. When we have a presumptive nominee, the time for fighting on DU will come to an end. The squabbling will not drag on until the "official" nomination at the convention in August. The transition to general election mode begins when we have a presumptive nominee. And we have no doubt that the vast majority of our members -- regardless of which candidate you support in the primaries -- will be glad to move forward and support the nominee.

We understand that not everyone will be prepared to immediately put the primaries behind us. There will be some jerks on the winning side who insist on gloating. And there will be some sore losers on the other side who will want to keep attacking the nominee. Once we have a presumptive nominee, those people will have one week to get it out of their systems. We believe that a one-week transitional period is more than fair for those of you who cannot switch gears easily or quickly. After this week-long adjustment period, we're done.

At that point, the moderators and admins will step in and shut down the primary infighting. The vast majority of people on this site will be glad to be done with the primaries. Sadly, a very small number of bitter partisans will not be able to let it go, and will likely be removed from this community. Few people will miss them when they are gone.

As usual, we will continue to permit constructive criticism of the Democratic nominee and of other Democratic candidates and officeholders. We will also continue to permit sincere, non-disruptive expressions of ambivalence toward the nominee. But we will not permit politically motivated attacks designed to tear down the Democratic presidential nominee.

[jefferson_dem]

15. Thanks.

:hi:

[uppityperson]

28. you are welcome, thanks for the thanks

seems a lot of hot emotions in here tonight.

[tridim]

16. But this means we can talk about Nominee Barack Obama on GD, right?

[KaptBunnyPants]

17. Negative right wing attacks on the nominee are generally not allowed.

Substantial criticism is tolerated. Anything resembling an argument to do anything other than vote for the Democratic candidate would risk getting you banned. But I'm not entirely sure Skinner agrees that the primary is over.

[lynne]

20. See Paragraph 2, Sentence 1. -

No one has dropped out and there is no remaining candidate. Based on the rules as written, I don't see where a change in board operation would apply as the qualifications have not been met.

Though I seriously doubt the wait will be long.

"At some point between now and the Democratic convention in August, one of the two remaining Democratic front-runners will drop out of the race, and the remaining candidate will become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee."

[WA98070]

3. Apparently he started it a week ago. Get behind Hillary or get off.

[WillyT]

6. He Who ???

:shrug:

[JVS]

8. Could we get a statement on this soon?

[newmajority]

32. To borrow a phrase from Morrissey & The Smiths...

How Soon is http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6259404&mesg_id=6259404">Now

[StevieM]

9. I won't even take the whole week. I'll be gone a lot sooner. (eom)

[WillyT]

11. I'm Sorry About That... Truly

But we need to go after the Republicans now.

[uppityperson]

14. Why?

Are you going to fight against the GOP elsewhere?

[Forkboy]

22. He already stated he'd vote McCain.

[uppityperson]

29. Ah, some of that black/white thinking, eh? so to speak

If I can't have Clinton, I'll go support McCain? Huh. Too bad he/she can't see another way, to work against mccain.

[The Doctor.]

21. Bye.

:hi:

[Zachstar]

26. Bye don't let the door hit your repub ass (In my view) on the way out.

[bhikkhu]

10. K&R !

[apocalypsehow]

13. Agreed. n/t.

[TexasObserver]

18. Bong! Bong! Bong! Tick Tock. Tick Tock.

[roguevalley]

24. God, what a great night. ENJOY IT, WORLD! I cannot wait to see

the papers from the world tomorrow!

[apocalypsehow]

19. It can't come soon enough.

The actions of her surrogates, both in the campaign and her speech tonight turns the stomach of decent people everywhere.

The description of but one small incident will suffice:
One of the more well-known HRC boosters here posted a blatant lie about me in one of her posts. I posted irrefutable proof that her claim was untrue, five different times. She ignored this, and continued to blithely post the same falsehood. I put her on *ignore*.

Now, I belong to another board, a strictly pro-Obama board, and several members there, who have my "real world" e-mail address, lurk at DU because they enjoy the latest breaking news, the pro-Obama posts, etc. One of them e-mails me the other night and tells me claims - untrue claims - are being made about me by my *ignored* poster in a thread I was participating in.

This person e-mailed me the gist of these claims, to wit, that I had received a "mod warning" for posting to her, and was only pretending to have her on *ignore*, was a "sick fuck" and was "stalking" her. Every single bit of which was untrue - and, what's further, the poster in question had to know that her claims were untrue. She just didn't care: there was a debate to "win" on the internet, you see ( ).

Had that kind person at the other board I frequent not known both my "real world" e-mail address and DU identity, and had she not just *happened* to be lurking at DU, specifically GD: P, these claims would have stood un-refuted, and hundreds of DU'ers and outside lurkers would right now believe a patent falsehood about me (several falsehoods, in fact).*

That small tale sums up the tactics of the overall HRC campaign writ large, and it really turns decent people off - especially tonight.

(*edited repost)

[apocalypsehow]

30. ...

[WillyT]

31. ....

:hi:

[Crunchy Frog]

23. K&R.

[Muttocracy]

25. clock is running now - click the home page link and see the banner. nt

[NC_Nurse]

27. K&R. I am SO ready!