Omg, the amount of vitriol in GD primaries is sickening

[Happyhippychick]

I had to trash the Bernie group, now I need to trash that one. They are so angry that their candidate is not going to make it.

[realmirage]

1. Most of us trashed it already, since the primary is over

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. It's to the point that I trashed LBN and GD

I only visit this forum, the AA forum, and the BOG forum

[IamMab]

7. I saw someone asking today why so many of the other Groups are empty.

I think this weekend I'm going spelunking through DU to see what else is out there.

[Her Sister]

8. Well a lot of staff got fired/let go!

[IamMab]

12. DU staff? I'm new, I guess I just thought it was always a bare-bones operation. nt

[Her Sister]

15. BS Campaign staff

[Haveadream]

18. I noticed a mass exodus after the last Super Tuesday

that coincided with the campaign lay offs. Prolific Sanders posters, too. Just "poof".

[Her Sister]

22. amiright!?

[LuvLoogie]

26. If I was a paid Hillary partisan, I would proclaim it proudly!

I do it for free. And honestly, after about the 5th or 6th Brunch with Bernie show I caught, I thought I was listening to a "Best of Tom Hartmann" broadcast. Bernie's rhetoric and world view has not evolved. I suppose that's a virtue, but it's all theory. He has yet to pursue any practical application.

[romana]

3. Behavior

Their behavior is best described as an extinction burst. The GOP is having one right now, too, but theirs is more spectacular and potentially fatal than ours.

The PUMAs from 2008 were also an extinction burst.

[ismnotwasm]

4. I trashed it

I'm done with the primaries--just waiting it out.

[IADEMO2004]

5. Never blocked anything untill this year and glad I did. BS and GD-P

and I like Bernie.

[GusBob]

6. We have our nominee. The HRC group is the only sane place to be

I trashed it yesterday

[BootinUp]

9. I think its peaking though from the stand point of

number of participants. As evidence, the 5 Star Greatest Page has only one Hillary attack and its only at 109 recs.

[stopbush]

10. The delusions over there are monumental.

Saying unless Hillary gets 2383 in PLEDGED delegates, she hasn't won.

Willful, childish ignorance, plain and simple.

[sufrommich]

11. I was OK with Sanders pretending he still had a fighting

chance right up until I woke up this morning and heard Cruz was bowing out and Trump was their nominee. Trump said on CNN that he's going to use some Sanders quotes against Hillary and he's starting his campaign against her today. Bernie's vanity campaign is now reduced to being fodder for the Trump campaign. My feeling is that I'm done having arguments with people who are still pretending that Sanders has a chance and I'm done taking Sanders seriously.

[Hekate]

13. +1

[NurseJackie]

17. I'm embarrassed to admit that at one time I was actually *considering* Sanders...

... and by "considering" him, I don't mean that I actually preferred him over Hillary. Instead, I mean that I was willing to have an open mind about him ... to listen and read ... to contrast and compare ... and to see if he was someone that I could support.

Ugh! He never really appealed to me. No plans, big promises, unrealistic expectations, inexperience ... and a BAD ATTITUDE. Why would I want to spend the next four years listening to that? Why would I want to subject myself to the cringeworthy gesticulation, finger-wagging, unkempt slouching and grimacing. True, those are superficial things, but they reveal a lot to me about the underlying temperament and that didn't inspire any confidence either.

Fortunately, after a fair (but not at all lengthy) examination and consideration, I was able to easily make my choice for Hillary.

Even after deciding on Hillary, I did take a look at O'Malley again. I'd voted for him as my governor, so I felt it was fair to give him some thought as well. And, honestly, I didn't find anything objectionable about him. But, head-to-head, and running against the GOP, and that he'd never run for national office before ... I concluded that Hillary was the stronger choice.

Warts and all, Hillary is my choice.

Bernie blew it. He had a chance to be the nominee, but he wasn't chosen. He had a chance to take the high road, but his ego wouldn't let him. He had a chance to take his place WITHIN the party and create his "revolution" from the ground up, but by ATTACKING the party that let him in, and SMEARING our nominee with accusations that she's unfit for office and that she is guilty of criminal activities, he only diminished any effectiveness or influence he hoped to have, and has outstayed his welcome.

I imagine his senate committee appointments/assignments are likely to be in jeopardy too. Why reward that type of behavior that weakens the party?

[Koinos]

20. Tragically, he brought this all upon himself.

He is not a saint; he is not a messiah; he is a flawed human like all the rest of us.

He could lose with dignity and grace, but he has chosen an unfortunate and pitiable way.

I genuinely feel sorry for Bernie and his misled disciples.

I do not feel sorry for Tad Devine, who exploited Sanders for personal gain.

If Bernie had a backbone, he would have fired Devine a long time ago.

[GusBob]

24. Well said NJ. We've similar paths

I tried. I listened with an open mind. The superficial stuff irked me. I felt guilty that the grouchy slouchy humorless guy started to get on my nerves.

Once I got over that I realized there was more to dislike, lack of experience, no foreign policy, the demagogue, nothing dynamic and very very repetitive

[anotherproletariat]

14. You'd never know this was a place for Democrats, just reading the headers. nt

[Kaleva]

16. As Hillary is going to be our nominee, GDP has outlived its purpose.

[Koinos]

19. The vitriol in GD primaries...

... reminds me of the acidic saliva dripping from the mouths of the aliens in the "Alien" series.

It is time for some of those folks to rediscover their humanity and rejoin civilized society.

In their attempt to destroy others, they are only destroying themselves.

Feeling pain is human. Lashing out at others is not.

[still_one]

21. When this started I had a favorable view of him. Not anymore. I can't stand him, or the

anti-Hillary site that DU has become.

There was a time when I would have happily supported whoever the Democratic nominee. Not anymore. I would NEVER vote for Sanders. They have earned my disdain

[Cha]

28. I'm going to say for the record again that I never liked him. meh. we never have to vote for him.

Yay!

stillone~

[still_one]

29. I guess I really never knew him until now

[Agnosticsherbet]

23. GD-Primaries has become like Free Republic.

[DemonGoddess]

25. I only venture into GDPee

when I'm dragged there, usually for jury duty. Otherwise, I avoid it like the plague.

[savalez]

31. LOL

GDPee...

[Happyhippychick]

32. GD pee!

[Cha]

27. I can imagine.. I haven't read their crap in over a year. Serve on juries though.

Welcome to Hillary's Group, Happyhippychick!

[UtahLib]

30. It has become

nothing more than a toxic litter box. Let them wallow in their own poop since they seem to enjoy it so much.

[BootinUp]

33. I'm taking a break from GD-FRP. nt

[littlebit]

34. I went from working 90 hours a week

to being stuck at home with nothing to do for the last month. I won't trash either one of them because it gives me some entertainment. I enjoy reading the posts and then laughing my ass off. Maybe it's the head injury that makes me think it is all funny. Who knows.