Folks, here is an example of the reality of the divided Democratic party: Hillary supporters who refuse to support Obama in the general election.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dot.c..._disunity.html Democratic Disunity
Krissah Williams tells us this morning that "the ill will" between supporters of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama "has become so intense" that even if the candidates work to heal the party after a nominee is chosen, as both have vowed to do, "they will have to spend critical campaign time dealing with those wounds rather than taking on McCain."
Our Readers Who Comment confirm that analysis with an extended string of ill will toward each other. There are many self-identified Clinton supporters who say they cannot vote for Obama and will be forced to support Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican nominee. A few posters suggest that at least some of the discord is being planted by "operation chaos," the Rush Limbaugh invention in which he urged his listeners to vote for Clinton in a Democratic primary to extend the nomination process.
If the voices on this article are representative of reality, there is a clear division between Democrats, with women especially unhappy that Clinton is losing. As Williams points out in the article, there have been highly divisive nomination battles in the past and often those issues have been resolved by general election time. Given the first-time racial and gender dynamics of this situation, it's not clear what will happen.
We'll start with writerjudy59, who said, "...I cannot and will not vote for Senator Obama if he is the nominee. I will vote either for Senator McCain, or I will write in Senator Clinton's name... I believe that with a majority of Democrats in Congress, McCain can't do much harm..."
darrren12000 wrote, "...A lot of desperate Democrats are suddenly scrambling to "unify" with Clinton's supporters, now that they realize that their snowjob of an election will lead to an Obama boycott in November... If being a real Democrat means bashing women, the poor, and the elderly, manipulating race, ignoring Latinos, and stifling dissent, then I respectfully resign my membership!..."
To which anna_rc_1999 replied, "darrren12000, brilliant! Your comment... pretty much sums it up why I no longer can belong to this party which is the democratic in the name only."
But lindakinne wrote, "When Clinton supporters justify their plans to vote out of party, it is dangerous for them to assume the Democrats will have enough of a majority in Congress to keep a McCain presidency "under control."... This is not a matter to toy with and risk. Please vote responsibly."
Babylove1 said, "...I hate to say it, especially being a woman, but I think a lot of women are choosing to reject Obama because he appears to be the nominee and they blame him for taking away Hillary's chances for the nomination. WHy blame him when all he did was campaign just as hard as Sen. Clinton?...Come on!"
jbleenyc wrote, "... I have to blame the media, first of all for their crass behavior toward a former first lady and a senator, Sen Clinton... In the case of Sen Obama's supporters, they have been seduced - but again the media has been responsible. They have riled up the anti-Clinton forces by denigrating her as an unworthy opponent, and for her dragging out the race. Tne venom has been extreme."
evelyn3091 said, "Obama took a page from Bush's tactics, but I hope it doesn't works anymore. In 2004 you were unpatriotic if you were against Bush, and now you are racist if you are against Obama. I couldn't care less about his skin color, but I care about the policies and tactics."
RKinJersey wrote, "I support Hillary. I hate the treatment and the double standard she endured. For a woman politician, only competence and strength and the heart of a lion will get you into the game of presidential politics. This was her shot... At some point, Hillary will be telling us all to listen to Barack. I think that I will."
Oracle728 said, "Wow. Alot of hate. Its a pity, cuz seeing how they are 95% the same on issues think about what either one of them could do. I just hope people really vote with their brains this time for once..."
josgirl354 wrote, "Obama tried to ease tensions by turning his attention to McCain? I'm getting dizzy from the Obama-biased media spin. Not only is this not an attempt to help ease anything, at least where Hillary Clinton and her supporters are concerned, its what's known in the hood as a "diss." Yes, there are black people who won't vote for Obama, too..."
salv said, "I have been a white, male Democrat since I started to vote in 1970... There is absolutely no way I will vote for Obama. I am voting for McCain. What finally did it for me was John Edwards' support for Obama. Nothing plus nothing equals absolutely nothing -- and something America needs to run far, far away from."
Iowatreasures posted throughout the night to urge a write-in campaign for Clinton and said in an early post, "... I see no hope and unity in what Barack Obama has accomplished... A write in vote for Hillary is the answer if the state allows it, if not, go ahead and vote for McCain - at least he is pro-American..."
But a_skeptic said, "Iowatreasures is the a republican that is happily trying to split the democratic vote so his candidate will win. People! Don't be sheep... Remember that sick feeling in your stomach when Bush won? Let's not have that again. Vote your own interests..."
pwse wrote, "I will never back Obama. Cannot stand his arrogance and those of his supporters. Who do they think they are?"
To which Tuathe responded, "What about your arrogance? Your nastiness? How are you any better or knowledgeable than those who support Obama. Who do they think they are? How about human beings just like you; who believe in their candidate just as much as you believe in yours..."
But kevinschmidt who spends a lot of time on our boards, said, "That's right WaPooPravda, keep fanning the flames that divided the Democratic Party.
It doesn't matter anyway. There is no way McSame can beat Obama in November..."
adobelane wrote, "N-word, B-word....I'm a democrat and irregardless of any kind of word I can't stomach either one of them. But I gotta agree with Obama; a vote for McCain is four more years of Bush. So I gonna vote for one of these people just to vote against McCain and four more years of idiots running this country."
Alan5633 said, "I'm a hillary supporter and I will vote mccain over obama because i can't stand him."
zb95 wrote, "WashPost is trying their best to fan the flames. The vast majority of "lifelong" Democrats would not vote for McCain under any circumstaces."
nunyo555 said, "...I agree that there has been a horrible level of misogyny in the media; but that still won't make me say that she ought to be president. There are a lot of things to like about Obama, but what those who sneer at his supporters forget is that many of us are voting for him because he is *not Hillary.*..."
mightycrows said, "A lot of the pro Hillary rants on this website are obviously Republicans pretending to be Clinton supporters trying to whip up Intra-Democratic ill feeling. Do not fall for it..."
And swampsterman added, "I see operation Chaos is in play here on this chat board. Republicans pretending to be Hillary supporters to create division and anger. And you want folks who play this kind of Psy Ops junk running the White House??"
Finally, in the interests of fairness, and as the last word today, almost all articles on politics contain at least one posting expressing the sentiments of grunk, who wrote, "Write in Ron Paul."
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