Comments on: The PUMAs and the polls: Sizing up the Hillary-backer backlash

By: paulschmelzer

paulschmelzer — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:41:09 +0000

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By: justjudi

justjudi — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:08:36 +0000

I voted for Bill Clinton twice, I believed in him, and although he got mired in the disgrace of his personal excesses, I still see him as a great politician. A great politician with serious ego and character flaws that ultimately disqualified his ability to lead this country. Bill broke my heart. Sad, but true. I also see Hillary as a strong Democrat with great leadership abilities, but minus the personal weaknesses her husband suffers. Honestly and truly, I love this woman and I think she would be a great president…if she didn't have the baggage of her husband. I had a terrific struggle making my choice of candidate this election, but the obvious need for change and a fresh approach won out. I decided to go with Obama. It was a difficult choice for me, one I thought over long and hard, and I did a lot of toggling back and forth before I made my decision. Two great candidates, which one do I choose?

My point is, I think that most Democrats went through this same process of choosing their candidate. I think most Democrats saw great possibilities in both candidates. I just can't accept that there are large numbers – any number – of Democrats out there that are blatantly hateful bigots like the ilk of PUMA. It is so obviously a radical faction of racists and/or bigots behind that group. The first time I ran into one of their sites while surfing political news, I was totally stunned by the hatred and bigotry expressed there. I had never, EVER seen Democrats use that tone and language in all my 61 years of life. It confused and frightened me. Then I did some research of PUMA online, and it became indisputably obvious that this was an attack campaign initiated by Republicans to disrupt and divide the Democratic Party. I believe their goal was to pull in unsuspecting Hillary backers with the premise that this was an honest movement to get justice for her failed campaign. Looking at the more recent activity on PUMA sites and blogs, I see that a great number of the legitimate Hillary supporters have pulled out of PUMA, having caught on to their true intentions. It seems that PUMA has lost their steam at this point, but I wonder if they will persist in their goal to disrupt the Democratic convention. I trust the DNC is alert to the true nature of this group and will take every measure possible to diminish their presence at the convention. It seems that racist groups have an unfathomable passion and drive to do harm, will go to any lengths, and will stop at nothing.

By: justjudi

justjudi — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I voted for Bill Clinton twice, I believed in him, and although he got mired in the disgrace of his personal excesses, I still see him as a great politician. A great politician with serious ego and character flaws that ultimately disqualified his ability to lead this country. Bill broke my heart. Sad, but true. I also see Hillary as a strong Democrat with great leadership abilities, but minus the personal weaknesses her husband suffers. Honestly and truly, I love this woman and I think she would be a great president…if she didn’t have the baggage of her husband. I had a terrific struggle making my choice of candidate this election, but the obvious need for change and a fresh approach won out. I decided to go with Obama. It was a difficult choice for me, one I thought over long and hard, and I did a lot of toggling back and forth before I made my decision. Two great candidates, which one do I choose?

My point is, I think that most Democrats went through this same process of choosing their candidate. I think most Democrats saw great possibilities in both candidates. I just can’t accept that there are large numbers – any number – of Democrats out there that are blatantly hateful bigots like the ilk of PUMA. It is so obviously a radical faction of racists and/or bigots behind that group. The first time I ran into one of their sites while surfing political news, I was totally stunned by the hatred and bigotry expressed there. I had never, EVER seen Democrats use that tone and language in all my 61 years of life. It confused and frightened me. Then I did some research of PUMA online, and it became indisputably obvious that this was an attack campaign initiated by Republicans to disrupt and divide the Democratic Party. I believe their goal was to pull in unsuspecting Hillary backers with the premise that this was an honest movement to get justice for her failed campaign. Looking at the more recent activity on PUMA sites and blogs, I see that a great number of the legitimate Hillary supporters have pulled out of PUMA, having caught on to their true intentions. It seems that PUMA has lost their steam at this point, but I wonder if they will persist in their goal to disrupt the Democratic convention. I trust the DNC is alert to the true nature of this group and will take every measure possible to diminish their presence at the convention. It seems that racist groups have an unfathomable passion and drive to do harm, will go to any lengths, and will stop at nothing.