I did that between IN/NC and the week prior to them. Of course, I also had finals. But it was a very peaceful week, indeed.
and rather saddened. I've been following Obama for a long time. What a wonderful, wonderful man he is. I come here and wonder what it is that drives people to write (repeatedly) such hateful shit.
I really think with no one to antagonize, some of trolls/haters might just sit there hitting F5 every 6 seconds with nothing coming back at them over the weekend. Would be nice.
Yeah, check my recent diary (sorry to blogwhore), but the best thing is to ignore 'em.
"I call Obama supporters to take a break from this site until Monday"
It was great. Of course, nothing had changed by the time I returned, but I felt a lot more centered (for awhile, at least).
Can't get any more centered than you sricki ;)
Most of tomorrow and Saturday I am doing work as an Obama volunteer, so those times will be easy to keep the pledge. And Sunday I have some social events. Maybe you're right. I should try to create my own space away. It doesn't do any good to get involved with diarists who are immune to evidence and argument.
I don't know if I agree that this is a great site.
I know it USED to be a great site before the primary wars started. Then, it became a matter of perspective and, honestly, who you supported.
But your point is well taken.
By Obama supporters, not by me.
I support neither. I'm just here to give my opinion.
At least you do not seem to have an unshakable bias against reason and logic.
I try not to. It's made me kind of unpopular on both sites, I imagine. But I also try not to assume that I'm right or that my opinion is stronger than others. Sometimes I fail.
I totally disagreed with the flap Clinton's RFK comments caused, and I basically disagree with every meme Alegre writes as I find most of them dishonest at best.
Yay for making internet friends!
I've taken time off before, but it was usually because rage built to a point that I was unable to see the screen because of the bulging forehead vein blocking my vision.
But I always came back...where else can I both get a politics fix AND get tabloid quality journalism?
I left town last week for a funeral and didn't get to the site for several days. It was horrible.
Generally I get 99.9% of my news from the internet and don't have cable. While out of town my only source of news was MSNBC (my mom watches 24/7). I thought my head was going to explode. Its that bad. How do people watch that drivel?
If I take time off from Mydd over the weekend, how will I get a real sense of what people think about the RBC meeting? The news sites will give me memos and dkos will give me echoed-celebration. Only at mydd do I get to hear conversation (sometimes ugly) from both sides. Can't do it.
TheField, the commenters there are very ardent Obama supporters and they do a good job of bringing up recent news.
http://ruralvotes.com/TheField
Yeah, thats true. I really like Al Giordano.
I also love 538; Poblano is a crazy stats whiz.
You may want to take longer, should the contest continue beyond Monday. The only way it ends before August is if one of the two decides to drop out.
I'll be out of town for part of this weekend.
Maybe I will log in from my friend's laptop.
For those of you who are truly addicted, leave off this until you watch the RBC meeting in full on Saturday on CNN. Lay in the noshies and nibblies and the fluids and lean back for something which is going to be memorable, and then spend Sunday forgiving yourself for your sins committed the prior day (I hope you won't be shopping for a new TV because you threw something at it).
