If you think Clinton supporters who are choosing to vote for McCain are doing so because they want tax breaks, then you need to think harder. I hope you can get more out of your introspection.

Why does someone have to be a "greedy little pig" because s/he does not want to vote for Obama? Are you that convinced of his messianic powers?

I am a Clinton supporter, I will not vote for Obama, and I think that that tax break, of which I am a beneficiary, makes for poor economics and should be neither be made permanent nor renewed. We do not need Obama to be president for that to come to pass, we need a Congress willing to do the legislative work. Don't bother calling me a racist for refusing to vote for Obama because I am a black woman. Please do not take the more outrageous step of calling me a race traitor as so many white progressives have now think they are entitled to do. I am not voting for McCain, but I am damned sure not voting for Obama.

I won't vote for Obama, but I won't vote for McCain. Am I no longer a liberal if I want to vote for the Green party candidate? What about those who won't vote for Obama, but will vote for a Democrat in every other race? Voting for Sen. Obama is now the only way one can be a Democrat? Obama and the Democratic party are not the gatekeepers of liberalism. Why do you want to shut down debate the way Republicans do?

It is certainly futile to discuss a Clinton presidential run in the context of her being the nominee of the Democratic party. However, people like me, liberals who will not vote for Obama, should have a space to discuss finding a new political home on the left. That is an important conversation for me and others who have been kicked out of the Democratic party. Don't think Clinton supporters have been kicked out of the party? Well you have demanded that we "STFU." We are called trolls, traitors, "greedy little pigs," etc. Does that sound like people who are still welcome in the party?

The potential exodus of major voting blocs from the Democratic party is worthy of discussion, don't you think? The possible formation of another major party on the left comprised of disaffected Clinton voters is a fascinating discussion. It would be a significant shift in American politics and a failure to document it, engage the discussion while the situation is fluid and current, would be unfortunate.

I do not understand how so many people conflate a failure to love Obama with being a troll. Let's not be like Republicans and call everyone a traitor or declare "you're either for us or against us."

Rrrreow! The pussy has claws.

Sorry pal, unlike your beloved Obama, I am a black American. So, you can say anything you want about my failure to share your mancrush on Obama, but you have get over the "it's because he's black" thing. Nice try, though. Feel free to prove yourself to be a racist by presuming you can tell me, a lowly black woman, I should fall in line and vote for a "black man." It is not about his race. I do not like him as a candidate. Will I still be a racist if I vote for Cynthia McKinney?

You are the reason many Clinton supporters will not vote for Sen. Obama. Keep up the good work alienating them. Obama can be the next George McGovern and he will have people like you to thank.

Are you going to call me a nigger bitch next and tell me to leave? Guess what? Slavery is over and just because your house nigger Obama is willing to bow and scrape and do as you ask, this field nigger won't. So kiss my ass. You can have your sorry Democratic party and the new George McGovern. I know I am not fighting for him.

By the way, I would love to see you say those things to my face. I have a feeling you like to have your blacks subservient and would probably cross the street if you saw me or, better yet, an actual black man approaching. I am not the good black who will do what you say.

You internet thugs make me laugh. The anonymity of a computer gives you the freedom to be aggressive without incurring the beat downs you would certainly get in real life. What's wrong Thadeus? Were you bullied in the schoolyard? Shoved into lockers? Type "fuck you" until your heart's content. I can tell it makes you feel good and like a tough guy. Lord knows you do not have the stones to say it to anyone's face. Keep wanking, scrapper.