Letters to the Editor
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I must live in an alternate reality
The more I read these threads lately, the more I'm convinced that the majority of posts are being made by plants claiming to represent one of the Democratic candidates, but in reality are nothing more than Republican operatives whose sole purpose is to rip the Democratic party apart. They're complicit in stooping to childish name-calling (repulsive, morons, clowns, etc.), hoping to draw rational and thoughtful people into their cross-fire and sowing chaos.
Yes, Florida and Michigan are a mess. Yes, the question of how superdelegates should vote is legitimate and vexing. Yes, both candidates have made inaccurate statements and been tainted by association with certain individuals.
But in my reality outside the blogosphere, people generally have rational conversations on these topics, can respectfully disagree, and make good-faith efforts to try to put everything into context and focus on the larger issue of putting a Democrat in the White House. The people I know may have a strong preference as to which (D) they prefer, but they recognize that either (D) is better than continuing the policies of the Bush regime for another four years. I simply don't see the vicious and petty attacks occurring out here in the real world. And I happen to live in one of the reddest of red states, where even what I hear from Republicans about Clinton or Obama isn't nearly as nasty as what I see their supposed supporters saying about each other in these threads. So what I read here simply isn't matching up to reality.
The bottom line is I just can't see why any purported Democrat could be so hateful towards another when so much is at stake this year. Does it really make sense that any Democrat truly believes that electing Clinton/Obama would make the Bush years look like the Golden Era? It's preposterous to buy into that line of reasoning and any such statement should probably clue to rational reader into the fact that the author probably isn't who they claim to be.
Well, back to reality now. For my own sanity, I doubt I'll be clicking to read any more threads on Salon where the subject is the Democratic nomination. I'm getting kind of tired of wading through all the white noise to find the occasional cogent posts (which are becoming less and less common with each passing day).