This diary is Not about Hillary or anti-Obama

Notice a pattern in the Rec List?

This diary is not about Hillary Clinton getting "cyber-lynched" by Obama supporters who want to "take away women's rights."  
This diary is not about Obama's "fundamental changes" or how he's advocating "taking away rights of women" on abortion or about how the "cultish" Obama supporters should get used to it.

If you don't want those types of diaries up there, please rec this up to push at least one off.  A blank diary would be better.

The current Rec List contains the following diaries:
Hillary Clinton is somewhere, right now, laughing - about how Obama's position on the new FISA was a "blatant reversal" and his not opting into public funding was a "Blatant flip-flop" and that this shows primary support for him was from a "group of novices" with a "cultish mentality" that "took his word as gospel" and were suffering from "collective hysteria" that was like a "wild cyber lynch mob".  Now we have been "educated" that Obama is "just like Hillary Clinton", "just like John McCain" and will make "fundamental changes of mind" in order to get elected.

Silencing Dissension - about an anti-Obama HRC supporter Blogger account and perhaps a pattern of them being marked as spam and blaming and somehow tries to link it to Free Republic and the Obama Muslim smear.  There is then an attempt to portray the person who marked it as spam as somehow related to Obama supporters despite the only source explicitly stating there is no evidence that this is the case.  Additionally, following the link demonstrates the source and pusher of the story is Larry Johnson of the racist site NoQuarter.  

Hillary Clinton, The Daily Kos and Progressive Beliefs - basically DailyKos was unfair to HRC because she's a woman and those who attacked her were sexist and wanted to "take away women's rights".

Take a Deep Breath, Count to 10 - legitimate diary about frustration with Obama's FISA position while contrasting with John McCain.

Obama hedging on abortion rights? - an attempt to claim Obama is not solidly pro-choice ("How do you think NARAL is feeling right about now?") when he was actually putting an opposition to a lack of health exception to restrictions on late term abortions, but that simple "mental distress" should not qualify for a post-viability abortion.  "In a statement, NARAL Pro-Choice said Obama's magazine interview is consistent with Roe v. Wade."

The four diaries were recommended by a relatively small subset of MyDD.  They were each recommended by 18-25 accounts(plus one admin).  Less than 80 recommends (essentially a core of 15 who either had 3 or 4 rec's in this subset), have made this the HRC was abused and Obama isn't really a progressive diary collection.


Poll
Does the Diary Rec system need an overhaul?
Yes, different # of diaries depending on votes
Yes, more rec's needed to get up there
Yes, limited Rec's a day/none for new users
No, we just need better diaries
No, the diaries have been good for the most part
No, changing the mechanics won't help

Votes: 6
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I'm sorry (2.00 / 2)

But do these not go in cycles. All praise obama diaries rec'ed and then in the next week or so all praise hillary diaries.


He was warmly received by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called him "a leader that God has blessed us with at this time."
by roxfoxy on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 11:41:37 AM EST

ah... (2.00 / 1)

everyone - pantsb lets us all know what 'valid' criticism is. rec it up baby!

oh - and btw - your comments about the rec's on the particular diaries is inaccurate.  seems like you - like others - just want to relive the primary flame wars.

ive got news for you and others - ready?  its over.  there is a democratic nominee.


"Me Fail English? That's Unpossible." Ralph Wiggum
by canadian gal on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 11:48:24 AM EST

Two of the above diaries... (none / 0)

...are explicitly about the primaries.

Yours contains unfounded claims of a connection between Obama supporters and a click on a "flag" button on blogger from sites linked to by the racist No Quarter blog.

The other contains a BS attack on Obama's pro-choice credentials.  

Who is trying to relive the primaries?


McCain = Iraq. John McCain = overturn Roe.
by PantsB on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 11:54:10 AM EST
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i can only defend my own diary. (2.00 / 1)

and your description of it is inaccurate.  

that being said - i have no interest in defending my diary here or even in mine any longer since i have explicitly made clear my intention and positions yet you and others are dishonestly portraying it.


"Me Fail English? That's Unpossible." Ralph Wiggum
by canadian gal on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 11:59:17 AM EST
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Don't even bother responding. (2.00 / 1)

There's really no point. I don't agree with three of the diaries on that list, but I think our past work speaks for itself.


Even John McCain lusts after teh engels.
by sricki on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 12:06:11 PM EST
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Re: Don't even bother responding. (2.00 / 1)

yep. come back tomorrow and it will be the opposite, or look back over the last week and the changes are remarkable. but those with agendas and a paranoid pathology seem incapable of grasping that it does change over time and (some would say most importantly) other people have the right to their own opinions and to actually talk about them.


by zerosumgame on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 02:15:51 PM EST
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Yes, there's a lot of paranoia around here. n/t (none / 0)


Even John McCain lusts after teh engels.
by sricki on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 03:41:34 PM EST
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Re: This diary is Not about Hillary or anti-Obama (none / 0)

But, to large extent, that has ALWAYS been the pattern here at MyDD.

A hard core Hillary Supporter does a diary, and immediately, a core cadre rec's it.

Almost doesn't matter what the subject is.

Used to be Alegre or Texas Darlin would post at NoQuarter or Taylor Marsh, and 30 seconds later, they had 15 recs. Mostly by people that never stuck around to dialog.

It was a game, and a pointless one is my take.


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 01:42:15 PM EST


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