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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-01-10 12:30 PMOriginal messageWe've got an election on Tuesday, and it might not go so well. Here's what to expect on DU. As you all know, we've got an election on Tuesday and there's a good chance that the results are not going to be good for Democrats. If somehow we hold on to both houses of Congress, then I think we'll have a good night here on DU and the aftermath will be (for the most part) fine. We've been very lucky in that we haven't had to deal with a bad election since 2004.But if we lose one (or God forbid both) houses of Congress, things are likely to get pretty ugly here on DU for a few days. I wish that weren't the case, but I think it's probably inevitable. Especially considering how friendly DU has been this past year. (That's sarcasm.)So, depending on what happens, here's what I think you can can expect...1. Everyone needs to GET OUT AND VOTE.I know that I have no power to make anyone actually get to the polls. But if you don't, imagine me sending very rude thoughts over the intertubes at you. We've talked and talked and talked about this election, and I know some DUers are disappointed with President Obama and the Democrats in Congress. BUT STILL, now is the time when your actions actually matter. You can come to DU and complain about Democrats all you like and post the most absurd baseless hyperbole. That's fine -- you got caught up in the moment and you said some stuff you really didn't believe. But everyone here is smart enough to know that ELECTIONS MATTER, and WHO CONTROLS CONGRESS matters, and WHO CONTROLS ELECTIVE OFFICES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY matters. I am confident that you will all do the right thing, as long as you GET OUT AND VOTE.2. After you're done voting, come here and hang out with your DU friends (and DU frenemies).We're all in this together. We win together, or we lose together. We all know that More Democrats = More Progress, and More Republicans = More Garbage. On Tuesday, we are all rooting for the same team.I hope everyone will check in and let us know when you have voted. You can even dress up with one of these cool "I voted" avatars, like the one I'm wearing right now. (I haven't voted yet this year. I just never took it off after voting for President Obama in 2008. Man, that was the best.)3. We'll probably get a lot of traffic to our site on Tuesday and Wednesday, which may affect your ability to get to the site.If necessary, we may have to turn off certain site functions so we don't bog down our servers. This will help speed up load times, if they are lagging. If we do turn off certain functions, there will be an announcement posted on the top right corner of the Latest Page explaining what we have done. Don't be alarmed.4. If people start posting a lot of divisive garbage, we may dump all of it into one GD forum.On Tuesday evening, if things start getting ugly, we are going to enforce a hard split between the two General Discussion forums. We have done this in the past, including during the aftermath of the disappointing 2004 election, and it works pretty well. The General Discussion forum would be designated as the support forum, and the General Discussion: Presidency forum would be designated as the infighting forum. Their names would be changed to reflect their purpose. (At this point we haven't figured out what we're going to call them or exactly how we are going to define the split, but we'll figure it out before Tuesday night.) Whenever someone clicks "post" in either GD forum, they will be presented with an interrupt page directing them to post their topic in whichever forum is more appropriate.You will be able to hide threads from the GD: Infighting forum from their "Options" page. This way, you can make the infighting disappear! Just go to Options > Edit your preferences > Set "Hide General Discussion: Presidential from the Latest page?" to Yes > Click "Update."If anyone posts a divisive infighting topic in the GD: Support forum, the moderators will move the thread into the GD: Infighting forum. The moderators have the sole authority to decide which threads are divisive.5. If you want the Democrats to lose, GO AWAY.I fully expect that there may be lots of finger-pointing and "I told you so" posts, and as much as I don't like it I understand it is going to happen. That's fine. But if anyone seems a little too gleeful that the Democrats lost and the Republicans won, we're not going to cut you a great deal of slack. If you want to celebrate a Republican victory, take it to Free Republic.I think that's everything. Fingers crossed, hoping for the best. GO DEMS!
Will selected gems be posted over here, so as to let us who don't have moles in on the fun?
It will be complete and udder (HA! BBBBBBboobiez!) chaos!BURN BABY BURN!!!
I will try but if history repeats it will be so toxic with hate and evil that they can`t scrub it fast enough so will just pull the plug and claim later it was an overload.
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats
Skinner says, "GO DEMS!"Me too, "GO DEMS GO...............the hell away".
It will be complete and udder (HA! BBBBBBboobiez!) chaos! BURN BABY BURN!!!
Remember if you are going to burn one ( a mole ) in a suicide run it is best to do it with a neighbor's WIFI IP. If your neighbor's IP gets banned, no problem; you will scored a two-fer if you neighbor is also dummy. Ditto if you use the public library or Starbucks.Think of it as a redistribution of wrath.
Someone on FR asked about a forum over there discussing DU in the DUFU from today, I posted a link to this site so they can see what's going on.
ALL YOUR CONGRESS BELONG TO US
That's how I found the other site (CU) after the 04 elections. In a DUFU, no less! Good on ya, Ballygrl!
I found you guys through a DUFU, the 1 when Pitts was banned for threatening to beat up Bobo.
(glad you're here )
OMG! someone at FR posted this in 1 of the DUFU threads today
