This comes from a discussion on MyBO, which was very civil but complicated.

It breaks down many ways and speaks to an issue close to my heart.  "We are all Democrats here!" and other well-intentioned unity statements miss the overarching message Sen. Obama puts forth.

We are more than even that.  I am an Indie - as are many of us - and quite a few are Republicans.  If you try to parse and caveat to be inclusive it devolves into PC madness.

It's simple.  We are Obama folks.

-chris

We are joining together to support Barack Obama as the best candidate in the general election for the President of the USA.

Incorrect--->Not all Democrats have joined together to support Barrack Obama as the "best candidate in the general election for the Presidenet of the USA."

That's why you keep hearing the media say; "Barack Obama has some work to do."

to be considered an Obama supporter. Not that I'm saying it's bad -- just different and maybe a little awkward. Back when I was supporting Dean, I wasn't nearly as critical of Kerry as I have been of Obama. Actually, I stopped criticizing Obama (for the most part) back in April. But still, switching my support feels odd. I'm not as intimately familiar with the ins and outs of all of his plans as I was with Hillary's. I'll have to do some studying before I start making calls. Thankfully, I have plenty of time.

In August I will be moving out of Texas in order to help a friend of mine who mother has cancer and has been given less then a year to live. That was why when Texas held the primaries I volunteered. I worked from 7am to 10:30pm on election day.

I did poll working 7am to 5pm. I was one of the youngest poll workers up there. I noticed most people who did poll working were older. I am 27 so I considered myself very young of age there. While I did poll working I informed everyone about the caucus. It didn't matter who one was voting for my job there was to be fair and let them know.

From 6pm to 10:30pm I ran the caucus. It was a interesting experience because instead of just looking for one side I looked for help from each sides anyone who knew what to do. Our caucus ran fair, but it was scary afterwards when I look back because normally I get stage fright. That whole night I did not get scared one bit to be up in front of people. It was a good experience and a memory I take with me.

I maybe a Obama supporter, but I have friends from each side. A real close friend of mine is a Clinton supporter. On the day Clinton left the race she said to me I'm sure you are happy now and I told her no I'm not because I know you cared and I feel bad on that part. You see to me my friend matters above politics. She may have been on the other side, but we have been friends for a long time and I wasn't going to let politics get in the way of our friendship.

The friend that I am going to help who has a mother with cancer was a Clinton supporter as well. We talked about letting her kids go to both rally's in indiana just to see. I was encouraging her to get active because I remember how much fun I had here in Texas even though we were on different sides then. We can come together and be one again. I  believe unity is possible and I'll do my part to try to help in Unity.

I have a mother who is a Clinton supporter. I got yelled at on every bad thing in the book from here when Barack Obama kept winning. We got to the point that couldn't talk about politics in the house. She is starting to come around, but still isn't there so I even understand the grief that is there. I saw a lot of changes in her some that didn't like, but it was passion that we all had and that takes time. I think I can get her to vote within time.

That doesn't work for those of us are just lifelong Democrats and consider ourselves our own people, not any particular candidate's "folks".

but i agree that "liberal" and "progressive" are empty stupid divisive labels

I had posted this earlier on an open thread from yesterday and thought it was appropriate to the discussion here.

Yeah, it is really sad and this sort of bullshit will not win us the GE. I realized many years ago; while watching Inside Politics or Capital Gang (old CNN shows for you youngsters); and the liberal hosts/guests and conservative hosts/guests were screaming at each other for our benefit. They probably walked away from the camera's, laughing their asses off and slapping each other on the back.

It's a fracking game and we are the butt of the joke. White people hate black people, black people hate white people, progressives hate conservatives, Obama supporters hate Hillary and on and on and on. Who is getting played here? It's all about keeping us hating each other on a horizontal level. Then we never look up and see who is really shitting all over us.

I don't agree. And I have never liked this part of his message. I think differences do matter.  I am a democrat because of the party platform and our differences with the repugs. My experience in life has been that when we are all the same-- somebody gets screwed. I am not saying this right. Ok. I will go at it this way. I believe in advocacy and in change based on advocacy. How can I advocate effectively if I am just like you? We are not all alike. Democracy works because we honor differences and make rules that accomodate those differences.