I know, I know, Susie’s good people, and she’s been patient with one very persistent troll. (She’s also got car trouble, so she has more important things on her mind.) But when I read this post and saw the exact same paragraphs quoted by two different trolls — one full force nasty, one concern-like — I lost my sense of decorum and good taste.

Troll A:

I suppose you could follow the lead of historiann, anglachel, riverdaughter, and the rest of the PUMA dead enders and claim that obama is really another hitler, worse than bush, planning a totalitarian takeover of the US of A, etc. etc.

or, if you read the original article you find this:  Read more 

They sure don’t act like winners.

From Reclusive Leftist:

This comment is showing up in moderation queues throughout the Hillary-supporting blogosphere:

When I watched her speech this morning, I felt something genuine in her voice. When she talked about dedicating her life to making America a better place, you could tell that was her deepest conviction.

She seemed a little hesitant endorsing Obama, but she also seemed very confident when she said we cannot afford to allow the Republicans to hold The White House for another 4 years or more.

In the end, I think Hillary’s decision to support Obama was what she feels is the best course for our country to follow. I’ve supported her so far, so there’s no reason for me to doubt her now.

Let’s take back The White House for the Democrats and make America a better place.

Har! The name attached to the comment is different depending on the blog; the pattern seems to be to choose the name of a regular commenter.

So I drop in at the Confluence and I see:  Read more 

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After nearly six straight months of this, I have had enough. Stop wasting my time.

First of all, I owe you NOTHING. I do not have to answer your questions, nor do I have to explain to you why I am supporting Hillary Clinton.

I tried constructive engagement, but that’s really just a game of blogospheric whack-a-mole. It’s like Groundhog Day, arguing the same arguments over and over.

I know everything I need to know (and then some) about Hillary Clinton. Nothing you can say will persuade me that she’s evil. She is not the Antichrist, nor is she married to him.  Read more 

As administrator, I’ve temporarily called a halt to our open comments policy for unregistered users; they will no longer be able to post comments.

I’ll see how the registered users do.

With rare exceptions — anti-Semitic ranting, calls for the assassination of public figures — I prefer to let comments speak for themselves, or to use mockery and derision to contextualize them. Like Digby, I no longer have the time or the energy to watch everybody’s back, and the blog’s back, by spending my waking hours wading through the droppings of dull-eyed zombies:

Big Tent Democrat is a lying whore and so are you.

Hillary is toast. You two are either to [sic] stupid to notice. Or you are lying sack of chit.

Either way, you are both laughingstocks.

or to be fair, this:  Read more