Ever been in a bad relationship? This one has all the signs.

From the comments at Riverdaughter's place:

Jeff, on June 10th, 2008 at 10:02 pm Said:

I guarantee come November–when you’ve all blown off a little steam at sites like this–the DNC and Obama supporters like myself will have talked you back to the true fold. And in any case– GREAT MEN LIKE SEN. OBAMA ONLY COME AROUND ONCE IN A GENERATION AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOW YOU TO DESTROY OUR DREAM!

There are sooo many issues I have with this statement.

1. What about our dream?

2. Blow off a little steam? That's all us silly old wimmin are doing? (Hint: I'm not female or post-menopusal)

3. So how are you gonna talk us back into the "true fold," stud? Will you try cogent argument, bribery, or will you just whisper sweet nothings into our ears?

4. You "won't allow" us to destroy your dream? How exactly to you plan to prevent us? Sounds like a threat to me.

Farther up the same thread:

Brandon, on June 10th, 2008 at 6:28 pm Said:

I think this is sad. Hillary Clinton was a wonderful candidate who I would have voted for if she was the Democratic nominee. I do not, however, think that she would have won in an election against John McCain.

What is the purpose of this group? Are you going to vote for McCain? You really think McCain is the lesser of two evils compared to Obama? What made you want to vote for Hillary in the first place - because if it was the issues that she believed in, you might want to read up on McCain’s stance on corporate subsidies, gay and lesbian rights, abortion rights, military spending, continuing the Iraq war, a universal health care system, etc., etc.

If you help to elect McCain president this November, what purpose will that serve? Another 4 or 8 years of a Republican president in the White House, stagnating any sort of social progress our country has made in the past few decades. Is this group run by adults or petulant teenagers?

Text book OFB passive-agressive approach.

1. "I feel your pain, Hillary was a wonderful loser."

2. "If you really loved me cared about Hillary, you would do as I say."

3. "McCain will repeal Roe v. Wade" (they always say that)

4. "Quit acting like immature whiners."

This one, on the other hand, seems to have read the advanced manual:

Marci in Colorado, on June 10th, 2008 at 6:29 pm Said:

Why would intelligent, sensible women even consider voting for McCain? Do you care about health care issues? Do you care about a women’s right to make her own decisions? Are you against compulsory pregnancy? Do you want to vote for a man who respects women, especially strong opinionated women?

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Then vote for your own best interest - vote for Obama.

I hope to see a women president in my lifetime, but Hillary was way too old school politics for my taste. Learn more about Obama, and then join me in strengthening our party, the Democratic party.

Just makes you want to hug her and have a good cry, doesn't it?

This one needs more training:

Rooster, on June 10th, 2008 at 6:24 pm Said:

Good riddance to bad rubbish… Please please please go Republican, the Republican party needs more people like you. Though i’m betting if you pulled something similar within the Republican ranks they would probably just laugh at you.

And these two had their feelings hurt:

kelly, on June 10th, 2008 at 5:49 pm Said:

wow way to delete comments you fucking cowards.

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Bri Koca, on June 10th, 2008 at 9:00 pm Said:

I love it - speak against your goddess and get deleted. You don’t want any dialog here, just your own self-absorbed whining to one another without perspective.

Have at it!

What's really bizarre is that all these comments were posted over 5 hours yesterday (June 10th)afternoon/evening in a thread from June 2nd!

They are but a small sample of the troll posts that made it past the spam filter and still didn't get deleted.

The Confluence is a fairly new blog that is unashamedly pro-Hillary and anti-Obama. It was founded by Riverdaughter (aka Goldberry) as a refuge for Hillary supporters fleeing the rampant CDS at DailyCheeto and other blogs.

The OFB trolls that post there followed the Hillary supporters from other sites like domestic abusers that stalk their victims. Their comments range from manipulative to abusive, often in the same post.

They don't want us, but can't let us go.

And they sure don't act like winners.

Now someone questioned in a previous thread whether these trolls were really Obama supporters. I don't know, but their comments are typical of what we see at pro-Obama sites like Dailycheeto, TPM and Huff&Puff.

They can't all be Republicans, can they?