UPDATED:Give up Edwards supporters...on recommending every edwards related diary. Your efforts kept Pastor Dan's Brothers and Sisters off the REC list. And those of you telling Edwards supporters to drop their candidate. You too should STFU. Here's His Brothers and Sister that you ruined.
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There have been some amazing substantial diaries this month. Most of them didn't mention your candidate. Additionally, there have been some pretty eloquent STFU diaries. ALL of these mention your candidate.
Over the course of the last few months, there's been a pretty clear pattern to the recommended diaries. Generally it went like this.
November
3 Why John Edwards is the greatest guy ever who inspires me diaries
2 Why Barack Obama is the awesomest inspiration ever to a guy/gal who writes diaries
1 Breaking News Item
1 Truly Breathtakingly compelling nyceve heartbreaking health insurance story (seriously these are one of the few reasons to read Kos right now.)
1 Celebrity/candidate diarist story
1 Jerome countdown to $100 oil diary
1 Congress totally surrenduring to Republicans news item
December
3 Why John Edwards is the greatest guy ever who inspires me diaries
2 Why Barack Obama is the awesomest inspiration ever to a guy/gal who writes diaries
1 Breaking News Item
1 Truly Breathtakingly compelling nyceve heartbreaking health insurance story
1 Celebrity/candidate diarist story
1 Jerome countdown to $100 oil diary
1 Chris Dodd kicking ass by leading news item
January (Post Iowa)
2 Why John Edwards is the greatest guy ever who inspires me diaries
2 Why Barack Obama is the awesomest inspiration ever to a guy/gal who writes diaries
2 Obama wins, bitches! diary
1 Truly Breathtakingly compelling nyceve heartbreaking health insurance story
1 Celebrity/candidate diarist story
1 Jerome countdown to $100 oil diary
1 Chris Dodd kicking ass by leading news item
January (Post NH)
1 Why John Edwards is the greatest guy ever who inspires me diaries
1 Why Barack Obama is the awesomest inspiration ever to a guy/gal who writes diaries
1 Why Edwards Supporter MUST join Obama's camp or hilary wins diary
2 Why I'm staying with Edwards diary
1 STFU Edwards Supporters, We already get it diary
1 Truly Breathtakingly compelling nyceve heartbreaking health insurance story
1 RECOUNT diary
1 Ronald Reagan was actually a douche diary
1 Election Result Open Thread
January (Post NV)
1 Why John Edwards is the greatest guy ever who inspires me diaries
1 Why Barack Obama is the awesomest inspiration ever to a guy/gal who writes diaries
1 Why Edwards Supporter MUST join Obama's camp or Hilary wins diary
1 Why I'm switching from Edwards to Obama
2 Why I'm staying with Edwards diary
1 STFU Edwards Supporters, We already get it diary
1 Truly Breathtakingly compelling nyceve heartbreaking health insurance story
1 Celebrity/candidate diarist story
1 Obama won too, diary
You'll notice, throughout all of those, there has also been a steady stream of educational STFU diaries that people ignore. After reading the 7th STFU Edwards Supporters diary, I thought it might be good to put all of them in one easy to read location so everyone can get every perspective on how much we really want Edwards Supporters to please, for the love of god, take their fingers off the itchy recommend button, or at least pause and say to themselves, "Maybe this diary is the one edwards diary I don't need to recomend." Maybe, god forbid, a little recommending of actual substantive diaries is in order.
Anyways, here's a nice compendium of different ways a person can tell your candidates supporters to calm the hell down. Some are funny, some are sad, some are eloquent, some are logical, and all of them make a good fucking point.
I would be remiss, if I didn't mention that Obama supporters should shut their pie holes as well. And the Clinton supporters. Seriously, leave each other alone. Accept that you don't have the power to change each other's minds in the slightest. Everyone is going to have to come to their own conclusions, without your inspirational diary to help them along to accept how totally right you are.
Please only recomend your candidate diary if it REALLY brings something substantial to the table. Otherwise, STFU.
Now with out further ado, I bring you a recurring feature I will be doing until the god forsaken primary is over:
THIS WEEK IN STFU
You are ticking me off
Canidate Wars: A Plea and a Plan
Duckspeak
BREAKING! Random Candidate Quote Lifted Out of Context!
I love you all
Scungilli: A recipe for your candidates
John Edwards Eats Babies (my first STFU diary)
Please, Please Stop...
A chance to save your political soul
How can we not be embarrased by now?
Objectivity Dead at 37
Practicing an nonjudgmental stance: I dare you
You convinced me. You really did.
We have become the Free Republic
My Non-GBCW Pledge
Shut the F Up