So, it's official. The 2008 Daily Kos primary wars were more intense and more bitter than the Daily Kos primary wars of 2004. I thought that nothing would ever trump the Dean-Clark wars, where a legion of Clarkies tried to climb Mount Daily Kos to knock Dean off the summit, and got thrown back into the abyss in the process, but not before taking a handful of Deaniacs down with them.
But I was wrong. The Hillary-Edwards-Obama wars, that later became the Hillary-Obama wars, were worse. The intra-blogger ad hominem accusations of corruption, bad faith, sexism and racism told the tale. Friendships were destroyed. Alliances were frayed. For many, the world was just too cruel to do anything but say good bye.
But guess what. It's over!!! The primary wars are done!!! And we're still here. And the community is more vibrant and alive than ever. We survived the most vicious infighting ever seen in the modern progressive movement, and there are still thousands of people showing up here every day, aching to make a difference. We are a resilient people, and we will help bring change. I feel very confident in saying, if we can survive this, we will survive anything.
And we will help Obama take down McCain, and our long national nightmare will be over.