This thread has grown since last updated, so I figured I row over some of the more hilarious posts. It's definitely worth rowing over to see the whole campfire blazing.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 04:20 PM
Star Member MFM008 (6,549 posts)
3. yes its been bad.
I went into surgery on Oct 28.
Its been a difficult road on that alone.
My mom has gone downhill with heart failure.
Then came this abomination.
DU being out almost drove me to tranquilizers.
Dont feel alone....................................
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 04:28 PM
Star Member Maru Kitteh (16,171 posts)
4. For the first time, I feel a spark, no matter how dim it may be;
I feel enough hope to quietly nurse this small little spark in the cold, damp darkness around us.
A better analogy for your "spark" would be a fart in a hurricane.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 04:45 PM
vi5 (11,573 posts)
10. I'm more depressed than ever...
I had really hoped that DU coming back up would bring about some real soul searching, and a genuine post mortem that pointed out all the blame to go around.
Instead it's all screaming about recounts that aren't going to make a *******ed bit of difference, and still focusing on a cult of personality that has already destroyed so much of what we were supposed to be working for as a party.
I can't stay at a place like JPR because there are people that are actually celebrating a Trump presidency and who actively worked for it. I'm someone that voted for and once she won the nomination supported Hillary and I'll make no apologies for that or celebrate her loss. But I'm also not going to refuse to look honestly at what we did wrong, and the large amount of people who were very right, and the very loud, very vocal people who were very, very, very wrong.
We neglected the party as a whole, neglected our back bench, and allocated our time, money, and effort in a very lopsided way and we need to course correct ASAP and I just don't see any concerted effort or discussion of that.
I'm hopeful once this recount flames out as it inevitably will, that we can get down to actual work.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 05:12 PM
PinkFloyd (286 posts)
19. I know just how you feel. I'm getting a slight glimmer of hope myself.
If by a holiday miracle Hillary does become the winner, I'll jump a thousand joys knowing we don't have a fuhrer for our new POTUS and his cabinet of nightmares to deal with.
The person I'll still feel sorry for is the man who actually lost his life from a heart attack from the stress of thinking we'll have to have someone 2x worse than Dubya for the next four years.
DUmpfire, DUmp bright,
First DUmp fire I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight!
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 05:16 PM
Coolest Ranger (1,829 posts)
22. Right now the only hope
I have is if I pray that I can survive these 4 years because I don't have a lot of hope
Might be 8, buddy. Just sayin'.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 05:28 PM
Star Member mountain grammy (12,249 posts)
31. Also depressed. I can barely control myself when I see or hear the con man.
I hate him and everyone who voted for him. Like my dearest friend said to me, "they finally got me to hate." Me too, good buddy, me too.
Invest in tranquilizer company stock.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 06:03 PM
Motley13 (1,141 posts)
37. I'm afraid my depression will last for 4 yrs or impeachment, whichever comes 1st, buuut
that means Mike Pence. I need my medical marijuana.
Every time I tell myself, "it will all work out, always has" the narcissistic, bloviating imbecile opens his mouth.
And the thought of Ghouliani as secy of state is driving me over the edge.
WEEEEEED.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 06:18 PM
anniebelle (817 posts)
39. Still in Absolute SHOCK!
I haven't slept, been able to concentrate, calm my nerves with my usual round of yoga and daily meditation ~ this is just such a scary point for so many in our country and the world. I, too, am glad to be back to DU to talk to some reasonable people. I live in a deep red state so it's hard to find anyone who's not celebrating the destruction of Democracy and our Republic. I just feel sick to my stomach when I see his supporters, the people he's chosen to surround him in his overthrow of our country. I'm white, 71 years old, and will probably be o.k., but I am so worried about so many in our country and the world who are not as privileged as I am. There are no words.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 07:37 PM
Star Member mvd (60,396 posts)
46. Hugs
I am not even enjoying the holidays due to the election. It just seems like this just can't be happening. Really hopeful that the recount shows something - at the least it showed Trump to be the petulant child he is again.
It IS happening. Deal with it. We won.
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 09:41 PM
anamandujano (6,896 posts)
49. My hopes are sky high. I really believe it's going to happen for us.
I did have to pop a few Valerian Root tabs that have been hanging around for over a year on that horrible night but now with the events of this week--
[some stupid cartoon video of "High Hopes" sung by Sinatra]
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 12:18 AM
betsuni (3,889 posts)
53. And here I was so optimistic about the U.S. before the election.
On election night, when Ohio went to Trump, my husband called from work and without a greeting or anything said "What's wrong with America?" Sigh. It's a long story.
It was the first time I seriously thought of Trump as the next president. As more states went red, I remembered the joke George Carlin cut from his act after 9/11, where he says he likes huge disasters -- in a perverse way it's exciting when something really big happens -- a Trump win would truly be a huge disaster. Then I felt guilty. By the time it was over I thought, well, that's it for me, I'm throwing in the towel, why bother trying to have opinions if you never know what's really going on, austerity straight ahead, time to mend and darn and save all the pennies and cultivate my damn garden.
I'm now darkly pessimistic (took a nap today and dreamed I was in a car going up a winding mountain road in the snow when the driver fell asleep, the engine stalled, and the car began rolling backwards faster and faster toward inevitable doom but I was in the back seat and could do nothing to stop it -- Thanks, Trump!) but the recount is good news. Trump is unprecedented, so everything else should be unprecedented.
I suppose it's too much to ask that people stop blaming Democrats for everything, but it would be nice.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 06:08 AM
Star Member barbtries (17,351 posts)
55. you're way ahead of me.
though i've been keeping up with the news after isolation for at least as long as i did not have my DU.
i am careful about the news i keep up with much more than before. i will watch some Rachel, some O'Donnell, Keith Olbermann, most of late night hosts. this is all on my computer anyway, i have a roku but no cable. i also am a member of TYT and the David Pakman Show, donated to Mother Jones and Slate (and others - I realize my christmas presents this year will pretty much consist of "a donation was made to...."), and subscribed to the NYTimes and the LATimes, which i perceive as a commitment to support the 1st amendment.
I still listen to NPR and can report that their political reporting is as bad as it's ever been.
hope? I'm still hoping that we still have a 1st amendment come 2018. in some ways i think my greatest hope regarding the state of the country is that when Trump screws up, he will screw up so many people that they will wise up and realize they backed the wrong candidate, big time. and the pendulum will swing.
oh, yeah, and i got a prescription for klonopin. it seems to be helping.
Drugs!!!!! Gimme more!!
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 09:41 AM
Star Member catbyte (7,944 posts)
59. I am still feeling hopeless. Nobody is going to do a *******ed thing.
My teevee is still on the classical music channel since it was late in the evening of November 8. I don't think I felt this bad when relatives died.
Now, that's the spirit!
