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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI thought my anger at this election would fade. It's hotter than ever today.
Certification is just another log on the fire.
I have no fucks to give anymore for everyone who voted for this corrupt regime.

Attilatheblond
(5,558 posts)I STILL have not been able to really open the taps on tears and release the pent fury/sadness. I know I'd feel better, but can't get a good cry going and clear out the bad hormones in my bloodstream.
Hell, I cry easily, for bad AND good things. But since Nov 7? Two tears fall then it all stops. Sometimes, I fear exploding, literally.
Anger? Yes indeed. But mostly, it's the profoundly deep sadness that so many people are either complete idiots or so filled with un-examined anger that they deliberately want to destroy everything and hurt everybody.
At my age, it's weird that I would still harbor hope for this nation and its people, but I do, or rather, I did. I feel like a vital organ has been ripped from me and left me slowly bleeding out.
allegorical oracle
(4,440 posts)my body. Have felt downright ill since the election. (Of course, not having my property insurance renewed for 2025 didn't help.)
Attilatheblond
(5,558 posts)Feeling ill is the general mood for all my pals here. Sorry about the insurance situation. I am facing some needed home repairs, stuff an elderly widow can't do alone and that isn't covered by insurance, so I really fear for you.
allegorical oracle
(4,440 posts)payment for 18 yrs. But always got an excuse why submitting a claim was useless -- even after I had damage from Hurricane Helene. Fla insurers want newer, larger homes to cover because it's more profitable.
electric_blue68
(20,557 posts)election in there?
Just a thought.
I cry easily, and I have a bit re this. I expect more so by around J18. Definitely J20.
Attilatheblond
(5,558 posts)Can't even squeeze out more than a couple tears thinking how much I miss my beloved husband.
DavidDvorkin
(20,104 posts)In addition to 2000, 2016, and 2024.
It's hard for me to accept that none of those can be reversed. Every time I hope for a blue tsunami so that some of the damage from those elctions can be undone, the American electorate disillusions me.
Polybius
(19,607 posts)Would he have been re-elected? What Republican would have gotten the nomination in 1972? Would Reagan have ran and won in 1976?
Earl_from_PA
(206 posts)But lost the nomination at the convention in Kansas City. Ford did not have the prerequisite number of delegates going into the convention. Reagan suggested his running mate would be the 'Liberal republican senator' from PA. which lost him the Mississippi delegation, giving the nomination to Ford.
Polybius
(19,607 posts)Reagan almost did the impossible and defeated a sitting President in the primaries. He came much, much closer than Ted Kennedy did in 1980. I wonder how Regan vs. Carter: 1976 Edition would have looked like.
Earl_from_PA
(206 posts)Led to the republican "southern strategy". That resulted in 12 years of a republican in the white house.
BTW, I believe Carter would have won in '76 regardless of who the R candidate was. Watergate left a bad taste in the electorate's mouth. If it had been Reagan in '76, America would be a much different place today...
Polybius
(19,607 posts)I can do them all day, and watch many videos on them. Another fun one is RFK living, or Ted Kennedy winning the nomination in 1980.
Earl_from_PA
(206 posts)Because of Chappaquiddick. It's a fantasy. The death of an innocent girl trumps a family name. Think of the entire American electorate. The Dems should have put forth stronger candidates. Rather than who was next in line. David Boron of Oklahoma immediately comes to mind. I know. Mondale was the favorite. Boron had better appeal across the total electorate.
Attilatheblond
(5,558 posts)Watching on TV from my apartment in California, I wept with joy that day. Pretty sure I was not alone in that response.
DavidDvorkin
(20,104 posts)(which I admit is unlikely, given how close the election was), he would have been another FDR.
electric_blue68
(20,557 posts)like12 in '65.
I was into it fully by '68, and that left a scar! I even *volunteered later on the last several weeks!
2000. Hoooo, boy! Etc
(don't know, if you were a McCarthy person, but I was sooo ready to volunteer for Bobby when he would campaign for NYS [which was after Cali 😔] so.....)
DavidDvorkin
(20,104 posts)1968 was a terrible year.
electric_blue68
(20,557 posts)and I waited on that long line (?4 hrs) to pay our respects at St Patrick's Cathedral.
DavidDvorkin
(20,104 posts)It felt like the world had come to an end.
Easterncedar
(4,121 posts)I believed in the courts, in law, in democracy for far too long. Now even Canada, Britain and France are teetering. I really thought Britain was better, more stable, than it has become.
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(9,734 posts)Its even worse than I thought though. Its why I didnt end up going to law school. I would not want to be associated with the Supreme Court - the highest court in the land. I have to give the lawyers in the ACLU and others fighting for civil rights props for being able to deal with the mess without going ballistic. What was that movie that had Al Pacino in it as a lawyer? That was realistic. I would have been Pacino x 10 with my temper.
Biophilic
(5,433 posts)I honestly believed that right would prevail. And I believed that our country and its democracy would stand. Its been tough to get passed this. Not there yet, but I will be.
AKwannabe
(6,690 posts)And exactly how I feel!!
Thanks!
kerry-is-my-prez
(9,734 posts)Ive been angry since November and its what makes people active.
soldierant
(8,306 posts)nothing ever changes or will change unless someone gets angry at what is.
PortTack
(35,450 posts)Callie1979
(633 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(9,734 posts)Ive been posting things on Facebook and other forums. Ive been attacking right-wingers online and it feels great to totally eviscerate them. Theres a couple of dumb asses who post on some site and I like to beat up on them. A few other people on the site seem to love it. It might not do too much, but it sure makes me feel better.
Callie1979
(633 posts)Even though my profile PLAINLY states "blocking me just shows your ignorance"
kerry-is-my-prez
(9,734 posts)Since most of the other people on there and the moderators agree with me - I get away with it. Its my opportunity to let out all the anger out and make some MAGATs look really stupid. Most everyone likes my posts and the MAGAT hides in embarrassment for a while. As they say the pen is mightier than the sword. Being a writer and having facts on my side, no MAGAt is safe on there.
Figarosmom
(4,966 posts)Pisses me off is how they are already attacking our allies. Canada and Denmark. Who is next? And when will the media wake up and stop acting as though its a realistic suggestion that we take over countries by extortion. And will they go away at the end of 4 years?
Mike 03
(18,288 posts)of Trump, whether one tunes to the BBC, CBC, Canadian talk radio, any news source originating in Europe. About four sentences in to every news report comes a headline about Trump, or an interview with a foreign politician talking about the threat he poses, the danger that is coming...
slightlv
(5,228 posts)going to protest the certification. At least one did back when Bush Jr was selected. This time, no one speaks for the many, many of us... especially those of us who are veterans... who know the constitution reads in black and white that he shouldn't even have been allowed to run, let alone be certified.
I've been a Democrat my entire life, and I'll die voting Democrat. But let me tell you, I'm sorely disappointed over these past 10-15 years at how little the Democrats have gotten done in the vital areas of shoring up democracy and rights for every American. There are all kinds of excuses, but I'm just really tired of hearing them.
I knew today was certification day. I just kind of blew it off... the same way I'm probably going to blow it all off from this point on, as much as I can, anyway. Eventually, sooner rather than later, my hot button will get pushed and I'll feel the righteous anger and move toward action at that point.
Butterflylady
(4,332 posts)Then it made sense. Things are horrible in the entire world. Dump is going to screw up everything, that's when all things will be seen in a different light. I watched a video this morning made by Tim (forgot his last name) of the Bulmark. In this video Tim had different people giving their predictions of the coming year.
They all had different views, but the one that caught my attention was the last person on. She is publisher of the Bulwark. She said that dump and his gang are going to cannibalize each other.
When you have candidates that are the bottom of the barrel and ignorant to boot, you know dam well things will go from bad to worse. All we have to do is sit back and watch the turmoil that's created. Then we'll be able say, hey dump you told the American people that you know everything, you're going to fix all our problems, what the hell happened. Remember, dump loves firing people and he hasn't changed that much.
Someone said that Johnson will be the first of the first speaker to go with 2 more to follow. Anyway after listening to all, I don't feel so bad because we all know he's going to fuck up so bad.
Callie1979
(633 posts)But the firings will be hard to pin on Biden.
But MAGA will just call them RINOs or some other such BS
kerry-is-my-prez
(9,734 posts)Just like the Republicans would do. Everything is going to blow up beginnng Jan 20 when he lets all the savages out and tramples all over the states to get the brown people out.
Klarkashton
(3,218 posts)Callie1979
(633 posts)They still think he's gonna be just GREAT at cutting the size of govt
I keep telling them he could cure cancer and if he gets too much press Trump will cut him loose & call him "not very bright"
Attilatheblond
(5,558 posts)Thiel's man-puppet will likely find a way to 25th the orange man, then he will go on to do as much, or more, damage globally. It's another dark age we humans face, as the Oligarch War Lords override nations and the battles for resources and money escalate.
kerry-is-my-prez
(9,734 posts)You will find very few people willing to admit to voting for him.
Klarkashton
(3,218 posts)yaesu
(8,622 posts)Meowmee
(8,161 posts)I am too exhausted to feel angry most of the time... just fear and worry a lot. I just raked leaves again for hours before the snow. I am just concentrating on my own life now mostly and my kitties, and so many things that need to be done.
Mike 03
(18,288 posts)But just in general, I don't feel calmer or more secure going into January 20 today than I did on November 6. If anything, the sense of fear and loathing is stronger.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)Initech
(104,385 posts)By saying the most out there and outrageous shit they possibly could. Fuck him and his shitty news network.
electric_blue68
(20,557 posts)It still feels partly unbelievable to me, but it'll be very real J20.
Ghads!
Staying constantly angry is not so good.
I have good interests to distract me.