Something's died inside me and it isn't coming back

[suegeo]

The media, the monied donors, and high ranking members of his own party took down a successful sitting president. Removed the incumbent edge.

This feels worse than:

Nancy Pelosi re: GWB "Impeachment is Off the Table"

Al Franken must step down, no investigation, no seeing if there was Russian meddling.

Hillary being right about Putin's puppet and then learning about all the evil shit that GOP/Putin colluders did.
Hillary "losing" despite have more votes. Gore too, the GOP members of the Supreme Court fucked us yet again.

My vote has been disenfranchised twice. Maybe 3 times depending on how you count it.

My vote for Dean Phillips kicked off Steve fucking Schmidt's pass the torch. That GOP mofo who plopped Sarah Palin on us. Who planted the evil seed that Biden was too old. 50 years of service. Good governance. Gone. Poof.

I worked for like 20 years to flip Phillips' seat from red to blue. And now the seat is up for grabs again thanks to that asshole. Beautiful spring days spent inside Eden Prairie high school, caucusing, after an awful winter in Minnesota

Phillips is a white male. Schmidt is a white male. I'm smarter than both of them, put together.

But that doesn't matter because I don't have the power that the Patriarchy gives them. As a woman, I don't have the money they do. In 2022, American women typically earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men. I'm white, so I can only imagine the financial impacts on women of color.

I now have to wait until some rich white dudes decide. Or watch battling white men, as challengers for power, tear apart the party at the convention. And then lose the election. Stupid white guys.

My own party threw out the votes of primary voters.

Something has died inside me, as a woman. We are hated in this country. In spite of the fact that women are smarter than men. I'll now have to hear what men, mostly white men, decide.

So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills
You know the one, Dr. Everything'll-Be-Alright
Instead of asking him how much of your time is left
Ask him how much of your mind, baby
Prince

Young dude bros get to think they've saved us! Until maybe they have not and I get to become, at best, a Martha in Gilead or sent to the colonies.

[we can do it]

1. Yep 👍

[Baltimike]

2. same. nt

[Midwest_CAGirllll]

3. "My own party threw out the votes of primary voters."

Yes! My heart and brain have flatlined. 😞

[PatSeg]

24. Same here

Welcome to DU!

[Seeking Serenity]

4. My Party leadership has clearly been lying to me and us

They knew what was going on and they straight-up lied to our faces.

I'm so inspired.

[suegeo]

10. Gaslighting now: What's going on now will be totally transparent, declares the DNC

Someone in the DNC said it'll be oh. so. transparent.

[ibegurpard]

5. Something died in me in 2016

Until they remove my right to vote I'll be voting for any decent Democrat.

[edisdead]

6. An you said a mouthful about Dean

I absolutely loved him beating Paulsen and he was even decent until he turned into a backstabbing prick.

[obamanut2012]

7. ...

[Bettie]

22. I think they were talking about voting for Philips as a

congressman, not in the primary.

[ecstatic]

8. It sucks but we have to keep moving. We have less than 4 months

to defeat trump. Kamala is going to need an extraordinary amount of money to pull this off.

[Bettie]

23. IF the money people want her

and there is no proof of that.

Also, this country's misogyny is more malignant than it's racism, and shed draws both.

[XanaDUer2]

9. Me too nt

[suegeo]

13. :grouphug:

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The scary thing for America and for the Democratic party going forward is:

There are too many voters, pundits, donors, and senior Democratic officials now exposed as believing knowing they can circumvent the primary process at any time and install whoever they want.

And their plans were successful.

[XanaDUer2]

14. Back at ya

[mysitcfairy]

11. I am numb.

I feel like I am walking in my sleep. But this will pass and we will begin the new fight. We can’t lose!

[roamer65]

12. The alternative is fascism.

No thx.

I’ll be voting Democratic.

[Wicked Blue]

69. Is anyone saying they won't vote Dem?

I'm not seeing that.

People are aggrieved, and for good reason IMHO, but I haven't seen any saying they won't vote for the Democratic nominee.

[suegeo]

15. Jesus. Dean Phillips is on Twitter comparing himself to Paul Revere.

When Dean is literally Benedict Arnold. But his ego and bloated big head won't let him see it.

Dean worked with GOP strategist Steve Schmidt they planted the "Joe's too old" seed. Which lead to the chaos my nation and the whole word now face.

Benedict Arnold done got found out and fled behind British lines.

Paul Revere fought in the revolutionary war, and famously warned of a British invasion.

Fuck all the way off to Putin's enemy lines in Ukraine you dangerous white male idiot.

[Goodheart]

16. Joe Biden made that decision.

[suegeo]

17. Thank you for pointing that out.

I appreciate the keen insight you've brought to this moment in history.

[Demsrule86]

20. He was forced out by donors...and they will be back next time to 'help' us pick our nominee.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

35. All Dems had a hand in this, the overwhelming majority wanted Biden to step aside nt

[LisaL]

21. More like forced to make that decision.

NT

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

38. Forced because of Father-Time. It was time to pass the torch. Not "age", but time's effect on him.

The overwhelming majority did not know of this when they voted in the primary. Maybe, it had not even occurred yet at that time.
Things changed, and I'm glad we have Leaders in place that have helped us be flexible.
And I love that Biden was great enough to understand that the torch should be passed now.

[PatSeg]

25. After a lot of pressure from all sides

including members of his own party. Some thanks for the extraordinary job he's done for his country. "Here's a gold watch and don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out."

[Goodheart]

31. I truly don't feel all that sad for Joe Biden.

I am thankful for what he's done for this country, to be sure, but he's a big boy. He knows the game. He knows the risks of being a politician. Comes with the territory. There are many people in this country who would have liked one term as President of the United States. He is a lucky man.

And I don't find what he did today the least bit humiliating for him. Instead, he will go down in the history books as a selfless hero. And when all is said and done the final score, head to head, was 1-0 Biden.... by 7 million votes.

[PatSeg]

39. I would hardly call Joe's life "lucky"

He's been knocked down over and over again and he kept getting back up. Anything he achieved he earned.

This is a truly good man and an outstanding public servant, who deserved to be treated with more respect by the media and his fellow Democrats.

[appalachiablue]

45. ++

[suegeo]

18. This shit show also keeps project 2025 from being discussed

As well as the supposed party of law and order that backs a candidate who is a convicted felon, awaiting sentencing.
We should have been bashing Trump for the last month.

There's a month lost.

Now will it be another month lost to shape perception about DJT with swing voters?

Who will be out bashing Putin's puppet while the circular firing squad mess is cleaned up?

If anyone one does, will the biased paid off media report it?

Of will we get more reports about Putin's puppet unity. How the puppet is softening, making him more electable.

Easy to convince red voters seem to have been gobbled the fabrication that the adjudicated rapist has softened his stand on abortion.

Of course I will for the Democratic ticket. But I have no idea who that is at this point.

It'll give the jackals in the media and the GOPee to find shit or manufacture it pummel Harris, et. al.

[Demsrule86]

19. I might cry...I understand how you feel.

[PatSeg]

27. I've been on the verge of tears all day

It is a little unnerving watching so many people talking enthusiastically about a potential Democratic ticket only hours after Biden announced he was exiting the race.

[Willis88]

26. Don't agree

Biden made his choice. Now it’s on us to full support his successor.

[PatSeg]

30. He made a choice after a whole lot of pressure

from both the media and Democrats in DC.

Of course, people will vote for his replacement, but most of us can't just turn off our feelings like a light switch.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

33. He faced pressure from all Dem Groups nt

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[Arazi]

65. Just stop. You've now been on a multiple of these threads

Spamming actual Dems who did NOT want Biden out. It’s clearly not “all” Dems who wanted him pushed out, and trying to gaslight folks who don’t agree with you is irritating…

… at best

[Bobstandard]

34. He shouldnt have bailed.

He’ll be remembered most for his abandonment of constituency. Sad legacy in the end.

[LisaL]

37. That's not true.

When members of his own party started demanding he dropped out, it made it pretty much impossible to continue.

[Bobstandard]

55. I had a friend in Vietnam

His platoon was surrounded on a low hilltop with taller hills all around. Bad weather. No air support. Surrounding enemy being reinforced rapidly. Pretty much impossible to survive. They did.

[Skittles]

28. we really don't have time for this

we are fighting FASCISM

[Quixote1818]

57. "We are fighting FASCISM" Bingo!

This isn't a normal election losing to someone like Mitt Romney. Donors might have been willing to take a chance in that situation. In this situation they wanted to field the best candidate against Trump and they feared Biden was going to be dogged by the age question and would have struggled to get his message out. That was their opinion, they are gracious enough to donate a lot of money to our side. I'm giving them a pass this time!

[Skittles]

58. tired of people boo hooing

BUCKLE UP, IT'S GONNA BE A BUMPY RIDE BUT WE *CAN* GET THERE

[B.See]

29. As I've said many times, I'd vote for Buggs Bunny, to stop that fascist pig and his Nazis,

but I'd have to agree. I'm pretty tapped out about now.

[suegeo]

44. Can someone explain to me, real clear like, how to ignore posters on DU

[suegeo]

49. Even though the post was deleted, can someone explain to me real clear like how to block, ignore DUers?

Thank you in advance.

[Xavier Breath]

52. Just click on their name in the post

and then click on the "ignore" button up top. Select "full ignore" on the next screen.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

36. You may find it's easier to do the work and get it done with that part dead tbh

[suegeo]

46. Thank you for your kind words and condolences about the death of a piece of my soul/spirit

I kindly ask for your thoughts and prayers.

However, please note, I am a nobody. Not sure what kind of work I could possible offer up at this time, before I even know who the nominee is.

Nobody is offering me tv time to go out and hammer the convicted felon running for POTUS.

Right now, I am tip toeing around DU trying not to violate the rules and get banned or whatever.

I can truly say, the older you get as a woman, the more invisible you become. Maybe I could do something subversive that nobody will pay attention to because hey, I'm old and female. Your learned advice to me might be?

Thanks again for you condolences and kindness about the death of a piece of my spirit. Sincerely, God bless you. TBH.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

50. .

However, please note, I am a nobody. Not sure what kind of work I could possible offer up at this time, before I even know who the nominee is.

You're actually not a nobody. You care enough to post on a political messaging board, so you've likely got the motivation to volunteer for a campaign or party. I have never seen a volunteer who was willing to phone/text bank, door knock, write postcards or drive people to the polls ever get turned away by any campaign.

I can truly say, the older you get as a woman, the more invisible you become. Maybe I could do something subversive that nobody will pay attention to because hey, I'm old and female. Your learned advice to me might be?

If you're not interested in putting your efforts to a campaign, you could research the abortion fund in your state to find out what kind of volunteer work they might need. Other options include your local library board, local harm reduction initiatives, dedicated issue campaign and so on. There's always work to be done.

Thanks again for you condolences and kindness about the death of a piece of my spirit. Sincerely, God bless you. TBH.

I get it, it hurts. And once that fresh wound scars over, you'll have the strength to continue the work and the resilience to weather then next blow; I promise.

[suegeo]

53. I already have the strength to continue. Your promise is meaningless.

I have volunteered in the past, so your advice is meaningless to me.

Your condescending attitude rubs me the wrong way. And I don't like you. Could you just leave me alone, please?

On edit: I still kindly ask for your thoughts and prayers. It would mean so much to me and strengthen my female resolve to vote blue no matter who. And to do the work that I need to do so, so much. Please pray for me, I beg you. Then leave me the fuck alone.

[Doodley]

40. Look forward, not back. It's time to move on and save America from fascism.

[republianmushroom]

41. Yup

[Raftergirl]

42. Joe was not going to win, You all need to face the facts. Now, we have a chance, imo. And I'm a big Joe supporter,

[Faux pas]

43. KnR

Thank You suegeo

[suegeo]

48. Thank you

Thank you for what you said..
and the chance to also kick.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

47. It's her turn. Vote blue no matter who.

So you think young dude bros wanted a black woman as president?

[suegeo]

51. I try not to think too much about dude bros and what they want.

Thanks for the thoughtful advice to me to vote blue no matter who. I've definitely had that in mind for some time now. And you have me leaning in that direction now. Your influence/guidance is so important to me and everybody. Sincerely, thanks for that.

In my experience dude bros suck all the air out of the room with their "ideas" and "passion" and un-earned overconfidence.

I don't need a man to save me. For what it's worth. And it's not worth much.

[Ellen Forradalom]

54. The rank and file deserve an explanation

Why wasn’t this handled years ago? I voted for Joe Biden in good faith, like I did for Adam Schiff. Why let him on the ballot? Joe was old four years ago. Planning should have started then. I feel disrespected as a primary voter.

[Goodheart]

56. The response today OUT IN THE REAL WORLD has been so amazingly positive

that this decision was staring us right in the face, this entire time, as the correct one.

I mean, we all love Joe Biden. He's an amazing man who will be remembered quite well in history books... I guess a couple of days of moping is understandable, and sometimes it helps to share.... but I think posts like yours will become quite rare quite quickly, and then only by posters who don't fear being viewed as being really short-sighted.

Let's get positive. Let's go, Kamala!

[suegeo]

59. Seriously, how do I ignore bullshit like this

I live in the real world.

And...posts like mine? WTF goodheart can you just give me your silent thoughts and prayers? And then leave me the fuck alone.

Once I figure out the ignore, it's girls gone wild!!!!!!!!!!

[Goodheart]

60. Feel free.

In the meantime, you'll be missing out on a lot of:

KAMALA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[suegeo]

64. Good night from my real America, the real world of positivity

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Sleep well. Pleasant dreams! Sincerely.

[Xavier Breath]

63. I explained that process in my post upthread.

Unless you already have me on ignore. But wait, how could you...?

[suegeo]

67. Thank you very much

for the steps. and for the little chuckle.

[electric_blue68]

66. Um...and you Think you're the Only One living in "the real world"? Yeah, I was shocked, and teary. I'm a staunch...

Feminist for 55+ years aound mid-late teens in the late 1960s . I'm not giving up now.

I really like Kamala; smart, caring, witty. I have no equivication supporting her!!!

That said I will work hard for Whomever runs as the Democratic Nominee!!!!!

As for Our Hilllary she lost for several reasons. The Effing Electoral College! Effing Comey, and "her emails"! The effin' Third Party voters instead! 😬 Being the Major reasons. Maaaaaybe a bit re her not going to certain States enough.
I was So Proud to Vote for her! Luckily I was at MSNBC's Election Countdown in Rockefeller Center so Not Alone in my shock, and grief tht Nov 2016! Esp as an NYC'r knowing the scum drumphf was/IS!

You have all rights to be furious.
I hope you come around at some point and go full bore GOTVing.

[suegeo]

61. I just can't any more....

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/category/pet-pharmacy/dog-rx/rx-dog-heartworm

So asking for a friend, which heart worm medication for SMALL dogs is best?

I like the positivity of pet adoption and advocate, no, pledge to WORK FOR, animal rescue organizations!

I like both dogs and cats. Can somebody smarter and more positive than me--who lives in the real world--give me much needed guidance on whether to support cats more or dogs more.

God bless the USA and Madame Harris! USA!!!

[marmar]

62. Per a report Rachel Maddow quoted tonight.....

..... Biden's two most trusted advisors met with him last night, and per their internal polling, told him he had no path to victory. That was Rachel quoting a story from the Politico, so I don't know how much veracity there is to it, but Joe's reasoning might be more layered than we know.

[LudwigPastorius]

68. "...members of his own party...Removed the incumbent edge."

The incumbent edge that had Joe leading Trump by 10 points?

"I now have to wait until some rich white dudes decide."

So far, it looks like the "rich white dudes" who lead the party (somebody tell Obama, Pelosi, and the rest that they are irrelevant) will be backing a black woman for president.