Im afraid im not going to make it.........

[a kennedy]

I fear my heart is going to explode. My Senator, Al Franken, is going to be railroaded out of office, my well being is being tossed aside for the amusement of the wealthy, and my sanity is being toyed with by the FAWKING assholes running my country!!! I’m not going to make it.

[octoberlib]

1. You'll make it. We all will. But it will come with lots of anxiety.

I know how you feel. It feels like everything's being destroyed.

[a kennedy]

10. I know.....just need to relax.....

Thanks, I will survive......now where is that pipe.

[SamKnause]

2. I know the feeling.

Did you mean running my country, or ruining my country.

They are the greatest threat this country has ever faced.

They won't stop until the U.S. is a Christian Theocracy run by global corporations.

[a kennedy]

11. Now that you write ruining that fits as well.....

Thanks.

[brooklynite]

3. Considering nobody's actually calling for Franken to resign...

...maybe you should relax.

[a kennedy]

12. I will, its like this pace never stops.....i feel like ive been on a ride that is going

at break neck speed and it isn’t going to stop.

[Thor_MN]

37. I disagree. There are quite a few, even here, that are calling for it

And those that are not exactly helpful.

"The time has come for people here to stop disparaging the Franken accusation...
...or trying to explain it away as a RW hoax"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029850269

"SO Senator Franken apologized for a "made up" incident?"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029850472#post2

[OliverQ]

43. Several are actually. Think it was Kathleen Rice who called for it earlier

[question everything]

48. A congresswoman from Illinois, a Democrat, appeard on Chuck Todd and said he should resign (nt)

[brooklynite]

50. One is a statistically insignificant sample...

[TCJ70]

64. One person disproves your nobody...

...so in this case it is statistically significant.

[NCTraveler]

4. We have a problem and I need for you to listen to this.

Franken will be fine, in or out of office. Chances are better than not he will have an amazing rest to his life. Like all of us he will suffer pain along the way. Some unjust. Minnesota will also be fine. Far too often we live in the moment when the game we are playing is long.

Dig deep. Do some extreme self-reflection. Get off the 24 hour bullshit news for just a short time. Stabilize. Stabilize. Stabilize. I, along with millions of others, desperately need a healthy and energetic you. It starts and ends with you.

Please my friend, please.

[a kennedy]

13. Thanks......I know Al will be fine, I will too, just wish the everyday headlines

that are worse day after day would stop. It’s just so overwhelming, but I will try to relax.

[pangaia]

27. Stop reading the headlines. then they will stop.

If you can fix something, then there is nothing to worry about.
If you can NOT fix something, why worry about it?

I'm pretty good at giving other advice; an expert, in fact.
Not always so good at following my OWN advice, however.

[Angry Dragon]

5. Franken is also my senator.......he is not going to resign

[a kennedy]

14. I know........I just need to relax....stay calm, take a break......

thanks.

[we can do it]

55. I keep biting all my nails.....

[sarcasmo]

60. My booze bill is up this year.

[murielm99]

62. Damn, so is mine!

Sober or otherwise, I do not think Franken will resign. I believe he will be vindicated. Something will happen to take the spotlight off Franken.

He is a fighter. And Minnesotans are stubborn and tough. All those Swedes and Germans will not put up with this crap. They will dig in, quietly, but they will dig in.

If he was up for reelection right now, I have little doubt that he would win.

[vlyons]

6. Calm down

We need to remain calm, steady, and focused on winning Dem elections. It is heroic and virtuous to remain calm in the midst of chaos and degeneracy. Get a grip. Give yourself a little pep talk.

[a kennedy]

15. Thanks, just looking for my pipe.

Might just have to have a tad more then usual.

[Control-Z]

40. What are you putting in your pipe? eom

[shenmue]

7. Puppy therapy

[a kennedy]

17. Awwwwwwwww now that is exactly what I needed.

Thanks,

[MontanaMama]

41. Damn.

I want what's in your pipe! I'll have to settle for wine.

[BigmanPigman]

18. Dogs are the best medicine there is!

I have been holding and stroking mine to try to calm down for over 2 years...I think I am wearing her fur off. Pink, soft, warm puppy bellies are the best cure for what ails you.

[sprinkleeninow]

58. Your post is a saving grace! Much appreciated. 😘

[shenmue]

61. You're welcome

[Ninga]

8. I'm a Sicilian woman. My talent is smelling bullshit. When it comes to Franken I smell Roger Stone

and Project Veritas.

the photos and claims of the women who were Republican admitted Trump voters, smell.

the anonymous "victims," smell real bad

Here's what I say. I stand with Al. Now I will call my senator again and beg him not to vote for the tax bill.

[BigmanPigman]

16. My Italian grandmom smelled something foul beginning with Reagun.

The GOP is what stinks to high heaven, at least since 1980.

[Drahthaardogs]

25. That's because we know a fascist when we see one.

We learned our lessons well.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Franken is my Senator, too, and I hate it what's being done to him.

I am becoming more convinced that, while the USO show had its bawdy moments and he participated in them, most of this is a setup by Roger Stone or his ilk. The timing, especially Al's takedown of Jeff Sessions, the anonymity of the latest accusers and the involvement of the others with the GOP makes the whole thing smell pretty bad. But I don't think Franken will be driven out of office, although Conyers might be.

The rest of it, though - yeah, it sucks - hard enough to bend light. I keep trying to remind myself that the way power is taken from you is by convincing you that you don't have any. But right now I think we are all feeling pretty helpless because the GOP is hell-bent on fucking us over just because they can. Their donors have ordered them to cut taxes on them, or no more rides on the gravy train. The rest of us are just collateral damage. And if the donors open their wallets again, the fact that the bill is resoundingly unpopular won't matter.

In the meantime, the president is obviously barking mad and ready to start a nuclear war - but the GOP doesn't care because they want those tax cuts.

[Lifelong Protester]

19. YES you will make it.

Have a hot bowl of soup and relax!!

[samnsara]

20. i love him!

[a kennedy]

22. Me too.....

[lunatica]

21. Our history has had much worse times and we persist nonetheless

Just think of it as living in one of those hard times. It's interesting times indeed!

[mnhtnbb]

23. I don't believe Franken will resign. He'll weather the storm.

He knows what is at stake.

Hang in there.

[a kennedy]

24. Thank you......and I know my sanity will be restored, just not soon enough.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Just because Trump is going insane, doesn't mean we have to go insane with him.

I believe that all of this is going to get sorted out on the side of justice.

[sprinkleeninow]

57. This is truth.

If they're bonkers contagious, we don't want to catch that from them.

[Irish_Dem]

63. People like Trump create as much negative chaos as possible, and everyone starts to feel crazy. nt

[panader0]

28. You say Franken will be railroaded out of office.

In an earlier OP you were "mad as hell" about Franken supposedly
"cupping" a woman's breast. With no evidence except her word.
So which is it? Are you "mad as hell" at Franken, or do you think he is
being railroaded?

[a kennedy]

36. Im mad at it all......all the allegations against Al, the horrible tax bill

the damn idiot in the White House, Repubs that just flat out lie and no one holds them responsible.....

[hibbing]

29. The stress is killing me n/t

[Glorfindel]

30. I share your anxiety. If I could afford it, I'd already be gone to somewhere civilized.

As it is, I'll just have to ride it out here.

[ffr]

31. Yes you will, because it's no better for any of us. The KGOP has just gone off the rails.

They are at war with America.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. Breath deeply. Worry about things you can change, and then do something. Observe the rest.

Maintain calm awareness.

Be poised to shift stance quickly.

Don't fight fears or worries. Whenever fears and worries rush in to overwhelm you, just say to yourself "Oh, hi. You again." Then mentally in your mind open a window and let a breeze waft them away. Direct yourself to something that needs to be done, not as a distraction, but as a way to maintain progress forward.

We will survive. We will persist and persevere.

You, me, DU, Democrats, the USA, this beautiful world. We will persist and triumph together.

[a kennedy]

34. I know.....serenity now.....

am just taking deep breaths, not watching any news channels, and reminding myself it’s going to get better.

[annabanana]

47. Excellent advice..

One foot in front of the other.. doing everything we can, when and where we can.

[Mr.Bill]

33. I feel badly

for Senator Franken's family being put through this.

[a kennedy]

35. Gotta be so hard for them.

[sarge43]

38. Don't give up. Senator Franken needs all of us to stand with him

You most of all.

All of us are the descendants of men and women who faced wars, depressions, discrimination, homelessness and much more. They endured, survived and overcame. We have it in us to do the same.

Our enemy have nothing to sustain them but greed, fear and hate. We're better than that, much better. We have faith in ourselves, each other and this nation's ideals. We are going to kick their collective ass.

So take a deep breath, a break and step back up when you're ready.

[a kennedy]

39. Thank you.

and looking forward to kicking their asses.

[sprinkleeninow]

59. You said it!!

[ancianita]

42. Channel that fear toward clarity. Fear means you have something to defend.

The next time you're confronted by any Minnesotan with doubts, remind them of what TygerBright said here recently:

Al Franken did not, in any context, seek to

-- sexually assault a 14 year old girl.
-- induce nine women who didn't know each other to come forward with essentially the same story about preying on women FAR too young for the preyer.
-- brag about grabbing women by their pussies.
-- walk into the dressing room of a teenage beauty contest and ogle girls and very young women.
-- speak about his own daughter in the most disgusting ways not just once, but on multiple occasions, in multiple venues, and in highly public settings.
-- ignore the allegations of more than a dozen women who did not know each other yet made very similar allegations of groping, hands up skirts, vagina touching, and more.
-- refute what is increasingly being shown to be spurious charges at best, if not outright lies.
-- even breathe a HINT of a negative statement against his questionable accuser.
-- deflect the focus on him by publicly dissing others accused of similar actions

On the other hand, unlike Republican sexual predators, he did in the present context . . .

-- quickly acknowledge the accusations, even as the accuser has shown herself to have a political and personal agenda well beyond the allegations made.
--offer a public apology.
--deliver a hand written personal apology.
-- call for the Senate to do an ethics probe into the incident.
-- quietly withdraw from the controversy and allow the accuser to speak unrefuted.

Remember the contextual facts behind these women's claims. Stand with the those who admit human mistakes in understandable past contexts, rather than those who deny/deflect their actual factual sexual acts in any past context.

Anger is a genetic gift that helps us defend what's beautiful, good and true. Anger helps the good survive. Don't be afraid. You're going to be okay.

[Honeycombe8]

44. That is so wrong. So wrong, if they railroad him out. He's one of the good guys. nt

[Lulu KC]

45. We can make it

Something hit me today and I felt the same way. The tax bill seems to be my breaking point. It's filled with too many personal effects and dangers to those around me who are poor.

I looked up some recent Colbert segments, then distanced myself from my phone and laptop for about six hours and just lived an ordinary life. Grocery shopping, returning something to a store, ordering a birthday cake, and looking up to see a beautiful moon while an owl hooted--all of these things were restorative. Now I'm checking the headlines to see if any missles have been sent or received, if the tax bill has passed, and who else has been accused of sexual harrassment. After that, it's reading fun fiction tonight. Maybe some Scarlatti piano sonatas. He seems to cheer me up. No more intake of news after now.

I have to up my restorative activities and reduce my news intake or I will truly explode. A couple more indictments from Mr. Mueller would help, I must say!

Hang in there with us, a kennedy. Take care of yourself.

[videohead5]

46. This is pathetic!

The photo the latest woman put out does not show any groping his hand is on her side.this is ridiculous.

[elmac]

49. I don't think this country will survive

its going to get a lot worse before it all implodes.

[ghostsinthemachine]

51. Got any pot?

Where did I put that sandwich?

[Cracklin Charlie]

52. You will make it.

You are a DU’er!

Have one of these



Over tonight’s huge story from the NYT, and
Snap out of it!

It’s gonna be okay.

[Ferrets are Cool]

53. For all those people who are saying that "no one wants him to resign"

As allegations mounted against Franken, several fellow Democratic members of Congress said Thursday that he should resign. Rep. Joe Crowley of New York, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio said separately that it’s time for Franken to go.

This is not NO ONE.

Besides there are other things in his post that are making many wring their hands in despair.

[cilla4progress]

54. By far the best thread

I’ve ever read here.

I imagined we are another 60 degrees of hell down the road, and these being the comments.

Your true colors came out and they are beautiful.

[sprinkleeninow]

56. Please don't not make it. I'm in the same state lately.

We all need one another to face what's next coming down the pike.

[a kennedy]

67. Thanks, and I already feel a tad better today.......

it's just non stop with shit from this White House and all who are connected with it.

[steve2470]

65. come talk to us in the Mental Health support group, seriously

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1151

I know exactly how you feel.

[a kennedy]

68. Wow, looks like a good place......

Thanks for the invitation, I just might do that.

[steve2470]

69. ..........

[bigtree]

66. hang in there

...take it in bits.

Step back a little and try not to take it all in at once.

[a kennedy]

70. Thanks, was just overwhelmed yesterday......

Feel better today......and it is a new day. Thank you. We are all in this together.