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Do You Personally Know Any Emotionally Broken Republicans? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 OP
Not enough, actually. TheCowsCameHome Nov 2012 #1
I have just witnessed them unfriend people the have known for years. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #2
It's like knowing an alcoholic jberryhill Nov 2012 #3
Anyone who wasn't left long ago Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #4
Not really broken, but definitely bent. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #5
One is my sister. She will even have to change her answering machine. It went something appleannie1 Nov 2012 #6
I know very depressed ones Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #7
My birther mom is pretty distraught. Nt abelenkpe Nov 2012 #8
Not broken, kickitup Nov 2012 #9
My friend said she and her husband were Ilsa Nov 2012 #10
one that rrally surprised me. i have a new pnwest Nov 2012 #11
yes, many...they are also truly shell-shocked. faithfulcitizen Nov 2012 #12
Yes! Two guys that Wednesday morning: Depressed, dejected, didn't want to talk about it.... johnnyrocket Nov 2012 #13
Just about every Republican I've ever met was emotionally broken nt NoGOPZone Nov 2012 #14
Nope. Everybody I know & work with are ecstatic. The faculty hopes they'll catbyte Nov 2012 #15
Finally got to talk to my mother Xyzse Nov 2012 #16
Yes. Thomas B Nov 2012 #17
I think to be a Republican it's a prereq. to be Emotionally Broken n/t LiberalElite Nov 2012 #18
Yup, my buddy Walter center rising Nov 2012 #19
That was decent of him DesertRat Nov 2012 #22
Whole buncha relatives. Joe Bacon Nov 2012 #20
The ones I know are shellshocked DesertRat Nov 2012 #21
 

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
2. I have just witnessed them unfriend people the have known for years.
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 08:54 PM
Nov 2012

I won't go into details, but it has to do with the shrugging of one Mr. Atlas.

appleannie1

(5,068 posts)
6. One is my sister. She will even have to change her answering machine. It went something
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:03 PM
Nov 2012

like this: "Hi, you have reached the )))))))))'s. We are a Christian family that will be voting the Muslim out of office in November. If you feel the same way, please leave your name and number and we will return your call. Have a Blessed day"

kickitup

(355 posts)
9. Not broken,
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:15 PM
Nov 2012

and still just as proud as ever, thinking that those of us who voted for Obama are naive and uninformed and that if we all only watched Fox News like they do, we would not make such stupid decisions and that when the economy crashes they will be able to say "we told you so."

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
10. My friend said she and her husband were
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:28 PM
Nov 2012

more angry and upset by this presidential election than any other. Her husband is just a typical Republican man, but she is turning into a social Darwinist. Honestly, I'm beginning to wonder if she has spent her last ounce of the milk if human kindness.

She has chosen to believe all of that nasty movie crap about Obama being a commie Muslim. She thinks he's out to destroy America.

Our friendship of many decades is strained to the max by her paranoia and expectation that Obama will cause everything to fall apart in our economy and we'll all be at each other's throats.

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
11. one that rrally surprised me. i have a new
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:04 PM
Nov 2012

acquaintance, on the way to being a friend, with whom I see eye to eye about a lot of things. But she told me yesterday she was just sick about it. Heartsick actually, she said. There was no partisan, drinking the koolaid partisan crap, just a deep sadness that emanated from her. I was so surprised by this, I didn't engage her further, as we had other business to talk about. But I keep thinking about her, and really wonder why. She is intelligent, open minded..I'm sad for her.

johnnyrocket

(1,773 posts)
13. Yes! Two guys that Wednesday morning: Depressed, dejected, didn't want to talk about it....
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:44 PM
Nov 2012

...I just left them alone.

catbyte

(34,416 posts)
15. Nope. Everybody I know & work with are ecstatic. The faculty hopes they'll
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:59 PM
Nov 2012

re-visit Single Payer. My dept. is Allied Health Sciences so they know what's what. I am lucky.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
16. Finally got to talk to my mother
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:01 PM
Nov 2012

She mentions how things are going to be so tough this next year.
Financial Companies are taking off products because the administration is oppressive to business.
Companies like ING and stuff.

I didn't really want to reply, I just let her say whatever she wanted.

Companies will change their products and put out new ones to fit the rule changes.
That is cyclical and will happen often, even in the course of a single year, and multiple times during a term in a Presidency.

It is during the down times, that I tend to invest in stocks, going for limited risk companies that would most likely never disappear.

Just being melodramatic because she didn't get what she wanted.

center rising

(971 posts)
19. Yup, my buddy Walter
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:13 PM
Nov 2012

He was so sure Obama was going to lose big. He finally e-mailed me tonight to congratulate me!!

Gary

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
21. The ones I know are shellshocked
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:58 PM
Nov 2012

They really thought Romney was going to win big. That's what happens when you listen to right wing talk radio and Faux News all day.

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