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34. It's like our life's work to try to save the collective sanity

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Tue Oct 19, 2021, 07:38 PM

Oct 2021

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of this country. How much reality do you need to see before your mindful head clears?

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For Longtime DUers - say class of 2000/01...... [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 OP

More cynical. Devil Child Oct 2021 #1

Mmmm less cynical but amazed at how the right has strengthened as it went over the edge underpants Oct 2021 #2

Trump changed alot GusBob Oct 2021 #3

More Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #4

Same here Chautauquas Oct 2021 #49

Nothing shocks me anymore jpak Oct 2021 #5

I miss her. I wonder what she's up to these days. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #10

Indeed, jpak! OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #13

I hope she found her keys! MuseRider Oct 2021 #17

Do you know what became of her? hlthe2b Oct 2021 #38

I know why she left DU. I can PM you if you want more info. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #43

Please do, CF! I've wondered for a long time. hlthe2b Oct 2021 #58

I do! I emailed her not that long ago Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #54

Please tell NSMA is always welcome to share her thoughts here. if she gives a shit.nt OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #56

Do tell her she is missed! I'm glad that you can reach out to her! hlthe2b Oct 2021 #57

Much more. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2021 #6

Mobilized by having my 2000 Pantagruel Oct 2021 #7

Trump threw me off. jaysunb Oct 2021 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author jaysunb Oct 2021 #9

A lot more. meadowlander Oct 2021 #11

Me too....how could Bush win a 2nd term with 9/11, the Iraq War and Katrina OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #29

Katrina was the last straw for many - but it didn't happen until 2005 hatrack Oct 2021 #39

class of 2004 rurallib Oct 2021 #12

Class of 2004 also. "Mad" is about the swiftboating of John Kerry. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 madinmaryland Oct 2021 #40

Same class, pretty much same response. Hope is still there, but clouded over and tentative. JudyM Oct 2021 #45

Class of '03 here. I found the place just as we were going into Iraq. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #14

The runup to the Iraq War was well discussed here. The vast majority predicted disaster there. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #25

I predicted disaster all on my own. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #36

We saw the future better....a lot better. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #37

2002. More. Deeply troubling but not surprising? sprinkleeninow Oct 2021 #15

More cynical, but, Obama and Harris are a beacon of light. lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #16

I agree....we have great instincts for promoting All-Americans First policies. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #19

2000 Gore and 2004 Kerry were kicks to the teeth. Saboburns Oct 2021 #18

Osama Bin Laden re-elected Bush in 2004... DemocraticPatriot Oct 2021 #53

I didn't think our government onethatcares Oct 2021 #20

One Party owns that label of a corrupt mess. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #27

About The Same ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #21

I've been here since 2004. I've been cynical since Reagan won and FSogol Oct 2021 #22

Yes. That's when I became cynical. When the Democratic congrasman madinmaryland Oct 2021 #42

MORE bush the dummy was child's play demtenjeep Oct 2021 #23

MORE bush the dummy was child's play demtenjeep Oct 2021 #24

I'm a little less cynical. Aristus Oct 2021 #26

Well Gore was ahead of his time with climate change and he did "invent the internet". OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #28

2006. roamer65 Oct 2021 #30

I was a pretty cynical green back then. Now I'm a pretty cynical dem. GPV Oct 2021 #31

Iget it, fellow Mainiac! OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #33

More. And as devastated as I was on Jan 20, 2001 and for 8 yrs thereafter.... hlthe2b Oct 2021 #32

It's like our life's work to try to save the collective sanity OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #34

More zipplewrath Oct 2021 #35

More, to keep it simple. Solly Mack Oct 2021 #41

About the same mcar Oct 2021 #44

Way more cynical. The system has become more corrupt than I could have imagined berni_mccoy Oct 2021 #46

Much more cynical. I never thought I would see a major party sell its soul to an neverforget Oct 2021 #47

2004 here Texasgal Oct 2021 #48

Definitely more cynical SharonAnn Oct 2021 #50

If you are a Republican operative tasked with reading DU.... OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #51

Way more cynical PlanetBev Oct 2021 #52

I'm 2002 but read it for quite a while before joining. argyl Oct 2021 #55

Unfortunately dweller Oct 2021 #59