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Reply to Silver Gaia (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:19 AM

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Americans who voted against Trump are feeling unprecedented dread and despair [View all] babylonsister Dec 2016 OP

Well that's comforting, we "...could upend an election yet to come." rzemanfl Dec 2016 #1

an election to come? presumes there will actually be any nt msongs Dec 2016 #7

I'm not sure there will be any either. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #10

I'm afraid that by any election coming up there will have been a nuclear winter madinmaryland Dec 2016 #25

I believe we cant escape this catastrophe with anything less than a worldwide Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #30

I'm afraid that well might be where we're headed. It will ratchet into some horrific event. At RKP5637 Dec 2016 #58

Don't Mourn, Organize brianvanwa Dec 2016 #100

Bingo CanonRay Dec 2016 #53

We are a significantly larger group. Madam45for2923 Dec 2016 #2

No offense but there's a very good chance they won't allow another election. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #46

In the meantime MSM acting so tone deaf and like in another reality... Madam45for2923 Dec 2016 #49

There are more $$$$$'s for M$M by supporting Trump. M$M is all P&L. They could care less RKP5637 Dec 2016 #57

this was about ignoring talk radio and still is certainot Dec 2016 #108

The M$M is beyond help lake loon Dec 2016 #76

not MSM bdamomma Dec 2016 #89

yeah, i quit with the MSM barbtries Dec 2016 #104

At the very minimum, look at North Carolina HAB911 Dec 2016 #80

North Carolina was said to be the template for what they plan to do and how. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #87

i look at it. barbtries Dec 2016 #105

Conservative assholes said Obama would implement marshal law. SpankMe Dec 2016 #93

I would not be surprised, which is why 12/19/2016 was RIP for USA Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #98

That might be, but the vote/die has been cast. Only an insurrection will change it now and I RKP5637 Dec 2016 #59

I'm with you, Madam.. I refuse to give into defeatism.. Cha Dec 2016 #75

I'm gettng over the despair and getting ready to fight eleny Dec 2016 #3

Ditto. roamer65 Dec 2016 #23

Same here, but I am very privileged...I feel the despair of others and will fight it. nt Lucky Luciano Dec 2016 #38

they are betting on our despair bdamomma Dec 2016 #90

yep. barbtries Dec 2016 #106

This pretty much sums it up. phylny Dec 2016 #4

Yes, and I despair that I had foolishly dared to allow myself to *believe*-- Silver Gaia Dec 2016 #28

Yes my teen is keeping me from despair Generator Dec 2016 #51

Hope is with the youth! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #60

How do so many Americans NOT perceive that Trump is insane... VOX Dec 2016 #5

What is even more depressing than this article are so many of the comments in the LA times. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #18

And the LA times. Imagine other parts of this country, the hatred. It's astounding! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #61

I know! It's almost like there is an army of professional trolls just hanging out smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #73

I know a person like that Caliman73 Dec 2016 #29

People believe what they want to believe. Dulcinea Dec 2016 #79

Honestly? They were raised since birth to worship irrational authority figures. Crash2Parties Dec 2016 #107

Perhaps it is because he is the most UNFIT person to even run, never mind WIN! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #6

Too much lead in the drinking water? zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #11

too much TV on in the houses. Too much right wing hate radio. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #14

This! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #20

because we've not watched TV for 8 years, when we travel and happen to turn it on NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #21

Mostly true! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #26

just preaching bdamomma Dec 2016 #92

Not as ridiculous as you might think. Girard442 Dec 2016 #62

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2016 #8

We have to hope babylonsister Dec 2016 #13

Right. H2O Man Dec 2016 #16

Stolen election perhaps? Conned by a con artist? Russian interference? Comey? ffr Dec 2016 #9

Yeppers, finally my p.o.v. encapsulated UTUSN Dec 2016 #12

This feels so accurate I'm not even sure how to respond, but Silver Gaia Dec 2016 #15

This too! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #19

So true. So many women I know share your sentiments exactly. LuckyLib Dec 2016 #41

Yep. Nt ecstatic Dec 2016 #69

Exactly, Silver Gaia. I don't even want to vote again, but I know I will. I have lost catbyte Dec 2016 #96

He's right about republican response to trump. Paladin Dec 2016 #17

Same here. Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #32

Yet they voted for him. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #66

Everything he says about Trump is, in my eyes, true of GW Bush. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #22

They don't know any better because Mr. Evil Dec 2016 #24

This is the most disappointed I have felt Trumplethinskin Dec 2016 #27

Same here. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #31

pResident-installed Agent Orange does not even give one fig about those that DID vote for him! n/t Jacob Boehme Dec 2016 #33

It is understood that most Trump supporters are decent folks, many of whom have been left behind by mdbl Dec 2016 #34

They are ignorant and angry by choice. Boomerproud Dec 2016 #45

I just love the subjectiveness of this writer. I say if you're not despaired and anxious YOHABLO Dec 2016 #35

No shit. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #36

Is it any wonder? bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #37

"It is understood that most trump supporters are decent people" heaven05 Dec 2016 #39

Yes, they are racists elmac Dec 2016 #48

Tell us how you really feel! Generator Dec 2016 #50

I don't feel any more worry and fear over Trump than I did over Reagan. eggplant Dec 2016 #40

I wish I was as optimistic as you seem to be. Paladin Dec 2016 #44

Oh, don't misunderstand. eggplant Dec 2016 #71

Trmp is reagan II zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #81

Why didn't Hillary tout her Democratic predecessors accomplishments? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2016 #42

Did you watch the debates? She did the best anybody could have done. yardwork Dec 2016 #56

And was never called on it. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #67

Hillary did. She said that everything he said was untrue. yardwork Dec 2016 #78

He won without having to state specifics, not even about that stupid wall Liberal_in_LA Dec 2016 #43

We have to stop being simply observers of the political process. Adsos Letter Dec 2016 #47

kick Dawson Leery Dec 2016 #52

Maybe I am dating myself but I found Ashcroft, Cheney and Rumsfeld a bit more distressing Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2016 #54

Me too. I found 2000 much more frightening but Raine Dec 2016 #72

I felt despair for awhile radical noodle Dec 2016 #55

I felt dread and despair during the primaries Abq_Sarah Dec 2016 #63

Will we see another dem Truth321 Dec 2016 #64

That is EXACTLY how I feel. BigDemVoter123 Dec 2016 #65

yes! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2016 #68

It's a horrible feeling--anger, sadness, disbelief, disappointment, confusion ecstatic Dec 2016 #70

Harness that Anger.. Resist! Cha Dec 2016 #74

This idiot can't even run a casino without bankrupting it democratisphere Dec 2016 #77

And casinos are pretty much ALLOWED to rig the odds in their favor. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #85

$$$ won't be the only thing Americans will be wondering democratisphere Dec 2016 #109

I got over feeling bad for Hillary like I felt Ilsa Dec 2016 #82

Sorry, but I don't tenisfin Dec 2016 #83

"their anger, too, will become a political force" BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #84

Trump is picking his cabinet, based on HOW ATTRACTIVE THEY ARE. Paladin Dec 2016 #86

Add my name to the List. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #88

"They do not know better" No excuse for willful ignorance, is there? SammyWinstonJack Dec 2016 #91

Of course we are feeling unprecedented dread and despair. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #94

lol, I can't even get my thoughts together to okieinpain Dec 2016 #95

no doubt about that! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #97

Perhaps trump supporters Doitnow Dec 2016 #99

I'm sure he meant to say "unpresidented." NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #101

They're racists, they're screaming thugs, they're misogynists and some, I assume, are good people nt Xipe Totec Dec 2016 #102

i know i'm not entirely alone, barbtries Dec 2016 #103

K n R nm AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #110