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67. I had a bit of an emotional "thing" today.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:09 AM

Jan 2017

I've been dealing, mostly, since the shock of the election results. Ok, that's a Trump level lie, I melted down rather epically, and rebuilt myself from the ashes. I'd thought I was on pace to work, and manage things again, though.

Then, today, I lost it again. I have no idea why I melted down again. I have a plan. I've written to President Obama and said my thanks and goodbye. I thought I was focused, on track and ready to kick ass. Then out of the blue I just lost it. Yes, I cried for our country, too.

I'm working on getting myself back in line again. I'm a fighter.

I saw a local Republican lawmaker say they didn't know how much "fun" this would be, yet. That helped refocus me. Fuck them, but thank you all the same for remiding me why I have to fight, asshat!

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Is anyone else melting down? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 OP

I feel like the Wicked Witch of the West. HassleCat Jan 2017 #1

Take solace in the fact that.... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #2

It doesn't feel that way. We "had" the free press and we have the so far ineffective Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #6

Here, here! Opting out of the Fuhrer-Elect's inauguration would be a good start! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #87

Maybe this will show people the value of a free press. Kablooie Jan 2017 #109

+1 mahina Jan 2017 #21

They broke down during Bush. Who would have guessed that 8 yrs later, this could happen. kerry-is-my-prez Jan 2017 #28

You know what's sad is even the science deniers and Bush apologists seem human and Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #54

It's been a really hard day for me cilla4progress Jan 2017 #3

Exactly. Low energy, sadness...deep things I didn't feel when Bush "won". It was all Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #22

I am PlanetBev Jan 2017 #4

Yes...it's like a death pall. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #35

I'm wearin' all black on Friday as it will seem like a funeral... no plans to watch any of that shit, except to see which Dems actually show up, instead of uniting in opposition. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #89

yup...my sister who I have never seen wear anything but navy and cream is going to wear all black. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #96

do you believe everything you hear? NJCher Jan 2017 #5

What??????????????? You believe that. Holy cow NJCher Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #7

I believe the poster gets their information from another website. ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #19

She's the coolest chick on DU - must have misspoken Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #23

nobody believes that story NJCher Jan 2017 #24

How's JPR treating you? ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #29

We wouldn't believe that a perv would participate in golden showers? kerry-is-my-prez Jan 2017 #32

I have no doubt it's rooted in some truth... InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #92

Holy shit. VF offers NOTHING as far as debunking. Just read the article. Just innuendo of why Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #36

He's still a fucking pussy grabber. It is believed SalviaBlue Jan 2017 #39

Precisely! A perv is still a perv!!... case closed. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #94

Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #79

The BBC does and VF did NOT debunk it- awfully deceptive to claim that! bettyellen Jan 2017 #122

I think calling it garbage like Woodward Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #127

This is absolutely bullshit dragged over from JPR -they are so hateful bettyellen Jan 2017 #129

Exactly. ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #139

Where was that discussed, that it was false? Greybnk48 Jan 2017 #14

Russia Today..... JPR, prolly Fox too. bettyellen Jan 2017 #138

Really, the only one who says it's a lie is trump mountain grammy Jan 2017 #16

and he is resorting to his wicked Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #128

Who admitted this was a lie? Never saw that. It's different to bettyellen Jan 2017 #20

No, there are no credible sources saying that. former9thward Jan 2017 #34

WOW Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #37

links please.... dhill926 Jan 2017 #43

Such as? ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #45

I don't see any outlets recanting or retracting it- have you? bettyellen Jan 2017 #59

Geez, even he didn't say NO WAY, would never do that. Slime bag. This will all come out Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #83

BBC says they believe there's more than one tape! I don't know where this BS is coming from if bettyellen Jan 2017 #115

Yes, NYT and WaPost have both backed off. former9thward Jan 2017 #147

The NY Post is Trump propaganda as much as RT - not seeing this at the NYT at all.... bettyellen Jan 2017 #148

Link to the video? former9thward Jan 2017 #149

To the NYT report debunking it you claim you saw. bettyellen Jan 2017 #150

+1,000,000 Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #38

It was made up at 4chan. how can anybody believe that ridiculous shit. m-lekktor Jan 2017 #66

Those morons at 4Chan tried to claim the story ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #70

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2017 #85

The BBC says there's more than one compromising tape and multiple sources... bettyellen Jan 2017 #120

BBC says there are two tapes. I believe them over the assholes at JPR who hoped Trump bettyellen Jan 2017 #132

I am actually starting to feel a glimmer of hope in this dark stretch NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #8

I have so much respect for you....I need to follow your lead - because it all seems so Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #15

I really deeply appreciate your comment. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #48

And you, like me, are anxiously awaiting tomato season !! Saw a glimmer of spring in Tx today. nt Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #55

my daughter now lives in TX - Irving, perhaps soon Abilene. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #57

hmmmm on Abilene. But, to each his own. Buried in this red state and it's a challenge. You are Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #64

I know. My daughter decided to marry someone her opposite in terms of NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #75

From CT and married a Texan. It has taken years, but he is now as rabid as I. If your SIL is Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #86

Are you the dude with the insane tomatoes that was on that news segment? dionysus Jan 2017 #69

that be me, I suspect. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #76

I remember part of it was row upon row of plants in the large dionysus Jan 2017 #82

Decent Republicans?!?! ... now there's an oxymoron if there ever was one! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #97

It makes me incredibly and surprisingly sad. madaboutharry Jan 2017 #9

Exactly. Who would have ever thought the antithesis of honor and grace and dignity would follow? May Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #58

He's just an occupier, a place holder, a crude and crass one at that. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #61

I keep thinking about the woman who insulted Michelle Obama as an "ape in heels." calimary Jan 2017 #108

Big time melt down. Greybnk48 Jan 2017 #10

You make me think that since we have no power our fate as a nation lies in the hands of Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #31

Sensible, sane Republicans? Greybnk48 Jan 2017 #126

I feel the same way. gademocrat7 Jan 2017 #11

To me, it's such an assault on decency and honor and tradition. Traditions I never even Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #33

Fully melted here. UTUSN Jan 2017 #12

I know it will pass....maybe after Friday? Sure my husband will rather see me fiercely defiant than Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #40

No. We have to stay strong. He can't destroy us. nolabear Jan 2017 #13

Dick Cheney was essentially in control for 8 years. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #17

Eight years that didn't include the tea party take over of Congress. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #63

This Cheetoh-face maniac will be 10 times worse than Shrub! The racist pig hasn't even taken the oath and he's tearing the country apart! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #99

True, but the GOP has been opposing and obstructing for 8 years. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #146

I'm with you mountain grammy Jan 2017 #18

I hated Jeb...but I now believe he would have at least served with some kind of honor. Isn't it Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #26

yes - jeb, romney - anyone but putin's puppet. russia had their manchurian candidate, Hilary was AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #41

This thread has not made me feel any better. Perhaps it is just one of the stages of grief. The Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #52

Let's not go too far... all Rethugs are cut from the same cloth. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #104

It's different. But, an insane Rethug may be easier to fight against huh Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #105

it's been difficult for me since the night of the stolen election. russia attacked our country with AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #25

Do you think if we hadn't accepted the results so quickly it would have mattered? nt Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #27

I think John Lewis has a lot of support by calling out trump as illegitimate AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #47

Did you hear KAC tonight? saying hey, we met with Martin Luther King III, everything Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #77

trump's propaganda minister? mlk3 was set up & now they're using him AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #107

Not enough drinks in the world... 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #30

NO................... Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #42

I'm in mourning. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2017 #44

. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #49

I hope that you're right. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2017 #51

me too! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #53

Perhaps that is the answer - to concentrate on Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #73

Where are you going in the Keys? greatauntoftriplets Jan 2017 #140

Marathon...staying with Sue's BIL NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #141

Nice! greatauntoftriplets Jan 2017 #142

I'm done mourning. I'm now in the "fuck it" phase. Initech Jan 2017 #46

Think I am in my second mourning phase. First that a horror got in and now that Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #62

I am there with you! Nt Mojorabbit Jan 2017 #65

That's where Iam too, been at that point for awhile now Raine Jan 2017 #134

I will never get over this oldtime dfl_er Jan 2017 #50

My sister was just asking me - where to donate - given the impending doom - the press funds? Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #80

Probably the same places you're thinking of oldtime dfl_er Jan 2017 #124

I permanently melted down on election day. nancy1942 Jan 2017 #56

Please please take care of yourself. My husband was stricken will a very serious health issue onecaliberal Jan 2017 #111

I was for weeks... Now back and forth between anger and extremely bitter acceptance ecstatic Jan 2017 #60

I had a bit of an emotional "thing" today. herding cats Jan 2017 #67

I wonder, if it was like me, all the little things (outside crazy policy)...the chinks at traditions Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #91

That was definitely a part of it. herding cats Jan 2017 #133

The Great Nothingness is 'one' with me! But I am still very pissed... Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #68

Melting down? Of course not. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #71

perhaps you're a better person than me - the sudden trauma of this stolen election AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #78

I wouldn't claim nor do I feel I am better than anyone else A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #103

Normally I would think one would have to be pretty delicate to dionysus Jan 2017 #72

I agree. It isn't him and his crazy - it's a complete loss of everything I thought the leader Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #74

I'd like to know how the hell his children can approve and love him? Auntie Bush Jan 2017 #81

They can't. Thanks a lot AB, you made me sad again. :) Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #84

Yeah, I thought I was through most of it. cry baby Jan 2017 #88

No. J_William_Ryan Jan 2017 #90

I've stopped watching all the "political" shows hibbing Jan 2017 #93

Its what you get when you mix elmac Jan 2017 #95

Right - strange bedfellows. They've been around forever - but never in charge. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #98

No, I'm not melting down OldRedneck Jan 2017 #100

Come to a Women's March rally near you this Saturday. SunSeeker Jan 2017 #101

I'm with you. This is a national disaster. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #102

Thanks DnSK - tomorrow gonna try being angry instead. Anger is better than sadness, right? Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #112

Maybe better, if you don't let it blind you. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #123

I'm trying Flatpicker Jan 2017 #106

Thanks. But what scares me the most is that Trump will be alone in that Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #110

Seriously Flatpicker Jan 2017 #118

The bully is kicking us in the teeth. hay rick Jan 2017 #113

Yes. Swimming between deep sadness MontanaMama Jan 2017 #114

Great thought MM - spring is coming !! Perhaps it is hurting those of us who Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #117

I am surprisingly calm vlyons Jan 2017 #116

I as well. Just hope we survive that long. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #119

It's depressing. The Presidency has been going downhill a longtime. MadDAsHell Jan 2017 #121

why? my biggest disappointment was Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #125

Me too. 😢 It's really starting to hit HARD. Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #130

No, I feel strong. SMC22307 Jan 2017 #131

I'm getting there - since the election it's been nothing but bad news, public and personal csziggy Jan 2017 #135

Nope Abq_Sarah Jan 2017 #136

No, I'm coping BainsBane Jan 2017 #137

Nope. I'm incredibly sad and way beyond disgusted, but GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #143

fuck no I am not melting down Skittles Jan 2017 #144

Melted down in 2000, nobody seemed to care much back then. Rex Jan 2017 #145