Actually, if the polls showed T winning in 2016 I truly believe there are some that would have come out to vote that didn't. It gave people a false sense of security!
Very funny. I often reference Weekend at Bernies' lately, mostly to say that a corpse named Bernie would make a better president. I'd vote for him.
Ok call me crazy BUt I believe in my gut that the orange man is going to implode. That video of how he was orchestrating during the national anthem - looked like the people in a memory care facility. He’s got dementia or something. Also, I work with those who voted for the nut and they are not paying a lot of attention. One surprisingly - probably prompted by Fox News - was appalled by Nancy Pelosi tearing up the his speech. They work for $11 an hour, most work 2 jobs, don’t have healthcare and in many cases don’t have the time or bandwidth to pay attention. They are simply trying to live.
Let’s not get stuck in the muck and mire if it all but instead vision a Democrat in the White House surrounded by ethical people who are going to clean up this mess with divinity ease and grace. I set that intention and am going to just keep seeing it. ❤️ To you all.
I agree about the polls – I don’t trust them, for all of the reasons that have been stated here.
About allowing this garbage to pull us down – I realized last night that, although I never even watched the SOTU, I was still hit with the dark energy of it. As if some animal had flung their feces on me (sorry for being so graphic, but that’s how it feels whenever I am exposed to T, even in my thoughts.)
So I’ve decided that when I wake up, before I go to bed, and whenever I have that heavy, despondent feeling, I will brush off all of that nasty stuff from my being – literally brush it off with my hands, starting from my head and down to my feet. (Physical expressions seem to initially work better for me than visualizations – it takes me longer to get to the latter.) Once I am feeling lighter, I will, as @frank (thanks, Frank!) suggested under the “If you need support …” thread, “imagine a shower of white light cascading over your body from head to toe, washing away any darkness or heaviness until you feel light and refreshed.” I don’t care how many times I need to do this within a day – I refuse to allow this darkness to take me under. I might be a sensitive gal, but I am stubborn as hell.
And if THAT doesn’t work … well, I’ll be asking @lawrence to step in with one of his short, grounded, step-out-of-the-weeds, no-nonsense, hopeful posts. ?
I don’t care how many times I need to do this within a day – I refuse to allow this darkness to take me under.
Amen.
@suspira44 and others who are feeling fear, frustration & discouragement right now:
In 2004 could we have believed Barak Hussein Obama would be elected POTUS, much less by a wide margin?
The turnout at the primaries may not be an indicator of what is to come in the general election and we have MANY months to go. At the rate things keep happening, that's a long time. At present there is as much reason to hope as there is to despair, and I choose hope. I also took my disgust over the farce of a SOTU address and made inquiries and a commitment to work in my area to help get more people, particularly those in marginalized communities, to the polls in November.
I totally agree. The dark energy and sadness is palpable, and I want to physically brush it off and clear of that energy. I have done that before and I will also do the white light shower that @frank mentioned. So glad to hear you doing the same.
I truly believe you all in this group are buoying me up! I still feel that thought of "hold! hold steady!" that keeps coming to mind (like in war movies when the troops want to go, but the leader is waiting until just the right moment...) It is so dark right now, but we must hold! And we have to keep refreshing ourselves in the light -- so many others need us right now.
A good friend of mine rewrote the lyrics tonight to the Don McLean song, American Pie and posted it on Facebook (see below.) It expresses the frustrations of so many and it is just so sad. We have to keep pouring on the light. This too shall pass. Am I putting my head in the sand? Maybe, but you all make me feel so much hope that better things are coming. We must hold steady.
A long long time ago
I can still remember how
Patriotism used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That voting could make a difference
And maybe we’d have honest governance
But February made me shiver
With every post I saw on Twitter
Bad news in the Tweetstream
I couldn't take one more meme
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his acquittal
Something touched me deep inside
The day democracy died
So
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them Democrats were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Did you write the book of Trump?
And do you have faith in Washington
If the President tells you so?
Do you believe in government?
Can voting save our nation’s soul?
And can you teach me how to buy the lies?
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you rallyin’ in the gym
You both shouted at immigrants
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely moderate votin’ buck
With a moral conscience and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day democracy died
I started singin'
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them Democrats were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
McConnell whispered in a back room
Republicans off with Epstein’s lawyer
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
Democrats tried for a forward pass
With Bolton on the sidelines in a cast
Now the impeachment air was sweet perfume
While Pelosi played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause witnesses tried to take the stand
The Republicans refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day democracy died?
We started singin'
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them Democrats were drinking whiskey and rye
And singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation stuck in cyberspace
With no time left to start again
So come on Pence be nimble, Pence be quick
Mike Pence sat on a candlestick
'Cause darkness is dictator’s only friend
Oh and as I watched him on Fox News
My eyes saw human dignity abused
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Rupert’s spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Putin laughing with delight
The day democracy died
He was singin'
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them Democrats were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die