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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:40 PM Mar 2019

I'm as distraught and heartbroken today as I was on election night.

I weep for our nation. In some ways, I'm actually HAPPY that I'm too old to see what the future holds. My years are numbered... as is this country. There will be NO "Tri-Centennial" (in my opinion).

I blame one person for Trump. Just one.

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I'm as distraught and heartbroken today as I was on election night. (Original Post) NurseJackie Mar 2019 OP
Gotta blame Putin too, and Turtle for letting him do it. That's just the start of the list. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2019 #1
The tide will turn janterry Mar 2019 #2
Bullshit. See post 3. kacekwl Mar 2019 #12
We live in a country that refuses to hold powerful people accountable welivetotreadonkings Mar 2019 #3
I'm as distraught as I was watching the GOP steal the 2000 from right under our noses. Ninga Mar 2019 #4
I'm very disheartened too True_Blue Mar 2019 #5
I was thinking the same thing about myself. BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #6
Dear NurseJackie, madaboutharry Mar 2019 #7
Premature. n/t Brainstormy Mar 2019 #8
oh no, you're much too kind. barbtries Mar 2019 #9
The beginning of the end started in 2000, when the SC committed treason. MoonRiver Mar 2019 #10
It was an unflinchingly corrupt decision in plain view of everyone. JudyM Mar 2019 #16
THIS MoonRiver Mar 2019 #17
Give it 24 hours BannonsLiver Mar 2019 #11
I know who to blame as well BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #13
I'm not, simply because I expected nothing. cwydro Mar 2019 #14
Take heart UTUSN Mar 2019 #15
 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
2. The tide will turn
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:44 PM
Mar 2019

It will turn.......

But you are right. We are living through terrible times.......

kacekwl

(6,993 posts)
12. Bullshit. See post 3.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 06:20 PM
Mar 2019

And by the way another Parkland kid killed himself. As long as these pricks are here there will be no gun regulation either. DONE.

3. We live in a country that refuses to hold powerful people accountable
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:47 PM
Mar 2019

I remember hearing Bush was gonna go down for torture and spying, he didnt, and now he's a #resistance hero for some reason.

We gotta beat them in 2020, we gotta focus on policy, improving people's lives and the rampant corruption that very clearly exists in this administration--too many people hinged everything on Russian collusion when there's plenty of other crimes and injustices going on out in the open.

Ninga

(8,266 posts)
4. I'm as distraught as I was watching the GOP steal the 2000 from right under our noses.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:47 PM
Mar 2019

I am as distraught as I was when Kerry lost after 4 years of ground organizing to GOTV.

I don't blame tRump I blame the people who don't care enough to vote, and the defectors.

The GOP knows people will not hold them accountable- the GOP will slink off until the dust settles.

We can no longer hang our hopes on "but there are 19 other investigations" or other such nonsense.

Mueller Time - what a joke.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
6. I was thinking the same thing about myself.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:49 PM
Mar 2019

A friend of mine also said it on Fri. I am going to die within a few years and I am not sad about it.

Now that this shit is going on I am RELIEVED I will not have to live with the GOP machine and watch my country be destroyed by their greed and hate. If I weren't going to die soon I really would leave the country. I did it before with Bush #2.

madaboutharry

(40,150 posts)
7. Dear NurseJackie,
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:50 PM
Mar 2019

Please don't lose faith in the good.

Remember these words: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
9. oh no, you're much too kind.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:54 PM
Mar 2019

republicans. russians.
i am gutted as you are. i am too old to see how it goes in 20 years or so, but my children, my grandchildren, their children...are not.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
10. The beginning of the end started in 2000, when the SC committed treason.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 05:57 PM
Mar 2019

I'm getting so tired of fighting this shit.

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
16. It was an unflinchingly corrupt decision in plain view of everyone.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 07:13 PM
Mar 2019

The Rs are going to keep stealing until we get much tougher with their BS. At least now our leadership seems to be heading in that direction.

 

BlueFlorida

(1,532 posts)
13. I know who to blame as well
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 06:40 PM
Mar 2019

and shockingly, he has the gall to run for POTUS as a seasonal Democrat again.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
14. I'm not, simply because I expected nothing.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 06:42 PM
Mar 2019

But I hear ya.

And I concur with your last sentence completely.

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