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sheshe2

(83,324 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:42 PM Oct 2020

Just Stop!

We are in the worst place ever right now. We all know that.

Take a deep breath and get out and vote. Our Vote is Our Voice.

I remember a quote a while back..."It does not matter who you voted for it is that you voted." WRONG! It sure as hell matters who we vote for. I ask you all to vote for Biden and Harris. They are a path to the future.

We must fight hard for years to come to clean up the cesspool left by the GOP. If we elect Biden it is our collective duty to stay on the front lines and fight every day. No President can do this all on their own. Together we can.

The world is looking at us to correct this wrong. It will be a long row to hoe, yet we can do this. Trust me, there will be a lot of baby steps along the way. We will not do a zero to sixty in 30 seconds...anyone that tells you differently is a fool.

VOTE

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Just Stop! (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2020 OP
Couldn't have said it better myself vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #1
A big fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2020 #2
K&R Blue Owl Oct 2020 #3
+1000 WA-03 Democrat Oct 2020 #6
Hear, Hear! NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #4
K&R soothsayer Oct 2020 #5
Thank you . . . Iliyah Oct 2020 #7
"We must fight hard for years to come to clean up the cesspool left by the GOP." hurl Oct 2020 #8
We expect the worst from them. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #9
Yep, Chris Coons just said right now just vote and get out the vote. That's Priority One. mobeau69 Oct 2020 #10
The rest of the decent world is also patiently waiting, holding their breath with us.... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #11
Well said, KY. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #14
Yes. Friends abroad are as interested in the outcome treestar Oct 2020 #61
K&R MustLoveBeagles Oct 2020 #12
Oddly I'm not depressed. Just determined and mad. Midnightwalk Oct 2020 #13
I am not depressed. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #15
I hear that! Silver Gaia Oct 2020 #59
Thank You but chikita Oct 2020 #16
We knew we lost it the day that tRump selected her. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #19
Welcome to DU, chikita. calimary Oct 2020 #44
Don't just accept that the SCOTUS is lost. If you live in a blue state, lean on your Senators. stlstdg Oct 2020 #50
True. We need to hound our senators until they listen. The courts either need to BComplex Oct 2020 #57
None of us understand because they've broken the rules 100 times. lunatica Oct 2020 #56
Yeah, that was a Stupid thing to say.. Cha Oct 2020 #17
Welp... sheshe2 Oct 2020 #23
What are we supposed to be stopping, exactly? LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #18
Having feelings and fears and posting about them. Cerridwen Oct 2020 #20
Yeah, I'll take that under advisement. LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #21
I am the OP. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #28
You won't believe how many Threads that I have trashed tonight. Blue_true Oct 2020 #22
More to come too vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #25
Yes, unfortunately. Apparently some people like fretting instead of taking aggressive action. Blue_true Oct 2020 #30
I voted vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #31
Exactly. I am focusing on voting aged younger family members now, make sure that they take Blue_true Oct 2020 #38
I had two wait nearly two weeks vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #40
Thank you, Blue. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #34
First we vote, then we kick ass. Joinfortmill Oct 2020 #24
Bingo. nt Blue_true Oct 2020 #32
THIS sheshe2 Oct 2020 #35
Minor Correction: Don't Stop At The Top! Vote for every Democrat yellowdogintexas Oct 2020 #26
I always vote a straight ticket. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #37
You are correct. hadEnuf Oct 2020 #27
Well, IMHO, we will see ACA thrown out in a little over 2 weeks, leaving over 50 million Americans yaesu Oct 2020 #29
no we wont. its nonsensical. drray23 Oct 2020 #41
Exactly. Gore1FL Oct 2020 #33
Stop what? KPN Oct 2020 #36
Read DU. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #39
Last night I had groceries delivered. MLAA Oct 2020 #42
Don't get bdamomma Oct 2020 #43
"The world is looking at us to correct this wrong." luvtheGWN Oct 2020 #45
Already Did. COL Mustard Oct 2020 #46
Got it. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #48
Love the energy, but with respect.. denbot Oct 2020 #47
Perhaps. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #49
OOOoooooo denbot Oct 2020 #51
You're right. crickets Oct 2020 #52
I hope so. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #55
Ask not what your country can do for you, lunatica Oct 2020 #53
Perfect. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #54
VOTE oasis Oct 2020 #58
And don't abandon it all to Biden treestar Oct 2020 #60
Yep. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #64
We can't give up! BlueMTexpat Oct 2020 #62
in 1980 my uncle voted for anderson instead of carter + regretted it. i learned my lesson as a teen. pansypoo53219 Oct 2020 #63
The whole world is watching!!! renate Oct 2020 #65

hurl

(931 posts)
8. "We must fight hard for years to come to clean up the cesspool left by the GOP."
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:47 PM
Oct 2020

Exactly. Voting is just the beginning. No more sidelines. Those didn't work out well for us.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
11. The rest of the decent world is also patiently waiting, holding their breath with us....
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:51 PM
Oct 2020

and hoping for a brighter, more just America next year. Our leadership is desperately needed right now.

As Thomas Paine said, these are the times that try men's souls.

KY...... .........VOTE

treestar

(82,383 posts)
61. Yes. Friends abroad are as interested in the outcome
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 04:24 PM
Oct 2020

as we are! Talking to some who said they'd sleep better after the election, though they aren't American and can't vote - they are still very interested!

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
13. Oddly I'm not depressed. Just determined and mad.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:54 PM
Oct 2020

We knew this was going to happen. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been depressed the past few weeks.

We don’t have the luxury of being depressed. We need to win. We need to fix what these traitors have broken.

It has never been clearer that despair is the currency that republicans trade in. That’s their entire spiel. Vote for us or else. Here’s another injustice to make us lose hope.

I’m done with that. We will beat them no matter what it takes.

 

chikita

(26 posts)
16. Thank You but
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:03 PM
Oct 2020

Can we mourn and vent for at least a day,?

It's not every day that we lose the supreme Court for the next 20 years. I'm still wondering if there was anything else we could have done to stop the confirmation.

I thought senators could talk and talk and talk and talk and basically filibuster. I don't understand the rules, maybe somebody can explain it to me. Thanks

sheshe2

(83,324 posts)
19. We knew we lost it the day that tRump selected her.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:15 PM
Oct 2020

We all knew it was a done deal as Mitch and the GOP shoved her down our throats and laughed in our faces.

We Hillary voters knew that SCOTUS was huge issue back in 2016. We knew how important it was to elect Hillary. We knew the importance of court.

It is fine to mourn, I did that 4 years ago. Tomorrow we need to fix it and none of that can happen if Biden is not elected.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
44. Welcome to DU, chikita.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:22 PM
Oct 2020

If it'll help, sure. But for some of us it's gonna be an IMMEDIATE shifting of gears to DEMAND that the Supreme Court be expanded.

"Rebalance the court!" should be our relentless battle cry. RELENTLESS. NOT giving up til we GET.

stlstdg

(34 posts)
50. Don't just accept that the SCOTUS is lost. If you live in a blue state, lean on your Senators.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:54 PM
Oct 2020

Provided that Biden/Harris win and that the Democrats win the Senate, write
your Senators and demand that they move to add Justices to the Court--
and the other Federal Court districts as well.

There's nothing in the Constitution to stop them from doing it. Given how
much a threat that this new conservative majority poses to everything we
stand for, there's absolutely no argument that anyone can make that will
convince me that we have to all just swallow this.

I'll be writing my Senators if the election goes as we all hope it does.

BComplex

(7,979 posts)
57. True. We need to hound our senators until they listen. The courts either need to
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 08:29 AM
Oct 2020

be changed where appointments are not for life, or we need to re-balance the courts.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
56. None of us understand because they've broken the rules 100 times.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 12:51 AM
Oct 2020

Trump isn’t supposed to use the White House for partisan political crap, but he broke the rules. He’s supposed to divest himself of his business dealings because he isn’t suppose to gain financially while he’s president. He broke the rules and has been using the Presidency to get richer. His entire term has been transactional.

He isn’t allowed to accept foreign help but he broke the rules. He isn’t supposed to give his family governmental appointments, but he broke the rules. And it goes on and on.

They broke every single rule about appointing a Supreme Judge.

This country, with it’s Democratic majority can change the rules now. We will change the Supreme Court appointments because no Democrat is going to stand for a theocratic Supreme Court. We just aren’t. We will do it legally too, without breaking the rules. And we will make sure the rules are followed from now in.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
17. Yeah, that was a Stupid thing to say..
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:05 PM
Oct 2020

"It doesn't matter who you vote for.. just vote".

Of course it MATTERS.. look at who we got to be a Dictator & in the Senate.. and a Big Part of that was because in the Swing States Stein & Sarandon told GD LIES.. Spewed "Hillary was Worse than trump".'



How are those privileged Fuckers" "revolution" doing now?

sheshe2

(83,324 posts)
23. Welp...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:26 PM
Oct 2020

I hear one is now...wait for it....a lobbyist. Everything they despised and now she is one.

Don't think the revolution is doing all that well, Cha.

LudwigPastorius

(8,943 posts)
21. Yeah, I'll take that under advisement.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:17 PM
Oct 2020

The OP needs to accept that there is nothing wrong with righteous anger.

sheshe2

(83,324 posts)
28. I am the OP.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:37 PM
Oct 2020

I never mentioned righteous anger or if it was right or wrong. Anyone paying attention knew this was on the agenda in 2016 when they made their choice who to vote for or not to vote.

We have know this since 2016. We knew then and now we are here.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
22. You won't believe how many Threads that I have trashed tonight.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:20 PM
Oct 2020

The “world has burned down, oh my, my” negative tone when we have one of the most important elections in our lifetime nearing it’s conclusion, was too fucking much. I dropped out and listened to music, I feel better now.

Here is what we do. We fight and vote and remind family to vote. We win and then we undo the BS that has been done for the last four years.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
30. Yes, unfortunately. Apparently some people like fretting instead of taking aggressive action.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:40 PM
Oct 2020

Honestly, the key and solution is VOTING. At this point, I really don’t want to hear from anyone who has not voted and don’t have the mindset that NOTHING will stop them from getting their vote counted short of death itself.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
38. Exactly. I am focusing on voting aged younger family members now, make sure that they take
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:49 PM
Oct 2020

time out and vote, and don’t wait until the last minute, because anything can happen in such a situation.

sheshe2

(83,324 posts)
34. Thank you, Blue.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:44 PM
Oct 2020

I dropped out and watched Halloween movies, that is just me. I had to get away.


Here is what we do. We fight and vote and remind family to vote. We win and then we undo the BS that has been done for the last four years.


You are correct.

PS dropped my vote off along with my 94 year old mothers.

yellowdogintexas

(22,114 posts)
26. Minor Correction: Don't Stop At The Top! Vote for every Democrat
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:32 PM
Oct 2020

We lost our straight ticket voting this year

"Don't Stop At The Top" is our fight song.

Flipping the Texas House is a major goal and it is doable.

Increasing the #of Dems we sent to Congress is also doable.

hadEnuf

(2,149 posts)
27. You are correct.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:32 PM
Oct 2020

If Biden wins we are not winning the war; we are just getting a foothold on the beach and a better position to fight from.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
29. Well, IMHO, we will see ACA thrown out in a little over 2 weeks, leaving over 50 million Americans
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:38 PM
Oct 2020

without healthcare during a pandemic, and as mentioned on MSNBC, the supreme fascist court will be systematically going back decades readjudicating, undoing all of our protections & rights. Don't really see anything to be hopeful about the future.

drray23

(7,587 posts)
41. no we wont. its nonsensical.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:09 PM
Oct 2020

They are hearing the arguments in two weeks, not rendering the decision. That wont come until spring. By then, we may have voted in a public option.

Gore1FL

(21,029 posts)
33. Exactly.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:43 PM
Oct 2020

The gnashing of teeth is self-defeating.

We are overwhelming them at the polls. The GOP is on it's way out.


Fuck Trump. Fuck Republicans. The future is ours.

MLAA

(17,163 posts)
42. Last night I had groceries delivered.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 11:13 PM
Oct 2020

I gave the young woman a tip and a cold drink (it was warm her in the desert) and said don’t forget to vote. Then I corrected myself and said don’t forget to vote for Biden and Harris. She said, no worries I saw your yard sign and agree!

crickets

(25,896 posts)
52. You're right.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 12:15 AM
Oct 2020

The more of us who vote, the more we overwhelm any chance of contesting the results. We are voting in historically large numbers, numbers too large to argue with. We got this.

sheshe2

(83,324 posts)
55. I hope so.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 12:30 AM
Oct 2020

Here is a thought...perhaps some of us are feeling blue is because we are becoming part of a wave. The wave is blue. It is powerful and a force to be reckoned with.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
53. Ask not what your country can do for you,
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 12:23 AM
Oct 2020

ask what you can do for your country. ~ John F Kennedy

If those words don’t apply now, I don’t know when.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
60. And don't abandon it all to Biden
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 04:23 PM
Oct 2020

Keep giving him support, even if he is not doing it exactly the way or giving exact priority to the way we would personally do it.

BlueMTexpat

(15,349 posts)
62. We can't give up!
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 04:34 PM
Oct 2020

I voted absentee and have received confirmation of receipt.

I am also continuing to contribute to several Senate races, especially to the Bullock-Daines race in my birth state of Montana.

May there be a HUGE BLUE TSUNAMI next week!

pansypoo53219

(20,906 posts)
63. in 1980 my uncle voted for anderson instead of carter + regretted it. i learned my lesson as a teen.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 08:53 PM
Oct 2020

there is no third choice. so i voted forlieberfuckenputz, kerry + clinton.

united we win, divided THEY win.

renate

(13,776 posts)
65. The whole world is watching!!!
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 09:21 PM
Oct 2020

What we have become must be repudiated in a tidal wave if the world is ever to forgive us (trusting us again will take a little longer).

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