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akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:10 AM Jan 2017

Fellow DUers, Just checking in to see how you all are coping with this

new President. It will be a rough four years but I hope we can all get through it. Sick to my stomach that this buffoon got elected. What a disgrace to Americans and people who never saw this coming.

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Fellow DUers, Just checking in to see how you all are coping with this (Original Post) akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 OP
Even more disgusted/appalled than I had anticipated. LibraLiz1973 Jan 2017 #1
You have no idea how sick I am that an asshole got elected. akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #5
Vomiting since noon EST Wiseman32218 Jan 2017 #2
I was sick to my stomach when that asshole got elected. akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #6
I'm doing horribly LeftInTX Jan 2017 #3
You know what is fundamentally wrong is when a dictator comes into office and it akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #7
I am incredibly thankful for DU Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #4
We will get through this. America is strong. I found DU when I could not believe that Bush got akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #8
Angry blue cat Jan 2017 #9
Sick to my stomach! akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #11
My bus from L.I. to D.C. for the march was just cancelled... lapucelle Jan 2017 #10
I am so sorry to hear that. Gosh, your heart and soul akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #13
I tried to find another bus, but I can't find one with an open seat. lapucelle Jan 2017 #15
I am so sorry you you cannot get to Washington. akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #16
Horrified. Garrett78 Jan 2017 #12
I feel what you are saying but I never thought that the fleas akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #14
Millions won't survive....Fact. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #27
Relieved that Day One is over and from now on each day is one day less Raine Jan 2017 #17
Four years and it will be disgusting with CNN and MSNBC, those two channels akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #19
We have to make changes in the mid-terms. Big-time. shraby Jan 2017 #18
Oh gawd, yes, the House, the Senate for sure. akbacchus_BC Jan 2017 #20
I clean when I'm upset ... this place is gonna be spotless. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #21
I organize... Freedomofspeech Jan 2017 #30
When I was a teenager I refolded, sorted my clothes (not that they needed it). In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #33
Wow Freedomofspeech Jan 2017 #34
sickened that the orange buffoon will be embarrassing America for, well, too long Skittles Jan 2017 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Silver Gaia Jan 2017 #23
I've been crying on and off for the past 36 hours, alternating between stubborn determination, Silver Gaia Jan 2017 #24
Not well, not well at all. Full of anger and grief lunamagica Jan 2017 #25
I'm at the point in the movie where I've figured out what the villian Lucinda Jan 2017 #26
Nervous liberal N proud Jan 2017 #28
I tried to ignore it. Vogon_Glory Jan 2017 #29
Like we get a choice? dembotoz Jan 2017 #31
I'm embarrassed and ashamed of this country for installing a no-nothing buffoon Vinca Jan 2017 #32

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
5. You have no idea how sick I am that an asshole got elected.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:28 AM
Jan 2017

What the fuck is wrong with some Americans? I can understand the backlash, but I was hoping the demonstrations would be peaceful!

Dunno, but if God is understanding, this new president will be one term! The GOP seems to like him! Where is Kacsich and Rubio in this melee? Forget Cruz, he is hanging his mouth where the soup is leaking.

How on earth the people of America could elect such an asshole?

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
6. I was sick to my stomach when that asshole got elected.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:33 AM
Jan 2017

Was watching the elections that night and I could not believe that trump got elected through an archaic electoral system that the founding fathers put in place. God help us to make sure he is only one term!

LeftInTX

(25,283 posts)
3. I'm doing horribly
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:17 AM
Jan 2017

His revamp of Whitehouse.gov, executive orders, banning twitter from the NPS......he's awful.

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
7. You know what is fundamentally wrong is when a dictator comes into office and it
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:38 AM
Jan 2017

takes years to undo the atrocities that trump is going to do. He does not care about poor people. He is making sure the swamp is getting better. Have no idea why his supporters believed him. I do not wish him bad but if he does not build that wall, one of his gun toting supporters might have a word with him.

It is such a disgrace that two men who complimented each other are now succeeded by two men who are worst than bush and cheny!

Phoenix61

(17,003 posts)
4. I am incredibly thankful for DU
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:18 AM
Jan 2017

I live in the reddest part of a deeply red state. I appreciate every single DUer and have learned so much from y'all. It is so helpful to know there are sane, caring people out there. We will get through this and be stronger for it,

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
8. We will get through this. America is strong. I found DU when I could not believe that Bush got
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:41 AM
Jan 2017

elected by the Supreme Court.

We will get through this four years of a buffoon in the white house. Hang in there and lets keep the dialogue going so that we can support each other during this four years.

blue cat

(2,415 posts)
9. Angry
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:43 AM
Jan 2017

I just had a talk with a friend by text who said that the democrats should just get over it. We have plans to see Sarah Silverman this Sunday but she doesn't know who she is. I told her that she was going to have to get used to the anger and jokes about trump or she isn't going to have fun Sunday night. She insisted that she still wants to go. I reminded her that I never stopped her from complaining about Obama.

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
11. Sick to my stomach!
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:53 AM
Jan 2017

How can you get over an election when the FBI was against Mrs. Clinton and the Soviets was hacking the DNC. I kept wondering why the hell the FBI was not asking questions about the hacking, instead Comey was undermining Mrs. Clinton.

I do not know about many Americans, but I stand with Senator Lewis in believing that Russia had a hand in trump being elected and he is not legally elected. Imagine a disgrace taking over grace and empathy for the American people. A cheat who will never release him income tax and a disgrace to small vendors who facilitated his towers and he cheated them.

I have no words to say how much I despise trump, a liar, a cheater and most of all an effing clown with yellow hair. Here is the irony, the American dream is that is wife who came to America is now in the white house, if that is not irony, I do not know what it.
fuck truck, he is an illegal president.

lapucelle

(18,252 posts)
10. My bus from L.I. to D.C. for the march was just cancelled...
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:47 AM
Jan 2017

I was notified at 10:30 tonight. We were set to leave at 2:00 AM. I bought my ticket two weeks ago.

The small local company that was running the trip was notified today by the vendor supplying the buses that another group had offered more money.

Today was almost as bad as November 8. I was at the Javits Center for that heartbreak.

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
13. I am so sorry to hear that. Gosh, your heart and soul
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:56 AM
Jan 2017

wanted to be there for the March. Will you be able to make alternate arrangements?

lapucelle

(18,252 posts)
15. I tried to find another bus, but I can't find one with an open seat.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:12 AM
Jan 2017

I'll go to the NYC march tomorrow, but I wanted to be in Washington.


akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
16. I am so sorry you you cannot get to Washington.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:24 AM
Jan 2017

Be assured that your presence in NY will be equally important. I am so proud of all of you who make the effort to march and demonstrate against this man-baby!

I saw Cher, Alec Baldwin and other actors saying how they feel and it makes me feel good that President Obama's legacy will not fall by the wayside. I just hope that Democrats in the House and Senate give trump the same chance they gave President Obama.

Truth will prevail but it takes time and time we do not have because this yellow haired idiot is going to fuck up the greatest country on earth with the help of his buddy putin and pence.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
12. Horrified.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:56 AM
Jan 2017

I knew there were tens of millions of deplorable people in the US. That's been clear for a long, long time. But that they've been given credence and such power is absolutely horrifying. Bigots have been given a platform.

We're still feeling the damage wrought by Reagan and other past presidents. What Trump, Republicans in Congress and the Supreme Court could do over the next 4 years is devastating to even think about.

Billions will suffer, and that's not hyperbole.

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
14. I feel what you are saying but I never thought that the fleas
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:03 AM
Jan 2017

bugs and cockroaches would come out for trump, not to mention the kkk, but those are the people whom he spoke to and for once they had an advocate who santified their sentiments but never in a million years I believe that the election was fair. There were too many interferences and the FBI did not help Mrs. Clinton.

Gawd, I looked at Kornacki saying on TV that there is no way trump could win over Mrs. Clinton and that election night, I was devastated. I don't know how we can survive four years of trump and I will have to keep up through you all. Am done with CNN and MSNBC, those two news network is responsible for trump being the president. Not a good word about Mrs. Clinton unless it was something negative. That's my opinion. Hope they have good medicare!

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
19. Four years and it will be disgusting with CNN and MSNBC, those two channels
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:42 AM
Jan 2017

got trump elected and they should be ashamed of themselves. I kept asking myself why are you reporting this guy when he is mocking everyone from the poor to the disabled and they kept on. The media got that buffoon elected. And now they are crying foul because he is ignoring them, he played them like a fucking fiddle. Rest assured that if he gave an interview to Costa, the media will fold to sucking up to trump.

Never a kind word to Mrs. Clinton on CNN and MSNBC unless it was something to attack her for. Yes, am sick that she did not get elected, may not get over it, but lots of Americans will lose their health care with this buffoon being elected. Hope MSNBC and CNN feel comfortable about that.

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
20. Oh gawd, yes, the House, the Senate for sure.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:45 AM
Jan 2017

I cannot believe that the GOP was so powerful that President Obama could not get a supreme court nominee elected during his term. How on earth the effing republicans are so powerful? It is mind boggling.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
33. When I was a teenager I refolded, sorted my clothes (not that they needed it).
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 10:46 AM
Jan 2017

My second stepmother would taunt me about it. Maybe she knew it was my way of avoiding breaking something over her sadistic head.

Skittles

(153,150 posts)
22. sickened that the orange buffoon will be embarrassing America for, well, too long
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 04:35 AM
Jan 2017

and even MORE SICKENED by the disgusting ASSHOLES who thought THIS VILE CREEP should "lead" America

Response to Skittles (Reply #22)

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)
24. I've been crying on and off for the past 36 hours, alternating between stubborn determination,
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:05 AM
Jan 2017

extreme grief, blazing rage, and utter despair. I hope the stubborn determination wins out. I am going to the local women's march in the morning, so maybe I will feel better after that.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
25. Not well, not well at all. Full of anger and grief
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:23 AM
Jan 2017

crying on and off...just sick over this...thanks for asking

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
26. I'm at the point in the movie where I've figured out what the villian
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:26 AM
Jan 2017

might do, and am just waiting to see what avenue he takes...

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
28. Nervous
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:18 AM
Jan 2017

I start a new job in a week, who knows how long it will last with this fuck and what he will do to the economy

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
29. I tried to ignore it.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 08:33 AM
Jan 2017

Oh, I did stay away from broadcast media, but I admit I visited this and other sites.

I did not buy and wear an all-black suit like I had earlier intended. But I wore a somber black shirt, with thin white stripes and a black pull-over sweatshirt for most of the day.

I told myself that this is going to be a long four years with many heart-breaks to come. As one of DU's Believers, I made short prayers off and on through the day God will be merciful and that that the American electorate will rouse itself from its torpor with focused anger and that the better angels of our national character will again prevail.

dembotoz

(16,802 posts)
31. Like we get a choice?
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 08:43 AM
Jan 2017

Been to this rodeo a few too many times being from Wisconsin
If your state has always been red I think u are better prepared than when ur state transitions


The hard thing to accept is that u live in a country full of vile brain dead bigots...
I always kind of knew that. I grew up white on Milwaukee s north side...
But knowing and accepting is different

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
32. I'm embarrassed and ashamed of this country for installing a no-nothing buffoon
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 09:13 AM
Jan 2017

in the most important job on the planet. I suspect he'll do so much damage so fast that Democrats will get the Congress in 2 years. That's what happens . . . assuming he hasn't been impeached and Pence installed. I think getting Pence in the White House is the real goal of Republicans. Trump isn't a sure thing to rubber stamp their legislation.

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