Made me just STEAMING mad.

That was fucking DEPLORABLE.

HORRID. Exploitive. Phony as hell. They made a spectacle out of a grieving widow - to make themselves feel better.

I wrote about it elsewhere here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028727182

I'm still steaming mad about that. I felt so bad for her. I started hissing at the TV: "LEAVE HER ALONE!!!"

Kathy Griffin asked Matthews point blank to keep up on the Russian connection.

To his face, on his show tonight.

She's one of the best connect-the-dots people alive.

And as for Hugh Hewitt, BARF! He's so damn SMUG with a superior attitude like I've never seen before in my entire 63 years. I can't even watch him. Had to hit the mute button. I do that every time he comes on.

The most disgraceful moment in trump's speech.

I posted this elsewhere, about my main takeaway from trump's speech besides the general "how can you believe ANYTHING he says, because of how much and how consistently he lies" -

That baldly exploitive moment regarding the grieving widow.

The widow of that Navy SEAL who died in the failed Yemen raid. She got a LOT of applause. But after awhile, I started to feel bad for her. Dammit, people, let her be. QUIT making a spectacle of the grieving widow - who sat briefly but then stood as the applause continued, her whole face red, as she started to cry. Below her eyes it was all swollen, her nose as well, she looked Heaven-ward, several times, mouthing what looked like "I love you, baby." And it just went on and on and on and on and on. And then trump made some tawdry comment about what a record-breaker that was in the applause-meter department, and the clapping started all over again, and once again went on and on and on and on. SHEESH. It really started to bother me. I felt terrible for her.

I felt as though all those trump-worshipping hypocrites assumed that if they just applauded a lot, that would somehow absolve them from any guilt or collusion with trump's piss-poor decision that he tossed out so casually while he was at dinner. And NO, folks, it won't. And you can clap all night long for her and make a spectacle of her grief to make yourselves feel all noble and altruistic and publicly compassionate and kind-looking. So are you gonna take away her health care then? How 'bout veterans benefits that she surely should have coming now that her husband's been killed in action? You gonna help her raise those kids alone? Or are you gonna nickel-and-dime her with all kinds of excuses about the burgeoning deficit from all those entitlements you don't want to have to pay for because you've just got to help those poor put-upon rich people get bigger tax cuts (or beef up the military so MORE young husbands like hers can go get killed, leaving their grieving widows to become fodder for being USED like this as a cheap applause line for political benefit)? You gonna pass any bills or maybe start a GoFundMe for her now, since she's left on her own with a family to take care of? I bet she'd trade all that phony-ass over-wrought, disgracefully maudlin, and ENTIRELY MEANINGLESS applause to be home watching the speech with her husband who was still alive.

THAT little episode just STUNK. I felt so bad for her. You could tell she didn't want the attention, especially having to stand there crying her eyes out on national television, so terribly vulnerable, looking upward to the spirit of her husband to help her find the strength, being used in front of all America to make these heartless scheming assholes feel better about themselves. What a disgrace. I found myself mumbling "leave that poor woman ALONE! She's not some reality show character to be trotted out as the object-du-jour for public pity."

SHAME on them all for exploiting her like that.

I would have preferred to see either Tom Perez, Keith Ellison, OR that young Indiana mayor who ran

for DNC chair, also. Pete Buttigieg of South Bend. Young, smart, committed, and photogenic! You look at him and you can't help but think - "THAT'S our future." I hope we see more of him.

You do realize how amazing that statement was?

"Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated..."

"Nobody," 'eh? Well, EVERYBODY ELSE did. Even your little GOP pals who are facing that in greater and harsher detail by the day.

"Nobody"? Except YOU?

Well, finally, you seem to be declaring yourself a "nobody" then. Wow. At last we agree on something!

Take a number.

I feel like a hostage.

I swear, every day I wake up in the morning with the vague feeling that "surely this ISN'T happening." "This is gotta be a bad dream." "This CAN'T actually be happening." Sadly, it IS.

Welcome to DU, GatorDem82!

Had it on in the background. Not paying much attention except for noting what kind of response there was. I knew the CONS would be having orgasms and lighting incense. I wanted to see what the Dems did. A large swath of women reps wore white and sat together. That was good to see. Almost all of them on that side of the aisle sat there quietly and did not clap. Also good. There was one guy over on the far end who was clapping on occasion while everyone else around him sat motionless. Couldn't tell who it was but I'm wondering - Joe Manchin? Noticed some empty seats, too.

I'm interested in the "post-game show" that's going on as I write this, with Brian Williams and Rachel Maddow presiding, about 40 minutes until the Chris Matthews special with Bill Maher, Kathy Griffin, Michael Moore, and Rob Reiner. That's the one I'm really looking forward to watching.

I did notice Mike Pence looked almost as smug up on the dais as the obnoxious Hugh Hewitt did afterwards (I have the mute button on for his segment). I also noticed that both Pence and Paul Ryan were wearing blue neckties. Wondered if they think that's enough of a "gesture" to the Dems, and that they're set now - nothing more needed.

I noticed that Agent Orange almost spat out "radical Islamic terrorism" which was noteworthy mainly because his National Security Advisor pointedly told him he shouldn't be doing that. Well, that's a signal to some of his faithful. From what little I heard, I bet his trumpsters are all having orgasms. I didn't hear anything I trusted, including some so-called "tone change."

But then again, how can anybody trust ANYTHING he says? He's got such a long and consistent reputation for lying that I feel like I need a second opinion if he says his name is donald trump.

On edit - one thing I DID notice, and very painfully, too: The widow of that Navy SEAL who died in the failed Yemen raid. She got a LOT of applause. But after awhile, I started to feel bad for her. Dammit, people, let her be. QUIT making a spectacle of the grieving widow - who sat briefly but then stood as the applause continued, her whole face red, as she started to cry. Below her eyes it was all swollen, her nose as well, she looked Heaven-ward, several times, mouthing what looked like "I love you, baby." And it just went on and on and on and on and on. And then trump made some other comment and the applause started all over again, and once again went on and on and on and on. It really started to bother me. I felt terrible for her.

I felt as though all those trump-worshipping hypocrites assumed that if they just applauded a lot, that would somehow absolve them from any guilt or collusion with trump's piss-poor decision that he tossed out so casually while he was at dinner. And NO, folks, it won't. And you can clap all night long for her and make a spectacle of her grief to make yourselves feel all noble and altruistic and publicly compassionate and kind-looking. So are you gonna take away her health care then? How 'bout veterans benefits that she surely should have coming now that her husband's been killed in action? You gonna help her raise those kids alone? Or are you gonna nickel-and-dime her with all kinds of excuses about the burgeoning deficit from all those entitlements you don't want to have to pay for because you've just got to help those poor put-upon rich people get bigger tax cuts? You gonna pass any bills or maybe start a GoFundMe for her now, since she's left on her own with a family to take care of? I bet she'd trade all that phony-ass over-wrought, disgracefully maudlin, and ENTIRELY MEANINGLESS applause to be home watching the speech with her husband who was still alive.

THAT little episode just STUNK. I felt so bad for her. You could tell she didn't want the attention, especially having to stand there crying her eyes out on national television, so terribly vulnerable, looking upward to the spirit of her husband to help her find the strength, being used in front of all America to make these heartless scheming assholes feel better about themselves. What a disgrace. I found myself mumbling "leave that poor woman ALONE! She's not some reality show character to be trotted out as the object-du-jour for public pity."

Aw shit. I'm so sorry to hear this.

"Gotta love Corporate America" indeed.

Thanks but no thanks.

Can you give yourself a couple of days to catch your breath? Be gentle with yourself.

Now, perhaps, you can get out and meet some new people. May I recommend one of the Indivisible groups in your area? Not just for activism, but perhaps meeting some new people might mean meeting some new opportunities?