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In reply to the discussion: Fellow DUers, Just checking in to see how you all are coping with this [View all]Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)29. I tried to ignore it.
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.
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Fellow DUers, Just checking in to see how you all are coping with this [View all]
akbacchus_BC
Jan 2017
OP
You know what is fundamentally wrong is when a dictator comes into office and it
akbacchus_BC
Jan 2017
#7
We will get through this. America is strong. I found DU when I could not believe that Bush got
akbacchus_BC
Jan 2017
#8
Four years and it will be disgusting with CNN and MSNBC, those two channels
akbacchus_BC
Jan 2017
#19
When I was a teenager I refolded, sorted my clothes (not that they needed it).
In_The_Wind
Jan 2017
#33
sickened that the orange buffoon will be embarrassing America for, well, too long
Skittles
Jan 2017
#22
I've been crying on and off for the past 36 hours, alternating between stubborn determination,
Silver Gaia
Jan 2017
#24