Rheo Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Join us daily to chat about news, post snippets, video's, what you heard on tv or at the grocery store. Have a great day! Previous Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hellooooo.........anybody in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Group Hug!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Group Hug!!!!! Now you're talkin'.......cup-a-joe & ................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 I still feel like crying. And breaking things. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Group hug is right! I'm off to,work but want to wish you well today. May this despair ease and we find our strength to fight another day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I still feel like crying. And breaking things. Rheo, read this from Dr. Helen Smith (Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds' wife): Some Thoughts on the Election by Helen Smith Bio November 7, 2012 - 5:59 am It was with a sad and heavy heart that I watched the election results come in last night and realized that my pessimism about the electorate was warranted. However, with the popular vote so close, it seems that we are, as Drudge says, a very divided country. I expect that we will stay that way for some time. Given the difficulty that Republicans have in winning elections — how can they win Ohio or Pennsylvania, for example, given the large number of unions in those states? — it is important to think through psychological and economic ways of coping for the next four years or more. One important way of coping is to realize how many conservatives and libertarians are out there and connect with them. I spent some time out in California last month and was amazed and delighted to see so many people who had a similar take on politics as myself. We ate dinner, went to events and shared stories about our experiences as right-leaning individuals in left-leaning professions. It was refreshing and good for my emotional health. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I still feel like crying. And breaking things. Yup!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 We Got Beat Rob Long Some thoughts: (Snip) 2. Let's face facts: Nate Silver, the polls, the "establishment media" -- they were all right. It wasn't about weighting or poll skewing. They were right. We engaged in wishful thinking. We were in a bubble. Last night, that bubble was popped. The major polls called it close, and it was close. Barack Obama won about one half of one percent more of the popular vote than Mitt Romney. But that was enough. Mitt Romney may have won the popular vote, but the Electoral College map tells a different story: it was about population-center votes, not about enthusiasm or which side was more energized. They outsmarted us. We outsmarted ourselves 3. Last night was a complete and systemic failure of the Republican party -- both at the national and the state level. The DC-based Republican establishment couldn't deliver a victory -- couldn't deliver Florida. The state-level Republican operation failed, too. For example: in Missouri, a state that should be solidly Republican, the state operation nominated an ill-prepared, out-of-touch clumsy gaffe-machine for the Senate -- Todd Akin. Romney carried the state. But Claire McCaskill won a major victory. We forced our side to split the ticket. We muddied our message. The Republican party failed. 4. More facts to face: the media is liberal. The news organizations are liberal. They protected their candidate. And it worked. But that's part of the hand that we conservatives have been dealt. That ain't gonna change. We need to figure out a way to win despite the fact that we're swimming upstream in the culture. Whining about it isn't going to get us to a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I'm with you on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hugh Hewitt: This lose wasn't anyone's fault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I'm with you on that. Be mad, confused, in a state of shock, this week....then it's time to get back to work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudjo Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I think I'm in that same state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudjo Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I'm with you on that. Be mad, confused, in a state of shock, this week....then it's time to get back to work. very true, tons of work ahead and don't know where to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I hope Issa gets to work on the investigations. And, since it is his last election, maybe the press will start insisting on him answering some questions for a change. Maybe they, the press, will start asking questions too. No need to protect his ass any longer. (I think I have progressed from confusion to anger.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Rush Limbaugh....It's hard to run against Santa Claus! One of two things is going to happen in the next 4 years...A. the end of the Republic (more free stuff) or B. A renaissance. And which will happen is up for grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I hope Issa gets to work on the investigations. And, since it is his last election, maybe the press will start insisting on him answering some questions for a change. Maybe they, the press, will start asking questions too. No need to protect his ass any longer. (I think I have progressed from confusion to anger.) If Darrel Issa holds an investigation and the MSM doesn't report it...does it happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I'm with you on that. Be mad, confused, in a state of shock, this week....then it's time to get back to work. very true, tons of work ahead and don't know where to start It is critical to get house and senate seats. We will "forever" have a problem with getting President unless we promise free stuff too and make women and young adults feel the government is their for them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I'm with you on that. Be mad, confused, in a state of shock, this week....then it's time to get back to work. very true, tons of work ahead and don't know where to start I am planning on starting to expressing my displeasure to the State Party. I'd also get in touch with your local Tea Party, Can't say for sure, but I'd make a small wager they are no bodies sweetheart today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I'm with you on that. Be mad, confused, in a state of shock, this week....then it's time to get back to work. very true, tons of work ahead and don't know where to start It is critical to get house and senate seats. We will "forever" have a problem with getting President unless we promise free stuff too and make women and young adults feel the government is their for them. The good news is, sometime fairly soon (the next 4 years?) the cupboard is going to be bare. People are going to want more Free Stuff, and there will be no money to buy it, and no one will lend any. The bad news is, when this happens...Greece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Soylent Green is made of..........SHEEPLE!!! H/T:TheFeralIrishman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Coping Ron Capshaw 11/7/12 Eugene Debs once said that he would not want to be considered by his fellow socialists their leader, for if they trusted him “to lead them into the promised land, then someone else can lead them out.” Last night this type of leader-worship won. Obama the Messiah, Hail Obama (as one boy joyously proclaimed at a rally), the political figure that Woody Allen believed should assume dictatorial powers won because of robotic leader worship. Obama already has delusions of Godhood, and he will not doubt regard this victory as a mandate from “his” people. Conservatives might be tempted to throw up their hands, and stick their heads in the sand. I did a similar thing during the Clinton years; I gave up and focused on non-political matters. The people have spoken and what they have said is they want socialism. Conservativism lost–decisively. So what to do, how to cope? The technique of Lech Walesa, that brave dissident against the Soviet occupation of his country might help. Against a regime that sought to control every aspect of his daily life, Walesa adopted the “as if” mindset. Walesa refused the regime’s legitimacy by behaving as if he could read what he wanted, vote for who he wanted, write what he wanted–in short, behave like a free man. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 FORWARD DOWNWARD: STOCKS CRASH AFTER OBAMA WIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartlover Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally, for me, it is too soon to analyze, plan ahead, or try to be optimistic. I am still in a state of confusion. How the hell did this happen? I'm with you on that. Be mad, confused, in a state of shock, this week....then it's time to get back to work. Yes. Mid-terms are a short 2 years away........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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