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i pour over these numbers constantly. i think about each primary way to much. my s.o. honestly told me he can't take me anymore. and he meant it. he was not kidding. this morning he goes " you need help." and he was not smiling. i'm not nice leading up into each primary. kinda on edge. when it doesn't go the way i like - bleh. i'm not nasty - just very quiet. i've never been like this - we have a psychiatrist at work, free of charge. swear to christ i think I'm talking to him tomorrow. especially if this goes all the way to Denver. plus - i spend too much time on DK lately. that's another problem. And Strawberry? Looks like the voters saw through that smoke screen.
"Oh no...you changed your hair color? It's just so dark. You like it? And with your skin tone?" My Beloved Mom, December 25 2007, once again on notice.
by Christin on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 11:24:59 AM PDT
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My husband zoned out long ago on my obsession with this election (he voted for obama in the primary but he doesn't want to think about it all day). But my kids were still my advocates (its all fresh to them) until my 9-year-old this morning said, "Mom, its time for you to be good at something other than just Obama."
by Southern Hope on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:00:15 PM PDT
to HRC is something that troubles me deeply. Weren't 8 years of triangulation enough? Do we really need to go back to the future w/ Penn, Wolfson, McA, Ickes, and Davis?
I'm more than ready to "roll the dice" on a candidate who challenges prevailing assumptions on the use of force, who's bringing in 18-29 voters in droves, and who's running a grass roots 50 states campaign. I had 2 terms w/ the devil I know. Odds are pretty good that the devil I'm still getting to know will be better.
After 8 years of Reagan, 4 of Bush I, 8 years of the DLC, and 8 years of Bush II, 4-8 more years of the DLC is too depressing to contemplate. I feel a little better after WY, and I hope to continue to feel better after MS.
Some men see things as they are and ask why. I see things that never were and ask why not?
by RFK Lives on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:11:22 PM PDT
on me, too. He also voted for Obama, but rehashing past state contests and projecting future ones just isn't for him. He could care less what color CNN has assigned to some particular state on whatever map. But he's a good egg and throws shoes at the t.v. with me at the "appropriate" times..... But I really do have to get back to painting again...can't donate any more $$$ unless I sell something..... ;O)
"What, Me Worry?"...King George Walker Alfred Eusless Newman Bush
by RantNRaven on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:13:34 PM PDT
Glad to know I'm not alone. But probably a sign we need to lighten up a little. Do you think? Maybe.....NAHHH! There's time for one more diary ...and a couple of comments...besides someone on the Internet is Wrong! :D
"I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it." Zoe (Firefly)
by geejay on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:04:05 PM PDT
is supportive but tremendously bemused by my sudden acute addiction to every last morsel of information about the campaign. Of course, she's used to my wild avocations and lets me know when I'm approaching unhinged.
"We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
by mayan on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:52:01 PM PDT
Huh? The future of your country, of your life. is boring?? If people hadn't thought that way in year 2000, the quality of our lives would be better right now. The Iraq War's cost of trillions of dollars, and the corruption of the BushCo "unitary executive" version of government, has hurt America and the world economically.
Ralph Nader was wrong. The choices between the two main candidates can be quite dissimilar, and the choice between Obama and McCain is a choice between democracy and corruption, respectively.
-4.75, -5.33 Cheney 10/05/04: "I have not suggested there is a connection between Iraq and 9/11."
by sunbro on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 10:00:04 PM PDT
Me too. I've got to remind myself to take a step back for a fresher look. This morning, I got so mad at Senator Levin from Nichigan, that the first thing I wanted to do was right a diary and storm the Bastille.
Yet, I keep in mind, that there are millions of us working hard for the good Senator to take back our country from seven years of decadence. And all the push-back from the Clinton campaign and the pundits and the "powers-that-be" can't change the narrative that is on the ground and STILL building. (Despite the bubble that George Will lives in.)
Friend by friend, block by block. Think about the state nearest you coming up. And reach out. To our credit, it's still a ground game.
And there is actally very good odds that we can take this all the way. It is exciting.
truth, kindness, endurance, Obama '08
by CupofTea on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:23:46 PM PDT
it shows he needs help
you are helping him, if he doesn't understand that when poisonous gas has been released into the atmosphere, whether by exotic terrorists or by wolfson/penn/the clintons, you need to recognize it and stop breathing the stuff
Politics is not arithmetic. It's chemistry.
by tamandua on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:06:59 PM PDT
between Kos and following debates and primaries I am putting off homework and shorting myself on sleep. With the time change this week , I hope I will do better because it's going to hurt a lot worse if I don't. I may get some help from the college kid being home and wanting to be on the computer after his not so little brother goes to bed.
Completely off topic- how did this average size slightly nerdy woman end up with a 5"10" 245 pound football playing 15 year old son?
-7.75, -6.05 The point of the war in Iraq is that there IS a war in Iraq- Keith Olbermann
by nicolemm on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:10:20 PM PDT
i've practically abandoned raising my 5-year-old twins, and my parents and husband are worried. hard to think/talk about anything else.
by sunhaws on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:12:06 PM PDT
because I know my husband will catch me when he reads them (he's obsessive too, but can put a cap on it).
Have decided to give up Kos during Holy week (week after this) for the good of my family and my own sanity. Will be back on Easter Sunday when I hope the MSM reconnects with the fact that Obama is actually winning this contest.
In the meantime, I hope Obama wins by 25 points in Mississippi!
by leawood on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:26:49 PM PDT
and he over to Lowes to pick up some blinds I ordered - and if he walks in and sees me on here? Christ - the look on his face will tell me all I need to know. And he's just as passionate as I am - but yeah - he can check it too so it doesn't bleed out into everything.
I just worry too much. Wyoming and MS? I was kinda okay with that. But PA? I can't take it. That's what is worrying me. I can't go on like until PA. It's like a visit to the dentist or something. And I'm like oh god, PA is seven weeks away??
That's why we're going into that state next weekend to try to help by canvassing. (we're in NJ) But it's still not taking this damn "ACK" feeing away.
And I'm so tired of being okay until I see her on teevee, or hear her voice, and then yell "oh shut the hell up" or "spare me you liar" and quite honestly I am sugarcoating that because I really say worse things but I don't want people to know the really bad things I say because I would get lectured. I mean he can't stand her either but he says I go way overboard.
Which is why I need to figure something out here.
I am even bothered I admitted all this on here.
My name is Christine - and I'm a Obamaholic.
sigh.
But, considering I have this circle of "me too's!". Maybe I am a-okay!
Yes. Now in utter denial.
by Christin on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:43:01 PM PDT
to quell the anxiety of daily mudslings by the Clinton campaign that are highlighted on the MSM and to soak in his great reception there. Can't imagine they do spin on Hillary's meager gains like we do...
by leawood on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:03:34 PM PDT
Have I missed something? When?! Where?!
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by Donna in Rome on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:43:23 PM PDT
but the source was my husband, think he's going there for a week, if I'm not mistaken.
by leawood on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:04:18 PM PDT
by leawood on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:09:33 PM PDT
to hear that there are other crazy people out there. i am beside myself. go to sleep arguing against hillary's talking points in my head, wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it, and then start all over again each day. thankfully, i've got two other stay-at-home moms across the street who are as pissed off and engaged as i am, so we can console one another, and hang out in our own echo chamber.
one good thing--i've lost weight over this whole debacle b/c i'm so stressed out--started losing in the month before our caucus here in iowa, and have kept on. now back to pre-pregancy weight.
since we started with this election in iowa over a year ago now, i feel like it's been going on forever. and no end in sight.
thanks for going to penn. to canvass--i lived in south jersey for three years when i was first married. someday will make it back for a visit.
barack the vote.
by sunhaws on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:20:39 PM PDT
seriously - am laughing as I type this.
to hear that there are other crazy people out there. i am beside myself. go to sleep arguing against hillary's talking points in my head, wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it, and then start all over again each day.
Do you know I woke up on Wednesday - stumbled down into the kitchen to make coffee - the S.O was sitting in the dining room eating a damn hash brown - and I look like shit because I was up late - and he looks over at me and goes "hey sunshine.." and i go "i hate ohio so much right now...didn't they fuck up enough in 2004? " and he goes "here we go...' and sighs. And then I saw the sad, resigned, look of horror on his face but I went on. He could not wait to leave the house.
And then when I'm driving I think of her when she said something stupid and nasty about BO and I get pissed at all the other drivers. And I look over at them angry thinking of her going "and the celestial choir will sing..." and they look scared and speed up.
Valium. Yoga. A vacation.
by Christin on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:27:51 PM PDT
just send himout to buy drapes to go with the blinds.
Then new window screens.
Then seeds for flowers.
Next seeds for a vegetable garden, then ...
by gogol on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:47:11 PM PDT
because he goes through different obsessions, himself. None happen to be politics. He just basically ignores me when I go on and on and on and yell at the TV. But it does not bother him that I am involved in this. So I guess I am truly lucky.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King Jr.
by wishingwell on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:21:30 PM PDT
that might mollify him :). BTW, that comment from my wife.
"He does what politicians do," explained Jeremiah Wright.
by hideinplainsight on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:47:01 PM PDT
Mommy has been preoccupied of late...usually I have a very strict 1/2 hr. of tv only for the family a day. HA! My 11 year old son now says, "we got another caucus night?" "Shh!" I'm trying to listen I respond. It's pathetic! (and wonderful) Oh, and I bought my sick daughter an US magazine for the first time yesterday. She figure out why, though. "You want to cut out the Obama pictures when I'm done?" she asked.
by woodstockmom on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:16:38 PM PDT
Looks like we both got the latest Rolling Stone magazine for the same reason :->>
Trees, Flowers & Birds
by SanDiegoDem on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 04:37:33 PM PDT
my family is refusing to talk politics with me anymore.
Well, not really. If they want to know something, they do ask me. Easier than looking it up themselves. On the other hand, if they spout a republican talking point, I do shut it down and I think they're getting tired of that.
Reality Window | dwahzon's village
by vbdietz on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:14:41 PM PDT
I know addiction too well. And nose in Daily Kos is too, too familiar.
Against silence, which is slavery. -- Czeslaw Milosz
by Caneel on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:18:25 PM PDT
is a couple of our brit or ausie freinds to chime in on this thread and one of us will have to notify CDC.
I belong to no organized political party, I'm a Democrat. -Will Rogers
by geez53 on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:32:01 PM PDT
friends check in to get an explanation of what is going on. Can we find a psychiatrist willing to do e-mail therapy?
The Justice Department is no longer a credible defender of the rule of law or the Constitution.
by Overseas on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:58:13 PM PDT
have to act before November. Maybe a DK group session or KosAnon: Hello, my name is geez53 and i'm a Kosaholic.
by geez53 on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:03:41 PM PDT
for a diary ... KosAnon. Can we kick our addiction? Stay tuned ... while we get addicted to KosAnon.
Love it!
by Caneel on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:59:00 PM PDT
I'm another addicted soul trying to keep up in Kanturk, Co Cork, glued to dKos, DU etc, as the pro-Clinton media coverage here is even worse than what I see of US MSM.
I'm a neophyte, by the way: this is my first ever post. (Hope I did it right--I mean, OK.
Great post about the maths. When I try to explain it over here I just get glazed looks, so your Irish friends must be less Clintonian than mine...or maybe you're just a better explainer!
by lizabroad on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:39:15 PM PDT
my company has an affiliate in co cork - and whenever i have to send something to them - i can never figure out what the city is. what the street is. and what the zip is supposed to be. why must ireland be so difficult?
by Christin on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:52:55 PM PDT
no matter what Fed Ex tries to tell you. It's not hard. Sometimes there is a street and sometimes there isn't. Sometimes we have to add a parish name if the county has two or more towns with the same name. Must have a county. See? Easy! :)
by Overseas on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:35:23 PM PDT
Ireland is so difficult because we're marching to a different drum...a Bodhran, it's called, an ancient drum played in pubs and with traditional music, amazing sound when well played.
For a more pertinent answer: We have no zip codes here, as much of the postal system--at least in rural areas--depends on the postal worker actually knowing who lives in what house.
It's lovely, really, sometimes John (our delivery person) will come in for a cuppa tea and a chat. When we're on holiday he just holds our mail, and if my father-in-law is visiting (lives nearby) he'll drop his mail off at our house.
The city, town or village is the last thing before the county, which is usually listed just before Ireland, BUT if the city is a big one (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick) and shares the name of the county, the county isn't listed.
The item before the city, town or village may be a streetname, or it may be a townland, which is a rural piece of land which may have several houses on it, locations of which are known to the postal worker.
Some houses have names.
If the village the house is in is small, the address will also have the nearest town:
Name street or townland village town county
You will be glad to know, although I am a little saddened, that zipcodes are imminent, though, like all else dependent on budget... (the real reason for the institution of the zipcodes, I believe is to be able to better enforce the will of management over the postal workers, who cannot currently be easily replaced in case of industrial action due to their specialised knowledge of houses, inhabitants and family histories!)
Anyway, more than you wanted to know, I'm sure. Maybe you can come see for yourself some time, after this anguishing primary is behind us all.
by lizabroad on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 05:14:06 PM PDT
No deep explanations, just tell them there is no way Clinton can catch up on the delegate count at this point; she can't score enough points to make it in the remaining states. They'll understand that.
Your post was fine.
by Overseas on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:32:16 PM PDT
Did you get to vote in the Americans Abroad election? We were stateside & didn't get to register in time, so we high-tailed it to Dublin and voted for Obama in a pub...wonder if a similar setup everywhere would increase voter participation?
Could lead to mad votes, though, and actual political brawls, as opposed to the often more brutal virtual ones!
by lizabroad on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 05:18:10 PM PDT
I didn't want to jeopardize that registration, so I skipped Dems Abroad. I've been here 5 years now and love it still. Retired, and living out in the country with a terific view of the Galtess. Cows abound.
by Overseas on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 01:33:11 AM PDT
meet you.
by hideinplainsight on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:54:40 PM PDT
Love your screenname!
by lizabroad on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 05:19:57 PM PDT
There are definitely a number of Obama fans addicted to primary news in my circle in the Toronto area too...a worldwide pandemic apparently..! My brother and I sneak away at family gatherings to exchange news and views on the primaries; he is for Obama and his wife is pro-Hillary (interestingly, he is caucasian and she is AA originally from Trinidad). My two sons, age 11 and 14, got interested too and now they know WAY more than sane Canadian kids should know about American politics. They even corrected me when I said it was down to four candidates in the two races ("Mom, you're forgetting about Ron Paul"). It's funny but also...disturbing...!
by open sky on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:17:41 PM PDT
When HRC knee caps Obama on a daily and calculated manner with her "life time experience"....when Bill Clinton goes on the Rush Limbaugh show....when Obama is the new Ken Starr....when the MSM (Corporate Rethugs) are now doing a "John Edwards" on Obama by pushing HRC, and ignoring the numbers and doing their best to play down Obama's continued success, when HRC is ready to burn the Democratic White House down to the ground, I would be afraid, very afraid NOT TO TAKE MY EYE OFF THE BALL.
I don't think we are crazy at all. I think we are in the fox holes armed and ready to take it to the mattresses (as the mafia says). This is war folks. Get used to it and dig in. HRC wants a fight, hey, she started it, but we are going to end it. This is just the beginning of a knock down drag out filthy dirty scratch and bite battle. To the Clinton's the end will justify the means, but each our of sacred votes, our loud voices and unity will prevail.
I love this diary. Excellent work. I'm glad to see the numbers out there, and the arguments concise, clear and unbeatable. My own take on it is that even if HRC takes it all the way, that everyone including the Super Delegates will be so sick of her cut throat ways, that they won't even give her the time of day. She is doing a great job of showing what an ass she is, and doesn't seem to need our help. The chickens will come home to roost, but it is smart to stay on top of this everyday. Crazy? Nah....scream at the top of your lungs for her tax returns/library papers and donor lists. That is her Waterloo my friends.
by Badabing on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:58:34 PM PDT
if it doesn't interfere with daily life too much. I still get to work, pay my bills, feed my children etc. Actual drug addicts often don't do these things. And I am caught up on my homework now.
Even milder is my Olbermann addiction- I do make a point of watching Countdown, and will even watch the rebroadcast sometimes just to hear KO say something again, but I don't blow off making supper or running to the store for cat food because of it.
by nicolemm on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:46:16 PM PDT
Just teasing ... 'cuz it's a staple among "deniers" at AA meetings.
You're fine. You really are.
by Caneel on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:56:50 PM PDT
All you people who think you have real problems! How do you think I feel?
I HATE this stupid website. After 2004, I said "stupid Kossackians," or whatever these freaks call themselves! I hates them all, and their PRECIOUSSSS numberssssesss."
And I meant it. We HATES the Kookoo Kossiophiles, and how they say "don't worry Precious, we will win the election, even though the Republicans own everything..."
They hurtsssss us with their strategery and wonkishnesssss, and makes us cry so much harder when the nasssty Bush is reelected, and our economy makessss our houssses devalue like rotting fishes...
And now, here I am posting daily, and spending time reading this blog when I could be hang-gliding, or knitting, or building sheds, or training my six dogs, or building a better mousetrap, or actually having a relationship with my wife, who appears to be making eyes at the cable guy with the butt crack problem, and YOU have problems?
I don't even LIKE this blog and I'm here every day!
DAMN YOU KOS!
DAMN YOU!!!!
by mellowinman on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 02:16:20 PM PDT
wide narrow
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