The gloating has begun.
Did you see the reaction to Boxer asking for time for various dem senators to speak... chuckling and a smirk.
Now we have DeMint giving a wingnut pep talk. Does he get to run at the mouth with this personal smear of a "speech?"
How do you all here handle this stuff? I am more upset than I was after the last two elections... maybe because this is the consequence of losing those elections I feared the most.
I fear for my daughter. I am crying. Goddamn it.
I can't quit the Democratic party because I am already an independent. And I don't want to bid my farewell to the community here either... not constructive.
Now DeMint is blaming Democrats of poisoning the atmosphere of the Senate!
There may be too many diaries of despair... this is what Kos and Armando warned us about, and that was appreciated. I understood exactly what they meant... but that doesn't seem to soften the blow... something in my personality makes it difficult to do anything meaningful without putting my heart and soul into it...
Bob Love commiserated with me in the live thread and said he is countering the feeling by going out to do a good deed for a deserving friend. Doing for others is a great antidote to feeling bad about yourself, and I will take the advice. Thank you Bob.
There were calls to be ready to keep fighting after we lost this, and similar calls made immediately afterwords. Again, great advice and that one I will have to try to muster the heart for...
After I stop crying.
This community and the great people I have met here have become part of my life... thanks for reading. Shanikka, regarding your last diary, I may have to just get out of the way, at least for a while.