Your post sums up so much of what I have been feeling. I did not have a pepper moment at the store, but the first few days after the election were hard. Fortunately, the assigned scripture lessons for the Sunday after the election and the hymns our pastor had chosen to go with them, made me start to put things in perspective. I have not been in too much of a mood to listen to Beck or Rush lately. Perhaps listening would help.
Prayer works better.