Posted on 11/05/2008 7:13:48 AM PST by Gondring
It's over. Nov. 5 has come, and no matter whom you were rooting for, many political animals say the day after an election can bring on a special sort of blues. The bored kind.
"It's almost kind of a surreal feeling. [...] When her father's campaign ended during the Republican primaries, Huckabee said she felt more than a sense of loss.
"It felt like it didn't hit us until a couple of weeks later when we were like, 'Uh, what do we do now?' You don't know how to have a normal life anymore," [...]
"Getting back to the real world is probably one of the hardest things," she said. [...] Bill McConochie, the founder of Political Psychology Research, Inc.[...]
"What I do know from my research is there are two types of political animals, if you will," McConochie said. According to McConochie, how far a person falls on either end of a spectrum of "liberal" or "conservative" traits will determine how serious they will take a victory or defeat on Election Day: The more extreme in views, the more important the election.
"Their reaction will simply depend on how strongly a person is invested in the election process," said McConochie.
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I hope someone posts a link to the Rainbos Bridge/Brunna thread for you. It was my salvation when my beloved Brunna died.
I don’t believe that for an instant. The party of traitors is emboldened and will move blindly toward socialism and economic disaster regardless of the consequences because they believe that in the long run their policies will prove true. The soviets did this for years because it is all about holding power and not about the good of the country. Just remember that when FDR came to office with his socialist policies the economy was showing some signs of recovery. By the end of his first term the economy had grown worse and only the effort to help the Europeans at war and entry to the war itself set our economy on an upward track. Remember to that the war economy was no different than a government job program and that following the war as the military-related jobs began to go away there was a huge economic downturn for a number of years until free enterprise could pick up the slack.
Depression is easy to cope with. Don’t participate. It’s a choice to be depressed. Choose not to be.
Again, nice thoughts but not completely useful in this case. The Jews and Israel learned the long hard lesson that you cannot rely solely on faith and good words to make things right. They spent centuries living under the thumb of oppression after being dispossessed and most of them now understand that taking the offense and fighting will keep them from being wiped out.
I’m sorry for your and our loss. If you’re whining, then let me join you as I am going through the same things. Cancer is cruel. I am happy for all the good times and great memories and look forward to better days.
Having it NOT appear in a first term is good enough for me.
All those who voted their country into ruin for the “gimmes!”, I hope they get NOTHING.
Thank you.
Yesterday was just one-too-many gut punches.
This page on my site is for all of those who have who ever loved a dog.
http://www.ibizan-hound.com/GOODDOGS.htm
I hear ya, I stopped it a while back and have only recently been buying the Sunday edition for coupons...even though I have to give them "some" credit for putting Kwame in the NEW McBoogian Mansion.
You have my prayers.
I’ve lost too many family members to that miserable beast.
[1 step-great-uncle and 2 half uncles]
I’m pretty extreme, but I know that God is in control, and there’s another election in 4 years. I have trust in our nation.
I’m very disappointed, but the sun came up this morning, and will do so tomorrow morning as well.
Bless you and all the others who hold true to that oath.
I also lived the Carter years as an adult and I see the potential here as being far worse. Carter was a nitwit, nitpicking control freak who could not hire or appoint good staff and help for anything. The difference is that Carter did not have the destruction of the constitution in mind when he came to office. I firmly believe that BO Plenty does.
It’s quite simple, I am keeping my cross and guns, everyone else can keep the change.
I was partying hearty in Alaska in the ‘70s and ‘80s, so I also lived through the Carter era. At least we were still America then. I can almost bet that Carter’s preacher never said, “God damn America”. The media didn’t overtly support a socialist and overtly destroy decent people. The economies will suck equally, but freedom is issue now.
I think the post-inaugural depression is going to be worse and will match the economy.
Agreed.
How about being more of an adult than the stupid leftists who sought psychotherapy, and pharmacological mood elevators when Bush won?
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