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5 Ways Liberals Are Consoling Themselves After Devastating Midterms
Mediaite.com ^ | Nov.5, 2014 | Eddie Scarry

Posted on 11/05/2014 8:49:30 PM PST by Colofornian

When you suffer a defeat, sometimes the only thing you can do is crawl into your dark place and stay there until you’re ready to come back out and get on with your life.

Understandably, many Democrats seem to be going through that process after Tuesday’s midterm elections resulted in massive gains for Congressional Republicans.

The GOP retained power over the House, took control of the Senate and further diminished President Obama‘s relevancy. That’s a lot to take in.

Here are five ways Democrats are consoling themselves:

1. Denying the election’s impact, as CNN’s Sally Kohn and MSNBC’s Joy Reid have done:

This election is not a shellacking. It’s a speed bump. The long arc of history bends toward an increasingly progressive electorate.

--Sally Kohn (@SallyKohn) November 5, 2014

Whatever happens tonight I think it’s fair to say that this is no “wave election.” — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid)

--November 5, 2014

2. Changing the subject, as New York Times editorial writer Jesse Wegman tried to do:

[SNIP]

3. Hating the game instead of the players, a la Democratic National Committee Vice Chairwoman Donna Brazile:

[SNIP]

4. Searching for alternate sources of blame in a Ouija board-like fashion, as MSNBC’s Krystal Ball and Joy Reid did:

[SNIP]

5. And on a somewhat more optimistic note, hoping the future is better than the present, like MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Salon’s Joan Walsh, and the Rev. Al Sharpton:

[SNIP]

Joan Walsh: “Time and demography are still on the Democrats’ side, but this election showed the difficulty of holding together the Obama coalition without Barack Obama.”

[SNIP]

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When you suffer a defeat, sometimes the only thing you can do is crawl into your dark place and stay there until you’re ready to come back out and get on with your life. Understandably, many Democrats seem to be going through that process after Tuesday’s midterm elections resulted in massive gains for Congressional Republicans. The GOP retained power over the House, took control of the Senate and further diminished President Obama‘s relevancy. That’s a lot to take in. Here are five ways Democrats are consoling themselves:

1. Denying the election’s impact, as CNN’s Sally Kohn and MSNBC’s Joy Reid have done:

This election is not a shellacking. It’s a speed bump. The long arc of history bends toward an increasingly progressive electorate.

--Sally Kohn (@SallyKohn) November 5, 2014

Whatever happens tonight I think it’s fair to say that this is no “wave election.” — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid)

--November 5, 2014

2. Changing the subject...

3. Hating the game instead of the players...

4. Searching for alternate sources of blame in a Ouija board-like fashion...

5. And on a somewhat more optimistic note, hoping the future is better than the present, like MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Salon’s Joan Walsh, and the Rev. Al Sharpton:

And ah...this quote from Salon's Joan Walsh is rather a "classic keeper":

Joan Walsh: “Time and demography are still on the Democrats’ side, but this election showed the difficulty of holding together the Obama coalition without Barack Obama.”

[C'mon, Joan, couldn't have you -- for the benefit of Dems -- been a little more subtle with that assessment?]

1 posted on 11/05/2014 8:49:30 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

6. Assisted suicide.


2 posted on 11/05/2014 8:51:07 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Colofornian

I wouldn’t mind them crawling into a dark space provided it’s enclosed and also contains a running automobile.


3 posted on 11/05/2014 8:52:35 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Colofornian

"Is it safe to come out yet?"
4 posted on 11/05/2014 8:52:41 PM PST by Texas Eagle
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To: Colofornian

Its not the Dear Leader’s fault.

Its the selfish, stupid sheeple who are ungrateful and don’t appreciate he has their best interests at heart.

After all, Obama is the ObaMessiah!


5 posted on 11/05/2014 8:59:13 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Colofornian

They are painting and repainting their toenails... I mean even the females.


6 posted on 11/05/2014 9:00:45 PM PST by Barnacle (Is treason a high crime or misdemeanor?)
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To: Colofornian

7 posted on 11/05/2014 9:01:53 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Texas Eagle

They’re waiting for older folks who remember an era when we got decent interest rates on our savings bonds, savings accounts and CD’s, when decent jobs could be found, to die out. Then they’ll have a nation of Russian peasants who will accept our current reduced state of living and opportunities, as the new normal.


8 posted on 11/05/2014 9:02:53 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: Colofornian

“Whatever happens tonight I think it’s fair to say that this is no “wave election.” — Joy Reid”

Whatever happens at the rodeo tonight, I think it’s fair to say no cowboys or horses were involved” - JOI “Harry” Reid


9 posted on 11/05/2014 9:16:27 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Feet to the fire folks. YOU PROMISED!)
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To: Barnacle

Nah, feminists arent into that Patriachal created and stereotypical gender normative societal construct stuff


10 posted on 11/05/2014 9:17:42 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Feet to the fire folks. YOU PROMISED!)
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To: Colofornian
1. Denying the election’s impact


11 posted on 11/05/2014 9:17:48 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Colofornian

Remember all the moonbats who ran to their shrinks for help after the 2004 election? I think it was called Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST).


12 posted on 11/05/2014 9:42:29 PM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: Catmom

ALL LIBs...I mean ALL...should be involuntarily committed and heavily medicated. They are a menace to society.


13 posted on 11/05/2014 9:50:26 PM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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Or maybe mass quantities of “comfort food.”

I saw a table full of glum Sandra Fluke types at the local Whole Foods doing just that today.


14 posted on 11/05/2014 9:54:50 PM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: Windflier

I know I shouldn’t laugh, but - that’s funny!


15 posted on 11/05/2014 9:59:31 PM PST by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: free-in-nyc

Someone posted the same image with Zero’s signature logo pasted onto the shirt of the suicidee last night, but I can’t find it now. That one was even more appropriate.

It is funny, though. I burst out laughing the first time I saw it.


16 posted on 11/05/2014 10:01:42 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Rodamala
6. Assisted suicide.

ROFL

Cracked me up, dude!

17 posted on 11/05/2014 10:09:20 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Colofornian

Best tweet in article:

“Midterm elections confirm: Most voters don’t see women as propulsion systems for their lady parts!”


18 posted on 11/05/2014 10:11:15 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Catmom

“I saw a table full of glum Sandra Fluke types at the local Whole Foods doing just that today.”

I thought barbra streisand wants to ban Whole Foods


19 posted on 11/05/2014 10:34:11 PM PST by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
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To: ari-freedom

Then she’s even crazier than I thought!


20 posted on 11/05/2014 10:35:55 PM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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