[expatpat]

You've got the wrong word. Schadenfreud means enjoying another's misfortune even though you got no direct benefit.

Enjoying your own victory is not schadenfreud. But it can get to be gloating.

[RooRoobird14]

Rush said said on his show that schadenfreude (according to a recent mental health study conducted in Germany) is "malicious glee over the misfortunes of others."

According to this study, occasionally indulging in schadenfreude actually "contributes to good mental health."

LOLOLOL, ARClight--relax and enjoy good mental health today!!

[steve-b]

Schadenfreud means enjoying another's misfortune even though you got no direct benefit. Enjoying your own victory is not schadenfreud.

True, but laughing at the rants and expressions of misery from the DUmmkopfs might qualify. (Personally, I'd just call it a natural reaction to a ridiculous spectacle, rather like amusement at Groucho Marx as the leader of Freedonia.)

That said, I'd make a distinction between the DU fanatics and the regular Democrat rank-and-file who are honestly misguided. I wouldn't dream of mocking the latter (for one thing, it would make them defensive and less likely to reconsider their errors).