"A report from NBC quoted an unnamed senator: 'The country saw [at the debate] what those of us who have had personal interactions with him have all known for the last two and a half years'.”
(loud sigh as fingers touch keyboard) I sit down this morning to type my thoughts on the pressing issue of our presidency and democracy and just can't find any new words. I feel like I've said them already. I feel like I've heard them already. And I feel tired -- the kind you can't sleep off. Tired of drama. Tired of reading news reports that contradict other news reports that contradicted still others. And tired of wondering why we are going through this at all.
At this point each new story of Stay, Joe or Go, Joe drives me further into anger with the Democratic Party for putting us into this box in the first place -- by making choices in the dark in which we had no input, no chance to decide, and no ability to avoid the outcome. They have had years to figure this out and get it right. But they decided that they know better than everybody else how to massage a presidency and the perception of a candidate, allowing for no loyal opposition, hoping that a ticking time bomb would not explode while we all were gaslighted into thinking that all is well, nothing to see here, move along. And so here we are now, hoping that after bungling and botching the job for so long they suddenly will hit upon the answer and make everything right in the end. Honestly, what are the odds of that, no matter which fork in the road they take?
I will vote Democratic no matter which option they choose, as the alternative is utterly impossible to support. But I need to tell them that it also is something that they no longer should take for granted. I feel tricked, lied to, and embarrassed, and not just when conservative friends call me out for something I had nothing to do with. Worse still is seeing DJT sitting happily, taking it all in, watching the house fire knowing that he stands to acquire the property afterward and redevelop it. We always wanted for him to shut up. But not this way. Feeling like he is in control simply because the Democrats yielded it, in the mother of all unforced errors, sits badly with me this morning, along with the knowledge that there is nothing I can do other than watch as the ship continues to approach the iceberg. Thankfully I have two new kittens to take my mind off of the mess. For a while. Then there is beer, and lots of it.
For the first time since Joe announced another run and there's now talk of him being replaced I'm feeling some actual excitement about having a candidate to actively support instead of "Yeah, I'll vote for Joe... but only because I have to. Whoopee." As we see and hear more and more leaks and revelations about what insiders knew was happening but refused to take any action it sure negates the holier-than-thou Democratic griping about "Why don't you Republicans DO something about Trump?" Now it looks like we have a choice to do something, to course correct, whether it's to somehow de-age and energize Joe or go with someone else, both paths with pros and cons. To paraphrase the Alan Shepard prayer: "Please Lord, don't let us fuck this up."
It negates the dem griping in one sense. But in another, it validates the point.
"When Joe slipped a cog in public, the dems did what they should have done. No real credit for doing what they should have earlier with their better knowledge. Now lets talk about the republicans and how many times Trump has shown he has multiple screws loose. He could shoot someone on 5th avenue and not lose any support. Tell you anything?!?"
When your kittens get older, say by November, they will do all that they can to soothe their slave and keep you focused enough to insure that you can at least see to it they are fed.
Kittens are good. So is beer. I miss beer (quit drinking about a year and a half ago). Do you remember in the movie *The Band Wagon,* at the cast party after the show's opening completely bombs? The song is "I Love Louisa" but the chorus is "MOOOORE BEER! MOOOORE BEER!" Love that number.
We all need that now, along with some good meals to fortify us for the battles still to wage in this campaign. No matter how down we feel about this turn of events, we know the fight against the little D antidemocrats must continue. And it will -- but we'd much rather it be on our terms than on theirs.
I guess we're all in various stages of this catastrophe. During and right after that awful Thursday evening I was angry, wondering if this was a Potemkin presidency. Then I got to it's not as bad as it seems, followed by I'm sticking with Joe.Now I've moved into I'll go with Kamala, at least that'd shake up the race and redistribute the cards. But I might be somewhere else in a day or an hour. But always it's never give up. Best to you bro, enjoy your new kitties.
I haven't given up on hope, I do support Joe, and I do want for this to subside and to see the focus shift back to DJT and his issues -- each day that Joe Biden is the talking point is one less day that we all see how incompetent and destructive the alternative promises to be. That is a large part of my anger with the Dems. It didn't have to be this way. A lot of bad choices were made, by supposedly smart people. There are no excuses.
"At this each new story of Stay, Joe or Go, Joe drives me further into anger with the Democratic Party for putting us into this box in the first place"
Over the past week, I have thought this same thing, oh I donno, about fifty times a day. How did Biden, his family, his staff, and the DNC put us in this position? Facing off with a cult of non-serious lunatics, this is where the Democrats have ended up?
If Biden somehow wins -- a vanishingly small possibility at this point -- fifty times a day I will be remembering my dad when he was 81. It reminds me a lot of Biden: the way he walks, talks, looks. (Even his politics were similar). What scares the bejeezus out of me is remembering my dad four years later, when he was 85 (I won't go into detail; you don't want to know). If that's what's ahead for Biden, it is a scary thought indeed.
"A report from NBC quoted an unnamed senator: 'The country saw [at the debate] what those of us who have had personal interactions with him have all known for the last two and a half years'.”
(loud sigh as fingers touch keyboard) I sit down this morning to type my thoughts on the pressing issue of our presidency and democracy and just can't find any new words. I feel like I've said them already. I feel like I've heard them already. And I feel tired -- the kind you can't sleep off. Tired of drama. Tired of reading news reports that contradict other news reports that contradicted still others. And tired of wondering why we are going through this at all.
At this point each new story of Stay, Joe or Go, Joe drives me further into anger with the Democratic Party for putting us into this box in the first place -- by making choices in the dark in which we had no input, no chance to decide, and no ability to avoid the outcome. They have had years to figure this out and get it right. But they decided that they know better than everybody else how to massage a presidency and the perception of a candidate, allowing for no loyal opposition, hoping that a ticking time bomb would not explode while we all were gaslighted into thinking that all is well, nothing to see here, move along. And so here we are now, hoping that after bungling and botching the job for so long they suddenly will hit upon the answer and make everything right in the end. Honestly, what are the odds of that, no matter which fork in the road they take?
I will vote Democratic no matter which option they choose, as the alternative is utterly impossible to support. But I need to tell them that it also is something that they no longer should take for granted. I feel tricked, lied to, and embarrassed, and not just when conservative friends call me out for something I had nothing to do with. Worse still is seeing DJT sitting happily, taking it all in, watching the house fire knowing that he stands to acquire the property afterward and redevelop it. We always wanted for him to shut up. But not this way. Feeling like he is in control simply because the Democrats yielded it, in the mother of all unforced errors, sits badly with me this morning, along with the knowledge that there is nothing I can do other than watch as the ship continues to approach the iceberg. Thankfully I have two new kittens to take my mind off of the mess. For a while. Then there is beer, and lots of it.
What did you name your kittens?
Still working on that, actually. Somehow "Little One" and "Littler One" isn't having much of an impact ... so we'll have to agree on something soon.
You are right. The house is on fire. And Biden and the Dems want you to run into that burning house.."quick..go in..before it burns down".!
For the first time since Joe announced another run and there's now talk of him being replaced I'm feeling some actual excitement about having a candidate to actively support instead of "Yeah, I'll vote for Joe... but only because I have to. Whoopee." As we see and hear more and more leaks and revelations about what insiders knew was happening but refused to take any action it sure negates the holier-than-thou Democratic griping about "Why don't you Republicans DO something about Trump?" Now it looks like we have a choice to do something, to course correct, whether it's to somehow de-age and energize Joe or go with someone else, both paths with pros and cons. To paraphrase the Alan Shepard prayer: "Please Lord, don't let us fuck this up."
Just think, “I’ll vote against Trump.” That’s calming.
It negates the dem griping in one sense. But in another, it validates the point.
"When Joe slipped a cog in public, the dems did what they should have done. No real credit for doing what they should have earlier with their better knowledge. Now lets talk about the republicans and how many times Trump has shown he has multiple screws loose. He could shoot someone on 5th avenue and not lose any support. Tell you anything?!?"
When your kittens get older, say by November, they will do all that they can to soothe their slave and keep you focused enough to insure that you can at least see to it they are fed.
Kittens are good. So is beer. I miss beer (quit drinking about a year and a half ago). Do you remember in the movie *The Band Wagon,* at the cast party after the show's opening completely bombs? The song is "I Love Louisa" but the chorus is "MOOOORE BEER! MOOOORE BEER!" Love that number.
I have a very energetic 20mo old chi-mix that no one bothered to train in the 18mos they had her. :-)
We all need that now, along with some good meals to fortify us for the battles still to wage in this campaign. No matter how down we feel about this turn of events, we know the fight against the little D antidemocrats must continue. And it will -- but we'd much rather it be on our terms than on theirs.
I guess we're all in various stages of this catastrophe. During and right after that awful Thursday evening I was angry, wondering if this was a Potemkin presidency. Then I got to it's not as bad as it seems, followed by I'm sticking with Joe.Now I've moved into I'll go with Kamala, at least that'd shake up the race and redistribute the cards. But I might be somewhere else in a day or an hour. But always it's never give up. Best to you bro, enjoy your new kitties.
It's like you live in my head.
I haven't given up on hope, I do support Joe, and I do want for this to subside and to see the focus shift back to DJT and his issues -- each day that Joe Biden is the talking point is one less day that we all see how incompetent and destructive the alternative promises to be. That is a large part of my anger with the Dems. It didn't have to be this way. A lot of bad choices were made, by supposedly smart people. There are no excuses.
"At this each new story of Stay, Joe or Go, Joe drives me further into anger with the Democratic Party for putting us into this box in the first place"
Over the past week, I have thought this same thing, oh I donno, about fifty times a day. How did Biden, his family, his staff, and the DNC put us in this position? Facing off with a cult of non-serious lunatics, this is where the Democrats have ended up?
If Biden somehow wins -- a vanishingly small possibility at this point -- fifty times a day I will be remembering my dad when he was 81. It reminds me a lot of Biden: the way he walks, talks, looks. (Even his politics were similar). What scares the bejeezus out of me is remembering my dad four years later, when he was 85 (I won't go into detail; you don't want to know). If that's what's ahead for Biden, it is a scary thought indeed.
I’m not blaming the DNC or the president. This tsunami is the fault of the media.
Biden wasn’t even the worst debater on the stage.
Yeah, it can happen so quickly at that age. And we all pretty much whistle past that particular graveyard, often even more than the real one.
I have a new puppy making me crazy in a good way- it does help.
May have to sit out the commentary for a while, because it’s soul-killing at this time.