Posted on 11/05/2008 2:54:40 AM PST by SoftwareEngineer
What an awful way to wake up this morning. I have a sense of disbelief about what has happened. I am trying to do my morning chores but I can physically feel my heart hurting and my head pounding. It is unreal. I feel I am not really living this and instead this is some hallucination.
And yet, the day must go on. I have to get ready, go to work and meet clients. So to get over this election hangover (and a fair bit of Glenlivet last night) I am going to do the following:
1. Pray 2. Go for a run 3. Not watch any TV or listen to any Radio 4. Take a giant Excederin for my headache
How is everyone else handling this? Please post what you are all doing to keep functioning
“I can physically feel my heart hurting and my head pounding.”
Me too. And here I thought I was the only one.
I am going to keep away from the news today, copy some CDs (music), and teach myself a new language. I’ve wanted to delve into Italian for some time. I have all the CDs necessary.
You know what? I already feel better now that I just laid out my plan of action.
Try Pimsleur. It is like magic. I picked up enough Eye-talian in just two weeks using their CDs to thoroughly enjoy my Italian vacation.
Nothing you can do to change the past. On the bright side we can sit back and complain and let them run this Country into the ditch. Maybe that will wake America up??
The Titanic Changed directions too.
Pray for W, Obama and Our Troops
The youth voted for nearly free college for all under Obama.
He didn’t tell them about how the job market will be cut in half if not more under his economic policies.
I'm sure that their euphoria will carry on way past Christmas, so much so, that it will be impossible for anyone to avoid it: that is, anyone watching TV in real-time, instead of time shifted. TIVO, you are my best friend now.
I'm angry with the GOP for not backing their candidate, while the Dems trampled over each other just to promote Obama. Angry at McCain and his campaign for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and for running the sorriest excuse for a campaign I've ever seen. Where were the "Untested" videos six months ago? Angry at the frauds who tarnished the real research conducted on OBama's bogus birth certificate, making it impossible for convincing others to stand up and take notice.
Yes, I'm more angry than depressed right now. I'm sitting here wondering what will become of our country, and what will become of our Bill of Rights. Will a President Obama go after the people and places who are the blogsphere, shutting them down because they had (and will still have) the courage to point out the truth about the man and the people behind him.
If Candidate Obama had no trouble enlisted Missouri police to monitor the airwaves and the media for negative ads about Candidate Obama, to what extent will President Obama be able to police of the media and the Internet and to squelch any and all criticisms of him by labeling them "Racist?"
What will happen to all of the investigations launched in to his background, his associates, his ties to foreign countries, ACORN, etc.? Will they, too, be squelched for the same reasons?
What happens to Israel? will her enemies see his victory as a green light to purge Jews from the Promised Land?
What happens after President Obama has his "no conditions? talks with Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia? What amount of appeasement will he offer?
I couldn't sleep last night, and I'm sure that many of you also had a rough night. I kept thinking, "I've got so many friends and family who voted for Obama. I've got colleagues and members of management who are not only "above my pay grade" but who also are control of my pay.
Right now, I need a huge cup of coffee. Hope springs eternal.
Give ‘em heck, Allegra! Being in a funk doesn’t help anyone. Anyway, I personally am outbreeding the leftists at a good clip, and I’m still behind a few of our FRiends :-).
Pimsleur?
Thank you. I have anotated that....
Thank you again.
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You got that right! :)
Good post.
My short term goal is to see that Claire McCaskill is crushed in the next election.
And next year, we plan to start breeding dragons!
My grandpa, born in 1906, loved Reagan and contributed so much to his campaign that he had a house full of pictures, books, and memorabilia Reagan had mailed him. Grandpa told me, “I’m doing it for my grandchildren.” Now I am a grandma, and I know how he felt. Those old Reagan days feel like eons ago. Wow, it’s so much easier when the enemy is not within. I’ve never bought into the kind of fear I’m feelin’ this morning.
Maybe you should run for president next time around. :)
Good post.
My short term goal is to see that Claire McCaskill is crushed in the next election.
Actually, the feeling of tension & fear of the unknown I’ve had for the last few months have now subsided. I know the future will be. I don’t like it, but at least I now have some idea how to chart my course.
After my headache is gone, that is :-)
“How is everyone else handling this? Please post what you are all doing to keep functioning.”
Attending my ‘12-Step Free Republic’ group for starters, LOL!
Then, I’m going to go over my budget tomorrow (day off) with a fine-toothed comb. I’m going to put more pre-tax dollars into my 401K at work, pay off my CCs, and cut my consumer spending to the bone, which will keep sales tax dollars out of Blue State hands.
I couldn’t live with myself if one extra DIME of mine goes to support this Marxist and his plans for America.
I’m hoping others will do the same. Keep YOUR family afloat, but watch your bottom line and hold on to every DIME that’s yours. :)
“God was King yesterday, and God is King today. What can men do to me?”
Amen to THAT! :)
No, thanks. I’ve spent a lot of time with candidates over the last few weeks, and it’s a huge job even running for town council or school board. You’ve got FReepmail ...
I was on the phone with a friend last night and I said the same thing. In 2000, I didn’t want Gore elected, but it was not because I was afraid of him or thought he was dangerous. Ditto that for 2004 with Kerry.
This election is completely different. Obama is not your run of the mill, welfare boosting, weak foreign policy Democrat. He is a whole new kind on monster, dangerous and utterly evil on nearly every policy stance he has taken. I’ve never been afraid for my family because of the results of an election, but this morning, I am.
I know that God is on His throne, that He is in control, and he does not want us to be afraid or fearful. I just can’t help but feel it in the air that Obama is going to bring about his change and how painful it is going to be for all of us.
FWIW, the Official Election Hangover Thread is fitting because I am nursing a pretty good hangover this morning, not to mention the 1 1/2 hours of sleep I got lastnight. Gonna be a long day. Hell, it’s going to be a long 4 years.
After W was elected I felt our election process will be fixed - didn’t seem to have happened.
After this election I’m afraid we may not recover and we won’t be leaving a Country to our kids. I need to turn to prayer as this is beyond mere mortals.
LS, I want to say that I have followed your posts during the past couple of weeks and have been buoyed by your optimism when everywhere else one looked, it was doom and gloom. Thank you.
In my heart of hearts, I was prepared for Obama to win, but I thought it would be very close and I thought it would be because there were more of them than there were of us. I didn’t anticipate the massive number of GOP defectors.
I had trouble sleeping all night, mulling over in my mind what possibly could have gone wrong given the reports of massive turnout in red precincts and all I could come up with was the “reverse Bradley effect”. Instead of Obama and Murtha’s remarks about people being clingers, racists and rednecks angering GOP voters, it appears that the remarks shamed them. Somehow they felt absolved of the charges by pulling the Obama lever. McCain has his share of detractors in the GOP (I’m among them), but by and large I’d think those people, who don’t think McCain is conservative enough, would never pull the lever for O.
And you can’t underestimate the anti-Bush sentiment, not only among Democrats, but among Republicans as well.
Despite the fact that I love Palin and think she knocked herself out, there was a factor there. I saw it among my own family members who were fine with McCain, but the fact that McCain was old and Palin was only a heartbeat away from being CIC worried them. They liked her as a person, but didn’t think she was qualified. That gave cover to a lot in the GOP who really wanted to vote for Obama, but didn’t want to come out and say it was to prove they weren’t racist.
Lastly, the slowing economy has everyone terrified. When people are scared, they look to Big Brother. It was the perfect storm to help Democrats.
And last, but not least, Obama ran a great campaign. We kept waiting for him to wilt under pressure and he did not. To be sure, he was never seriously challenged by the media, but no Democrat candidate will ever be challenged, so it’s wasted breath to complain about that. It won’t change. He had the money to frame the race very early and he did. He was able to run all kinds of touchy feely ads for weeks with no response from McCain. This kind of money advantage will never occur again.
Republicans have to pick themselves up out of the ash heap and look to the future. First step will be bringing the defectors back into the fold, so finding out what drove them out will be very important.
If you have any ideas on concrete ways to help with the going forward process, please share.
Two questions for you: 1) How long will the Obama honeymoon last until the Clintons start making a play for party leadership? She has to get him out of the way NOW if she has any thought at all of running in 2012. He has to be severely weakened for her to get away with challenging him in the 2012 primary.
2) Do you think this many Republicans would have voted for Hillary if she had been running?
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