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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:14 PM Jul 2018

How freaked out are you tonight?


18 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Not freaked out at all. Should I be?
1 (6%)
Cool as a cucumber.
0 (0%)
I won't freak out till after they declare martial law.
1 (6%)
So freaked out I can't watch the news any more
0 (0%)
So freaked out I have the covers over my head
0 (0%)
So freaked out I am overeating, overdrinking, or overdosing
0 (0%)
Have been freaked out since Nov 8 2016 and today is no different
10 (56%)
More freaked out than usual
3 (17%)
The most freaked out I've ever been in over politics
3 (17%)
OTHER
0 (0%)
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vlyons

(10,252 posts)
1. I'm not freaked out because it's counter-productive.
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:22 PM
Jul 2018

We are far more effective at convicting this traitor, when we stay calm and focused on what needs to be done.
1. Win the House in Nov 2018.
2. Win the Senate and the WH in 2020.
3. Impeach the traitor.
4. Charge and convict the traitor, when he's out of the WH.

This is a long-range remedy. We will need to stay calm and focused on what we need to do, maintain patience and enthusiastic perseverance, as we go forward. Don't get depressed; get justice.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
5. Our election was stolen out from under us in 2016.
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:27 PM
Jul 2018

Nothing has been done to safeguard our system. Why would should we put our faith in the next election?

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
8. So what do you recommend besides just complaining?
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:34 PM
Jul 2018

I think that lots has been done, and more still needs to be done. Mueller's indictments is "doing something." We are now much more knowedgeable about phony web sites, phony news outlets, phony FB and twitter pagers.

Stop spreading hopelessness and distrust in our electoral process. That's what the enemy wants us to feel to make us despair of going to the polls and voting.

Quixote1818

(28,928 posts)
3. I am less freaked out now. This was extremely damaging to Trump
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:25 PM
Jul 2018

I do worry that Russia is still making headway in dividing the country though. But he may have played his hand to early here. This could be disastrous for the GOP this fall and then after that they will completely turn on Trump.

LeftInTX

(25,258 posts)
7. Same here...freaked out quite awhile back, so Igot busy with other stuff
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:30 PM
Jul 2018

Tired of a freak-out, burn-out.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
11. Same Here, Less Freaked Out Than Usual
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:53 PM
Jul 2018

I've been wondering how TRE45ON (that's my new favorite name for the orange menace) is going to take the next few days. No doubt he is pleased with himself right now, but soon he's going to find out that people are calling this the worst day since 9/11 because of what he did, what he said, and how he acted.

People are talking treason. People are speculating that what Pootie-Poot has on him is so bad that he sold out his country. People say that he was too weak and star-struck to stand up to a foreign dictator (like Obama did). People are calling him naive, inexperienced, and too incompetent to make a "good deal."

TRE45ON fucked up royal this time. He'll scoff at first and insist that he and Putin had a real understanding and simpatico. Then he will growl, throw things, and make the lives of everyone around him more miserable than usual around him. Eventually he will back down a little and act a little more like a normal person for an afternoon.

Then it's back to chaos as usual.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
9. Enraged but slightly hopeful. I can't afford to give up!
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:37 PM
Jul 2018

Anyone who rationalizes sticking with him after today is going to go down in history.

I’m going to enjoy watching the squirming and I hope we can take advantage of it at last.

Rhiannon12866

(205,204 posts)
12. Jimmy Carter quote:
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:13 AM
Jul 2018

"It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors." - Jimmy Carter

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