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kacekwl

(7,017 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 10:43 PM Jan 2021

I'm generally a glass 12 empty guy but

watching Senate majority leader Schumer on Rachel Maddow has me smiling and optimistic about the Democratic Congress. I've never seen him so pumped, so forceful, so seemingly happy to be in charge. I think there is more water in my glass today.

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I'm generally a glass 12 empty guy but (Original Post) kacekwl Jan 2021 OP
I am cautiously optimistic. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #1
He seems very much in control. drray23 Jan 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #3
Seeing a glass half-empty IS being an optimist. Laelth Jan 2021 #4
I have been amazingly impressed with Biden bold and all he has put together, and Pelosi LizBeth Jan 2021 #5

drray23

(7,634 posts)
2. He seems very much in control.
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 10:45 PM
Jan 2021

After making McConnel cave on the rules fight, he is off to a good start and has established that he wont be pushed around by McConnell.

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Laelth

(32,017 posts)
4. Seeing a glass half-empty IS being an optimist.
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 10:49 PM
Jan 2021

The glass-half full person is one who assumes and expects that everything could be worse. A glass half-full is better than nothing, such a person thinks. That person expects worse and is satisfied by a half-full glass. That’s a pessimist. The glass half-empty person is the one who believes that everything could be BETTER. The glass half-empty person hopes for better and believes that better is possible. That person wants a full glass and hopes to get it. That’s an optimist.

I acknowledge that my reading of this particular personality puzzle is not in sync with its creator. I believe that the creator is wrong and that my interpretation is better.

-Laelth

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
5. I have been amazingly impressed with Biden bold and all he has put together, and Pelosi
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 11:38 PM
Jan 2021

totally has been rocking it for two years.

It does feel so very damn good

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