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BeyondGeography

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9. There are almost as many reasons not to be cheerful

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2022, 04:25 PM

Nov 2022

as there are mulligans for Trump.

Trump lives without guilt or shame, beyond judgement and in the moment alone. There are no standards. He is king of the world of endless do-overs. Yesterday was so yesterday.

I’m not a churchgoer, but it strikes me as basically the same thing being sold from the pulpit. You are never wrong so much as wronged. Jan. 6? Just another witch hunt at the end of the day.

It is exhausting because they never evolve. One wonders what it will take or, for sanity’s sake, avoids the question entirely.

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A confession. This whole election has felt a bit...weird...for me. [View all] Tommy Carcetti Nov 2022 OP

That's my mindset Island Blue Nov 2022 #1

There is a part of me that thinks we will be ok even if we lose today. Claustrum Nov 2022 #2

people "make it out alive" in the DPRK every year GenXer47 Nov 2022 #4

We'll go back to the norms of the 50s, Elessar Zappa Nov 2022 #5

I hope you are right about TFG. Claustrum Nov 2022 #8

I am not saying I prefer them to win. Claustrum Nov 2022 #7

I appreciate you putting this into words. Hela Nov 2022 #3

I complained in another thread about the never-ending campaign cycle. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #6

There are almost as many reasons not to be cheerful BeyondGeography Nov 2022 #9

I feel pretty much the same way. Ocelot II Nov 2022 #10

It's exhausting to build bridges with people who will not or cannot accept facts. It's exhausting to dameatball Nov 2022 #11

A very depressing thread, but it is good to see some realism here NoRethugFriends Nov 2022 #12

Biden still holds the Veto! forthemiddle Nov 2022 #13

That's true, but all he can do is prevent the GOP from doing their worst. Ocelot II Nov 2022 #14

The other silver lining: Tommy Carcetti Nov 2022 #15

We are of the same mind, dealing with the same emotions, experiencing the trauma in the same way msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #16