So, OK...gather 'round, folks. Time for a huddle.

[WilliamPitt]

I've been a member of DU for eleven (fa chrissakes) years. Been through the aftermath of 2000, and 2002, and the wonder that was 2004, and then 2006, and then 2008, and then 2010...right here. 9/11, Afghanistan, Shock & Awe, the tsunami, Katrina, the BP blowout...on and on, here.

Home base, such as it is. In those election periods, and through all the bad times, I have made friends who would walk through fire for me...and I have made enemies who would not piss on me if I were on fire in front of them.

That's how it is, for me, anyway. Through it all, however, has been DU.

Period, end of file.

The RNC starts tomorrow (kinda), and on Tuesday (for reals).

Over the next 100 hours, every television, radio, internet news site, ham radio and sub-woofer between the East and West time zones will be hemmoraging half-Nazi fascist right-wing psycho bullshit on a level heretofore unknown upon this continent. No, seriously...between the whores shilling the shit and the vipers who own the "mainstream" news paying the whores to do the shilling, you're about to experience a river of mind-numbing garbage of such mass and density that it will bend the very light.

Don't let it get to you.

Don't let it get to you.

Don't let it get even close to you.

It is going to be a long, ugly week.

Come here for your therapy. DU is the cure, the elixir, a truth I have discovered and re-discovered time and time again when presented with a detonation of nonsense like what we are about to behold.

Get ready.

Be here.

[Scuba]

1. Time to be louder than ever!

[LiberalLoner]

2. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I'll be here, my dear Will...

Eleven years, my GOD. Seven for me...

This coming week will be ugly--you got that right!

I'm counting on DU to rescue me, and all of us.

Thanks!

[calimary]

159. Here, too, my dear Peggy and dear Will!

I found my way here a few miserable months into 2001 via a site called "Resident Bush," that led me to Buzzflash, that then led me to DU. I was as relieved to find all the people of like mind here then as I am now. It's been my refuge and my oasis. When I felt so alone and even persecuted by the public zeitgeist, at least in my thinking, I always knew that at least there's DU and I can find people who agree with me.

It's given me strength, support, resolve, ideas, comfort, companionship, solidarity, inspiration, education, an expanded mindset, a better-informed viewpoint, and a much more involved and activist position from which to work and try to contribute.

I LOVE DU!!! It'll be my oasis yet again for the rest of this campaign, at the very very least. Whaddya think - if Obama gets reelected that in his last two years they try to impeach him?

[spanone]

4. it will be ugly...with full-blown wall to wall TV coverage

very painful....many lies....

[monmouth]

5. TCM, AMC, TNT and USA are my go-to spots. I plan on not listening or watching any of it...n/t

[SharonAnn]

15. I'm going to watch my "West Wing" DVDs

[heaven05]

30. current tv

they'll probably have a balanced coverage versus faux, right

[broiles]

72. I'm with you.

[sarcasmo]

6. Kick!

[nolabear]

7. I'd like to ad that we should avoid fighting with one another if we can.

I know that's not easy; I get pulled in myself. But we have to recall that the DNC gets the second slot, which will leave a far more lasting impression on those who pay attention. We have to survive this with some cohesion so we can make the best use, together, of the boost the Democratic Convention, and particularly the debates, can give us.

Breathe, guys. It's a distortion, not reality. We can beat them, especially if they keep talking.

[WilliamPitt]

8. ^^^ Precisely. ^^^

[freshwest]

117. +1,000

[tavalon]

129. What you said

Totally. Keep them talking. And let's make sure it gets out there to the elusive independent voter.

[proud patriot]

9. shoulder to shoulder

[kentuck]

10. kick

[MuseRider]

11. This is my home during all the crap

http://www.usopen.org/

My husband had heart surgery, I am way way way too busy and a tad bit resentful since he will NOT take care of himself, so my solace will be tennis.

DU can be great but I don't want to hear a single solitary word from these assholes if I can help it.

As a long timer as well I can attest to the elixer effect of DU when this amount of crap is consolidated into a few days. Good luck all, I will see you in 2 weeks .

[obxhead]

12. Isaac may steal a lot of the headlines.

As mentioned in another thread, there is a good possibility of the RNC getting little coverage in the end.

Either way we need to brace ourselves for a messy and ugly week.

[Katashi_itto]

122. Isaac Is stealing the headlines....which is cool, Hell I Am IN New Orleans and think it's great :P

[obxhead]

153. Oh My!

Button up and run away! No matter your situation, it's better to be safe than sorry.

[jwirr]

13. Best advice ever. Thank you.

[heaven05]

14. word

I'll take your word for it

[GoCubsGo]

16. Glad I'll be spending this week in a place that probably won't have TV or Internet.

I'll be spared all of it.

[renie408]

17. Exactly! Don't put any energy towards it!!! n/t

[greenymac]

18. Im new here

and its great to see that someone has been around here for that long. I found this place Friday afternoon and have been reading others posts to gauge the temperature of the community. Hope I can contribute more to this community in the near and very possible extended future.

[WilliamPitt]

23. Welcome aboard.

[lovemydog]

31. welcome here

Have fun!

[KatyaR]

64. Welcome to DU!

There are lots of us oldtimers here, you'll be one in no time!

[handmade34]

77. howdy!!

[gateley]

85. Welcome, greenymac!

[zeemike]

87. Welcome.

There are quite a lot of long term residence of our community here...and I think you will like most of them....I know I do..

[solara]

157. Welcome!!

[Jackpine Radical]

19. These are the kind of times that make me glad I don't watch TV.

And my magic little yellow star keeps all those crapola ads away from my pristine little Macbook Air screen.

Alternet, Reader Supported News, & DU. Not in that order.

Will, I think you beat me here by 2 weeks. A month tops.

[ewagner]

138. Thankful for hurricane coverage..

yeah...I know...\

It's boring
it's hyped up beyond belief
it's mind-numbingly repetitive


but IT'S NOT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL HATE-FEST!!!!

[Jackpine Radical]

147. Jeez, Ed.

Try a book or something.

[sybylla]

150. LOL!

Hey, Ed. Maybe we'll have to have coffee this week - just to get away from it all.

Or, better yet, we can road trip and have coffee with JackpineRadical!

[Jackpine Radical]

158. Hey-hey, we could meet halfway or something, unless you folks

have reason to come to EC/CF.

Seriously, let's do it. How 'bout the restaurant in Owen? I understand they have good management.

[sybylla]

161. Owen...that's more than fair. There's also a good joint in Withee.

And don't forget the Thorpedo - owned by good Democrats.

I don't think ewag has seen this yet. I'll give him a call and see when he's free. I'm guessing he has the tightest schedule of the three of us.

I'll message you when I know more.

Can't wait to see you and catch your thoughts on the latest stoopidity coming out of Florida.

[Jackpine Radical]

163. Isn't the Owen restaurant owned by Tim--I'm blocking his last name--who ran for Assembly

in maybe 2006 or so?

[sybylla]

164. No. He sold his restaurant business to run for office.

Now he's working for the county development corp.

Haven't heard from ewag. He must be pretty busy.

[Jackpine Radical]

165. Thorpedo works for me, then.

[handmade34]

20. just remember...

just a few more days and it will be...


I'm there too and will be posting photos!!!

[classof56]

44. Thanks, Handmade!

Beautiful lady holding beautiful words!

[handmade34]

76. photo from the DNC website

yes she is lovely

[mike dub]

46. Looking forward to your posts from the DNC, handmade!!!!

[Tennessee Gal]

21. Good advice. Thanks, Will.

[johnnyrocket]

22. Great synopsis. Yea, I don't think I'll be able to handle watching any of the RNC crap...

...like you said, a river of garbage...polluting the airwaves.

[TBF]

24. Convention? The US Open is this week Will :)

repugs are going to have to wait ...

[Tom Rinaldo]

25. They will inspire us to be more effective

and DU is where we will come to work out our most winning arguments to bury the Romney/Ryan ticket. We are good for each other when we meet here as we will constantly throughout this long and trying election season.

[tavalon]

130. Actually, this is the ultimate point and laugh week

They threw this election when they pulled Ryan onto the SS Titanic, not that things were going well before that ice burg........

[GigiMommy]

26. I've been away for awhile but...

...something drew me back here. I'm ready for the junk/mess/slop that will be spewed out from the Republicans and the Media. That "stuff" can be washed off.

[DippyDem]

27. Thanks my good buddy, Will

[ramapo]

28. Pay it no mind

I don't read about it, I don't listen to anything about it, and I don't watch it. I don't need the aggravation.

This time next week it will be just a memory.

[Zen Democrat]

29. Eight years for me. I'm always around here and especially so during political conventions.

I anticipate that the rhetoric will be beyond anything we've yet heard in this country. The old fascists are going out of fashion due to naked exposure and self-acknowledgement. Now they are desperate.

[mzmolly]

32. Thank you.

A timely reminder was needed.

[frogmarch]

33. Thanks. I'll try to

keep it from getting to me, but I'm not making any promises. Election season does things to me and makes me behave badly toward republicans against my will. Well, maybe not so much against my will.

[cheriemedium59]

34. Through the years..

This website is my sanity! Seriously, it is. I went here after Al Gore won the presidency and it was given to W. I was here during the insanity of the Republican chicken hawks starting a war that was based on lies as most of the media and the American public allowed themselves to become brainwashed. I was here after I volunteered during the Kerry/Edwards campaign and the lost, an election I still don't believe because of the voting machine fraud going on. I was here after the amazing awesome election of Barack Obama and I am still here when the daily frustrations of extremism on the right and how they try to suppress the African American vote, take over the choices over women, deny the rights of people to be legally married, no matter who they love. I come here after I here the insanity of thinking our President's mother somehow, 51 years ago deliberately created an illegal birth certificate because she had the psychic ability to predict her 1/2 African American baby boy would one day be the leader of the free world. I come here when I am so frustrated over the tax laws that keep padding the 1% and the Republican fairy dust talk about the great idea of 'trickle down economics', an idea that didn't work one darn bit when Reagan tried it and believe me I know! I was in the military during his so called wonderful presidency. And now I am here because it is a place that is authentic, inspiring, safe, and a place where reality lives and where the 'real' reason our constitution was written in the first place. I am hear today because I believe the liberals and progressives in our country want freedom, fairness and hope for all of our citizens!!

[AC_Mem]

35. Thank You.

This is my haven. I come here to read what intelligent and compassionate people share.

I moved to Orlando a month ago - the fact that the toxin is so near is worrisome, but I will stay tuned here at DU for sanity as I wait for the storm to pass.

Shine on,
Annette

[sellitman]

36. I'm a DU lifer and a Will Pittroid

Present and accounted for.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

37. Oh yes

Maybe there will be something else in the news that can compete with the Repug convention?

[malaise]

38. I'll be here

looking for WiLLIARd's tax returns and his medical.

[nc4bo]

39. We should bump your post often this week....gonna need to hear some sane words!!

[patrice]

40. Solidarity, William Pitt! NGU!!!

[gademocrat7]

41. Thank you, Will.

I plan on watching episodes of Inspector Lewis and checking in here. I agree it is going to be a long, ugly week.

[xxqqqzme]

125. Oh, Inspector Lewis,

Foyle's War, the new Sherlock Holmes and Doc Martin are my favorites.

[get the red out]

42. Absolutely, planning on it

I have no need of watching their crap, and will not do so. I can read it online without out breathless, orgasmic inflections of what passes for media in this country.

I know my husband will have in on non-stop, but I have a white noise app on my phone, a Kindle with a new book uploaded, and a TV upstairs that I can use to produce mindless drivel noise while I focus in on DU.

This is my first Presidential election without my Dad, who passed in 2010. I need all the refuge I can get because I miss his encouragement badly, and his analysis of the Republican spew. He was a good Democrat. I miss him emailing me links to stuff on Kos and DU that I had just read, LOL, but so loved that he had totally adapted to the internet information age as a senior citizen.

[tavalon]

131. Sorry about your dad

And yeah, watching the shit live, when we have the DU filter? I think not!

[lunatica]

43. I think there's going to be a lot of idiocy and gaffes and

Some outrageous things done and said that will make it actually entertaining for us. But I will be here.

[FSogol]

45. Agreed. DU is the cure along with tasty Guinness Stout.

And 12 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

[lostnote12]

47. Well stated!!!....my advice to the younger Progressives is to avoid emotional debates w/RWrs...

.....the art of serious discussion is to remain serious.....do not get sucked into emotional rants with RWrs because all you will receive is robotic talking pts in return.....just the facts!!!.....always remember that you are dealing with our fellow countrymen however misguided they may be....we need to change their thought process to remind them of the nations founding principles...."We The People".....best of of luck in your recruitment efforts....

[vanlassie]

48. Well Said, Sir.

[Brigid]

49. I won't be watching.

There isn't enough Metropolol in the world to get me through it. I'll probably be watching every DVD I own.

Still, great advice Will.

[grasswire]

50. solidarity

We're not going back.

[salinen]

51. good timing

was about to step out onto the ledge. BTW, I'd wouldn't hesitate to piss on you if you were on fire.

[soleft]

52. That and Rachel

[Jamaal510]

53. I've been posting here for about 5 months.

I happened to find this site while Googling some anti-Republican terms out of anger. I immediately became addicted, and have been posting almost every day since.
I love DU, too, and it's been like a refuge from the not-really-liberal media and all of the bigoted obscenities I read in YouTube comments and on Yahoo Answers. On YouTube and YA, I simply was fed up with all of the bashing of Obama and liberals in general, and folks acting as if Ron Paul is some god (believe me--there are a ton of Paulbots on both of those sites). And I had enough of getting trolled by racially-stereotypical insults on YouTube comments, so here I am.
I'm glad to be here during the upcoming Republican Circus!

[xxqqqzme]

126. Glad you found DU

It is great during stressful times.

[tavalon]

132. 5 months and 1300+ posts

Has anyone told you about DU anonymous? I kid. I don't post as much these days but in the beginning this place was like my IV line of sanity.

[Tunkamerica]

134. I think I found it the same way in 2004.

[HughBeaumont]

142. Ugh . . . Yahoo is SUCH a pigshit hog waller.

Nothing but Stormfront/WAR sisterbangers, peasant fascist wannabes and Republitarians . . . sometimes their racism and hyper-right-wingnuttery gets shat on something completely unrelated to the subject of politics.

[Skittles]

54. thanks for the reminder, Will!

[mopinko]

55. yeah, and we haven't seen

defcon 2 in years. (or is it defcon 3?)

[Loki]

56. I've been through the fire

through the selection and the aftermath. DU has been my refuge and it has made me strong. They've got nothing and they know it. Let the games begin.

[Honeycombe8]

57. Hugs back atcha. And to everyone else. Hunker down and brace for the wave. nt

[rurallib]

58. I shall keep my sanity by making calls for my local Democratic candidate.

[Stainless]

59. Eleven Years too!

I had to go to my profile to check how long I've been here. I regularly log on and read about what is happening but I seldom post. I retired about a year ago and moved 300 miles south to St. George, Utah. Now, I have a lot more free time to spend at DU and other progressive/left leaning websites. I also watch Bill Press and Stephanie Miller on Current TV in the mornings. Having lived in Utah my entire life, I've had to put up with a good deal of BS from Mormons and from Republicans. In addition, there are many mind numbingly stupid people in this area who will say and do everything they're told even if it goes against their own best interest. You can bet I will be here through out the RNC to help maintain my sanity. BTW Will, I've always looked forward to your posts on DU.

[Vadem]

60. I know it and I will! I've been there before and will weather this one, too! n/t

[Pharaoh]

61. So what else is new?

The morans have been doing this for years.

The dumb listen to the dumb.

The rest of us sit here slack jawed wondering how the fuck we will survive these idiots.

So, I recommend, if you have any spare Valium, this week would be the time to take them out

of the medicine chest and use them

[longship]

62. I plan in taking it in, at least in part.

I promise that I'll be good. However, I do have a stack of nerf bricks to fling at the TV for the most grievious excesses.

I also have plenty of popcorn, and the makings for Manhattans and Martinis, the latter two for the end of the evenings festivities.

If I start slipping away I promise to get onto DU immediately and call into the doctors here.

[brooklynite]

63. You're kidding, right?

I don't doubt that the speeches will be ugly, but most people won't be seeing or hearing them unless they want to. The nets (even FOX) will only be doing an hour of coverage each evening, and the GOP will be making sure that this is the lightest, fluffiest stuff they've got.

[northoftheborder]

65. Tennis, Weather channel, Stewart & Colbert, and DU...... That's all I need to be happy!

[valerief]

66. If I must watch TV, I'll watch TCM. Oo, Breaking Bad is on soon! nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

67. this is good advice from a wise man

take it

[4lbs]

68. Fortunately, here on the West Coast, TV programming seems to have the convention ending

at 8:00pm Pacific time each night, meaning it won't really affect me.

I actually plan to watch cable shows or movies during the week since it's almost all repeats this week anyway. I don't watch those dancing/talent/singing shows all that much anyway.

[derby378]

69. Unattended Republicans will be locked in a room full of cats

Cute ones.

Because that's how we roll at DU.

Sometimes.

[INdemo]

70. Some Sunday afternoon thoughts

Ok,Ok..i wont let it get to me but
(now I didn't watch much of any of them) but today on MTP..and ol' whats his name..Sheiffer...was trying like hell to prop Romney up and it seems all they got left is "if Rmoney can shift the conversation to the economy then Obama loses"..McCain says he has to focus on the Womens vote and also the Latinos.. ??
..And through all of this BS..I thought Gregory probably pissed his pants when Debbie Wasserman Schultz let 'em have it when they began to talk about the medicare cuts..She was wonderful Go to NBCs web site check MTP and somewhere around 8.minutes ...I could not sit through Jeb Bush interview but they all had the same script today..the economy..
..Thinking about all the etch-o-sketching last week with Rmoney and how his advisor's were all over the place and then seeing and hearing the Obama team ..Well I feel pretty comfortable.

[joanbarnes]

71. ...and this is why we Love your writing...

[red dog 1]

73. Will said! (pun intended).. .....I needed this. ..Thanks!

I now consider myself a genuine William Pittoid

[efhmc]

74. No msm for me this week. But how about a donating game? Everytime a repug tells a lie, we

pitch in a dollar to the campaign. No wait, even though I love our President, I'm not a 1%er. Maybe a penny. Someone else can keep score. I can't do it since I would like to hold down some of my food next week.

[cheriemedium59]

75. Time to bring out all of the 11 years of Frasier episodes on DVD.

[LongTomH]

78. And remember to keep a sense of humor!

After all, this promises to be the best clown show since Ringling Bros, Barnum and Baily!

[RedStateLiberal]

100. +1

I plan on dealing with the insane clown posse that is the RNC with a heavy dose of ridicule.



Hell, they'll do the comedy writing for us and there's no better way to point out just how ridiculously extreme they are than using their own bullshit words to laugh their irrational message out of relevance.

[Ferretherder]

79. You are, in fact, SO RIGHT!

(in classic Batman voice),...must....keep......helmet of....logic.....uh!.....SECURED!


Thanks, Will.

[TomClash]

80. I'll just think of the blockbuster deal instead nt

[Liberal_Dog]

81. It Won't Be An Issue

I don't plan on watching a nanosecond of this crap.

[greymattermom]

82. Instead, watch Abby and Brittany on TLC

and hear two opinions about a few things

[Canuckistanian]

83. I got a bad feeling about this one...

[Tikki]

84. This is the place the COOL kids hang out at...

I am pretty sure some hopped up wr~ingers will try to come here and blab at us...but WE ARE WISE to them.

We can go to any forum here for help or respite...Will is a senior counselor, here...he knows of what he speaks.


Tikki

[stlsaxman]

86. Thank you, Mr. Pitt.

[Aristus]

88. Oh, Will; you rock. You are 100% pure rock and roll.

And these eleven years (for me, too! ) have been lightened and enlightened because of your presence here at DU.

I'll never forget hearing you on the radio, talking to God_Bush_n_Cheney - Andy Stephenson. That was a magical moment in a difficult time.

And me? I'm not wasting a nanosecond of my time watching the Repuke Circle-Jerk. Don't worry about that...

[AsahinaKimi]

89. I am sure there will be

a lot of outrageous crap at that convention. Its going to be like one of those bizarre circus side shows you would expect to see in a Steven King movie.

[The Wizard]

90. words of wisdom

highly recommended

[Iwillnevergiveup]

91. Kick

In honor of the women who will carry the election for Obama, I've decided to regard ths week as painful, but necessary labor pains, and the following week the birth that immediately diminishes, then wipes away the pain.

[The Wizard]

92. Teabagger Tourette's (NT)

[zeemike]

93. I don't even have TV so it cannot infect my mind with it's stinky shit.

Besides I have DU and I can come here and find out all about it without actually exposing myself.
With Netflix and You Tube and DU I have all the entertainment I need...and a reliable source for news.

[Cracklin Charlie]

94. Thank you for being here, William Pitt!

Although my post count doesn't reflect it, I've probably been here since 2003. (Spend most of my time reading) I really don't know that I would have made it through, had it not been for democratic underground.

Bless you all.

[libnnc]

95. I'm going to OD on The Carol Burnett Show.

Got a birthday coming soon and an ultimate 22 DVD set of the show with my name on it. While the rest of the world is suffering through wing-nuttery, I'll be awash in Carol and the gang.

Never been so glad to have this time together!

[jerseyjack]

96. -- I disagree with part of your post. Few, if any are watching either of the conventions.

[indivisibleman]

97. McCane's convention was pretty much a bust.

What makes anyone think that this is going to be any better. I expect it to be worst.
Watch for the empty seats and the pep rally that is a big to-do about nothing.

[Greybnk48]

98. Thanks for the advice and heads up Will.

I have to say, I have not prepared myself for the onslaught. So thank you for reminding me to "gird my loins" and prepare for the psychological shit storm that's headed our way.

Illegitimi non carborundum is my motto until November!!

[dionysus]

99. working on any books lately Will?

[tama]

101. Only place where I'm constantly exposed to US RW nuttery

is DU, with endless interest, attention and comment to what (stupid, evil, ridicilous etc.) the other party is saying and doing. I generally try to avoid all those threads. Blind Greed is beneath contempt and does not deserve more attention than what is required for basic understanding of what is wrong with this world.

[Hoosier]

102. hell to the yes!

fuck 'em
don't let the bastards drag you down

[CreekDog]

103. some people will have excused absences

like the sex workers of Tampa who will have to work overtime protecting the sanctity of Republican marriages.

[jillan]

104. And when it's over - it's OUR turn!!

[vlyons]

105. I'm not wathing that shit

I don't watch Fixed News either. Why should I disturb my peace of mind by getting angry at the plethora of lies coming out of the GOP convention? There will be more than enough sound bites on MSNBC Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, and Laurence O'Donnell. Republicans have nothing to offer me. Their brand is bankrupt.

[Digital Puppy]

106. Thanks you, sir...I needed that! n/t

[defacto7]

107. Your just a bunch of weak little puss n' boots!

You should think of it as exercise! Lift them lies, tote them deceits!

It may be a way to strengthen your guard against insanity!


.....

....

nah... never mind....

[Wednesdays]

108. Excellent idea

Although regarding the rhetoric coming from the gooper CONvention, I'm sure I'll be far more amused than annoyed.

[Lifelong Protester]

109. Thank you, GREAT advice

I intend to throw myself into my work, skip the 'news' (even MSNBC) and come here.

[Blue_Roses]

111. Hard to believe it's been eleven years...

Ten for me. Good grief, TEN YEARS! Just seeing it in writing makes it all too real! Wow, where did the time go...my kids were babies,now they're teenagers. Ugh.

...and we're still dealing with the same ol' GOP garbage. Sometimes it feels like two steps forward, three steps back. But, onward we go!

[grantcart]

112. And if you, like me, cannot stand to hear even 30 seconds of their voices,

come to DU and you can read your way through it without having to raise your BP even one point.

[Firebrand Gary]

113. This is precisely the reason that I love DU. A+++++ Kick & Rec 10,000 times.

Shrug it off, people. Hold firm, communicate here on DU. Many DU Statesmen and Stateswomen will offer excellent threads, keep your eyes on them (WilliamPitt is one of them) We will make it through the storm of Fascism, ignorance and blatant lies.

And when we take the microphone for our convention, we are going to hand the GOP their fucking ass!

[Generic Other]

114. I can't hear them for all the wind

what are they saying???

[HCE SuiGeneris]

115. OK, I'm in.

Keep throwing the good ass vibes and info out there.

[aquart]

116. We've been through the Democratic Primary forums.

Those needed hazmat suits.

This? I have jars of kernels waiting for the popper.

And fine black salt that reeks of sulfur.

Let 'er rip, little piggies.

[Surya Gayatri]

119. Thanks for the wise words, O venerable old timer!

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."--Ben Franklin

At the signing of the Declaration of Independence

[Rhiannon12866]

120. Thanks for the reminder, Will.

I wouldn't have survived 2004 without DU.

[malthaussen]

121. Ain't dat da trut!

I'm luckier than most, I've been ignoring bullshit all my life. Conditioned reflex, you might say. The dowside, of course, is always having trouble recognizing the truth.

-- Mal

[xxqqqzme]

123. I plan to watch

TCM or Newsroom on demand. I deliberately did not watch after the first week, so I could catch all of them during this week of broadcast hell.


I may watch Elliot Spitzer to see how his program goes.



I've only been here since March of 2002, so I missed a couple of those big events.

[tavalon]

133. You will have a fine time, then

Newsroom is so much fun. I have a drinking game suggestion (no one in our family drinks, so we drink water. We are well hydrated every episode)- take a swig of your favorite beverage every time someone says "yeah". Try it, but don't send me your emergency room bill.

[AtomicKitten]

124. I'll have to get second-hand reports.

If I watch for more than 5 minutes my head will explode.

Good advice. Good post.

[nxylas]

127. It's already started

Top story on Yahoo this morning was the blistering success of that Obama "documentary" (#8 in the weekend chart with a $5 million opening weekend - hardly Dark Knight territory).

[tavalon]

128. Thanks for the reminder Will

Lovely, after the shit weekend I just had, this is just what I need.

[ashling]

135. I needed that

thanks for the assurance and affirmation

[LibDemAlways]

136. I'm leaving the country and am just saying no to being

served the ginormous Repuke shit sandwich. However, once Murica has seen the likes of Chris "blowhard" Christie, Mike "whackjob" Huckabee, Rand "all government is bad, except for my paycheck" Paul, Paul "toss grandma over the cliff" Ryan, and Ann and Mitt "let them eat cake" Rmoney......I'd say the D's will be in pretty good shape.

[RockaFowler]

137. Thanks Will

You are always good for a big cheer-me-up

Plus the Democrats have all of the next week to get our message out!! And we get the last word! Love that!

[barbtries]

139. i should have read this yesterday

NPR got to me this morning. motherfuckers.

[Bertha Venation]

140. Will, I wish I knew you IRL.

You rock out loud.

[Glaisne]

141. Personally

I am turning off and ignoring all the news this week and listen to soothing music instead.

[Jennicut]

143. I have always found the RNC's to be sadly amusing

ever since I started watching them when I was in high school. My first one was the '92 convention and Pat Buchanan brought the crazy.

That was the speech that made me anti-Republican. And my parents were lifelong conservatives.

[DinahMoeHum]

144. Whatever, dude. I have no time to watch that crap anyway. . .

. . .besides, I'm at a Jimmy Buffett show later this week. At the beach.
(Jones Beach, Wantagh, LI, NY)

[slor]

145. Thanks...I needed that!

Seriously.

[KauaiK]

146. Turn it Off - and think for your self.

I turned off the TV sometime in the 1980's during the rise of Lee Atwater and haven't turned it on since. I know that whatever the GOP states, the exact opposite is the truth. Go ahead - try it! Think of a GOP position and the opposite it what is true. It works every time.

[StrictlyRockers]

148. Fist bump. I love DU, and I love you WilliamPitt.

Keep up the good work, everyone! hugz

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

149. If you don't love you some WilliamPitt, then I don't like you (nt)

[Lint Head]

151. I'm reading and writing music. I've been hearing some of the craziest crap going on there so

I may have to watch the clown show for a while.

[Mnemosyne]

152. Great advice, Will.

[KoKo]

154. I'm Huddled around "Democracy Now" and "RT" for the Real News!

Thanks, Will .....but, DU isn't the only place for "news" or companionship these days....although there are some good stalwart folks who continue to try to be Progressive Democrats who find this site a valuable contribution to the Democratic Party and the policies we Dems have always hoped our Party stood for for decades from FDR through "all the troubles."

Some of us feel that things are so dire going forward that our news is filtered here, and so we seek "Alternative Sources." This is not to say that the "bonding" we here had and still hope to find on "Democratic Underground" is not worthwhile. It's just that many of us have had to "expand our menu" of sites during this terrible time of fracturing of our government and disillusionment with the choices we have to go to to find information that allows our continuing enlightenment.

I give you "hugs" for the old times....it's been a long journey and always good to see those "old battlers" (many who were so very young at the time) here still and fighting...each in our own way for Truth and Justice.

[kimbutgar]

155. Thank you For the talk down I am feeling anxious and sick knowing

The media will be fawning over rmoney and talk that he already won the election and it's all over for President Obama. It will be a sick hateful week that I wish I was away on vacation. Listening to the spawns of Satan make want to puke.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

156. Bring it on! My wife says that I can ignore most things.

[warrior1]

160. kick

because this can't be repeated enough

[Lone_Star_Dem]

162. This place has kept me sane more than once.

It's been my port in the storm when things spiraled out of control around me.

Wise words, and better said than I ever could. Still, I totally agree.

Get ready.

Be here.