I am crying

[Stephanie]

I grieve for my country. I am glad my grandfather is not here to see this.

[Seeking Serenity]

1. Well, it's done n/t

:cry:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

2. Steph, I understand completely where you are coming from.

I can't watch this charade.

I thank God that my father, a WWII vet, and my oldest brother, a Vietnam vet, are not alive to witness this today.

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. Cry,get it out of your system, then get mad

and get to work. the 2006 midterms , honestly, are COMING RIGHT UP.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. *hugs*

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Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/

[peaches2003]

5. Day that will live in Infamy

Mark this day as it will be remembered as the end of the U.S. as we have known it. By the time Bush/Cheney are finished it will be known this was a coronation, not an inauguration. It is the end of our freedom, not the beginning of the world's freedom.

[donkeyotay]

6. You have a lot of company

I still can't believe that this is where the great experiment in freedom has led.

This would have killed my father-in-law, but only the living have to suffer through this apparently unending nightmare.

[fooj]

7. Group hug!

:grouphug: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: PEACE!

[coffeenap]

8. When my mom was dying last year, and my dad this year,

I promised them, at their bedside, I would fight for the country they lived for. And I will.

[Sparkly]

9. Is it over? I'm not watching.

Don't look, Stephanie. And just think, it marks the halfway point of this horrible regime. We'll survive it. :hug:

[paineinthearse]

10. I felt the same way

November, 1963


April, 1968


June, 1968

Cry, group hug :grouphug: , then get active.

[Stephanie]

14. Now you REALLY made me cry

Oh man...

[Steely_Dan]

19. I Loved RFK

Of the three...and I respect and love them all, Robert Kennedy's death was the most tragic...in that it was potential "not realized."

His picture chokes me up.

-Paige

[ArkDem]

11. Mister City Policeman sitting

Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.

[Botany]

12. I live in Columbus, Ohio

I will go to my grave knowing and telling anybody and everybody that bush stole
this election. Go ahead and cry ....... from what I know people of the DU have big
shoulders and if you need to lean someplace ..... come here.

And then get mad! Do anything you can think of to hurt the neo cons, the lap dogs
in the press, and the bastards behind this election and Iraq.

As for me I have helped Ken Blackwell's office for his run for governor to get
thousands of pieces of mail in order to tie up his work. No more Mr. Nice Guy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x284769

Turn the pain into a spear and go out and kill the beast!


:grouphug:

[soup]

13. Yes. and all I can offer

is a :hug: and some comfort in the fact that we are able to be here together.

4 years ago - I felt so alone. Today, I thank all of you for being here to help me through this day.

and hey, C-SPAN2. We are not alone. You are not alone. Somehow, we'll get through.

[adigal]

15. Make your grandfather proud

Wipe your tears, and fight to take our country back from these warmongering neocons.

Write a letter to your local paper, write an editorial, do something positive to get our nation back.

[uppityperson]

16. I had to shut off the tv and go online, crying and yelling so much

[uppityperson]

17. delete, computer misfired dupe

[havocmom]

18. NOT MY LEADER. Not my ruler. Not my choice. Not my voice.

OK, so we spend a few more years raising our voices to drown out the chorus of lies. We WILL overcome.

In this for the long haul or not in it at all.

I remember a time of horses, dogs, fire hoses, ax handles, burning crosses and hanging bodies. I heard raised voices and watched loving, brave people locking arms and facing every weapons the evil spirit of mankind could hold against them. I saw those weapons and that evil spirit beaten down.

That fire is in our hearts still. Breath in air and fuel the fire in you. We shall overcome again. And again and again. So long as we refuse to accept injustice, lies, crimes against our neighbors, they haven't beaten us.

Stephanie, it's just a battle. It wasn't the whole war.

Strength, sister, strength and resolve. I know you have it. Lean on me today until your strength returns. I will likely need you to help hold me tomorrow. But we continue and WE NEVER ACCEPT DEFEAT.

[Stephanie]

25. thanks havocmom

trying to remember

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.

[hedgehog]

20. In 1968, we had a chance to elect Bob Kennedy and ended up

with Nixon. I don't remember crying when Nixon won, but I do rememeber being absolutely amazed. We've missed so many chances since then that I'm beyond despair. We've lasted this long, it's hard to believe junior can really destroy us.

[grasswire]

21. c-span 2 is helping, Steph

Even if the speakers are "fringe people" like union leaders and feminists and are talking about human needs. It's heartening to hear the energy.

[Stephanie]

22. wish I could see that

I am relying on DU and Yahoo today - no news access - which is probably better for my mental health

xx
S

[American Tragedy]

23. I hope my grandfather hasn't been watching this.

He gave me a silver pendant engraved with JFK's profile, given to him decades ago, and told me that I had to get involved with the government and try to help change the course of the country. I'd say I'm pretty useless here, though. :cry:

[hedgehog]

24. I take it back - you're right that Bush is worse than Nixon

At least the people around Nixon made sure he couldn't start WWIII While Bush's people are egging him on.

[earth mom]

26. I'm crying too

this is a VERY depressing day. :cry: