These Pictures Tell It All!

[angrydemocrat]

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These are pictures of him giving his concession speech.

These pictures show just how this man felt that day. It shows that this devastated him. It it reminds me of how this has devastated so many people. But I think what it reminds me the most of is how much I hate people that continue to slander and take low blows as this man and how I would love to get a hold of those people and kick their ass so bad they would wish the hell they were dead! May they all rot in hell!

[angrydemocrat]

1. Not Sure Why The First Picture Didn't Show Up

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[WildEyedLiberal]

2. My God, he is beautiful

I never noticed how long his eyelashes were. :loveya:

I wanna give him a BIG HUG. "It'll be okay, honey..." *squeeze*

I mean, I'd cheer him up in other ways, too ... :evilgrin:

[pamela]

3. Oh, my.

I don't know which emoticon to use. :cry: or :loveya:

Those pictures make me so sad but, damn, I love that man.

[Vektor]

4. OMG

I cannot look at these without crying. You know, I have read his concession speech, but cannot bring myself to watch it. I love him SO much , and not only do I want to kick the asses of those who doubt his sincerity, I want to lay waste to those who stole this from him. He busted his ass, and he legitimately won as we all know. He deserves better, the voters deserve better, the world deserves better.

[vinessa4freedom]

5. The sadness in his face

when he was talking. I only watched a small bit of it. Like Vektor, I just couldn't see the whole thing. After the small part I saw I just felt this overwhelming sense of panic and sadness. I read it, but you can feel his sincerity when he talks to people. That made it too real.

[ginnyinWI]

6. I taped it but

I still have not watched that tape. I watched live, of course, but have not been ready to see that tape again. It was such a painful day! I also have the debates on tape and haven't watched those yet, either. I don't know how much it will hurt, I suppose. But maybe it will be more inspiring than anything.

We the people are the majority in this country--we deserve a president who is on our side, dammit! The rich and powerful have had one long enough! Since the 60s it has mostly been all for them, except for Carter and Clinton. And now Bush II has been very busy reversing much of what they have done.

Sorry to be such a downer this morning. There ARE still people in Washington fighting for us...John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, and many more.

[vinessa4freedom]

7. yes, you are so right.

I brought that up to someone this year. Hell, I was a brainwashed child of the Reagan era. Not politically involved per se, but taught as a teenager to get credit cards, max them out, etc. Goodness knows, I wish I had the insight and cognizance of some of the younger people on this board. Ah, well, I guess I'm a late bloomer.

I wish I had the debates on tape. I have the 2nd one, because I was out of town, and thought I'd have to miss it. It was a Friday night, there was an awards thing, and I was getting one, so it would have been rude if I bailed early to go back to the hotel room. (as it was, I took my pin, waved a thank you, and made my excuses--I still caught the last part). I haven't been able to watch it either, but he was so strong in them. So perfectly himself. Quick, intelligent, and radiating strength, warmth and humor, at times. And w was...perfectly himself. Ignorant, thoughtless, unable to string 2 sentences together, incompetent to answer questions appropriately. I swear they must have coached him not to scratch his balls, because that was all that was missing.

[TayTay]

8. I watched every friggin minute

I wanted it imprinted on my eyeballs. I want to remember what this felt like because we are not losing again. These are moments that hurt, but they hurt for a reason, a damn good reason, and I want to remember them in all their awful agony because when payback time comes, I am going to make the most of it. I do not deny my evil sarcastic bitch side, I celebrate it. And it's going to be fun and extreme payback to see the Boy King go down in utter flames, humiliation and disgrace. And I'm going to remember the unpleasant sad moments and then I'm gonna celebrate the weeds downfall. It's gonna be sweet. (Jayzus, do I ever sound like a Red Sox fan!)

When I get angry I tend to get quiet, my blood pressure actually goes down and the evil creative juices start to flow. Anger tends to focus me more than any other emotion. I believe I will be very focused this week. (I don't get mad, I get even.) So I can watch anything, it only toughens my resolve.

[vinessa4freedom]

9. unleash the beast, TayTay!

Wow! I didn't think I'd see you rant that way. Remind me not to share a thread with you during post season this year. Just kidding.

Anger focuses my writing well, some of my best essays have come from bouts of extreme rage, but I wish my body responded appropriately. I get so wired when I'm pissed. I wish my initial response to that day was anger. It was the emotion that played all around it, but the image of his face, so full of sorrow. That just made me feel despair. That is my very most unproductive emotion, and I avoid it at all costs.

How do you get yourself calm when you're angry? That would be so useful. (I wouldn't have practically had a seizure the other day when the guy insulted Kerry and the Yanks in one sentence).

[TayTay]

10. Oh no, I feel another regionalism coming on!

I truly feel that it is a trait of New Englanders. (You guys are going to have to find a way to get me the DU version of the dog collar zapper. Everytime I overuse New Englandisms, ZAP! Sorry, but it IS the explanation.)

People in my neck of the woods frown on too much exuberant expressions of emotion. This is just simply true. I had six brothers growing up (my little sister is almost ten years younger than me, so I was already formed character-wise when she came along.) My father insisted on raising us the same. When bad things happened, as they do to everybody, we were taught to "suck it up. You're not the only person who ever had bad things happen to them. Get it under control and get over it." You also can't make decent arguments (or decent really cutting remarks) when you are an emotional mess. Find a way to compartmentalize pain, tuck it away deep inside yourself and hide it. Pain never goes away, you can take it out and use it as a motivating force. This is a regional speciality.

I believe JK responds this way as well. A true New Englander faced with loss will first blame themselves in a quiet, reflective manner. They will intellectually go through what happened, how I contributed to the fuck-up, how others fucked me over and how I can not get fucked-over the next time. The true NEers (did I mention we are insane?) will figure out a way to, I know, work harder. Working harder is the solution to all of life's problems. It goes back to our roots with those wacky fun-living puritans and their insistence that man was made to suffer and it all goes downhill from there. Work is the only thing that can redeem you, but it is not a sure thing. Work harder, get smarter, never let them see you angry and prepare to be the fuckor, not the fuckee next time.

We are a lovely and gracious lot, aren't we? There should be prozac in the local water supply. Ah well, perhaps I will review JK's trip abroad to see if I can pick up hints of how he is going to 'work harder' to overcome the loss. Honestly, we all need therapy. The man works hard enough. But this will happen. Our inner Puritans cannot be denied.

[ginnyinWI]

14. interesting insights in to New Englanders

We in Wisconsin have a sort of ethic where we just don't want to bother anyone with our problems, so we tend to keep them to ourselves, too. We tend to blame ourselves first--at least until we reach a point in life where we know that anyone can be a victim of someone else's selfishness, and stop blaming ourselves every time.
But we want to be seen as strong, so tend not to dramatize our problems to all but our closest friends and family.

Puritans--JK is a puritan by blood as well as by region. A descendant of John Winthrop, no less! Add to that being stuck in boarding schools as a kid, where you had to keep your game face on all the time, probably.

[vinessa4freedom]

15. I'm hot blooded. I really should move.

Except, they'd probably kick me out of NE before it could change me.:) I'm learning that my outward response can be calm (sometimes), but I can't stop the blood boil. I'm able to channel it to some very effective writings, but it's awfully hard to problem solve quickly when emotions are too high.

There's an equal distribution of exuberance when I'm happy too. It annoys the crap out of some people, but when I saw the bounce smiley, I recognized myself. Sorry, Boston, this is me::bounce:

[TayTay]

16. Me too!

Only mine is ADD! (Or ADHD)

Now I don't remember where I read this (I will find it) but I remember Kerry talking about funny New Englanders whom he described as both so open and so closed at the same time. True! Bouncy and not bouncy in the same breath.

[TheDonkey]

11. It was a horrible day

I felt so sad for him and our country. He gave a very good speech a lot of emotion and passion. Still gets me watery eyed looking at these pictures.

[New Earth]

12. that day was so painful for me

i don't even want to think about it. i am already starting to cry. i don't think i'd ever felt such a pain in my heart, and in my gut in all my life.

[GRLMGC]

13. I didn't watch it

I have no desire to watch it either. I was in class and my friend told me about it later. I was pissed off and then I started crying. That was an awful, awful, day.