I cried tonight.

[Selwynn]

Goodnight.

[FreeperSlayer]

1. Stop it!

Cryin' crap we DON'T need. Ferchrisakes, stand up and fight!

[laruemtt]

2. gee that was a

sensitive response..... was it the speech? anything we can do here?

[Robbien]

3. I wonder if it has something to do with comparing

Bush*'s awful SoTU to what the progressives proposed this year's SoTU should be. I am only halfway through the progressive speech, and I am also sad. The comparison of what we could be, and the garbage Bush has turned us into is heartbreaking.

Selwynn posted the Center for American Progress SoTU speech in this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1037428

[Selwynn]

4. That's exactly it.. and as you can tell, I can't sleep...

[Robbien]

5. I am listening to Mike Malloy right now

and he is in the same mood. He keeps saying we are losing our country. He is saying "We cannot lose it", "we have to fight". My eyes are brimming over.

I agree. Give me a candidate and I will for the first time in my life be out there working hard stumping for that candidate, whomever it turns out to be. I do not care who it is.

[bpilgrim]

7. MANY clapped when he said 'the Patriot Act will EXPIRE next year'

before he had a chance to add how neccessary it will be to extend it :evilgrin:

peace

[shanti]

9. i know, i loved that!

you could see chimpy wince.

[PurityOfEssence]

31. Was the look on his face precious, or what?

He was caught, and even though he mostly maintained his blustering smirk, he was filled with hate and giving them a warning look. More than anything, he was astonished to face resistance.

Delicious.

[Adapter44]

16. Yup

It has a sunset date.

BEWARE THOUGH - not ALL sections of the act sunset.

[WilliamPitt]

20. Social Security had a sunset provision when it was enacted

D'oh.

[Selwynn]

23. Yeah, that was the only high point, I think (nt)

[PurityOfEssence]

33. Did you notice him completely snub Powell at the end?

In the hand shaking segment after the lies, Junior completely ignored Powell, shaking hands with people on either side of him. Colin had that big broad grin on his face and was positioning himself for a touch from the prophet; shunned, he kept smiling...

Good. I want them all to crash and burn in thorough humiliation, turning on each other like the selfish thugs they are.

[hang a left]

27. That was my favorite part!

n/t

[Sugarbleus]

18. A friendly DUer here...

Wrote to me when I was feeling hopeless behind all this mess yesterday. They gave me a real pep talk and I am encouraged to fight on. I'm tired, I'm scared, but I WILL FIGHT ON.

Let's do it peeps
~~~~In Solidarity~~~

[Kanary]

29. We're with you

And admire your goals.

Right now is time to be good to yourself.

I'm sorry.... I'm so sorry for all the hurt this is causing so many.

Kanary

[laruemtt]

6. sometimes i just have to give in

to the feelings of helplessness and let it sweep over me, then get up and keep fighting. it's tuff, but what choice do we have? this is a fight worth fighting.

[Sapphocrat]

8. You and me both. n/t

[captkirk]

10. Bad night to be a Dem

The only question is whether the "bad guys" will get to 60 seats or not.

[ariellyn]

11. This thread should be locked. The subject and message aren't congruent

[Selwynn]

13. We're getting a little leeway on SOTU night... welcome to DU

[ariellyn]

25. Thank you for being so nice

:hi:

[Andy_Stephenson]

15. So...tell me...are you the thread police?

Just wondering.

[ariellyn]

24. No I am not the thread police, I do like threads that make sense though

[Kanary]

28. Supporting a hurting DUer is more important that "sense"

It's all in the heart.

Without that, we're lost.

Kanary

[Tinoire]

35. Try the "hide thread" feature.

You might find it handy...

[Deja Q]

12. I hear ya...

I would have cried if I'd seen it.

America is in shit shape right now and * supports it all.

Will the people believe him? We'll know by the end of tomorrow.

[Lizz612]

14. I'm listening to some old Mario Cuomo

The Keynote Address from 1984 and oh... oh.... :cry:
Who will rid me of this meddlesome president?

[jayfish]

17. If It's Any Consolation, I Watched The Viewer Call-In Segment...

on C-Span and there were maybe 3 callers(An immigrant cheering for Georgie's immigration plan, A Christian fundamentalist from Texas and a "Democrat" who fell in love) that were in total support for Srubya. Even the Republican callers were disagreeing with the selected simpleton.

Hope It Helps

Jay

[Selwynn]

22. I heard that the calls were primarily negative... I just hope that--

-its representative of the population. I can't believe how profoundly scary that address was to me.

[jayfish]

26. I Don't Know About The Population As A Whole, But...

from my experience the calls are usually 3:1 in favor of conservative ideology. On A side note, that speech is almost exactly what I hoped to see... a dud. Just like his daddy's last SOTU address. W's entire Residency is bearing out the old adage "like father like son."

G'night

Jay

[Name removed]

19. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Selwynn]

21. See the alert button in the corner - if you have a problem, use it.

[Joe the Revelator]

32. Hey

How about dropping the thread police act?

[DiverDave]

38. what,

You dont have better things to do?
If you dont like, DONT LOOK!

Simple, really.

[dawn]

30. Please don't be sad.

Don't give up! We are going to win in Novemer!

[Kanary]

34. It's refreshing to see a man willing to share his saddness

There's strength in honesty of emotion. It's OK. Really.

Kanary

[Selwynn]

36. I'm not giving up, but to me the problems are bigger than 2004

Granted, Bush is bad, very bad. And that state of the union speech was despicable. But to me it represents merely the culmination of a long, long history of increasing problems. And every year it feels all we do at best is slow the rate of our velocity toward a big cliff.

Why do I want Bush gone in 2004? Well in short, because I believe he is running, deliberately, full speed toward a cliff. But what do I think about a democratic president to replace Bush? Well I imagine he'll only be walking toward the cliff. Given the choice between someone walking toward a cliff or someone running toward a cliff, I want the guy walking toward it.

But let's not kid ourselves, no one we've seen in two party politics for a long long time is walking away from it, and the system essentially guarantees that no one outside of two party politics is viable.

I'm not giving up... but its a war of attrition.

[Tinoire]

37. You weren't alone.

I shed tears, first of rage and then real pain. I am stunned that my country has come to this. That thieves, adulterers, and murderers were applauding that murdering scum.

Hope you feel better soon.

We have work to do :)