My heart is broken

[wellstone dem]

Michele Bachmann won. I haven't been able to post since then. It has just been too hard. As Tarryl Clark said in her speech on election night, "We did not win, but we are not defeated." But it is so hard to get up and keep fighting today.

[flamingdem]

1. hang in there! nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. This too shall pass...

Hang in there...

:hug:

[Peacetrain]

3. I was so sorry to hear that..

I am south of you in Steve King's district. I know exactly what you are feeling.. I have spent the last two days pretty po'd at the city, state, country..

Hang in there :)

[John Commonsense]

4. Take a few days off and don't think about it.

If the Dems can lose big then they'll win big again. All it will take is a few years of Republican disaster to bring the fickle independents back to the light.

[Sugarcoated]

5. I gave Terryl $20 . . . I wish it couldn've been $1,000

The only other I could afford to eek out money to was Russ.

I know it hurts :hug:
I teared up when I read her last email. Take a break from politics for a little while.

Remember, they want us to give up. We just can't.

[Naturyl]

6. One can always hope for battery failure.

Maybe to save costs, the Stepford factory installs Ray-o-vac instead of Duracell.

[Sugarcoated]

7. If she becomes Speaker

maybe her winning will turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

[spanone]

8. people pay to see freak shows...go figure....welcome back

:hi:

[Fresh_Start]

9. There was so much money coming in for Bachmann

you really didn't have a chance.
Personally I want Bachmann to try to get the leadership position of her party. I have a feeling she'd get her knives out if she wasn't taken seriously

[Fire1]

10. True. Republlcans/Corporate always have deep pockets.

Dems don't have any money. All intellect and no cash.

[mzmolly]

11. I'm so sorry. She had so much outside money

that it'll be tough to defeat her. :(

[Canuckistanian]

12. And Clark seemed to have rallied in the last month

I remember some debate they were doing and Tarryl was surrounded by fans when she arrived. Bachmann came in late and had no crowds greeting her.

[woo me with science]

13. Think how boring things would be without her.

You wouldn't be able to play "Where's Michele?" in the bushes!

[tnlefty]

14. !!

:hug: Ms. Clark and Sen Feingold...many :hug:

[BlueDemKev]

15. At least Bachmann's a great whipping girl for us!

And a total embarrassment for the Republicans.

[patrice]

16. Oh, dear! wellstone dem! Many, many hugs!

Please take plenty of rest, do some nice things for yourself, and then . . . keep organizing.

Think about new stuff to do. Look for new peeps to do new things with.

I know how you feel; our governor is now Subsidy-Sam "Jesus plus Nothing" Brownback!!! ALL but one of our fine candidates, many of whom were incumbents, lost to second rate religious fanatics.

I know you're probably tired of hearing it, but the ONLY thing to do with despair is to keep on working. Try to find work that is the essence of the fight and please just come back here and don't be embarrassed to tell your DU friends that you need our support.

:hug: always!!

[wellstone dem]

17. I just wanted to check back in and thank you all

I needed those words of support and encouragement and humor. Thank you so much. Now on to continue the struggle.

[janet118]

18. I stayed in bed in a fetal position for a week after 2004 election n/t