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In reply to the discussion: Humor has become sad. [View all]

jfz9580m

(15,342 posts)
8. Again I hear ya
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 01:12 AM
16 hrs ago

Last edited Fri Nov 8, 2024, 01:55 AM - Edit history (1)

I stopped paying attention to politics for a while after that. That was the last time I was this sure that the GOP candidate was so hopeless there was no way they could get elected.

When Obama ran in 2008 I thought “no way can he win. He is black. His middle name is Hussein” . I was shocked when he won. But then I had a rough patch in my own life and wasn’t paying attention.
By the time I started paying attention again it was 2020 and I was not sure Biden could pull it off. After that I was relieved but alarmed by the insurrection.

I never thought Trump would come back after that. I thought maybe the movement would stick around, but that he himself could get reelected after all that..
This time I just feel like this roller coaster is insane.

Humor has become sad. [View all] Sparkly 17 hrs ago OP
Thank you. Clouds Passing 17 hrs ago #1
I found Colbert insightful. Qutzupalotl 16 hrs ago #2
It helped me after 2004 jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #3
I was 21 at the time George W Bush won Jspur 16 hrs ago #4
Totally hear you jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #6
Cool I was born and in VA Jspur 15 hrs ago #9
Wow. I was just looking up Jesse Helms jfz9580m 15 hrs ago #10
Remember "I'mSorry.com" ? proud patriot 16 hrs ago #7
I'd take Dubya over Mango Mussolini misanthrope 15 hrs ago #11
I was 21 also when the 2004 election occurred. Elessar Zappa 16 hrs ago #5
Again I hear ya jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #8
hey Skittles 14 hrs ago #13
I think the famous Skittles "ass kicking skills" are needed jfz9580m 11 hrs ago #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles 14 hrs ago #12
it seems like nowadays only comedians tell it like it is Skittles 14 hrs ago #14
"It was a bad night for markodochartaigh 14 hrs ago #15
Dark humor is how we get through dark times, after all Hekate 14 hrs ago #16
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