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Sad!

Just because.

Me three.

Woosley's departure makes me wonder how many people involved with the transition are finally realizing what deep shit we are in?

A couple weeks ago I was re-reading Gilead by Marilynne Robinson for a bit of comfort. I happened to find online a 2-part interview in the NYT Book Review, I think, between Robinson and Obama. They are huge mutual fans. Apparently Obama loves Gilead and has said that the book's protagonist, an elderly pastor, is one of his favorite literary characters. It made me weep to read the interview - when will we have another leader who loves literature so deeply? And how come we never hear all these so-called Christians, who continue to call Obama a secret Muslim, speaking so eloquently about their faith and how it connects to their belief in the American people?

I canvassed for Elizabeth Warren - spent every weekend for about 3 months knocking on doors. And I will gladly do it again. I consider it one of the best uses I've ever made of my time and energy, and it made me feel so much less helpless about our political process. I did the same for Ed Markey, with less enthusiasm but an understanding that his senate seat was just as important as hers. At the same time, we worked on behalf of candidates for state offices. Very inspiring to see a bunch of young folks, middle -aged, and old folks pounding the pavement together. I realized it was a nice little perk of having grown-ass kids that I could spend my weekends doing this. Next week I'll be getting back in touch with my local democrats to see what I can do.

Yes. Thank you. I have drawn a lot of comfort from people here. Saved the last vestiges of my sanity. Bye everyone!

You guys. I just read the post from the moderators pinned above regarding shutting down the forum (though posts will be archived). I just want to say that I really love all. Selfishly speaking, you have saved my sanity over these last few weeks. If anyone has suggestions for an alternate meeting place, please post it or PM me if you don't mind. Truly, thank you all so much.

Well, he didn't really make a principled stand or repudiate Trump. I think he just wanted to extricate himself from the clusterfuck to protect his own reputation.

That kind of support also gives them something quantifiable that they can use politically or with the media; e.g., the number of supportive vs negative calls they got. I'm sure it is helpful in a number of ways.

I think we'd get a lot of his "No one really knows what happened" bullshit.

I have this fantasy that Trump will ask Kanye to sing or rap or recite a poem at the inauguration, and Kanye will start his performance and then go off on white people, much to the horror of the assembled crowds. I would love that!

Maybe Hillary can wear a button saying "I won this popular vote by ~2.8 million" or something. If it were me, I'd have to get stinking drunk first to go. ETA: I am really concerned she will be booed and heckled by Trump supporters. These are not classy people and don't know how to behave. Also, I totally think she and Bill should have a wine-and-weed party after the inauguration for their friends and supporters. They are going to need it.

She'd be a much better president too, no doubt.

I read somewhere that Trump is still holding forth at length about his victory and how he won the election (leaving out most of the true parts, of course). I wonder if he'll attempt to do this at the inauguration? Even though he's working with a speechwriter I doubt he can resist being obnoxious. If so, I'd hate to be Hillary sitting through that. I do think she has to go, if only to avoid accusations of being a sore loser (though she'll probably get those anyway). Poor woman - she's taken so much shit as it is. There's no real good option for her.