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You can't be a whiny liberal if you admit to it! by theantix (5.00 / 3) #5 Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 04:58:44 PM EST

You seem to be more of a masochistic liberal. I hope you like the pork in Cuba, traitor.

_{Sure, you've got the facts on your side -- but that's just your opinion.}
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masochistic? by MillMan (5.00 / 3) #7 Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 05:04:01 PM EST

as in "I enjoy watching the democrats go down in flames" or "I love the bare truth" or? Please elaborate.
This may be the first class war in history where the victims will die laughing.
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Hmmm by theantix (3.00 / 1) #9 Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 05:12:46 PM EST

Neither, really. Just that (I gather) you've known for a while that the liberals will lose and you just sort of simmer as you watch it all go down. In other words, you weren't being overly optimistic... you embrace the side that is losing. Maybe that's not properly masochistic, I'm not good with definitions.

_{Sure, you've got the facts on your side -- but that's just your opinion.}
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actually by MillMan (6.00 / 2) #16 Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 06:25:54 PM EST

my feeling were reflexted exactly by 606:

It seemed that the Kerry-ites, myself included, were not prepared for Bush to win. That is, I didn't think I was such a Kerry-ite, and I didn't think the outcome of the presidential election would matter to me. I thought "ah, well, if Bush wins again we'll just have to keep on going." But it was in that one instant just after Kerry conceded that all hope was lost. I suddenly realized that I had never conceived that Bush would win. The groundswell seemed to great, the mood was changing, there was a feeling of "we're not gonna take it anymore" in the air, and I didn't believe that Bush could survive in that atmosphere of what I perceived to be "logic".

This is exactly how I felt.
This may be the first class war in history where the victims will die laughing.
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I choose my words carefully here... by theantix (6.00 / 1) #20 Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 12:55:06 AM EST

You are more human than I gave you credit for. I had this idea of you "up on high" and put yourself beyond the fray. I'm sorry. For what it's worth, I felt the exact same way as 606... especially after seeing the exit polls winning in both FL and OH I thought it was a lock to get at least one. But you can't argue with the Diebold machines, now can you?

I predicted yesterday that Bush would win, but like you and 606 the implications of it didn't really sink in until later. But I'm okay with it now, I understand it. I'll deal.

_{Sure, you've got the facts on your side -- but that's just your opinion.}
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: heh by MillMan (3.00 / 0) #26 Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 10:02:28 AM EST

I do assume I'm smarter than average, but I take most people's opinions seriously. And in real life I'm pretty much a fuzzy bunny running through the meadow. I dont get upset too often.
This may be the first class war in history where the victims will die laughing.
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