Is anyone else having difficulty holding together? I'm a pretty

[lindashaw]

calm person, but I could sit down and weep. Can't seem to find comfort anywhere...*sigh*.

[Hamlette]

1. that's why I'm here. This place usually calms me down.

[dirtyduck]

2. All i do is hit my reload button on DU it seems!

I am a wreck myself... all i want to do is stay connected to the latest news.

[BayStateBoy]

3. Yes, this whole thing has made me sick..Bush Flu

Feel like I died as a child

[Oddman]

16. That's what it is - bush flu!!!

I was wondering why I felt like I had the flu - but it wasn't like the real flu - I have body aches and headaches - but no fever or nausea - and it struck me - I have pre electionitis - or bush flu!

There is only one cure - a Kerry landslide!

bush failed America - new commercial - click here

[BayStateBoy]

42. The lst Year I Can't Get A Vaccine, I Get the Flu. Fuck Bush & Drug Cos.

[isrealpackard]

4. Get off of here

Go take a walk. See some friends.
Vote. Help other vote.
We're going to win. It's going to be all right.

[auntAgonist]

19. Another WELCOME !!!

welcome to DU!!!!!!!!!!!

[auntAgonist]

5. yup ..

been trying to keep busy, hit reload, do laundry, hit reload, post on forums, catch something on TV re Kerry, hope for a WIN!!

Kerry WILL WIN !

hang in there.

have some hot cider, tea .. whatever :)

:toast:

[dirtyduck]

10. LOL... I too hit reload in between laundry and daughter

tugging at me to go do something with her... I think I will!

[auntAgonist]

21. between housework, shopping dashing here dashing there

it's always on my mind :)


welcome to DU kristinist :)

[Renew Deal]

6. I'm ready to fight.

That's all. No time for anything but fighting.

[DemocracyInaction]

7. Today has been a day like all others-------

I started the day with hearing "bad" things like some assinine AP story in a paper I picked up. Then I start hearing and seeing more and I honestly think no one has a clue what is going to happen on Tuesday. I think we have as much to be positive about as the republicans and as much to be worried sick about as the republicans. The difference for us, I think, is the "sleepers"---the newly registered voters but more importantly THEY YOUNG VOTERS. They like to sign up for things and then never show up (been there and done this sign up thing before with them) BUT I think this time their tv shows have whipped them up and I think the word "draft" haunts them. This is truly now in their hands and I think this time they won't let us down.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Why? It's looking good for us. I wish it were even better, but I'll take

it!

Be of good cheer!
:bounce:

[cheshire]

9. All the polls have Kerry up overall, EV, DC polling place. Kerry wins.

[dogtag]

11. I'm holding it together, but I've become sort of a junior Nixon,

steadfastly working on my mile long enemies list.

It includes damn near every talking media head on TV.

All of the Shrub surrogates. (headed by Shrub and Cheny, of course)

All of the Swiftboat creeps.

My hate filled cup runneth over. After the Sunday morning whore fest today, it's time for another shower. When I start to flag, my venom revives me.

p.s. We're going to win!

[snacker]

12. Aside from being DU obsessed

I actually feel a little calmer today. I really feel like Kerry is going to win. I have confidence in the pumped-up young voters and the seniors.

[auntAgonist]

20. He will win !

WELCOME to DU :)

[Blue Gardener]

26. Obsessed is the word

I just can't stay away from DU this weekend.

[TalkingDog]

13. A therapist would say

you are engaging in catastrophic thinking. On the other hand, that's why I literally stopped reading the daily paper and watching the national news years ago.

Think about it this way: Before we had access to this wealth of information, the most "news" we had was months old and sketchy. Most towns and villages were worried about day to day survival. You can have anxiety now, because you are fed, clothed, warm and fairly safe.

That in no way negates the seriousness of the situation or what you are feeling. However, if you sit down and actually address what you CAN DO, you will find you have done all you can. You've participated, you've voted (or will vote). Other than that, you are powerless. There is a great relief in accepting that. You mantra should be: "I've done all I can. I've made a sincere and honest effort. I accept whatever happens."

I also find that balancing out the adult approach with a good old fashioned snit will bring all the anxiety down to a really manageable level. Your other mantra should be: "I'll kick his ASS! I really mean it! (inserting appropriate cursing, foot-stomping and fist waving as necessary) NO! NO! NO! NO! I WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT A**HOLE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!"

Repeat as necessary.

Good Luck. (offered pro bono as a service to all Kerry supporters)

[lindashaw]

15. It worked! I feel tons better! :)

[giant_robot]

27. Here's one of my favorite outlets for anxiety

www.slapthecandidate.com

Warning: It can be very addictive!

[auntAgonist]

18. hehe .. gotta luv it. Welcome to DU !!!!

[Gregorian]

24. That's good!

I like the logical approach.

[smbolisnch]

14. I am keeping it together but

I am definitely on edge. I can't seem to sit still. I just want Tuesday to get here and K/E to take back the WH. As soon as that comes, we will all be fine.......and I am confident it will! :headbang:

[auntAgonist]

17. welcome to DU!!!!!!! keep a good thought :)

[smbolisnch]

25. Thanks!! nt

[qanda]

22. My 8 year old son is a mess

He says he is so nervous that Bush will win.

[jean]

32. that's bush's true claim to fame - fear + dread Let your son see PIX

of all the strength and hope and certainty from our side!

Kerry and lots of other great people are working hard and are very positive! Here are some pix from an AP site (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/galleries/117-49.html?SITE=RIPAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)


Josh and Teri Van Lieshout cheer with their 18 month old baby Arri as Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., cheers at a rally in Appleton, Wisc., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


Democratic presidential candidate Sen., John Kerry holds up three fingers indicating to supporters, at the start of a "get out the vote" rally in Appleton, Wis., Saturday morning Oct. 30, 2004, that there are only three days left before he is elected president . Photo/Stephan Savoia)


Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has breakfast with Debra Owens, a patron of the Golden Nugget Pancake House during an unscheduled stop in Dayton Ohio Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., throws a football with staff members during an unscheduled stop en route to Sunday Services in Dayton, Ohio Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., hands out canvassing materials to volunteers at a rally in Appleton, Wisc., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)




Former president Bill Clinton speaks at the downtown plaza in support of Democratic presidental candidate John Kerry in Santa Fe, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Jake Schoellkopf)




Alexandra Kerry, right, daughter of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, speaks with former Hawaii Lt. Gov. Mazi Hirono, at the Jared Intermediate School in Honolulu, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, while campaigning for her father. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman

[qanda]

33. Thanks

I keep telling him not to worry, but he has a bet that if Bush wins he'll have to not bash Bush for 8 weeks-- he's petrified of that possibility.

I love the pics! :yourock:

[lolamio]

23. I hear ya'!

I went out for a run early this morning which definitely helped, and now I am about to start making a pot of chili for a little Halloween get together with our neighbors later. Just trying to keep busy here. Hang in there. We're all in this together!

[InvisibleTouch]

28. I'm ready to jump out of my skin.... n/t

[maumcc1]

31. Me, too

I've already done 5 loads of wash and mopped my floors. Since I'm not a neat freak, this is highly unusual of me. I have so much nervous energy I feel like I could go on a Forest Gump run.

[WCGreen]

29. I have become disabled since the last election, 2002

and so am almost entirely home bound....

Not being out in the thick of things like I have since 1976 has been really hard to deal with...

The only think keeping me sane is DU and Bart.....

And BuzzFlash and playing with the numbers from EV......

If I had to rely on the Cleveland PD and the cable networks, I would probably be sitting in a warm bath tub with razor blades close by....

[Gregorian]

30. I've reached my anger limit. And I have LOTS of practice.

What we have been going through, with Bush, over the last four years, I have been going through for thirty years. I won't bother you with it here, but it's a problem that I/we can't just vote away. And as a result, I have become very involved with real estate. I have literally bought and sold my way away from the "problem". In fact, Tuesday not only brings a decision on the president, but a new home for me. So right now, I'm on pins and needles. I've never been more ready to be combatant than today. In fact, I just came as close to one of my neighbors trucks as possible, as we passed, just now. Clown breeders in their monster trucks, building houses everywhere. That's the world I'm trying to escape, as we also try to delouse the White House. I accidentally moved into a neighborhood of republicans. Rope twirling, petroleum addicted, incessant truck and car driving, horse loving, house building, fools.

Ok, I'm done. Forgive me. Hate is really not a good thing. The bible has some rather important stuff to say about it. I'll just say that we are no better than Bush, if we hate him. Sort of. Jesus DID chase the money counters out of the temple....

Edit- I just talked to my realtor and got some great advice. Let's look forward. Instead of being pissed off about where we've been, let's look at our new place. I'm making the assumption that The Chimp won't be here much longer. And even if that's not the case, then we look further out. I'm thinking Nelson Mandela.

[aquart]

47. You don't want to live in South Africa.

[okieinpain]

34. same here, I'm pretty uncomfortable, but that's better then being

down with no hope or chance of winning. I'm encouraged by the large turnouts, I feel that's in kerry's favor.

[Reciprocity]

35. No I'm mad as hell.

I am having a hard time not to harbor hate in my heart for the sheeple who are deceived by a man who bares the mark of the beast. See what I mean. I don't really believe he is the antichrist in my heart it's just I have no other explanation of why they follow him so blindly. It really freaked me out when the media started talking about seals being broken. You know 380 tons of high explosives missing from al Qaqaa that the IAEA left under seal. I don't remember much about Revelations but I know it had something about breaking seals in it. Then yes-sir-your-a-fart aka Yasser Arafat leaving Jerusalem and my mind goes back to Revelations again.

So cheer up it could be worse.

[shelley806]

36. PEAD's First heard it on Keith Olbermann, so tongue in cheek!

But if the shoe fits....
pre-election anxiety disorder/syndrome!

This election is the most important in our lives. We know What B* has brought us in the past 4 years of a presidency he didn't even deserve, and he still is able to spin lies into truth. That is what is so distressful to me...that people don't get what a disaster we are awaiting if the neocons stay in power. And the media support of it...it makes me truly ill!

[goclark]

48. I've got it and my mom has it too

Can't sleep, just wired.

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[jerryster]

39. Incorrect

There has been no vacancy on the Supreme Court this presidential term.
I also sadly doubt that we get back Congress. I don't think Kerry's intention was to sacrifice himself. He's in this to win. Last, I believe there are no second chances in presidential politics anymore. If Kerry loses there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Hillary will run in 2008.

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[idiosyncratic]

40. I knew I was nervous, but didn't expect to burst into tears

when I read your post. I guess I am terrified this won't turn out the right way.

I can't imagine another four years under the * and his minions.

:cry:

<getting up to wash the tears off my face>

[lindashaw]

41. Maybe this is an omen. Rudy Guiliani just called my phone...

while I was reading all these posts. I didn't even yell, I just hung up. I should start on the hate list dogtag talked about, but I'm just wrung out. We're going to be okay. We just feel it more than some.

[Trahurn]

43. Yes I know what you are going through

Yes it is very hard going through this period waiting to see if America is going to be rescued from the Slimly paws of Bush. It's real hard. You cannot imagine the depression I go into if I allow my mind to even remotely consider a Bush victory. I have to believe more Americans want a change and someone better than Bush. I just have to believe that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

44. *great big hugs*

[DuaneBidoux]

45. I got a prescription of Xanax two weeks ago....seems to be working

Oh, you say a giant asteroid is going to destroy all life on Earth in the next day. Coooooool. Imagine the splash!

[Nikepallas]

46. OH YEAH