I'm so stunned lately, I no longer know what to say...re: scandal fatigue

[Lerkfish]

the last few days I've hardly contributed anything at all. Its hit me before, but now the wind is really sagging in my sails.

I've been telling everyone I could for at least the last year that we were going to attack Iran, probably with nukes, probably by may of this year. Some of it was just connecting very obvious dots, some of it was listening to people I respect, like other DUers, coming to similar conclusions.

But a lot of people, especially coworkers, labeled me a conspiracy theorist and everafterwards kept making snide comments about me being unrealistically paranoid.

Ironically, what has depressed me was these same people coming up to me, shaken, and telling me I was right. The look in their eyes has depressed me further, because I see in them, concentrated, the abject horror I've dealing with during this administration. Of course, I've been spreading it out longer, but I also secretly hoped the writing on the wall I saw so clearly WAS just me being paranoid. I hoped, prayed, and gnashed my teeth, wishing I was wrong.

What happens to the guy with sign who keeps saying "then end is near" when people finally start listening, but its too late?

I'm at a loss for what to say. I read very good threads here lately, I nod my head, and then I check my recent posts and realize my volume of posts has dropped precipitously. And I think its just because I'm too depressed.

sorry for that. I'll try to post more.

And yes, in rereading this, this DOES sound like a self-pity party, I don't mean it to, but I'm posting to see if others are feeling similarly.

[LisaLynne]

1. I really do understand how you feel.

I think part of it for me is the creeping realization that we can figure all this stuff out (like that they would probably try to use nukes against Iran) and yet not be able to stop it. That is what is getting to me right now. All of these other things are coming out that are destroying *'s credibility, but yet he's still just going on as though he's the most popular thing in the world, as though everyone supports him. So, what good has it done?

Sorry to sound so depressed, but at the moment, I'm just really feeling scared for our future.

[0007]

2. I think we all get down now & then. 'Tis kind of like flying through

a cloud. At the time one can't see. Then everything comes in view again.

[LaurenG]

3. I do think the end is near

The beginning of the end for several highly placed politicians. Who is going to allow those traitors in office to launch another attack? I can't see that happening. There is plenty to look forward to and there are many changes on the horizon. Don't watch or read the news for a day or two. You need to get your bearings back. You'll feel better after you quit with the 24/7 bad news we get.:hug:

[NewWaveChick1981]

4. Yes, you're exactly right. Bill Maher referred to this

as "fuck-up fatigue" on one of his shows (about three weeks or so ago, I believe). BushCo has done irreparable damage to our country and to the world at large, and I don't know if we'll ever fully recover. My husband and I talked about this at length, and we both wonder how much more the US public will take before they actually demand action against W and his buddies. I've said it before and I'll say it again---Nixon AND Agnew went down for less.

Where is the public outrage at the string of scandals we've been presented with??? I guess the freakin' W clones are just deferring to his judgment---or lack thereof. :mad:

I feel your pain and know just what you're going through. :hug: Hang in there---we've hit rock bottom in this country, and the only way to go now is up. :)

[CoffeeCat]

5. We all go through this...

...so please know that you're not alone.

Even when we have our eyes wide open about this administration--it's very difficult to see our predictions coming to fruition.

You hope you're wrong. You hope something will stop these bastards. You perk up when the next scandal comes along--and you think maybe, just maybe--this will do these evil criminals in.

Anyone who has been paying attention--has been on an emotional roller coaster, especially since the 04 election. Now, we sadly see that we were right all along, and it probably won't be stopped.

We don't have that sliver of denial anymore. So, it's ok to feel sad and depressed. That's normal. But--we can all keep talking and we can do plenty of things. We can organize, attend protests and come here and commiserate with those who truly understand.

However, I think you need to take care of yourself while you're feeling this way. I wish I could sugar coat it for you. I can't. However, I can say that I understand--and that your feelings are valid.

I'm right there with you--as we all are.

[havocmom]

6. The Ice Man Cometh

Not just you. I find myself back in withdrawal mode

Family & friends want me to do stuff. They want me to resume writing, they are literally begging for more installments of my sagas... I just can't. Past few days, the body is almost immobile.

Were it not for a few youngsters I care deeply about, I could wander off into the desert and not come back. But those youngsters, they deserve a better future than what is planned for them by the junta. So fight on. When you can't do it for yourself, think about the youngsters who had no voice in this mess at all.

[MADem]

7. Well, as his poll numbers started falling, and his Iraq adventure started

failing, he had to do SOMETHING--and he's always had his eye on Persia:

Why might Mr. Bush want another war? For one thing, Mr. Bush, whose presidency is increasingly defined by the quagmire in Iraq, may believe that he can redeem himself with a new Mission Accomplished moment.

And it's not just Mr. Bush's legacy that's at risk. Current polls suggest that the Democrats could take one or both houses of Congress this November, acquiring the ability to launch investigations backed by subpoena power. This could blow the lid off multiple Bush administration scandals. Political analysts openly suggest that an attack on Iran offers Mr. Bush a way to head off this danger, that an appropriately timed military strike could change the domestic political dynamics.

Does this sound far-fetched? It shouldn't. Given the combination of recklessness and dishonesty Mr. Bush displayed in launching the Iraq war, why should we assume that he wouldn't do it again?


http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0410-26.htm

[Kutjara]

8. Apologies in advance

I posted this last night in the hope that it might alleviate the emotional fatigue that we are all feeling at the moment. I don't think many people were on DU at the time I posted, so I offer it again in the same spirit.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=892164&mesg_id=892164

I hope it helps.

[baby_mouse]

9. Say to them: YOU MADE ME WORTHLESS

"What's the point of being able to see these things coming if nobody listens? If any of you had listed, we might have been able to stop it. What use am I, now?"

[cynatnite]

10. "scandal fatigue"

I think that's an apt description for what you are experiencing. That's how I felt last night after reading about the phone jamming.

Just when you think there could be no more scandals, more come. It takes weeks for some of these to get carried by corporate media.

For so long we've bitched, emailed, called and talked to people about the corruption. We'll get a patronizing nod or smirked at, but when the truth comes out and they see how right we've been, the tragedy of what has happened to this nation under bush's watch threatens to drag us down.

All we can do is keep going on.

Also, I do take breaks from this for a short period of time. A few days away from the computer and the news does wonders. I come back revitalized and ready to go.

[lonestarnot]

11. Then the tactics are working! Keep fighting fatigued my ass! Get moving!

[bmcatt]

12. I know exactly what you mean and how you feel

I've felt that way for a while now - the sense that the next shoe is about to drop and there's no way to stop it. I'll just offer up what others gave me when I expressed the same:

:hug: :grouphug:

None of us are alone in this, even though if feels that way sometimes.