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In the discussion thread: I must ask, what are those who worried warted and handrung over the election thinking now? [View all]

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:24 PM

frazzled (9,217 posts)

41. Worrying is useful

It is a catalyst for action. I worried in 2008 (even though polls showed Obama well ahead) and I worried this time (despite consulting Nate Silver six times a day). Worrying this election season is what got me to donate more money than I could really afford, and to man the phone banks for Iowa and Wisconsin in the final week of the race.

The Republicans should have worried more. They believed their own hype and were left holding the bag on election night. Their crowing and fake confidence probably kept people who otherwise might have voted home, so certain they were that their guy would win.

I worry about everything. I'm already worried my turkey will be too dry on Thanksgiving. And though it never has been, this worry will make me focus on brining and basting to perfection. I like to worry (within reason). It can be a helpful prod.

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I must ask, what are those who worried warted and handrung over the election thinking now? [View all]	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	OP
If it wasn't for those voters in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and other places who had to stand in	still_one	Nov 2012	#1
So you didn't have confidence in them willing to wait in line? No, there should not have been those	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#11
Some people have physical limitations, others can lose their job to waiting in line for hours. I am	still_one	Nov 2012	#15
Yes!	Springslips	Nov 2012	#39
+1000 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#47
I wasn't worried about the voters, I was worried about the counters...	Richardo	Nov 2012	#2
TeamObama/Dem lawyers were all over it. You were being paranoid.	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#12
You are being naive....	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#33
Thank you for this.	qwlauren35	Nov 2012	#49
You're welcome ...	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#51
+ 1 n/t	ejbr	Nov 2012	#36
So this is the second post election slam against the du community I have read.	Warren Stupidity	Nov 2012	#3
I second that!	Squinch	Nov 2012	#5
So now you're afraid of a nut like Rove? Sheesh. Reach around yourself and find that bony thing.	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#13
The man who stole two elections? Why, yes. I think we have reason to watch him carefully.	Squinch	Nov 2012	#22
WRONG. You didn't read the whole post. I said the MAJORITY did NOT handwring. Try reading it ALL.	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#9
++++++++++++++++++++++	still_one	Nov 2012	#16
"the bog"? What does that mean?	Cha	Nov 2012	#17
+1	LiberalLoner	Nov 2012	#27
Oh, FFS! We all had a bit of concern that there might be an attempt to flip the election to Rmoney.	madinmaryland	Nov 2012	#4
People who waited hours in line to vote are the true heros	still_one	Nov 2012	#6
You will get no arguement from me about them.	madinmaryland	Nov 2012	#8
No we "ALL" did not. There is a paranoid fringe, and the large majority was sick and tired of it.	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#10
So you are saying that after all of the chicannery by repub governors and states to suppress the	madinmaryland	Nov 2012	#37
+1	LiberalLoner	Nov 2012	#28
Relief! The GOP had me convinced they were going to win.	patricia92243	Nov 2012	#7
So you allow your emotions to be governed by extremely incomplete election returns? Good grief.	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#14
Are you always like this? You must have gotten up on the wrong side of bed. n/t	onecent	Nov 2012	#23
+1	LiberalLoner	Nov 2012	#29
And your point is?	Jeff In Milwaukee	Nov 2012	#18
I made calls and donated	LiberalElite	Nov 2012	#19
+1	LiberalLoner	Nov 2012	#30
I feel very grateful and incredibly relieved.	BlueDemKev	Nov 2012	#20
"If it wasn't for all our warnings and motivation blah blah blah..."	alcibiades_mystery	Nov 2012	#21
If positive thinking and confidence always win, we'd be saying "President Elect Romney" right now	Silent3	Nov 2012	#24
Hear, hear!	LiberalLoner	Nov 2012	#31
Show CONFIDENCE ! Show GUTS ! Show BACKBONE	Firebirds01	Nov 2012	#25
So everyone else is an idiot.	Firebirds01	Nov 2012	#26
I agree, this thread is simply abuse by the OP	LiberalLoner	Nov 2012	#32
i know, right?!	pnwest	Nov 2012	#34
I was very worried during the later days of the campaign. But, I avoided posting my	ladjf	Nov 2012	#35
We had the evidence of the poor turnout in 2010 for example	flamingdem	Nov 2012	#38
Ditto.	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#40
Worrying is useful	frazzled	Nov 2012	#41
Oh, don't be so harsh...	lunamagica	Nov 2012	#42
They're still here	Floyd_Gondolli	Nov 2012	#43
What a neurotic spew of bile this OP is.	cthulu2016	Nov 2012	#44
+1	EmeraldCityGrl	Nov 2012	#45
I was one that said self defeatism helps no one.	Jennicut	Nov 2012	#46
Whatever- Monday afternoon quarterbacker	Evergreen Emerald	Nov 2012	#48
What's the point of this post?	bhunt70	Nov 2012	#50
Lots of 20/20 Hindsight on this thread. (nt)	Paladin	Nov 2012	#52
Talk about wasting energy....	forestpath	Nov 2012	#53

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