CALM DOWN PEOPLE!!! CALM DOWN!!!

[Christiandem]

Why is it that there are a bunch of us w/the doom and gloom attitude? I came in relaxed, but I expected a tough fight. Yet from reading from all these "panicking" DUers, I am catching some that too. STOP STOP STOP. PLEASE STOP............... OH is not called yet, nor is Florida. We will win PA and NH, and probably MI, WI and MN. So why don't everyone just relax and calm down. I talked to a friend of mine, and she nearly went bonkers over what is going on w/the elections and started shouting in the phone. Please. We don't need that right now.

[Hans Delbrook]

1. Frepers are running amok

Ignore these assholes.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

2. no one knows how much to trust anyone now that post counts are gone

[Bjornsdotter]

3. I'm cool...I'm calm...

...Kerry will win!

Cheers,
Kim

[Christiandem]

8. Yes, Kim, Kerry will win.

See, we just got PA

[Pithlet]

11. I hope so!

This is so nervwracking. I'm not throwing it in the towel yet.

[johnnie]

4. From what I am seeing

This is a typical election evening so far. Remember...faux called it for bush at 2:00 in the morning.

[Pithlet]

5. People are understandably nervous.

We also don't need to bury our heads in the sand if things aren't looking good. I'm not saying that things aren't looking good just yet, but we have to be realistic.

[NewJeffCT]

6. some people need to come here to relieve stress

I'm pretty down, but I know others are angry or upset or just need to vent for a minute...

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[Catherine Vincent]

9. We just won Pennsylvania!

[Pithlet]

14. Yes!

That's good.

*breath, Pithlet. Breath..*

[marlakay]

10. I agree we have to be patient

I turned off my cell after my husband called me freaking, he works nights.

You would think since ALL of us know that the media is slanted to the right that they would do the same for the election.

[BiggJawn]

19. Hard NOT to swallow some Kool-Aid...

When you're on tip-toes up to your EARS in it...

God-damn Media!

[LiberalAndProud]

12. People are still voting in OH: GOTV in action! OH is ours!

believe it.

[Nag Champa]

I'm sparkin' a bowl....

Fuck it.

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[kdmorris]

13. Panic is what the networks are trying for.

The more they can get Democrats demoralized, the less of them will vote on the West Coast. But, in 15 minutes, polls close over most of the West Coast too.

We may still lose, but don't give up the farm just yet. Yes, it looks bad, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE NETWORKS. So far, as many have pointed out, we haven't lost anything that wasn't expected.

[The Jacobin]

15. Please don't feed the trolls

[noonriser]

16. I'm perfectly happy to chill, nervous but very confident! (n/t)

[scottxyz]

17. Zogby sez... Bush needs Florida, Ohio AND Colorado to win

If Kerry gets JUST ONE out of Florida, Ohio or Colorado, then Kerry wins.

The math is here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[UDenver20]

23. Assuming Wisc and Mich turn around - NT

[Sebum]

18. We must prevail. Keep your chins up, and be PROUD!!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. I came in here to be calm!

All I've seen is gloom and done from mostly posters I haven't seen much of. It's getting old!

[liberal N proud]

21. I have no finger nails left!

[Jeep]

24. NRO

By the way, they're laughing at us on National Review Online:

http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/corner.asp

[JPace]

25. The thought of looking at AWOL and his regime

continue their dismantling of our country for another
four years is so abhorant it makes one feel ill. Its
like trying to kill a damed vampire....we shoot and
shoot and the thing just keeps rising up and coming
at you again.

[Christiandem]

26. Courage guys, courage

Remember the Red Sox, down 3-0 and coming back and win!!!

The media has called all the bush states, and not the kerry ones. Our turn to laugh will be coming up soon.

[chocolat]

27. Nervous but Confident!!!

Let's spread this mood around!

KERRY WILL WIN!!!!!

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[klook]

29. Oh my God! We're down by two runs in the third inning!

How can we possibly win?

</disgust>

[Tansy_Gold]

30. I think there are a lot of relatively new DUers who simply

don't understand the whole election process. We've seen a lot of posts from people who clearly haven't familiarized themselves with the details of % precincts vs. % voters, etc. They see a single precinct counted in a state and immediately post "KERRY LEADS 62-37 IN XX!!!!" And then when a few more precincts come in and the tally changes, they get panicky.

Also, we have a lot of people starting new threads when there are already fifteen on the same subject, so it's difficult to track the evolution of a particular state's count. To muddy the waters, they'll post FL results in a thread on OH or PA.

I refuse to watch television, so I made the HUGE mistake of coming here to DU to follow the returns. The early posts of exit polls made things look like the proverbial cakewalk -- no thanks to folks like Lou Dobbs, whom I can't stand anyway -- and when the cakewalk didn't materialize, everyone got thrown into a tizzy. Panic, like any mob emotion, can become contagious. And when you throw in a bunch of probably well-practiced trolls, it is only worse.

There seems to be a dearth of posts by the long-time and more knowledgeable DUers and a plethora of posts and threads from relative newbies. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[flaminbats]

31. it isn't over until it's over!

it's encouraging to see Kerry's numbers increase as we wait. Regardless of what happens, it cannot change the law of cause and effect. Every cause has an effect, and every effect can be a cause. Not that I wish to cause you to in effect vote differently, or wish you to effect any of my causes.

[FizzFuzz]

33. cause and effect. Its the law of the Universe...

of course I know that. In my head--guess I haven't become SURE of it. OK, Fizz, Breathe. Even if the effect doesn't come when we WANT, its there, just not manifest yet.

This is the teaching I practice. But right now, my stomach is just ready to fly up my throat and I'm having a hard time staying calm.

[October]

32. Florida? Record Turnouts for what? Bush????

No one believes that.

I can't calm down. Not now.

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[Sebum]

36. Please, please stop with the negativity. I am getting an ulcer

[snoochie]

35. We got robbed last time

People are nervous. Soothe, don't command.

We have won. They're dragging their feet and refusing to admit Kerry's the projected winner, but we will be victorious in the end.

We do have to stay with it. We can't give up like last time.