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Showing Original Post only (View all)Anyone else not in a celebratory mood? [View all]
I know many are expressing great excitement and celebration type feelings regarding the Inaugeration and second term. Well I say wonderful, if that is how you feel. I'm not feeling it. As I said after hearing the results on election night, I felt a sense of relief more than anything else. When I look at the state our once great country is in, its hard for me to be jumping up and down in excitement. I'm not seeing a new era with progressive policies leading the way, or a great transformative change on the horizon, just more gridlock and status quo. It puts me in a somber mood instead of a mood that leads to the type of feeling of shouting- USA! USA! USA!
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Our Nation is in a much better position thanks to the man who is getting re-inaugurated today.
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
#3
I'm very pleased Obama won and all, but from a celebratory mood perspective I've grown tired of
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#5
Yep, it's this unsavory mixture of the MIC, extreme wealth and Corporate Welfare that is pervasive
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#43
please let the rest of us know about the behavior I for 1 would like to learn about some of it
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#46
there are times for celebration; almost always, somewhere, there is turmoil or suffering
bigtree
Jan 2013
#9
Yeah, the denizens of freerepublic and the Conservative Cave are almost as distraught as you are.
11 Bravo
Jan 2013
#35
Ditto. I am thrilled and relieved that Obama will be our President 4 more years. n/t
RebelOne
Jan 2013
#87
Shouting- USA! USA! USA! ...is for idiots. Ya might as well shout "don't worry be happy".
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#38
Bet your ass I'm celebrating. So's everybody else who worked for this victory.
DevonRex
Jan 2013
#59
I'm not in much of one but that's mostly cause i'm going for surgery tomorrow
Arcanetrance
Jan 2013
#85