Handy Guide for Hillary Clinton Supporters Dealing With Her Inevitable Withdrawal Speech

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Mon Mar-03-08 09:00 PM
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Handy Guide for Hillary Clinton Supporters Dealing With Her Inevitable Withdrawal Speech

Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 09:45 PM by zulchzulu

As Hillary's campaign ends shortly, it is best to deal with the stages of grief from seeing a candidate who seemed to have it all in her hands and lost it through her own actions. Yes, they were deceptive and myopic. There were unprecedented moments where Hillary Clinton used her opponent's kindergarten paper about wanting to be President as an issue. There were times where she and her surrogates tried to make a false issue of an opponent being a Muslim, linked to a terrorist group, misusing his statements to attempt to cover her own tragic flaws. There are many more numerous flaws in the campaign that will be discussed for years to come as the autopsy of her failed campaign is examined.

Then there was the usage of her husband's record to act like it was hers, unless the issues became uncomfortable or pointed to her own husband's legacy as a closet Republican. Naturally, it was difficult for Hillary to get over the perception that her husband had openly cheated on her throughout their career together and had publically humiliated her internationally with his inability to control his zest for power and sexual conquest with women nearly half his age.

Once she actually endorsed the Republican nominee John McCain over her opponent who has bested her and is destroying the double-digit leads she had in races, it was all but a matter of the concession speech writers finalizing their teary words. For a Democratic nominee to endorse the Republican nominee over her opponent is yet one of many unprecedented moments in the fall of Hillary Clinton.

We feel sorry for her now as she reflects on how dire her campaign has gone and how she will again be publicly seen as a loser, a has-been, a failure and, as the last fumes of her campaign extinguish, her poor judgment and political sour grapes as the once inevitable ship thuds into the shore beach and falls into splinters.

One way of dealing with this grief is by Hillary supporters reading (you can cry if you want) this passage:

"The tragedies that now blacken and darken the very air of heaven for us will sink into their places in a scheme so august, so magnificent, so joyful, that we shall laugh for wonder and delight."

- Authur Christopher Bacon

You must allow yourself to feel feelings, and accept the fact that you are normal if you are engaging in any of these behaviors and signs of loss for your doomed candidate. You need to allow yourself time to grieve because it is an important aspect in your healing.

If you feel the feelings and work through them, your grief will lessen, and in time, fade. The memories will always remain as sweet memories in the case of a candidacy that ultimately failed, very often bittersweet.

If you are severely depressed for too long a time, if you think about ending your life, or if you become so incapacitated that you can't function day after day, you need to seek professional help until you are better able to deal with your grief.

Seeking help is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is a sign that you want to live and move on with your life.

Some of the symptoms when dealing with Hillary Clinton dropping out include:

Feel physically drained
Out of emotional control - feel good one minute; in the pits the next
Can't eat - food makes you sick. People tend to lose up to 40 pounds while grieving
Susceptible to illnesses
"Zombie Effect" feelings shut down due to your body's natural coping mechanism
Brain is scrambled; can't think clearly or remember things
Cry continuously
Can't cry -- bottle it up (it will come out years later)
Drink too much
Take too many drugs
Can't sleep at night
Take naps frequently and are constantly tired
Sigh a lot
Lose interest in work; house; physical appearance
Neglect personal hygiene (don't brush teeth, take regular baths, or wash hair very often)
Fantasize about the Clinton years
Suffer from extreme loneliness
Have a huge hole in your heart and soul
Think you will never recover from your loss
Suffer from severe depression
See no reason to exist

Some of the tasks towards dealing with Hillary Clinton dropping out include:
You must accept the reality of your loss. You must talk about the loss until you accept it. The more you talk about it, the more you will realize that the loss is real -- that Hillary Clinton really has dropped out.

Don't let Mark Penn, James Carville, Bill Clinton and the others who advised Hillary Clinton's ill-advised campaign drag you down. Don't let them keep you weak and dependent upon them. Don't let yourself grieve for too long. We all have the strength to overcome. You can do it. You can make a new and meaningful life for yourself. So, get one with it. As the old clich� goes, "Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life."

Finally, read these words and take it all one day at a time:

"The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with our entire life is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive."

Good luck in your loss and grief.