It was seven years ago today...

[Patsy Stone]

That a case was argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. To me, it feels like a lifetime.

http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2000/2000_00_949/

On December 12th, a decision would come down which would challenge the country's long held ideas of what it means to be elected President and have every vote counted.

Next year at this time we will (hopefully) have a new, truly elected, president. I don't know about you, but I'm having trouble waiting.

[Jane Austin]

1. Yep, and Dec. 12 is Mr. JaneAustin's birthday.

They put a pall on that date forever for me, and then Bush moves into Iraq on my son's birthday in March.

Grrrrrrr . . . .

[Patsy Stone]

2. Sorry.

My aunt's birthday is September 11. :(

Please wish him a Happy Birthday for me anyway, 'k?

[Jane Austin]

23. Will do. Thanks.

I feel terrible for people whose birthdays are Sept 11.

[Kurovski]

3. K&R.

The weeks before the tragic (and IMO, worthy of judicial impeachment) decision were a waking nightmare.

[Patsy Stone]

4. Do you know how much weight I lost?

:eyes:

[Kurovski]

5. As much as I gained, maybe?

:shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

7. I wondered where it went.

2004 was just as bad. Maybe worse, since it was the second punch, which hit the still tender areas again.

[Kurovski]

9. I ate all the leftover Halloween candy in one sitting.

But I was pissed, and was even more pissed at the assholes dive-bombing onto DUers who "dared" to say that the damn thing was obviously stolen.

[Breeze54]

6. Good reminder, Patsy Stone

That was one of the most unpleasant days that I can remember in recent history and there have been to many like it since. :(

Better days are in front of us. Keep on truckin'!

[Blashyrkh]

8. What has changed between 2004 and now that makes you hopeful?

[Patsy Stone]

10. I can see the end of it.

It's in focus, and it's no longer years and years away.

[Blashyrkh]

14. The end of what exactly? The way I see it, we're only getting started.

[Patsy Stone]

15. The end of the Bush Administration.

There will be a new group of people in there; and whoever they are, they won't be these people.

I don't believe anyone who occupies that office could ever be worse for, or do more harm to, America and we, her people, as these criminals have.

There was a time, not so long ago, when I woke up and my first instinct wasn't to turn on the news to see if we'd started a world war, or if any of my rights had been taken away, while I was asleep. One day, not too long from now, I hope to do that again.

[Patsy Stone]

16. 2006

The fact that people showed up to vote, and more votes were counted. In addition, Florida, FWIW, has a paper trail and no more touchscreens. So, those two things are adding to my positivity.

I misunderstood your question before, sorry.

[EFerrari]

21. For one thing, election reform activists have been working hard

and have made some real gains. Election protection infrastructure, outing the fraud on electronic voting machines, and exposing voter suppression. It's not a done deal but we're miles ahead of where we were in 2000.

[Patsy Stone]

26. Right you are!

:hi:

[EFerrari]

33. I hope all that work pays off in 2008!

They can't win, so they have to try to steal it. We know that going in. :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

37. I envision

the margin of victory being so large they can't even steal it.

I've got everything crossed as I say that, btw. :)

[Kurovski]

11. Did/will Mr Olbermann be mentioning this tonight?

Please let us know what he said/says.

[Patsy Stone]

13. He did not.

But he did continue to remind us how much they suck.

Maybe tomorrow.

[blondeatlast]

34. I thought he had. IIRC, it was in his bit with Fineman, but just in passing.

Let's hope his DU lurker producers read this and bring it up tonight. :hi: Olbermann producers!

[Patsy Stone]

36. Well, if you're right

that would explain why I missed it -- I tune out Howie.

:hi:, Keith!

[Kurovski]

12. Kick. (nt)

[bleever]

17. That roller coaster ride

sure came to an ugly end.

But damn it, we're going to get through this.

I'm grateful to have found people I can laugh my way through the madness with.

[Patsy Stone]

18. We'll hang on to each other

and laugh to keep from crying.

:hi:

[bleever]

20. That sounded cheerful

except for the crying part.

:hi:

[Rex]

19. Wow...feels like a thousand years and a thousand flushes down the

toilet later. Scum like we've never seen running the federal government!

A crapstain on the pages of history.

[bleever]

22. If I were 12/11, and I saw what happened to 9/11,

I'd probably want to warn 6/11 to be careful.

[Solly Mack]

24. Yep and I'm still not over it.

[Patsy Stone]

25. How can you be?

We feel the effects every day.

[Solly Mack]

27. Exactly

[blondeatlast]

28. Amid all the "Can you top this?" persecution wars currently chic on DU, this is a very timely

reminder of who is the real enemy.

Sadly, it may take decades or more to recover from that fateful day. As I mentioned a few days ago, it's a good year to stay under the covers...

[blondeatlast]

29. Yikes--I'm actually sobbing now.

When my son was born in '97, the world seemed full of promise. Finding the promise gets harder every day, I swear it.

[Kurovski]

35. A little late, but...

:hug:

[blondeatlast]

30. Kick. nt

[jackster]

31. i want to cry

remembering how I was so crushed but naively hopefully that BushCo would govern moderately given the situation

[blondeatlast]

32. Pass the tissue. I never thought that day that it could have gotten as

awful as it has.