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Originally Posted by calgarybornnraised
I just want to say that I really appreciate your point of view from where you live, to the people you know. It must be very frustrating for you knowing there is really not anything you can do and just hope everyone around you gets screwed so they see the light.
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I do my best, I vote, and I'd love to call and read a few reps/senators the riot act over this stuff, but being in an urban county, my reps are already Dems, and one of my Senators is a Dem who rarely votes out of line with my values, and the other Senator JUST got voted in on a 6 year term so he just couldn't possibly care less what his constituents think. He refuses to hold town halls, refuses to answer questions from his constituents, just votes on party lines at all times. (Toomey, btw. I most certainly did not vote for him in November)
So I'm handcuffed. Blue county in a purple state. Anyone I could attempt to influence is already going to vote in my favor anyway.
This last 9 months or so have been exhausting. I miss waking up without wondering, within 20 minutes "oh god what happened since I went to bed last night?" I've had a few nights this week where I just shut down the tv, internet, everything, just put on soft music and read for a while. It'll burn you out.
Example: it's 1am on the East Coast. I know no fewer than 10 other people in my group of acquaintances who are staying up late watching freaking CSpan to watch a Senate vote live because we don't know what our healthcare system will look like in the morning. This isn't normal.