Slog - Comments on Why is Everyone in Denver Crying All the Time?

Comment by Non

Non — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:26:24 -0800

I cry because as a student/academic I am so exhausted from the plummet of our government and media over the past 7 years that it makes me want to just break down because finally it might MIGHT get better.

These moments are what I've been dreaming about since the yeeeeaaah 2000 and they are finally here

it makes me cry

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:27:51 -0800

My dad cried at Powder.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:32:37 -0800

People are crying in Denver because theyre emotionally stunted.

Comment by God almighty motherfucking Lord in heaven we will all DIE in 5 seconds if there's another civil war.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:34:24 -0800

Liberals are pussies? Always have been and always will be? What would we do if we didn't have our feeeeeeeeeeeeelings? We're like a bunch of fucking women.

Comment by mr lachrymose

mr lachrymose — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:37:30 -0800

Is it really "everyone" or mostly just women? Because, you know, men are only supposed to cry when their family members die or their favorite teams lose.

Comment by "No duh" is a product of FEAR

"No duh" is a product of FEAR — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:38:00 -0800

Sniff. Sniffles. Waaahhhh. WAAAAHHHH. Sniff. Sniffles. Sniffleufugus. Sniffles for you. Sniffles for me. Sniffles for three.

Comment by Providence

Providence — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:39:41 -0800

People are crying at the DNC because they know that, once again, they are about to get raped by the republican attack machine.

Comment by Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:39:47 -0800

People at the DNC are reacting emotionally because unlike Slog posters or commenters, they are still capable of experiencing human emotions, including joy and happiness, instead of existing in a constant state of bitter, jaded cynicism/soullessness.

Comment by The Incredible Sulk

The Incredible Sulk — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:42:43 -0800

I am The Incredible Sulk, and I approve this off-topic comment.

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:44:13 -0800

Will Charles get misty eyed?

Depends. Will Amanda Knox be addressing the crowd?

Comment by Neocon Hug Machine

Neocon Hug Machine — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:46:05 -0800

We here at the Neocon Hug Machine want to remind America that there are people who go to bed every night crying.

Neocons.

Won't you think of their feelings on being tossed into the wilderness for forty years for their sins?

Hug a neocon today!

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:47:29 -0800

@ 8: word.

Also, Charles will not cry, because he is an African living in the US, not and African-American. Big dif. His grand father wasn't hosed down by white pigs in Selma.

Not saying growing up in Africa was easy, just different.

Comment by RHETT ORACLE

RHETT ORACLE — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:07:58 -0800

I spotted Steven Spielberg in a skybox last evening, but I don't think he designed the mixed-media-effect of the convention's version of "the crying game".

Somewhere, an reincarnated Albert Speer is hard at work, and tonight perhaps we'll have enormous shafts of crystalline light backgrounded by John Williams' main theme from 'Superman', where he and Lois swoop through Manhattan's spires and dip down upon Lady Liberty. One can only wish!

The harmonic convergence of tears is hardly a surprise. Most of us have reserves of empathy left despite the recent wretched past. My 95 year-old mother died in April, but had I been Joe Biden shouting out to her in an arena of thousands, thanking her for my rather well-lived life - then, yes, there will be tears.

Tears for Hillary because she - well, worked her ass off and came up a few votes short. To accuse her rabid supporters of not letting go is saying they haven't earned a well-earned pout or two.

Comment by Julie

Julie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:30:52 -0800

I think there must be someone whose job it is to spot the criers in the audience (and the crazy hat people and bad dancers) and alert the cameramen. What a fun job that would be....

I am guessing that I will not cry until Obama wins. There's a small piece of my brain that worries about losing and refuses to be happy about all of this until after the election is over. I know just being the first African-American candidate is historic, but I want the first African-American President (and my goddamn country back, by the way).

Comment by Barak G

Barak G — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:06:39 -0800

Gotta add in: the emotional stress we're all still feeling from the post-traumatic robbery of Florida 2000. Compound the disaster of Iraq, the Bush tax cuts, and the slippin out of our hands of Kerry's lead in 2004. So when a hip liberal guy - who's a history making African American no less - comes to rescue us from this pent up need for catharis, I for one am gonna get all puddly on their asses.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:17:28 -0800

I'm crying cuz some guy just shot in my eye.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:33:43 -0800

I'm crying because I just accidentally hit myself in the nuts AGAIN. Seriously, I'm gonna start wearing a cup all the time.

Comment by Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:11:57 -0800

I watched Monday and Wednesday, and cried multiple times each night. Caroline Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and Beau Biden come to mind. I'm a 37 y/o straight male, Democrat-from-hell, I guess. Can't wait for tonight...!!!

Comment by Jennifer in Chicago

Jennifer in Chicago — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:27:16 -0800

I've been crying because during the 2000 election, I was living in Florida and pissed the fuck off I couldn't vote for Gore, because I was still seventeen. In 2004, I watched both conventions knowing I would vote for whatever Democrat they put up against Bush. I was so moved by John Kerry's speech, I actually wrote him a letter. In short, I've been pissed the fuck off for eight years. And just the idea that it's almost over, Bush is almost gone, and God willing, I will be 34 years old when Barak Obama leaves office. John Kerry made me proud to be a Democrat in 2004, and Barak Obama (and John Kerry, as well as Bill Clinton) made me proud to be a Democrat this year.

Comment by David Wright

David Wright — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:44:50 -0800

Non @ 1: Dear god, you must be young. Someday you will grow up and realize that no politicians are saviors, that the U.S. has its ups and downs and that they have almost no correlation with the party in the oval office, and that, with a bit of grit and intelligence, you can make a way for yourself in the world that doesn't depend of the vagaries of the political process.

Reading stuff like that makes me think we need to raise the voting age to 30, or restrict the franchise to property-owners, or something.

Comment by Non

Non — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:27:37 -0800

David, I really don't care if you use the IM OLDER AND SMARTER AND MORE JADED THAN YOU card in this case. You're drawing out and projecting WAY more from my comment than I had written.

If my frustrations are breifly mitigated by watching the convention, that is a good thing.

I'll GET OFF YOUR LAWN