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What in the blue fuck is going on here…
Sad.
According to POLITICO, the staff members of Democrats who got slaughtered are being visited by all kinds of support professionals (you know, resume advice folks, so that they can land on their feet).
But also this…
But one of the staffers was described as a “counselor” to help with the emotional aspect of the loss — and a section in the packet each staffer was given dealt with the stages of grief (for instance, Stage One being anger, and so on).
Said one staffer: “It was like it was about death.”
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But I thought these were the people who were going to face down our nation’s worst problems, the housing bubble, the unemployment rate, China, Pakistan, the Taliban, Al Qaeda…
They need grief counseling when their butts get paddled in an election?? I thought they lost the election because the electorate was stupid, what happened to that? Since when does dealing with stupid people cause such emotional turmoil? And if it does, then is there any hope at all?
Hat tip to Instapundit.
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Excellent point.
Of course, as Jerry Brown informed us, they didn’t have a plan to begin with. They were going to fix things with the magic of their charm.
- philmon | 11/09/2010 @ 08:54A woman friend of mine told me a story about a grief counselor visiting her young daughter’s school after a friend of the daughter had tragically died. My friend asked her daughter after she got home how everything went with the grief counselor, etc. The daughter said “They didn’t know her!” And that was that, full stop.
The human minds ability to work trough a vast array of various emotional situations is remarkable. On the very rare occasion that one needs professional help in dealing with something is understandable. The feeble mind of the jackwagon who let the “grief counselor” for election drubbing even enter his conscience much less actually carry through with it needs psychological help for himself. Or a severe ass kicking (with optional grief counselor available afterwards).
- tim | 11/09/2010 @ 11:08At my university, the weeping and wailing after 2004 went on for days. People openly proclaimed how distraught they were over the election results. In fact, they couldn’t wait to announce how broken up they were, and in fact seemed to be competing with each other over who could gnash teeth the loudest or rend garments most theatrically. I haven’t been on campus for a while, but I’m sure it’s as bad or worse up there these days.
Reason #1,678,901 I’m a conservative: this kind of thing strikes me as public masturbation. I thought — think– that Dear Leader’s election might well be the tipping point for the decline and fall of the United States, but I didn’t spend the whole day after the election dressed in black and listening to Bauhaus like some mopey teenager. If a politician or political party means that much to you, it’s the clearest possible proof you’re a pussy.
- Severian | 11/09/2010 @ 11:49Of course the best part is that the Kubler-Ross “Stages of Grief” model does not, in fact, feature Anger as stage one, but rather Denial….
- rob | 11/09/2010 @ 15:16Interesting.
The grief may be felt because the event was not viewed as a rejection of ideas, but as a personal rejection.
But we were going to do such great things together…I was going to show you how to live your life better! It was going to be a wonderful time for us both, with me in charge!
And now you leave?!?!
- karrde | 11/10/2010 @ 05:55Well, who knows? When you feel as entitled to full permanent employment because of your political philosophy as you do to life itself, maybe losing that employment (or facing the threat of losing it) actually does trigger the Kubler-Ross process.
- Rich Fader | 11/10/2010 @ 09:22The feeble mind of the jackwagon who let the “grief counselor” for election drubbing even enter his conscience much less actually carry through with it needs psychological help for himself.
“Jackwagon?”
Methinks someone has seen that stupid GEICO tv spot (the one with R Lee Ermey as a “therapist”) one time too many.
- cylarz | 11/15/2010 @ 00:02