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This one hurts. It’s been hurting and I predict it will for a long time In 2000,  I lived through Bush v. Gore, and almost lost some friends over that one. Then Bush started two wars, and I was so devastated when Kerry conceded in 2004, I spontaneously burst into tears. It hurt, but the feeling that the country had let me down was a deep and pervasive emotion that underscored the pain.

 Then, there was Obama and Hope and Change. We thought perhaps the country had reached a turning point. That after Obama, there was no way it could even be a CLOSE decision to elect a misogynistic, known serial predator and a lying, bullying narcissist like Donald J. Trump.

 Yet here we are. It’s a feeling of disbelief each day like waking to a bad dream. The Media has fallen in line, like the lemmings they are, as they follow the GOP sheep who are being herded into the false normalcy of Trump-mania. But the good news is that the loyal opposition doesn’t have to fall in line. We can call out the fact that the Emperor has no clothes.

 One way to work through the pain and grief has been to write to Mrs. Clinton. I would ask all my fellow Democratic friends who voted for this remarkable woman to write and tell her that she is still one of the leaders of the Democratic Party. And visit her website to check out all of the ambitious and forward-leaning, visionary plans she had to lead us forward into the 21st Century with vision and strength of character.

 And then, remember what Ted Kennedy said at the Democratic Convention when our party was in the wilderness. He said, “The Dream shall never Die.” It was the dream of Martin Luther King, the vision of JFK, it was the visionary thinking of FDR, it was the courage of Hillary Clinton and so many women before her, and it is the message of hope and change that lies with our inspirational President, Barack Obama.

 Take heart and take the advice of Michelle Obama: Whey they go low, we go high! We can continue to be inspired by the message of hope and change, and the vision that we have for a better tomorrow. We feel that America’s best days are ahead of us, and that we will make America Proud Again, Strong Again, Whole Again, and Together Again. That is the message we need to deliver to the American People. Stay strong and remember to never stop fighting for that Dream.

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