Imagine how funny this would all be. Or interesting. Certainly curious. If......

he wasn't the goddamn president of our country whose mere existence in that office will (if something doesn't give soon) lead to the hardship and deaths and bankruptcies and forced departures of so many.

I appreciate the attempts at DU to lighten things up, laugh at some of more ludicrous instances

but I find myself using the funny smilies very, very rarely these days.

This one seems most appropriate for the last 56 days.