'Hold me!' Luke Russert laments catastrophic shutdown effect; Citizens ready pitchforks [pic]

Oh, the humanity! How will we all ever survive such an untenable ordeal?! Hey, wait a minute …

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/385065301895036928

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/385065127202279425

https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/385071322134347779

Lapdog smack!

Still, givers totally feel for the turmoil journos must be facing:

https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/385071398026084353

THE HORROR. RT @LukeRussert The new normal at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/ztdKa1hUjW

— Demosthenes (@DemosthenesGame) October 1, 2013

I'LL PRAY FOR YOU. RT @LukeRussert The new normal at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/pZxBQrAzeI

— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 1, 2013

Hold me. RT @ExJon I'LL PRAY FOR YOU. RT @LukeRussert The new normal at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/0dMnXfVbg5

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 1, 2013

https://twitter.com/michaeltams/status/385069843277287424

Snort.

@LukeRussert Where do I go now to learn how to drink water and sneeze properly?

— Hawkeye005 (@Hawkeye005) October 1, 2013

Giggling madly!

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Twitter user @ExJon has had it with the pathetic sob stories.

If I hear one more Marie Antoinette sob story coming out of DC's palace courts, I'm heading to The Home Depot for pitchforks & torches.

— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 1, 2013

Hey, it will stimulate the economy too! But, perhaps you had better hurry to get in line.

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/385068563394215936

And this Twitter user brings it all home.

@ExJon @LukeRussert The new normal in the rest of the country you don't give a crap about… pic.twitter.com/yxM9QcTrCQ

— Darla S (@ifdarla) October 1, 2013

Get it now, Mr. Russert?