[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Mary Lyon

A one-sentence comment posted in the blogosphere really nails it. As the political hissy-fit over Barack Obama’s ‘bitter’ remarks continues to heave itself on the floor like some three-year-old tantrum-thrower in the canned soup aisle at the grocery store, a blogger calling herself Lugnut spells it out.

“If you’re not angry and bitter, you’re not paying attention.”

The conditions in this country now, after the GOP has owned the White House for almost eight years, dominated the Senate for most of that time, and the House of Representatives since the mid-90’s (except for the last year-and-a-half), have left America with a serious case of indigestion - at the very least. The bile from years of reckless Republican charging and spending, holding no one accountable for anything, and allowing Wall Street to run amok is indeed leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of Main Street by now.