"People are angry in a way that I have never seen them before."
-- Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by Politico, predicting a "tsunami" in the midterm elections.
Gee, hmm, let's think. Why would that be, John the Flipper? Sure, part of it is the state of the economy, among other things. We're all worried, frustrated, and wish our various predicaments would change overnight. But it takes time to undo all the horrific policies that were put in place by BushCo.
But why are people this angry? This vociferous? This hostile?
Who, who, who could have riled everyone up like that? Who in the world were boisterously harassing candidates at town hall meetings? Who disrupted presidential speeches? Who tantrumed like a toddler on the House floor? Who whipped up a frenzy, creating a mob mentality? Who stopped listening and started shouting "No!" over public officials' attempts to communicate?
Who is taking pride in doing all of the above?
This was only a partial list. I'm leaving, so I didn't have time to go into all the examples of nastiness that I wanted to.
For once McCain was right about something: People are angry in a way I've never seen them before. There used to be civility; now there's unbridled, aggressive, crude, disrespectful, coarse madness.
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