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Bitter? yeah I'm bitter as hell that the Democratic Party, which once has a modicum of repect, has become a rat's nest for the Kerry's, Kennedy's, Dean's, Pelosi's, Boxer's, Wrangle's, Leahy's .. almost endless list. I am bitter that Congress, whether these 'leaders' are majority or minority are such a bunch of loser, small time, mentally and morally bankrupt bunch of kooks that GWB and especially McCain look great by comparison. I would be especially bitter if they manage to INSTALL BHO into the white house.

Since your family values hypocrite Gingrich and his Congressional takeover in 1994, the middle class started downhill,although prepped by Reagan's rising tide lift's all yachts baloney,
How anyone who voted for Bush, you know the guy who gave China Most Favored Nation trading status,can now whine that they can't pay their bills is either stupid or a masochist. What did you expect? Tax cuts (twice) for billionaires in times of war, healthcare left to Wall Street charlatans, and lobbyist writing our laws,i.e. Bankruptcy bill.

If you want more punishment keep voting Republican,because you had the fantasy you were one when you had decent middle class wages, but the multi-millionaire and billionaire Republicans conned you with the Family Values scam, but left out the monetary part of Value in family values.

The Republicans must be having a good belly laugh at the country clubs about how they tricked you clowns into putting them in power to plunder and pillage the country's resources.

The horse is dead and the topic is slightly off, but isn't there an irony here?

I mean Ben's blog is highlighting an extrapolation of Obama's remarks to a level of elitism, while the thread takes a turn contrasting the quality and substance of named commenters vs. anonymous commenters. If I'm the only one that sees that, then so be it. That happens a lot.

This site does not have to accept anos. Many sites don't. But anos are good for click-throughs like rubes are good for votes.

In an inane attempt to re-direct myself to the topic at hand, I'll see your interesting and raise you an ever decreasing concentric circle:

Accusing the condescender of condescension is condescending to the condescended.

I'm just saying.

Yeah, well. My son may run for president one day.

You guys will have a field day with my comments 20-30 years from now, whatever side he runs on. He would have to disavow, repudiate, and respectfully disagree with his own father's fence sitting fence sitter opinions.

Hey, Jim!

Posting anonymity is one of my favorite topics!

The intelligence and foresight to keep one's google juice at a minimal level should raise one's standing, not lower it. Some of us have livelihoods that don't depend on name recognition, so don't go all chest beating on the anos. If you'd like, we can get together and have a beer.

Obama's speech was, as usual, fairly innocuous. Making a big deal about it says more about his opponents and the spin hungry (starving, apparently) media than it does about Obama.

Shooting arrows at ano commenters that don't agree with you is what I hear the Coulters and the Limbaughs accusing Liberals of all the time.

Are you a Liberal?

Settle down, my fellow American.

Not liking the message doesn't give you standing to shoot the messenger.

Why don't you lazy assed socialists go get a job and quit your whining. Cuba cried for change over 40 years ago and got Castro. Germany wanted change and they got Hitler. If you want Barack Hussien Obama, you will get the same.

I can,t believe all the nonsense the people are trying to spread about the Obama speech.He is the best and most honest candidate we have,and some would twist his words and keep spreading doubts and hate towards him, mainly to get a vote for themselves.He is trying to make a point that we really need a candadate who truly wants to bring us out of the hopeless,bitter feelings that many of us feel about a government that does not care ,or does not hear our plea for just a little fairness.Obama brings hope, and a promise that he will fight for us ,and change,which we desperately need, or we will be four more years of the same old same.

Wow. Good thing there aren't many NRA members who vote in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia — or this could really come back to sting Obama.

Are you anonymous posters below serious, or are you just following the Obama camp's instructions? 'Cuz those excuses you're sending out ... well ... we rubes like to say that those dogs won't hunt.

Barack has seen it, and we are living it. Of course we are bitter. We have seen our cities and towns go from booming to almost desolate. The only job you can get is McDonalds, or Wal-mart for 6.50 and hour, but the price for everything has gone up, that someone making 10.00 an hour is having trouble making it. Everyone is getting...bitter, when you can't pay your bills, or feed your family, Your Dam right, I am BITTER !!!

IF Hillary would come to this area instead of sending Bill and Chelsey, she might just see what bitter Americans look like.

Debbie in PA

Hmph... we are fed up! And not just rural Americans. Those of us who are struggling to get by in this ailing economy, who have to choose between going out to dinner or a movie with our families and being able to afford to fill our gas tanks in order to get to and from jobs that do not pay us enough. Those of us who have shipped our loved ones overseas to face death for a misguided war are fed up. Those of us who see corporate executives making bundles of cash while support personnel struggle with minimum wages are fed up. Those of us whose children go to schools where they haven't purchased new textbooks for ten years are fed up with a system that cuts funding for educational programs while racking up massive debts that our children and grandchildren will have to pay are more than just a little bit frustrated, we're angry. Those of us who see the global environmental crisis looming while our government has refused to significantly decrease its reliance on foreign oil for over 30 years are fed up. And yes, those of us who have watched our civil rights being chipped away from our Constitution through political fear tactics cling to the basic rights that remain afforded to us - our right to free speech, our right to bear arms, our right to unionize, our right to organize, and yes many of us cling to our faith to help us maintain the strength not to cave under corporate greed and special interest influences.

Obama's message has consistently been that America is fed up with the way things are going in our country and the polls in the last week confirm that. The majority of Americans report that they believe that we are worse off now than we were five years ago and that our country is headed in the wrong direction. He has inspired us to make our voices heard in order to change the way that things work in politics. He has rallied us to face the truth and tackle it. To believe in ourselves and each other and begin the hard work of taking back the American Dream.

I know some of those rubes. The only problem with Obama's analysis is that he puts too fine a point on it. These are, after all, the idi... I mean god-fearing Americans that put W in the white house for a second term.