Rant of the day

[Swede]

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I’m a lot closer to 70 than 60. A lot closer.

I’ve reached the point where I find it hard to feel sorry for people. Florida has 12% unemployment, no income tax, or estate tax and millionaires out the wazoo, while millions make $10 an hour with no benefits, health insurance, pensions or hope. And we elected a Republican billionaire Governor who thinks we need "smaller government, less spending, lower taxes" and whose first act was to turn down billions in federal money to build a high speed rail system, In the face of 12% unemployment.

I can’t feel sorry anymore.

Same goes for Wisconsin. Same for Ohio. How many middle class union cops and firemen voted Republican? How many living from paycheck to paycheck voted for the GOP because of its "values"? How many, worried about jobs or sending a kid to college voted Republican because you fear the coming of Sharia law and the Caliphate? How many voted for the GOP because you can't stomach a black President and you want him to fail? And how many of you didn't bother to vote?

http://open.salon.com/blog/toritto/2011/03/05/so_i_busted_my_ass_for_obama

[applegrove]

1. Someone tried to say this the other day and I took issue with it. Of course the GOP

would love for us to not feel sorry for others, be it across state lines or around the country. Because together we are strong. Empathy will keep us on the ball and learning about what the GOP/neocons are up to. Think of all those wonderful police in WI have learnt and have to teach. Really. I feel sorry for people who got fooled into voting GOP because they are fools being taken advantage of. I am Canadian and I feel sorry that the whole USA has to go through these times with selfish, selfish people trying to highjack the country and destroy a way of life.

This meme about 'not feeling sorry for people who voted for the GOP' is all about crisis control for the GOP. They are loosing BIG with the WI protesters. Don't help them by forwarding this meme.

[Swede]

2. Toritto was just letting off steam.

He's actually just another frustated liberal blogger.