Real incomes have fallen significantly since then, unemployment has hit an all time – stable – high not seen since the Great Depression, the cost of everything anybody needs is steadily moving upward, the public education kids get these days is next to worthless (for the 75% that graduate) and the price of a more advanced degree is clearly no longer worth it, the status of the US in international relations is crumbling daily, and the lesser politicians can’t even seem to care, while our president has logged over 100 rounds of golf and 150 re-election fund raisers, in spite of it all.

Anger ??? Sounds more like realistic appraisal to me. The real question seems to be: when will folks figure out exactly what to do about it?

Mac

To stop the crying the thug beats the baby only to have the crying intensify. That prompts more beating and more crying. The thug increases the beating until the baby is dead.

Our political thugs have been beating the baby since the Civil Rights campaign of the 1960s. The gains by black Americans then was crying to them so their response was to beat the baby. More rights gains by others, such as women and gays, prompted more beatings (anger) until the ultimate crying; a black United States President. For that they will beat even more trying to end that.

Ain’t gonna happen, so they will get more angry.

But I would, generally, concur that it’s a media problem. To get ratings, you have to have angry people. And with angry people on TV? Well, monkey see, monkey do. I’m guilty of that myself.

J.

None of them can promote Romney because he is an empty bag of air. The only reason that I can see is that a black President is not acceptable.