Are You angry?

[Armstead]

Since the GOP is now spreading the "Angry liberal Democrat" meme, it's time to fess up.

Are You Angry? Why?

[Kerry fan]

1. And, all of the above

[Armstead]

2. I thought of that but Yes and No are mutually exclusive

How about "Maybe."

[saltpoint]

3. I'd say disillusioned. Not angry. I have harsh words for the traitors

in the Bush administration because they lie and lie and lie and lie and lie and lie and lie and lie and lie.

My teachers had a very different notion of public service and I grew up with that understanding. This administration has defied that notion and works in warrantless wiretapping and conjured field intelligence.

[JeffR]

4. Unsure sometimes

about whether it's ever been a "good" country, even after it became a great one, but there's no doubt that these assholes have driven it into a ditch.

[Douglas Carpenter]

5. I guess I was the first one to vote for the first option

Yes. There is too much injustice and misery in the world and we should fix it

There is no doubt that Bush has made everything worse. But, most of the world's most severe problems where around before Bush and will be around after him -- no matter who wins the election.

It's hard not to think about just how much worse Bush and the right-wing extremist have made everything. But many of the broad issues will remain when him and the Republicans are gone. Getting rid of them is extremely important. But, it is just the beginning.

[Mass]

7. I agree with you. I also voted for the same option for the same reasons.

[Armstead]

16. That's my inclination too -- Although I'm particularly peeved at Bushism

There was already a lot that had gone wrong by Oct. 2000.

Bush and the GOP are symptoms of something much bigger and worser, which the Democrats have failed to adequately address.

I guess it's that same sense that Bernie Sanders reflects.

But did I also say how cheesed I am at Bush and the GOP?

[Armstead]

27. Kick

[Up2Late]

6. I knew it would all go to hell back in December 2000, things are still...

...pretty good compared to where we WILL be in November 2008.

I hope we all are still free then.

[DemInDistress]

8. I'm mad as hell angry...911 and the failed attempt to clear the

bush crime family of any wrong doing. For Tom "Ludicrous" Kean to expect me to buy that 911 bullshit report makes me angry..to think my Democratic leaders wont push to reopen 911 makes me even more angry..and now hearing kbr was awarded 400 million to dust off America's concentration camps is killing me with dammit hate filled rage..
Yes,you can say I'm a little upset..

thanks for asking..

[madmom]

9. I think my name says it well enough.

[Ned_Devine]

10. My answer isn't on the list...

It's more nuanced than the choices given. I'm angry that the ones who speak up are silenced and marginalized by their own party. I'm angry that the so called leaders of the dem party are painted as anry liberals when they DO speak up. I'm angry that the media have already picked Hillary as the nominee for the dems despite the fact that most progressives don't want her. I'm angry that the media elites that appear on shows like MTP from the WaPo and other media outlets will say that "How we got into Iraq is no longer important. The American people don't care about that now, because we're already there." Yet when Clinton got a blowjob, these same pundits DID care how he got it, how many times, the curvature and angle of his penis when it entered her mouth. They cared about it enough to talk about it for nine months straight! I'm angry at the pundits claiming to know what the "American people" care about. Fuck all of those mother fuckers! They're all so far removed from reality it would take 1.21 jigowatts and a flux-copassitor to bring them back to the world of the "Average American". I could go on about more things that I'm angry about but who'd listen? You get my point.

[LWolf]

11. Other.

No. I'm not angry because, from my pov, anger is non-productive. I am displeased with my country. With the politicians, the parties, the voters, and the corporate overlords that have corrupted all that I value in one way or another. I oppose them. I have worked, am working, and will work for the issues I feel would make my country, and therefore the world, a better place for all. I'm not passive, I'm not blind, I haven't given up, and I'm not in denial. I'd rather be proactive than reactive. I'd rather be assertive than aggressive. I'd rather be working for change than indulging in anger that puts up walls, rather than taking them down.

Just my pov. Of course, I don't think dissent, or the willingness to speak truth or express dissent, is synonymous with anger, either.

[f-bush]

12. Totally pissed off might be more like it!

[Arkansas Granny]

13. I get so angry when I talk about Bush and his escapades, I

sometimes have to stop and growl! AARRGH! I'm am ordinarily a pretty laid back person, but just thinking about that Pretender-in-Chief just makes my blood boil. What really sets me off is to hear someone extolling his virtues and making excuses for his boneheaded policies.

[TankLV]

14. All of the above "yes" reasons.

[Gemini Cat]

15. Angry?

No, I'm pissed as hell!
People dying and cities being destroyed while the twiddle ass eats cake, people dying in moronic illegal wars, the elderly getting screwed with the new medicare crap and all the rest of what this criminal mis-administration has done, makes me pissed as hell. If people aren't pissed, they are not paying attention!

[Lexingtonian]

17. Nope, not angry.

I feel serene.

Usually I serenely let Repubs live.
Some days it's the serenity of Kill On Sight.

[snowbear]

18. Thank you for the putty tat choice...

Because I'm kinda pissed off at my cat right now...

[Maine-ah]

19. 2 hell yea

1. I pissed as hell at Bush for running this country into the ground
and
2. I'm pissed as hell at the democrats bending over and taking it. (except for a select few)

[Road Scholar]

20. Done! nt

[wyldwolf]

21. not angry anymore. I'm motivated

[0007]

22. If one isn't angry, then he/she only dresses up as a human being.

[OnionPatch]

23. Unapologetically angry

Not ashamed. As I see it, if you love this country, you damn well should be angry right about now.

[zanne]

25. Yay, OnionPatch!

You speak the truth.

[zanne]

24. There's nothing wrong with anger.

We just have to USE it. Anger won the presidency for Bush in 2000. Republican strategists stoked the Republican anger for months before the election. It worked. We shouldn't be afraid to call ourselves "mad as hell".

[BlueIris]

26. I went with choice number four. Only I think "hard core lefties" is

too generous a description for these idiots. They're idiots, with the same feeble, conceptual grasp of the issues we're facing as your average FR.com poster, calling themselves "Progressives" to dignify their stupidity, one-dimensional thinking and egocentricity. I'm less angry than annoyed at them. They're irritating, ineffectual, and getting to much respect from otherwise reasonable folks. It's time to send them back to the sandbox. Where they belong.