In case you forgot just how ugly it got in 2008, here is a reminder.

[givemebackmycountry]

If you have some time, maybe you may want to revisit this little known gem which first appeared on HBO.
You can watch it in it's entirety for free at the link I have posted below.
I still have not been able to watch the whole film.
We often say here on DU "Teh Stupid, it hurts"
Here is the visual evidence of that popular statement.

This is a documentary by Alexandria Pelosi called "Right America: Feeling Wronged".

"A documentary by six-time Emmy nominee Alexandra Pelosi which immediately drew criticism and acclaim from predictable ends of the political spectrum. It’s no easy task following up films like The Trials of Ted Haggard and Friends of God, but this interesting, sometimes terrifying insight, does a pretty remarkable job of pointing out what’s right, wrong and downright kooky in middle America without taking any cheap shots.
This movie conspicuously lacks the nasty “gotcha documentary” feel of a Michael Moore or Bill Maher film, regardless of what you might hear from conservative commentators. Bill Maher isn’t on the hook to be fair and Michael Moore honestly has to pander a bit to his base. Pelosi doesn’t have it so easy.
In this film, Alexandra Pelosi (of the well known Pelosi’s… yes, those Pelosi’s) has to bend over backwards to just to paint a fair picture, if only because she shares the last name with her mother, the first female Democratic Speaker of the House. From the Republican standpoint, you could argue that the Pelosi surname is a double handicap, since it’s also synonymous with Democrat impotence in the house, on top of the hurdles it surely caused in the course of shooting the piece".

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/right-america-feeling-wronged/

[rurallib]

1. "Pelosi....synonymous with Democratic impotence in the House"

not hardly impotent.
The House passed the whole plan and then sent it to the Senate to die.
Probably the most effective speaker ever.

[givemebackmycountry]

2. I didn't write the summary lib, just a simple cut and paste.

It's still worth viewing.

[rurallib]

4. I know. i didn't mean for it to be a shot at you

I apologize.
Just another example of how a little word here, a twist of phrase there and perceptions are framed.

[givemebackmycountry]

5. I know. It's cool.

:pals:

[Bluenorthwest]

3. I remember McClurkin

But many on DU would like to forget that right now.