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Thank you Obama for saying it: I am bitter

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By Rachel Griffiths, Milan | Saturday, April 26, 2008 |

I am bitter. I am angry. I have a right to be, and I want my democracy back!

I am bitter that my dollars buy less and less everyday. I am bitter that my children’s education system is overburdened. I am bitter that my health care costs more and that I have to fight for everything with the insurance companies. I am bitter watching American jobs being outsourced. I am bitter that my community does not have the resources it needs to provide services.

I am angry that Republicans want to make Bush’s tax cut to the wealthiest 1 percent permanent. I am angry that the Bush administration is illegally wiretapping citizens. I am angry that I have been lied to by the Bush administration. I am angry that our national deficit has tripled under Bush. I am angry that our military has been tremendously overburdened. I am angry that my country has been taken to the brink of economic collapse.

Finally, I am bitter and angry that the “powers that be” continue to use wedge issues like racism and prejudice to distract Americans from the very serious issues we face as a nation. Yes, Obama, you said it correctly; we are bitter and angry. It is time to place the blame where it really belongs and to get on with changing things!