Another Bitter Bush Survivor for Change

Call this a sequel to my last rant. I have stated that I believe many of us are bitter right now, in small towns, big cities, and suburbs. One can find such bitterness from California to NYC and I dare say many stops in between. As we dissect Senator Obama for his statements about small town folks being bitter, and what that says about his character, there is one glaring ommission. No one is really talking about why all of us folks are bitter. "It's the economy stupid!" you reply. Yeah, but why?! Eight years of George W. Bushes don't-tax-and-do-spend conservatism (although what he has conserved I cant say...) has left us in the middle of a recession...Reckless spending on the war/occupation of Iraq, subsidies for billionaires and multi-national corporations, and a free-for-all regulatory environment that allowed the housing debacle to fester have left us not just bitter but broke.
That's why we are ready to vote for change! That's precisely why hope is so important at this moment in history. If a doctor diagnoses you with an illness do you call him an over-educated elitist (all those years in med school after all!)? Do you yell at him for being uppity and out of touch? Or do you do whatever is in your power to get healthy? Do you thank him for telling you the truth and take your medicine? Do work for change and thrive on hope? What's the antidote to this Bush-induced bitterness? Hope. Change. Can we fix it? Yes, we can!