Bitter.... Who Me?

Last Friday at a fundraiser presidential hopeful Barack Obama stated that people in small town American are bitter.

Here's Obama’s exact quote from the closed door fundraiser: “You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

Now y’all know his opponents Hilary and John were all over this quote, like flies on sh*t. Nowadays, every time Hilary opens her mouth bull-crap flies out. She had the nerve to say the comments were elitist, divisive and out of touch and did not reflect the values of Americans she met.

My question is who the hell did you meet? How can a person that made 100 million dollars last year be in touch with being broke, huh. That’s just like me saying that I can relate to the starving kids in Africa.

If this lady can not comprehend that Americans are pissed off about the economy, job loss, inflation, outsourcing, gas, and every other things that affect our money she is the one who is out of touch with the country.

All Obama did was state the truth. People are pissed off and when people are pissed off they don’t want to see immigrants and/or illegal’s “taking” jobs, who cares about trading with other countries when you can’t pay the electric bill.

Many of you have probably heard of East St. Louis, IL. I was riding through this area yesterday and saw dozens of old desolated factories and shops. It seems like one day all the factory jobs packed there bags never to return again. Unfortunately the town never recovered from the loss of these valuable jobs. The sad part is most of the jobs left in the late 70’s!!!!

Imagine working at Ford, Chrysler or GM, getting accustomed to making at least 20.00 per hour. You buy a house, put the kids in private school, let the wife stay home, and then BAM……………… you’re laid off. Many of these workers do not have training in other fields. The likelihood that they will find another job making the same level of money is slim. Do you think this person would be bitter?

White collar people are feeling the pinch too. Organizations are finding it hard to make a profit, with no money coming in people are being laid off. Looking for a job in this economy is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Not only is it hard out here for a pimp…. it’s hard out here for everybody including your average Joe Smoe.


As I write this I am bitter. I am bitter that college does not guarantee a good job, but does guarantee a big as debt. I am bitter that some jobs got the nerve to start grown ass men and women off at $8.75 per hour. I am bitter that gas keeps going up 10 cents every week. I am bitter that my dollar doesn’t stretch as far as it use to.