When Bush compared the "angry Left" to the Vietcong and decided that they posed no threat to John McCain, he had obviously not previewed last night's speeches by Huckabee, Mittens, Rudy and Sarah Palin. For if he thought anger an unattractive emotion, he might have consulted first with his Right-wing colleagues, all of whom felt no compunctions about becoming publicly exercised, once again, by Washington elitism and its abuse of power. Perhaps they had forgotten that for six of the last eight years, their Party has controlled every branch of government. Perhaps they didn't get the memo from GAO since all Federal agencies have seen their budgets stripped, their operations out sourced at premiums rates.

  Filled with false populist outrage, Mittens', Huckabee's and Rudy's speeches pointed folksy, ordinary fingers at liberal elitists again...who can't seem to point back since their digits are always curled around crystal stemware. Strangely enough, the Republicans have decided to run as outsiders in this election Many have pointed out the utter speciousness of this position...But the Right wing has always wanted to have its populist cake while eating it too, by diverting a good chunk of everyone's social security into the hands of Wall Street money managers.

But what about the anger issue? The Right is extremely angry -- not least about "the liberal media." They try to characterize the liberals as whiny, but then whine themselves into a snit when their candidate gets intensive scrutiny. Their speeches last night were filled with mockery, curled lips, down home humor at the expense of the expensive suits, many of which have been worn by their own brethren. Sarah Palin has now set up Obama to dare to attack her back, at which point she will no doubt inflame our fears of male violence (take back the night Sarah, you go girl!).... The original Populists of the People's Party were outraged by robber baron strategies and banks that had saddled them with crippling mortgages. These pseudo-populists channel that anger and enrich their cronies and private contractors by attacking government and government regulation, that since 1896, was meant to protect the weak and the stalwart, who could not protect themselves from predatory lenders and monopolists...

The one thing I have to say for this crew of pseudo-populists is that they're vicious, they can be charming and in the case of Huckabee, they can be funny. But the joke, sadly enough has been played upon the very "ordinary Americans" this crew has flattered and fleeced, all at the same time.