Greater Wingnuttia is outraged that Barack Obama said people in small towns with crappy economies might be "bitter" about how they're ignored by the federal government and as a consequence develop irrational political resentments often centering around God & guns & Arabs & gays & immigrants.

This outrage is comical in that pretty much all the right blogosphere does is endlessly screech out irrational political resentments centering around God & guns & Arabs & gays & immigrants. And, of course, liberals. Which explains all the hysterical wingnut squawking over Obama's "gaffe" -- it'd be pretty bad for GOP business if vicious scapegoating ever went out of style. It's all they have: if they didn't have "bitterness," they wouldn't have squat. The Right blog dingleberries would no longer be scary clowns -- just creepy and pathetic clowns, which, uh, they also happen to be at the moment...

As Roy Edroso says, if the prospect of even a semi-honest national dialogue on race freaked them out, the prospect of a national dialogue on class makes them even squirmier. Hence all the race, rube, and red baiting. I mean, come on. The party of Rush & Rove whining about someone saying people are "bitter"? Sheesh.

The delightful cherry? Via Oliver Willis, David Sirota shows that McCain's said the same stuff he's now going after Obama for, only smarmier. And on top of that, McCain really and for true does too want 100 years or more of war in Iraq -- but in that case, the wingnuts scream "context!" and the media thoughtfully decides to give it to them, even though the "context" makes it worse. Because everyone knows McCain's not insane! Unless you're so gauche and ill-bred as to actually pay attention to the crazy shit that constantly comes out of his mouth.

Crap.