"I HATE democrats!"

I was standing in line when the man in front of me looked down at his Budweiser with a freshly contorted face, letting a dull sound escape his throat.

"That's how much it is? Damn-it-taxes. I HATE democrats!" grabbing up the case in his hands, he stormed out. (True story).

Well said, Sir. You are going to point a collective finger at the most varying party in the country and you bought the beer anyway... and if we're not varying than why on earth is Palin siding with some very few of them? Very few.

I'm not just addressing this as a Democrat. I'm not arguing this as simply a new (and somewhat disappointed) Floridian. I'm taking this misconstrued issue off the back burner as a person who resides in REALITY.

There is no federal or state argument for Floridian or nationwide Democrats for these raised taxes/prices of this man's booze.

On the federal level, Obama's national budget is still in the making and the current administration is not taking this beta-budget into effect until the following year. How can we fail to recognize that prior Republican national (lack of) leadership is what fed this economic downfall?

And republicans are proliferating tea parties around the country with the gonzos to hold a no taxation without representation picket sign when they themselves voted for those who raised them? No representation, indeed.

I digress.

The very price, despite taxes, of Mr. McSlabmeat's Budweiser has risen because of the recession, which by default has no alignment to the current administration or national congress (which has been mostly republican since '94). If anything there is evidence that the stimulus has directly given jobs to individuals and created further employment and projects. Republicans like Charlie Crist or Olympia Snowe agree.

Obama touches on the subject in his weekly address, saying that those who oppose his economic plans don't have any alternate propositions.

Comparatively, I have confidence in saying that the stimulus is the best thing to happen to our economy in eight years...then again, so would feeding a guerrilla a twenty. (Come on, like we all don't know there is at least one homeless guy squatting in the zoo).

He couldn't possibly make the connection that the Florida House or Senate are to blame for his pricey spirits because both are overrun by a republican majority and have been, at the least, for over a decade. Senate/House.

When former speaker of the house and Republican Marco Rubio came out and said the Republican party is a diminishing one, the last vestiges from the right are diminished to enticing radio hosts and empty public remarks from one guy with a case of Budweiser and a chip on his misinformed shoulder.