Oh the mood is ugly. This is from a reader working at a major Big Government cabinet agency (I don’t want to out him, but think Department of Labor, but worse):

I can totally sympathize. DeLay’s comment that there was nothing in the federal budget to cut was demoralizing. Bush accepting the “discrimination causes poverty” argument was pretty bad, too. And if I hear another “Syria isn’t being helpful” whine from the administration, I’m going to explode. What the hell are stealth bombers for? It’s hard enough being a black Republican in D.C. without having to defend these sellouts.