The vast, unwashed Obamerikastani untermenschen may be as collectively dumb as a box of rocks and more ignorant than a random cubic mile of intergalactic space - witness the direction the midterm election campaign is going - but that stubbornly innate American instinct that knows when things aren't going well no matter how much smoke is blown up our asses has enough of a remaining pulse to ensure that that ignorance isn't completely blissful:
Americans have a bleak view of the economy and their own financial situations, according to a new study from the Public Religion Research Institute.
While the Great Recession "officially" ended in June 2009, only 21% of Americans believe it's really over, while 72% believe it continues....
Just 30% believe the economy has improved during the past two years, while 35% say it has worsened, and 33% say it is about the same.
Meanwhile, 36% of Americans say that someone in their household had to cut back on food to save money during the last year.
In other words, while the "Great Recession" may have "officially" ended five and a quarter years ago, the Obama Depression roars on to the present day and into the future, with no end in bleak sight.
And even if the partisan tribal loyalties of most Obamerikastanis won't allow them to publicly admit or even understand it, their collective subconscious is acutely aware of it:
Life has been tough for many Americans for quite a while, says Wall Street Journal columnist William Galston....
"A recovery that leaves them out is no recovery at all, and they know it. This simple fact goes a long way toward explaining the tone of our current politics and the temper of our society."
But not the way we continue to vote.
Exit quote: "Median household income totaled $51,939 in 2013, down 8% from 2007....But more than five years into the 'recovery,' there are fewer such workers than before the 'recession.'"
And I'm living proof, folks.
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