The following came to me from The Daily Share, a part of MoveOn, a non-profit, progressive/liberal policy group:

Imagine, some people refer to these executives as “job creators.”

We wonder when the media will report that while Hostess was trying to cut Bakers’ pay by 8% and benefits by 32%, their CEO gave himself a 300% raise.

Nine Hostess executives received 60% to over 100% raises, while filing for their second bankruptcy.

Meanwhile, they stopped paying into the employees’ pension, owing them over $160,000,000.

But, yes, let’s blame the 18,000 workers making less than $20 an hour for the fact that Hostess had to close their doors.

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Let’s again hear the argument that the half of the country who “voted for the President because he promised them ‘stuff’” are the takers.

As for the argument that Republicans are taking stock after their disastrous defeat, note that throughout the country, states that tried to impose voter suppression laws are still at it, hoping to influence future elections.

Also, if the Congress doesn't strike an equitable deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, we are in real trouble and it will still be because of Tea Party obstructionism.

Finally, Chris Christie, New Jersey's governor who was so appreciative of President Obama's help during the Sandy crisis, is being villified by his party. If I were he, I would seriously consider becoming an independent.

In 2008, then Republican Governor Crist of Florida, extended voting days and hours in Florida, greeted Obama warmly (unforgiveable) when he visited the state, and was blamed by Republicans for the 2008 loss. So the Party turned against Crist. He then ran as an Independent against the oh-so-cute and crassly opportunist, Marco Rubio, and the Democrat whose name has fallen into obscurity, and lost his bid for the Senate because of the split vote. It was widely rumored that Ted Kennedy and the Democrats in general preferred Crist but couldn't say so and throw the local Democrat under the bus, a man not really qualified.

In the aftermath, Crist sat with Obama at the Democratic convention, and will run as a Democrat to regain the Florida governorship in 2014. Current Republican Governor Scott has a low approval rating and was responsible for cutting voting days and for the deliberately long and confusing ballot (10 pages)designed to lengthen the voting process and discourage voters. We were so angry, we stayed in line, some for as long as 8 hours.

If Florida wants a democracy, we'll vote him out in 2014. My particular section of Florida stays red, but the state went for Obama and that is the BEST revenge.