Word: angered
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...raising up of an obscure ex-Governor from a tiny state as it is evidence that a candidate can ride the tidal wave of Democratic indignation. The Democratic base still burns with resentment at what they saw as Bush's theft of the 2000 election. With his barely concealed anger and his transparent disdain for Bush, Dean is, in fact, the Hate Him candidate, the one Democrat who has been able to channel the rancor many hard-core Democrats feel toward the President...
...afraid scientists have not invented a machine capable of desensitizing Mr. Franken. Nor Bill O'Reilly, Michael Moore, Ann Coulter, Molly Ivins, Laura Ingraham and the rest of the authors and TV and radio hosts divided by beliefs but united by a common employer: the burgeoning American anger industry. It's a multimedia platform--TV and radio shows stoking book sales and vice versa--that grew strong through the '90s with the rise of Rush Limbaugh and the conservative-publishing boom. But the monologue has become--O.K., not a dialogue, but at least two angry monologues, as liberals have discovered...
...could any reasonable person doubt any of these claims? Look at the examples! The footnotes! The certitude! This is the great fallacy of the anger industry. It is no shocking feat to fill a broadcast, book or website with the untruths of politicians. But doing so is not proof that your side is any better--except to your grateful audience, who are all that matters. (And whom you can certainly count on not to know or care if you get your facts wrong...
...fact that Durst's high-priced legal team has kept him insulated from punishment in Texas has outraged some. "I went through a range of unprintable emotions before reaching anger, which is where I am right now," says Jim McCormack, Kathleen's brother. Members of Durst's family say they fear that he might come after them next. In 2001 Robert allegedly drove to his younger brother Douglas' estate in Katonah, N.Y., armed with two guns...
...ALLEN MUHAMMAD, 42, of murder, terrorism, conspiracy and a firearms charge in the sniper killings that left 10 dead and terrorized Washington, D.C., last fall; in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Prosecutors said they didn't know why Muhammad became a killer, although one theory was that he was motivated by anger at his former wife. Muhammad faces the death penalty or life in prison, and the trial of his alleged accomplice, 18-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo, is in progress...