I was logging in to Twitter today and one of the highlighted tweets was this from SpeakerPelosi:

Americans are suffering in the Gulf while Republicans apologize to Big Oil. We need clean energy now. #BPhearing

The idea that the Speaker of the House, an alleged "leader" would take the time to tweet something so relentlessly political rather than, you know, talking about what we're going to do to fix the problem pissed me off enough that I had to respond to her.

And, I wasn't the only one. Politicians don't get it yet - the internet really isn't a forum for them to spit out their talking points anymore. People are sick of it. Pelosi, like so many others, however, is tone deaf. But the good people let her have it:

@SpeakerPelosi When you talk negatively about "Republicans" you are alienating Americans. QUIT being divisive, we are tired of that

And what are #Congress & #POTUS doing, beside slinging mud?

@SpeakerPelosi how will clean energy help us clean up the Gulf exactly? I mean, its not like ignoring the real issue will make it go away.

@SpeakerPelosi Way to spend time doing that rather than fixing America

@SpeakerPelosi oh blow it out your ass. you don't have any solutions either so until you can think of something PRODUCTIVE stop bitching

I would advise @SpeakerPelosi to stop tweeting negatively about Repubs and DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE OIL SPILL! People are SUFFERING down here.

See a full screenshot here.

Right now, Democrats and Republicans alike seem to view the "solution" to the oil spill as being not blamed for it. So, the problem isn't oil spilling, the problem is how it affects their party in the elections. Awesome. While that image above has its share of whackjobs and retweeters, it's mostly full of people reminding these "leaders" that their job isn't to get themselves reelected. How refreshing!