And he left no doubt that he and United We Stand America planned to exploit that unease and anger.
The Iranian and Syrian regimes are illegitimate, incompetent and unpopular, but they may be able to exploit anger at the television images from Lebanon into a longer lease on life for themselves.
That's an obvious attempt to exploit public anger at Congress.
Sheik Nasrallah is particularly adept at exploiting public anger at civilian deaths in Lebanon by talking about how fickle the United States can be as a friend.
One of the mysteries of the age is why the Obama Administration is so reluctant to exploit popular anger at Wall Street by proposing some limits on bankers' pay.
Another caller said the bomb could have been the work of "drug barons and gangsters to exploit anger against Muslims."
Aldermore is one of a number of new banks set up since the banking crisis, aiming to exploit public anger at the bigger players.
He said Mr. Sharpton had "exploited anger and hatred, and the end result of his political activity at this point has been a net loss for the people of the city."
Few politicians have been able to resist exploiting public anger over $2-a-gallon gasoline in the Midwest.
Mrs. Whitman exploited anger over taxes to win the governorship in November, and she has closely aligned herself with a core of antitax leaders like Mrs. Ralston.