Reply #58: Mixed bag, saying one thing, doing another.

[scubadude]

He made a lot of promises on the campaign trail and many feel betrayed. He campaigned against yet supported in action some of the things many on this board complained about bitterly of the Bush admin. Secret government, states secrets, preventing release of the abuse photo's, secret visitors log, protecting the torturers and so on.

It seems he is steering towards the middle, but the middle isn't the middle anymore, it is a spot designed by 50 years of Republican and big business machination.

I am sure he is doing his best, on a field already unnaturally tilted to the right, but I feel he has weakened himself through compromise. Where many on this board wanted him to root out Bush's moles, he has invited more in. That is what I believe is President Obama's weakest point, compromise on the domestic front, and I agree with Bill Maher to a point.

We all know that we are still reeling from where Bush put us (and Obama is keeping us in some cases), and are in better place than where McCain would have taken us, but it seems there isn't a clear destination for the Obama administration, and that I fear that means failure unless it is cleared up quickly. We can't afford to lurch back and forth, especially at this time. We must have a steady hand at the tiller if we are going to get where we need to go.

As far as foreign policy goes, I feel we are way better off with Obama than we have been in many years. He is a diplomat in times when one is desperately needed. Hopefully North Korea will reform, they are in desperate straights as a people, and I hope we and the rest of the world can convince them to live on better terms.

I see a strange dichotomy in my views. Obama must be a dictator with the Republicans on the domestic front and a diplomat with the rest of the world. Perhaps a hard headed diplomat is what we need.

Scuba


Sorry for all the edits, I can't seem to get this one out correctly.