Reply #157: two things

[xiamiam]

assembling a majority was easier in 2008. I'll admit I was hopeful after the previous administration and the Hope and Change packaging presented to us... was.. and still is perfect. Packaging..that's what happened. WE bought the shiny new car and it doesn't go quite fast enough. I'm angry with myself for being sold and purchasing.

I knew by April 2009..when Obama abandoned the bankruptcy bill which would have forced lenders to cramdown mortgages. That bill was Durbins baby, his mentor. A defining moment and I think downhill from there. The speech re the escalation of the Afghanistan war, however still has me shaking my head. I heard that speech before from Bush..almost word for word.

People are watching. I live in a very liberal part of the country. We don't want war. Period. Doesn't matter who is peddling it. I think we are more united nationwide on that issue than anything else.