Reply #9: "People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership,

[dflprincess]

and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand."

"People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference."

And I guess that's what we did. We were so thirsty for meaningful change - change that would make our lives and our country better that we didn't listen closely enough. We didn't realize that "bipartisanship" meant more to Obama than actually doing anything.

Now we know to pay attention.