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In reply to the discussion: All you folks so unhappy with President Obama, let me ask you a question... [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I was dying of thirst after 8 years of Bush. Many were.
Unlike you, I DO think that Obama calculatingly supplied it (along with some tough guy rhetoric in good measure as well to shore up THAT issue that he was weak on).
So I freely admit I drank kool-aid in 2008 and the taste leftover in my mouth is bitter. THAT TOO is something that Obama will pay for, as he should. Actions have consequences. He encouraged people to believe that they could be their own saviors and now he will feel some of the double-edgedness of that.
I do believe I am my own savior and I made some adjustments to my own life based on it -one of them was that America was not going to work for me if I wanted my kids to be able to go to college and if I wanted them to be healthy and have healthy teeth. Others decided they were there own saviors and took to the streets to say "fuck both parties, they are essentially the same and we had BETTER get our voices heard because it later than any of you think."
It is ironic that I, an Obama cheerleader in 2008, am now being lectured about supporting him from an Obama-basher in 2008, but there it is. I will not criticize you for the path you have taken any longer. I think our two different positions contains some important messages about what can happen politically and might be instructive. Some may say I am acting like a lilted and angry lover who was rejected by the person he placed on a pedestal. That might not be a completely wrong metaphor. I WAS unrealistic. But having had water dashed in my face, I feel awake now. Awake enough to know that I am not satisfied with the Democrats were are electing and I don't know what to do, but I do know that I do not want to vote for a "lesser of two evil" candidate.