Reply #15: Despite what he ran on, the bottom line is that it is your fault if you

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

didn't go beyond the rhetoric and studied the man's record. Maybe it's because I live in D.C. I don't take anything anyone says at face value. I don't make voting decisions based on campaign rhetoric. I must prefer to rely on the actual record.

As besides, he told you that he supports charter schools. He told you that he was going to Afghanistan. These positions don't necessarily reflect someone who's liberal. That's why I supported Kucinich. Obama was never running as a liberal. Just because he was *slightly* to the left of Hilary Clinton, doesn't make him liberal. And just because he may have told you that he supported several progressive ideas, it doesn't mean that he was/is a liberal.

Again, it's your mistake if you couldn't see beyond the clouds before you voted for him. You can't get mad now. He's still miles above his former competition, and I will vote for him again and again...