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Why Do Liberals Keep Sanitizing the Obama Story?
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I put myself squarely on the side of President Obama. I have nothing but respect for the man.
I find it impossible to respect someone who disregards the Constitution and his own promises when it suits him. Since volunteering for him in the '08 campaign, my opinion of him has altered dramatically.
I'd enjoy hearing your specific complaints, Donegal. I respect you also, and I'm sad to hear your feelings.
I suppose I'm most disappointed by the broken promise of closing Guantanamo and ending indefinite detention. I'm also quite disturbed by the recent assassinations via drone strikes, including US citizens one of which was a 16 year old kid. I'm disturbed at the mission to assassinate bin Laden which violated Pakistani sovereignty, and the other "drone wars" we have started under Obama's administration in other Middle Eastern and African countries which also invade sovereignty. I'm upset about how much Wall Street money Obama is and has been taking (and boy is he raking it in). I'm disappointed in him for his policy reversal on medical marijuana.
Is this not enough for me to say that I'm angry?
Is this not enough for me to say that I'm angry?
I sympathise with those reasons Donegal and join you in your disappointment (and I would include his weak health care reofmrs too). Obama has made too many compromises on too many things and has run scared of the right. I know politics is the 'art of the possible' but sometimes you just have to reach for the impossible and take a gamble.
I'm not sure how to feel about him. I just can't tell if he honestly meant what he said while campaigning and is politically impotent or if he was just fleecing us of our votes with no intention of really pushing for change. Either way, it's extremely disappointing.
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