Heh.

[FlaGranny]

134. Football!!

Politics resembles football. "My team - no matter what."

Obama has been ineffective in the things that really matter to ALL our lives. I was expecting an FDR or at least an LBJ. I admit I did not do much research on his voting record. Instead I listened to his speeches and thought he would be progressive. It was thrilling when he won. Obama is not a progressive Democrat - he is much more a moderate Republican like Eisenhower (maybe even a bit to the right of Eisenhower).

There is no question that I will vote for him as the alternative is unthinkable, as it probably is for most of us. That doesn't mean that I can't feel let down and disappointed that we are still fighting wars, still do not have decent health care, still falling further and further behind the 1 percenters, still seeing the criminals receiving their million plus bonuses instead of sitting in a jail cell, still losing jobs to cheap overseas labor. I can guarantee you that an LBJ would have gotten the job done.

I don't think that many voters today are old enough to remember what a "real" Democratic president is like. An effective president must know how to "twist balls" if necessary. Thank God that FDR and LBJ did or today we would be in much worse shape than we are now.