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In reply to the discussion: If it's not racism, then what is it? [View all]Pholus
(4,062 posts)The reasoning behind my displeasure is that I voted for the anti-Bush. Bush had to end. On the issues that matter to me, I got Bush-lite. That is NOT saying that he isn't a fine president, it isn't saying he hasn't done a lot of good, it isn't saying I regret voting for him twice.
But it does say that I did not get what I thought I was going to get about the issues that mattered most to me. I am disappointed. Badly.
Now, candidate Obama told us to "Hold my feet to the fire." Sounds to me like an invitation to let him know when you want more from him.
But there are plenty of people who apparently think he is too fragile a soul to hear about failures. Many posters here love President Obama the Icon exactly like Rethugs like America the Icon. Through sloganeering: "USA! USA!" As Franken describes it, with a four-year-old's version of love that equates dissatisfaction with all-out hate or envy, or dare it be taken even further and branded as racism...
If you're admitting that the President is not mature enough to handle criticism ON THE JOB HE IS DOING then perhaps we did cast our votes mistakenly. But I get the impression that it is not my President with that problem, just some of my fellow Democrats.