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[davidthegnome]

32. Yep...

I have pretty much always liked Obama - he's made some decisions that pissed me off, that I criticized him for, but I never really disliked him. This though, strikes me as beyond out of touch, I think it's entirely possible that he's simply thumbing his nose at those of us who are really angry with what Dear Sweet Debbie has been up to. In other words, he's giving us the finger.

While I do like Obama... his associations with the likes of Tim Geithner, Arne Duncan, Rahm Emanuel and others... has, at times, made me think to myself... WTF? It should be considered that his endorsement of DWS is not a sort of behavior that is uncommon for him, nor has he actually proven tough on corporate or Wall Street corruption, financial regulation - and so on and so forth. I voted for Obama because he denounced the Iraq war from the start, because I thought he had some great ideas about getting health insurance for everyone. There were a lot of questions though, that were never really answered - and a lot of campaign promises that I pretty much knew were just fluff.

I can't say I'm terribly shocked by this. I was shocked when Howard Dean had some pretty interesting things to say about unions... I was shocked when I learned what his current line of work is and what his current affiliations are - I always thought he was different, a kind of progressive champion. To be proven wrong on that one was really disappointing. Obama though? Not so shocked, we have example after example of some very questionable political appointments... and in the case of DWS and even Obama... they are not of the 99%. They will retire with everything they ever wanted or dreamed of. Millions of dollars for themselves and their descendants. Some of the greatest benefits available anywhere on earth - with lots and lots of awesome, easy, cushy job prospects going forward.

They do not live in the same world as most of the rest of us - not even remotely.