Reply #30: I have never met or spoke to President Obama

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but I have followed him intensely, buoyed by the hope that he would make a difference. I gave him my vote, and it seemed like I finally had a winner, forget the Cubs, I am an Obama fan. I watched with curiosity as he he got along richly with his Senatorial Mentor, Joe Lieberman. Surely he must respect Lieberman, but to bask in Lieberman's attentions as he did put a real strain on things in my mind. As Obama's votes began rolling in I began to lose hope. It was about 3 or 4 votes and in that he voted against an important bill which would have reigned in the credit card companies ability to charge outrageous interest. He claimed that "This was not the right bill." As I watched and waited, he continued to spiral downwards, once in a while throwing the common man a bone, yet mostly siding with power. When he began his run for the Presidency, his oratory power and message once again gave me hope. I thought perhaps his performance thus far was hampered by political realities beyond his control, and as President he will live up to his words and message and make a difference. I waited for hours on election night, in the crowd, pushing and shoving to get closer to the podium, to see and hear him as he won the Presidency.

The rest is history. His failures, are many. Chief among them is the that he let Bush go, didn't even attempt to do anything to correct the great injustices put upon us by a man who was selected by a Supreme Court and not the people. When he dad the opportunity to drive a steak into the heart of the Republican party, he didn't.

As time went on, time after time he used my position, the liberal one, as a throw away.

I won't go on. Sure, I support him, but my delusions that he was going to save the Democratic party and our nation are long gone.

Call me what you will, I had high hopes, and now they are gone, for that I'll shed a tear. I'll shed a tear for the thousands of dead Americans, and the countless tens of thousands dead in a war that had no reason. The injustice I see in not even attempting to turn over the real reasons for that unjust war, yeah, for that I'll shed a tear.