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Edited on Tue May-11-10 03:51 PM by zipplewrath
Perhaps that is why those of use who are pragmatic enough to support a democrat over a Republican have a harder time when our ideals are transformed into policy.
I'm not sure what this has to do with Obama. The primary complaint around here is that our ideals are not being transformed into policy. Mandates and Cadillac taxes were not our ideals and they were not supposed to be in the policy. Warren wasn't our ideal. Tripling the troops in Afghanistan was not our policy. The SOFA agreement was not our policy.
When Clinton was elected, it was my most "pragmatic" vote. I knew he was a right leaning democrat intent on dumping the unions and trying to build a coalition of the old "rockefeller republicans" or eastern establishment republicans. But what was I to do? Vote for Bush I? When he bailed on healthcare (turning down the basic proposal that Obama just signed) I was only slightly surprised. I was only slightly surprised by most of it, including DOMA, and DADT, as well as NAFTA. He practically warned people that he would do these things.
Obama did not warn. Change, he said. So I figured, okay, I won't get all the change I want, but some of the things he's talking about sound good. Public options, ending Bush tax cuts, getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Then he became president. Punch in the gut #1 came in the first minute. Rick Warren. Then came cadillac taxes, and mandates, and Gitmo will still exist, just in a different address.
As I said in another thread. I apparently handle disappointment better than disillusionment.
I actually wonder sometimes what would happen if I actually got what I voted for. I remember the old saying, when God wants to punish you, he grants you all your wishes. I'm starting to think punishment can't be worse than this.
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