Pick One -- Corrupt Republicans, or Incompetent Democrats

[IdaBriggs]

Obama is proving that he is basically what he was BEFORE the election:

A Democratic Politician.

With one swift kick to the head in the person of bigot named Warren, he has pissed off a large portion of his base. Now, since my personal observations are that when Democrats aren't fighting against the Republicans, they are busy fighting each other, this frankly comes as no surprise.

He is not a Progressive; he is a Democrat. Best (or worst) of all, he is going to do what a President is SUPPOSED to do --

Govern the whole damn country, showing respect even to those he disagrees with.

Do I think this is bright? Nope. In my humble opinion, we need to kick the asses of every single person who was *EVER* a Bush/Republican supporter, and shame them into hiding in the basement where they belong. Jail terms, preferably at Gitmo, for Rove and company, and some tar-and-feathering for the hate mongering folks at Faux news also seem perfectly reasonable. Let the pendulum swing back toward sanity for a bit, while the blood stops flowing from the wounds inflicted on our democracy before putting out a hand that isn't curled into a fist of outraged fury.

I'm obviously NOT a politician. :eyes: And with views like mine, I couldn't get elected dog catcher.

Obama expects the support of the left, regardless of what he does, because frankly, he is better than the alternative. I don't think he's being particularly bright by pissing us off this early, as he is now making himself a target of BOTH sides. Plus, we're feeling a tad 'uppity' since we helped make his historic election possible, but what do I know? I'm an ignorant, college educated, white woman, with a husband and a couple of babies who voted for him.

I'm disappointed in him. I'll get over it. But so help me God, if he does ONE THING to take away the rights of my people (which while crass, an invocation from this man does not do) who I consider members of the GLBT to be, then when the Repukes start calling for his impeachment, I swear I'll do what he's doing now --

I'll keep silent.

Its not much of a threat, but its the only one I've got.

Not that I think he cares. Then again, Junior doesn't care much about my opinion either, so it looks like Obama is in the same company.

Now THAT is a sad, and frightening, thought.

[meowomon]

1. I am so disgusted I am sick of the whole lot of them

Barack Obama is turning out to be another politician who doesn't back up his words with action. He is throwing Gays under the bus, just like Bill Clinton. And what is this I hear about some woman Barack Obama allegedly had a fling with? Just another fucking politician. He was just too smart to leave DNA!

[Political Tiger]

10. "what is this I hear about some woman...Obama allegedly had a fling with"

Where'd you hear that? NewsMax? WorldNetDaily?

And I find it ironic and to be frank, silly, that people have already branded Obama as "another politician who doesn't back up his words with action" when he hasn't even been sworn in yet!

[NJmaverick]

2. What Obama has proven to be, is not petty and partisan

it's an example you could learn from

[meowomon]

4. Oh, thank you for your wisdom oh straight one...

I'll just take my seat at the back of the bus.

[NJmaverick]

5. A little sexual orientation bigotry? Shame on you

[movonne]

8. What you said..

[IdaBriggs]

11. Not only am I petty and partisan, I'm pissed off.

Have been for EIGHT YEARS. Of course, I'm not a Washington politician who refused to impeach the current pretender because it didn't seem expedient, which is what the current 'leadership' gave us.

Piss off enough of us, and we'll get REALLY crazy, and support someone else in 4 years. Granted, it hasn't been done before, but we've got a black man in office this time -- how about a GAY WOMAN in 2008?

[crappyjazz]

3. I'll take neither

Fool me once ...

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. I'm used to both, thank you.

[Sebastian Doyle]

7. Incompetent Democrats are actually worse

Because we expect the Repukes to fuck things up.

[frylock]

9. both excel at what they do