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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
I, too, am wondering about Wonk's recent transformation into a different-colored Fox, where the reaction to everything is "this shows how bad Obama is."
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I am down on Obama because of:
- I think he has been abysmal on civil liberties;
- I think he gave away too much in the bank bailout, but given his chief of staff was Rahm Emanuel, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised;
- that's about it.
I am happy with Obama because:
- He tried like health to put in comprehensive health care reform. Just the ban on preexisting conditions itself is worth both of his terms.
- I like what he's doing on immigration reform; and
- It took balls not to roll over on the shutdown.
I like the guy in general. He's a wonderful orator. I think there are a lot of things where he and I would be politically together in a more perfect world.
I suppose in the end, a big part of why I'm down on him is that he came in with so much promise and then failed to deliver. If I were to be honest with myself, I would say my biggest beef with him is that he was my hero and I am being harsher on him because I feel it personally. I'm sorry I have been overdoing it. I'll try not to be as big a pain in the ass.
