The writing was on the wall

Submitted by tristonian on October 2, 2011 - 2:18am

Sometimes a little perspective is all we need.

As I've been following the Occupy Wall Street campaign I've been more vocal about how easily society was duped by the brutally efficient and professional marketing campaign of Obama back in 2008. While I was cautiously optimistic Obama could do a good job in office and was fooled for a time with his positive framed rhetoric. Months after Matt Gonzalez wrote this article in the San Francisco Chronicle I discovered it. This was the first Obama criticism I had heard of that was not laced with GOP talking points. As I watched Obama's campaign I grew more suspicious of his intent, especially as it got closer to election day and he talked about his plans in Afghanistan.

One of the most profound points from Gonzalez's article was how just by examining Obama's voting record you would be able to predict how he would respond as far as major policy decisions go. While the democrats held control of the house, senate and the oval office we saw little to no change at all. This was perhaps most symbolically demonstrated by the health care "reform" bill. Once Obama demonstrated whom his more favored constituents were, I had very low expectations for him from that point forward. I could go on about the illogical direction the administrations DOJ has undertaken but I digress. I encourage everyone to read Matt Gonzalez's article. He saw through all the noise and made a conclusion based on objective evidence (Obama's voting record and industry connections). I can't advocate for anything more than making good decisions for good reasons.

If you would like to see what a real presidential or in this specific case vice presidential debate can look like in this country I would implore you to view this presidential debate from 2008 in it's entirety as someday we might have debates like these, where a variety of views are discussed candidly and without pre approval of the questions. In case you're curious the Green party candidate was invited to participate and my understanding is that she was unable to attend the event.

Comments

Submitted by ed2291 on October 23, 2011 - 10:54am.

The writing was on the wall, but...

The writing was indeed on the wall that Obama was not a far left wing progressive and would govern as a moderate democrat or even a moderate republican. I expected that. What I did not reasonably expect was that he would not only continue but expand disastrous Bush policies on war, the environment, the economy, and civil rights. (See articles this website under blog "Who's Wearing a Pudding Face?")

I also did not expect all democrats who had fought Bush on specific policies to meekly cooperate with Obama on those same policies just because he was a democrat. Because of these two trends, Obama is by far the greater of two evils. His expansive wars and environmental destruction and the three trade agreements Bush could not get passed that Obama just signed in secret are just a few of many examples.

Certainly I was hoodwinked by my own desires and a very slick campaign. I had great hopes for something more. Obama does not escape responsibility for this, however. He made specific promises on how he would govern and what he would do and then did the opposite. In other words, he lied. I believe we would have been far better off with McCain whom the democrats would have at least fought.

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