Do you still have the audacity to hope?

[BurtWorm]

(I wonder if those words were meant to mean something.)

[HuckleB]

1. Yes.

And yes. How soon we forget just how bad things were.

[BurtWorm]

4. Just how bad things are was one reason to hope for more than we've been given.

[el_bryanto]

5. Well in fairness we have gotten more than we got under Bush

and what we might have expected under McCain.

Bryant

[BurtWorm]

10. Maybe that's the hope part. Where the fuck's the audacity?

I don't see it. I haven't seen it since before Inauguration Day.

[HuckleB]

23. If you let campaign propaganda rule your thought processes, you're going to be disappointed forever.

[BurtWorm]

29. How about if I let the action of people in power rule my thought processes about whether to support

them or not? For example, if I am led to believe there will be significant health care reform for a full year and we wind up having the most significant aspect of health care reform exploded by a single disgruntled asshole from CT, does that not entitle me to wonder why the president is acting like such a wimp?

[lapfog_1]

31. Yup, that is what we've been reduced to...

better than Bush, probably better than McCain.

Of course, a box of rocks in the Oval Office meets that criteria.

[HuckleB]

21. Well, we've gotten about what I expected.

Which is why I don't get the fury. I want much more, but I knew what we were getting with Obama.

[arcadian]

6. were? How about "still are"?

Good thing Obama has the Bush boogie man. Doesn't fly with me.

[HuckleB]

18. Well, I've posted many of the changes that have occurred since Obama became president.

For some reason those are ignored so people can pretend that things are just as bad.

That's crap.

[arcadian]

32. Those "changes" you posted fall flat.

When Obama continues Bush's war, we get a shit Healthcare Reform Bill, the corporations and banks are running just as rampant as they were under Bush, etc.

[ShortnFiery]

7. OMG! They haven't gotten better - WORSE for the troops and the people.

The only people who are benefitting are the corporate crones within the MIC and Wall Street.

The Big LIE: We're living it NOW. :grr:

[HuckleB]

20. Thanks for the BS.

Try to pay attention.

[ShortnFiery]

26. Back at ya!

:P

[ShortnFiery]

2. Nope. I have the audacity to realize that the American People have been DUPED.

P.T. Barnum rolls over in his grave in salute of the Obama Administration.

[HuckleB]

22. I would say that you duped yourself.

Obama comes as advertised.

[ShortnFiery]

28. No, many people were duped and that's why he's got ONE term ... that is all. eom

[MuseRider]

3. Thankfully I never did

although I really hoped to have to eat my words. No chance of that now.

[jonnyblitz]

11. nor did I though I didn't think he would be as horrible as he is

turning out to be.

[MuseRider]

24. Me too jonny!

I just heard too many pretty words encased in rainbows (NOT gay rainbows of course) and bunnies and unicorns. I never have trusted that kind of stuff. All you had to do was remain out of the sway and it was apparent he saw what was wanted and ran with it while never upholding those values. I can not fault the people who were enraptured, he is mighty good at that and we all needed something after the 8 years of horror. Still, it always pays to remove yourself when you feel the pull of the rockstar personality. I can fault the people who remain steadfast and justify every bad decision. Especially when they do it by demeaning people.

[whirlygigspin]

15. i'm sorry

but I don't think expecting a 'choice' in insurance is asking too much, especially if it is required to buy.

This stinks more of greedy little senators and their ego's

TERMS LIMITS FOR SENATORS NOW!

2 terms only, then get the fuck out

and thank you for your service to your country.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. I had huge misgivings but voted for him anyway, hoping I was wrong. The moment he selected Rahm

I knew we were screwed.

[treestar]

8. Yes

[Libertas1776]

9. The audacity of dope n/t

[90-percent]

12. They want us to give up

We've all got to keep fighting and harder than ever to overcome the corporate tyranny our government has become. It's easier to fight this stuff while we are all still free.

-90% jimmy

[BurtWorm]

14. Who wants us to give up?

It's beginning to look like the Obama people.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Whatever hopes I had are being buried in Afghanistan.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

19. Mine was when he selected his consiglieri and when he went to court

to uphold Shrub's administration's position on the telecoms, the toll of the bell sounded, loud and clear.

[asdjrocky]

17. Just threw up a little in my mouth.

[salguine]

25. Yeah, I hope we get the fuck rid of Obama in 2012.

[MercutioATC]

27. The "audacity"? Yes.

The gullibility? Not so much.

[cliffordu]

30. Yep -