I am very disappointed in Obama.

[redqueen]

on edit... okay not very disappointed. I'm surprised. And it wasn't in a good way. I guess with all the hoopla over him I expected a more liberal stance, so this kind of shocked me.

I'm just having a bad day.

[HEAVYHEART]

1. Me too

:cry:

[Joe Power]

2. Why?

Paraphrasing what his wife said recently, expectations are so high for him from so many various groups, from everyone in poor neighborhoods in Chicago, to Kenya, everyone should just get their disappointment out of the way early so that he can get to work.

Why, in particular, are you disappointed?

[sniffa]

3. his vote

[Joe Power]

5. I must have missed it

What vote?

[sniffa]

8. he did not vote to object to ohio vote

i see you haven't been outside of the Lounge yet. :P

[Joe Power]

12. lol...no, I haven't

What good do you think it might have done him, or us, if he had? It would have been merely symbolic, and antithetical to his stated goals, imo.

[Jesus H. Christ]

4. He lost me on his stance on gay marriage.

Fucking homophobes.

[redqueen]

10. Great

I missed that... now I'm doubly disappointed.

Are Democrats as a party going forward or backward? Seriously.

[jonnyblitz]

19. i wasnt aware of his stance on gay marriage..

but then i never joined his gushing fan club when he was all the rage last summer either...so whatever. :shrug:

[cestpaspossible]

28. Doesn't look like we're gonna learn about it here.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. When Did He Say That?

He actually argued with Alan Keyes in the televised debates over exactly that issue. He never said one word about opposing them, and i watched ALL the debates.
The Professor

[Tafiti]

6. I just crawled out from under a rock.

What happened?

On edit: Nevermind.

[jpgray]

7. And so a senate career kills another politician

People like 'em with vague generalities and no documented record. Both the general population and DUers, apparently.

[sniffa]

9. sarcasm meter needs repair

[redqueen]

11. Hey!

I thought jp was saying the problem was people who wanted their senators to be bland and unoffensive, which is what Obama is doing.

Am I wrong?

[sniffa]

13. oops

my bad. *bLush*

[jpgray]

16. No, you were right, I think

Feel free to add "fuck off" to my post below.

[jpgray]

15. Yeah

I was saying that the type of person who tends to ascend to the national-scale political world in this country is going to have a worldview that will require a lot of compromise from progressive individuals. Give that person a written record of votes on controversial issues and he or she is done for. With DUers the problem is that they absolutely refuse to compromise on some values, with the general public it's that they will lap up any obfuscation of the record they come across and explaining it is never easy. No insult to DUers and they aren't wrong to refuse a compromise on some issues--it's just kind of depressing is all.

[redqueen]

18. So I misunderstood... mea culpa

And I suppose you're right... compromise and all that.

Just ignore me.

[jpgray]

20. I'm not saying people are wrong when they refuse to compromise

That would be in a sense ends justifies the means logic, but the whole situation just pisses me off, I guess.

[sniffa]

25. no, i agree (i think)

i understand the need for compromise.

i aLso see disruptors apLenty today (and it's irksome since they're spiLLing over to the Lounge).

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

27. Not me. I want Senators... and for that matter all politicians to act

like there is no tomorrow and vote their beliefs.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. 2nd day in senate....not much he can really do i think

[redqueen]

17. I'm really sad.

I don't know... with all the Obama love that was going on around here, I kind of took it on faith that he'd be more liberal. Especially being from Chicago and all.

I guess it's my fault for having expectations.

*sigh*

Plus I'm just having a crappy day anyway, so this is just extra yuck.

[madrchsod]

23. take heart

the whole ryan government is being indicted and the gears of the daley machine need some maintenance. obama will just do fine-do you think paul simon was hoodwinked by barak? if he was good enough for paul i`ll stand by barak for awhile..time will tell...

[RagingInMiami]

26. How dare you have any confidence in our politicians

[Taverner]

21. Well I'm proud of Boxer

[demnan]

22. I don't know

I think he made a pretty good start for a freshman Senator. You didn't think the vote wouldn't be certified, did you?

[redqueen]

24. I was just shocked.

I realize now I should have thought it through before reacting.

Plus as I stated upthread I'm just having a bad day... I think I'll edit the OP.