Ever feel like you've been cheated?

[Karmadillo]

nt

[Patchuli]

1. Yes, we were had....

November, 2008.

[Odin2005]

2. I feel betrayed.

:cry:

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Yes.

Kennedy and MLK assassinations
Nixon
Ford's pardon of Nixon
Reagan
Republican's 8 year attack on Clinton
Bush's royal illegal seating by the Supremes
Diebold
Iraq invasion
Bush, Cheney, et al going unpunished

what else?

oh yeah - Obama failing to turn the ship even remotely in the right direction

[truedelphi]

20. Using your ship analogy - it is as though Obama never met

An iceberg he didn't like!

[LakeSamish706]

4. The reallity is that he was still the best joice of those standing at the time.

But yep, I sure as hell feel cheated at this point.

[Catshrink]

5. Yep.

Obama has two Rasputins, one whispering in each ear -- Rahm and Geitner.

[ProgressIn2008]

8. Both of whom he hired because he wanted to. Time to stop blaming the people he hired. nt

[rug]

6. I'm getting checked foer STDs.

[QC]

7. Not in this case. I saw through him during the McClurkin fiasco,

which made all his soaring rhetoric about bringing people together look like the steaming bullshit that it was, so I knew what we were getting.

[liberal N proud]

9. NO!

[Lorien]

15. No? Bush v. Gore was cool then?

[Zoeisright]

10. Yes.

I'm not contributing any more money or time to any politician. Ever again.

[emilyg]

11. Yes. Very much so.

[ananda]

12. Every dam day for the past ten years.

...

[Lorien]

14. +1. Cheated and hoodwinked. nt

[mzmolly]

13. No. I feel like we haven't given Obama the time he needs to address

the colossal mess he was left with.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Nope, Obama is a Centrist Technocrat

the country will not elect, and cannot elect real change

And I know this will be all but popular with some.

But the elites will not let you elect that change... live with it, or do something about it.

[lpbk2713]

17. I voted for Al Gore in the Y2K Florida General Election

... and look what I got stuck with for the next eight years.

THAT is what "cheated" feels like.

[MisterP]

18. the more waggish among us might say that's exactly what happened in '08 nt

[flyarm]

19. yep! This Fed Chief Brought to You by Enron..read a weep...

This Fed Chief Brought to You by Enron

By: emptywheel Monday January 25, 2010 7:59 am

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/01/25/this-fed-chief-brought-to-you-by-enron/

Just wanted to throw two tidbits into the debate on Ben Bernanke’s reconfirmation. First, this quote, which needs no explanation.

In the event that Bernanke isn’t confirmed, several sources say, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Donald Kohn likely would be elevated to acting chair of the U.S. central bank. Bernanke would be entitled to stay on the board until his term as a Fed governor expires in 2020, but the sources said Bernanke could instead return to a professorship at Princeton University.

Possible successors to Bernanke include three people currently advising Obama on the economy, former Fed chief Paul Volcker, Larry Summers and Christina Romer.

Kohn was traveling in Europe at the end of the week on Fed business, but strategy on the Bernanke confirmation was being led by former Enron lobbyist Linda Robertson, who is viewed as an effective advocate for the banking chief on Capitol Hill.

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Feb 22, 2001: Enron chairman Ken Lay and Enron lobbyist Linda Robertson met with energy task force executive director Andrew Lundquist to discuss energy policy.

April 17, 2001: Enron chairman Ken Lay and Enron lobbyist Linda Robertson met with Vice President Cheney for 30 minutes to discuss energy matters, including the California energy crisis.

April 20, 2001: Enron lobbyist Linda Robertson sent an e-mail to White House economic advisor Robert McNally.

May 23, 2001: White House economic advisor Robert McNally met with Enron lobbyists Linda Robertson and Richard Shapiro.