I am getting tired of Obama's lack of fight and leadership. I supported before most of you, but I thought I was supporting him for president, not moral leader in chief. That's what I thought we were doing in the snows of Iowa 2 years ago.
These are the issues I care about in no particular order:
- DOJ exonerated W. officials who advocated for torture
- Don't ask, Don't tell, DOMA have not changed
- Obama supports Geithner, Summers and Bernanke who oversaw the financial mess and advocated against regulation
- Iraq exit strategy is based on conditions on the ground and is "scheduled to end in 2011". Whatever happened to the 12-16 months?
- Afghanistan? +50,000 troops
- Health Care? 6 months for negotiations between Enzi, Baucus and Snowe. Health care talks on c-span? Nope. Taxing "cadillac" plans? Yep
- Cap & Trade in teh first year? nope
- Obama meeting with Chavez or Ahmadinejad? Nope
- Curbed the influence of lobbyists? Nope
- Spending Freeze? Yep
- Crushing the republican message machine, or won elections? Nope
- Repealing the Bush tax cuts for the rich? No
I'm getting tired of all of this. These are the issues Obama campaigned on. He has not fought on almost anything with 60 democratic votes in the senate for 6 months now, reconciliation available and a 45 house vote majority.
This is a debacle.