Since many here post and reply to diaries because they are living in the reality based world and are part of a reality based community, let's really focus on what's going on.
President Barack Obama is not a disappointment and he's done and will continue to do what his moderate "Right-of-the-Center" agenda dictates. Yes, for some he is a "Liberal" a "Progressive". I disagree with those observers on that point.
Many things can be argued about him, but if you were paying attention to the primaries against Hillary Clinton, his positions back then were clear cut. The way in which his PR team sold the candidate, wrapped around the ideas of Hope and Change were the problem for the people who saw what they wanted to see in Obama.
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So it is time to think on the future.
Are Obama's policies good for the country?
NO
Are the alternatives good for the country?
NO
Then what we can do is to voice our discontent, work at the local level, understand that what makes a real difference is WHAT YOU DO in your community and that the people living in a bubble in Washington DC do not care about what you experience in your daily life. The system is broken and will not be fixed if you and I, US, let it be that way.
Thanks.