I get almost daily calls from Barack Obama asking for money and support. He has his people call me because I provided money, support and my vote in 2008.
I immediately hang up. I don't berate the volunteer caller over failed campaign promises from public option to smart energy to dumb wars. It's not their fault. I don't think anything I would say to them other than "I'll donate dollars" would get passed up the communication chain. So I just hang up on Barack.
Another diary on DKOS asks "Barack Can We Talk" but Obama is not interested in hearing my views any more. A valued asset in 2008, I'm now a "professional leftist" and liability to Barack in 2012. The things I want national health care plan, progressive taxes that balance the budget and pay down the debt, Wall St and bank regulation, fully funded Medicare and Medicaid (aka a national health plan waiting to happen), fully funded Social Security, no oil imports and energy efficiency as good as Germany's, 80% reduction in greenhouse gases, reducing military budget to twice that of Russian and China, neither a military threat to US vs US military bases at Russian and Chinese borders, close Guantanamo, get out of Middle East, close all US overseas military bases.
All good for the US. None have any interest to Barack, so why does he call me?
So what do you do when Barack calls?