Mr. Obama, You Disappoint Me Big Time

I am absolutely appalled that our President is following through on his threat to bulk up our force in Afghanistan.

After all that wonderful campaign charisma, I find him reduced to being yet another desperately-insecure male grabbing for the"war president" moniker. How pathetic.

I can't help but perceive this as sheer cowardice, his highness afraid of being called a wimp by the bigots on the right (not to mention that he has never so far made any attempt to show any distance from the military-industrial complex DDE warned us about and which seems to actually be in charge of our country these days).

And, of course, he has been every bit as pitiful when it comes to standing up for actual health care reform. Yes, we are closer to some sort of change than was ever the case when Bill was the boss, but this seems pretty thin gruel given the consistently cowardly behavior of the democratic congresswimps. I give our President a C- for having made health care reform such a priority that we may actually get some pathetically watered-down change.

But can you think of a single instance where this president has actually forsworn the egregious over-reaching executive branch powers fomented by that war-crime-fomenting friend-shooting asshole Cheney? The truly criminal behavior of the last administration has lowered the bar so much that our once-golden new administration does not seem to feel they have to bother to behave themselves.

Mr. Obama, I am extremely disappointed. To put it mildly. I doubt you will have a second term, given your cowardly, ineffective attempts to schmooze with those bigots across the aisle. Any more of this crap and you won't even have my vote.