In the lead-up to Barack Obama’s election in 2008, foreigners joined a certain segment of Americans who celebrated the man’s unlikely - yet unfortunate – ascension to the Oval Office.
Here at home, people gathered along rope lines to scream those silly phrases, “Yes, we can,” and “hope and change.” They turned out in the thousands and tens of thousands at campaign stops like it was a damn rock concert. Overseas, the scene was much the same. Obama lovers praised him for the words that rolled off his lips, for the wardrobe chosen for him by his many handlers, and for the way he criticized every element of the Bush administration.
Even foreign journalists joined liberal mainsteam media organizations in brainwashing people into believing Obama was going to usher America and much of the world into utopia. It would be comical if it weren’t so tragic.
But the delusional dreams of Obama supporters are starting to fade. Reality has a way of doing that, you know. Take this excerpt from a British writer in today’s Express:
“Obama’s campaign slogan was mesmerisingly simple and brimming with self-belief: ‘Yes we can.’ His presidency, however, is turning out to be more about ‘no we won’t.’ Even more worryingly, it seems to be very much about: ‘Maybe we can… do what, exactly?’ The world feels like a dangerous place when leaders are seen to lack certitude but the only thing President Obama seems decisive about is his indecision. What should the US do about Libya? What should the US do about the Middle East in general? What about the country’s crippling debts? What is the US going to do about Afghanistan, about Iran?”
The story goes on to hit Obama hard on America’s worries: its huge debt, crises in the Middle East, and others. But it also shows glimpses of the reporter’s liberalism when she criticizes Obama for not making good on his promise to close Guantanamo and ending military tribunals, and when she accuses the U.S. of torture.
Still, the story at express.co.uk is a good indication that people who were once so deeply and madly in love with Obama are starting to question their feelings for him. They’re thinking about “seeing other people,” so to speak, because Obama just doesn’t make them feel the same. That, plus Obama’s unwillingness or inability to lead effectively on anything at all makes him easy to dump.
Guess that’s what happens when you form a relationship with a presidential candidate based merely on the way he makes you feel. It’s like dating someone for a short time, marrying them quickly, and then finding out that person isn’t who you thought they were. That’s what Obama has done to liberals and independents. He courted them, took their political virginities, and then neglected them. Indeed, they all deserve each other. Idiots.
I expect these fake relationships between Obama and his less-than-knowledgeable supporters, wherever they exist, will continue to deteriorate right up to the time he is mercifully voted out of a house he never came close to deserving.
