Reply #19: Obama has been a disappointment in some ways.

[jtrockville]

Nothing unexpected though. He made his intentions clear on most of these issues during his campaign. The problem is, after the primaries at least (he certainly wasn't my first or even second choice of the 8 D's), we could either sit out the election or vote for the completely inadequate McCain.

Clearly Obama is better than the alternative would have been. There are times when I can whole-heartedly applaud him.

I remind myself frequently how embarrassing it was with * spoke publicly. Not only am I never embarrassed of him, and even though I disagree with him on lots of issues, I am still very proud to have such a great man as our leader. Which doesn't diminish my disappointment.