Reply #39: Ouch.

[Bucky]

True, but ouch.

I'm a little surprised that people just fawned all over Obama with such little skepticism, that they projected onto him what they wanted him to be like. As an early Biden supporter, I considered Obama a lightly preferable alternative to Clinton, but a bit too moderate. But then again I was listening to what he actually said. After Bush and Bush and (yes) after Clinton, I've learned my lesson--only an idiot fails to minutely parse the words of a candidate for any possible nuance of deception. Insert Santayana quote here.

They all play this game; arguing about what the meaning of is is didn't go away with Clinton. I mean, shit, he ran on "Hope" and "Yes, We Can"--and then everybody forgot those were the exact same themes Clinton won on. Obama didn't get into the White House by being original, he got there by running the best at playing a very well established game plan. And now, as long as people are losing their memories, they're forgetting all the good Obama's done in the last 2½ years. Even your favorite dog is gonna shit on your rug sometimes, but Obama's done an incredible job of cleaning up the crap Bush left on the walls.

Cornell West and every other one of my fellow liberals needs to thank their lucky stars they got duped by Obama. Only they didn't "get duped" in reality; they played themselves for chumps.