Today Obama's Justice Department announced it was going after California Pot dispensaries, something I'd expect from the Bush administration (the irony of his Justice Dept going after legal activities protected by States laws was one of the most ironic for the States rights/small government GOP, but I digress). The economy is in the shitter and he's decided he's going to hassle pot smokers. Un Freakin Belieavable. This is added to the long list of Bush policies and practices he's continued and even expanded. Guantanamo is still open, we're still losing troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (when do we "win" in Afghanistan...a question I asked of the Bushies 4 years ago), he's deported MORE people than Bush. So, even while he's acting more like than BUSH than Bush did, he's derided as soft on these issues. He's supposedly soft on terror, yet he was Pres when bin Laden was killed. Remember when those Navy Seals killed the pirates a few years ago. he's been a bad ass, but he'll never get the support of those who want that stuff and call him soft on terror and immigration. So, he continues to appease the right with half hearted measures to mitigate the damage from his efforts and gets not credit from them, while the center and left sees each appeasement as a betrayal of what we voted for. Calling him a socialist is laughable, Bush was more about expanding Federal power and influence in our lives (wiretapping , drug bill, TSA anyone). So, as Obama continues to play to the far right with half measures and justifications, he's pretty close to losing me.
Hell, I'm not likely to vote for any of the nut jobs running for the GOP nomination, but if a Democrat with some balls were to step up, I might be swinging my support that way.
Obama hasn't turned out to be the guy I voted for and maybe no one ever is but his reversals and justifications simply are too many to forget at this point.
