Wish I knew what it was like to believe a presidential candidate I plan to vote for tho.
Do you have specific things in mind or examples of this?
Like for example, Obama talked about Universal Healthcare and making affordable healthcare a “right”. I believed him and was super bummed about that and blame him for not being realistic and over-promising, but I also appreciate that the level of suckage was demonstrably less overall than with Bush. Or Trump. Many good things came to fruition.
And what I learned most of all from the Obama experience was that a candidate can be sincere in wanting something but unable to make it happen. IOW, there are serious limits on presidential power (which is good) and mid-term and local elections are in many ways far more important. I also learned that he should have appointed more federal judges and I’m glad that Biden did.
Obama also promised in enshrine abortion rights then never did it in his 8 years and when asked why he isn’t doing it with a super majority in the house and senate he said it wasn’t a high enough priority for him.
Obama went to Flint and told them their water was safe and took a big gulp from a glass of water that came from his private jet and to this day the water in Flint still isn’t safe to drink.
I can go on and on about the lies Obama has told. Stop playing team sports with your politicians.
You can be angry about not getting everything under Obama. I’m angry at him for being a neocon and blowing smoke about things he should have known he couldn’t deliver.
But as always, there is a lot of context missing from your over-simplified depiction of Obama at Flint. There’s a more nuanced discussion over at Vox. Your “private jet” thing is funny. Did you expect a sitting president to fly economy?
You can also be supportive of “less bad” choices such as Biden. You don’t have to accept it all or think of it as a binary choice. That would be more akin to refusing to eat dinner because you didn’t get the cookie you were promised first.
Do you have specific things in mind or examples of this?
Like for example, Obama talked about Universal Healthcare and making affordable healthcare a “right”. I believed him and was super bummed about that and blame him for not being realistic and over-promising, but I also appreciate that the level of suckage was demonstrably less overall than with Bush. Or Trump. Many good things came to fruition.
And what I learned most of all from the Obama experience was that a candidate can be sincere in wanting something but unable to make it happen. IOW, there are serious limits on presidential power (which is good) and mid-term and local elections are in many ways far more important. I also learned that he should have appointed more federal judges and I’m glad that Biden did.
Obama also promised in enshrine abortion rights then never did it in his 8 years and when asked why he isn’t doing it with a super majority in the house and senate he said it wasn’t a high enough priority for him.
Obama went to Flint and told them their water was safe and took a big gulp from a glass of water that came from his private jet and to this day the water in Flint still isn’t safe to drink.
I can go on and on about the lies Obama has told. Stop playing team sports with your politicians.
You can be angry about not getting everything under Obama. I’m angry at him for being a neocon and blowing smoke about things he should have known he couldn’t deliver.
But as always, there is a lot of context missing from your over-simplified depiction of Obama at Flint. There’s a more nuanced discussion over at Vox. Your “private jet” thing is funny. Did you expect a sitting president to fly economy?
You can also be supportive of “less bad” choices such as Biden. You don’t have to accept it all or think of it as a binary choice. That would be more akin to refusing to eat dinner because you didn’t get the cookie you were promised first.
People like you are we never get any change in this country