"There was an attractiveness to Obama's rhetoric that led many on the left to believe that he was going to be a transformational leader of a new progressive agenda."
This is why I voted for Obama, because in his speeches and his rhetoric, I saw someone sort of in the vein of FDR. The rights absolute shrillness at the thought of him winning and the way he, at the time, seemed to just shrug it off reminded me of FDRs 1936 inauguration speech and spurred me on.
Well, he's not nearly as ballsy as FDR or Give'em Hell Harry nor as sharp and charismatic as JFK. He's more like Lyndon Johnson, but not quite. So..............
I had considered McCain until he let Palin in and the Clown Car Circus, complete with sideshow freaks, fired up. That was the last time I took a Republican seriously. Forget Romney. That's the guy who shows up to shut the plant down, lay everybody off and tell them it's for their own good, saying something along the lines of; "You should be thanking me. I'm freeing you up to explore different opportunities.".
He's a fucking snake, hiding behind the Bible.
Dave