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Writing on Gawker, Max Read gets the Obama phenomenon right.
The last time, he explains, that everyone “felt unreservedly good” about Barack
Obama was January 20, 2009.
For liberals, and for many others, Barack Obama has been a
disappointment.
In his words:
It's
been a hard four years for liberals. There's the radicalized and intractable
opposition, the weak response to our sluggish economy, the widening inequality,
and the ever-lengthening "Kill List" of extrajudicial, extralegal
assassinations.
But
we'll always have the 2009 inauguration.
Four
years ago yesterday was the last day we all felt unreservedly good about the
president: he was young, charismatic, intelligent, presiding over a Democratic
House and Senate, and promising to usher in a new era of liberal politics.
Remember all the faces? For days you couldn't read a newspaper without seeing
photos of sobbing and/or jubilant people, often hugging and/or giving high
fives. Frequently the giddy celebrators crossed racial lines for their
commemorative hugs.
Liberals will blame others for Obama’s failures, but today
they are waking up to the realization that their god has failed, that their savior has not saved anyone and that they are saddled with him for four
more years.
Those will be the years that define the Obama record and
that will also determine the future of liberalism.
An empowered Obama will show us what liberals can and cannot
do.
The best among them are afraid; they are very afraid. They
have good reason to be.
3 comments:
"Liberals will blame others for Obama’s failures, but today they are waking up to the realization that their god has failed, that their savior has not saved anyone and that they are saddled with him for four more years."
But at least they felt really good for one brief shining moment, right?
I mean, that must have felt amazing to know that all of your hopes and dreams were about to realized and that you would never have to...actually I'm not sure what was supposed to happen, so I can't really speak for them here.
Maybe we can talk about how awesome it was for the next twenty years, just like Woodstock.
All I know is that Obama has an amazing career ahead of him as a speaker at $100,000 a pop.
(I'm so happy to be used as an independent contractor for Google by helping them recognize house numbers in this word verify thingy)
Well, not "everyone", but libs see it their own way, as we know. And I suppose he may have been talking of liberals only, not everyone.
But we must remember, The Won had the presidency, the Dems had the Senate and House. Can't legitimately blame Repubs for nothing that happened--but that did not stop them. The Warm, Dead Hand of BUSH!!!!11!!! was to blame. And blame. And blame again.
Interesting take on Obama and his "love" for Isreal and her Prime Minister
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0113/tobin012113.php3
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