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Obama's election happened due in largest part to moderates and independents voting for him in droves. Part of the problem you're obviously reacting to now are due in large part, to Obama himself. Breaking promises. Losing these moderates and independents. NO ONE "hates" Obama.
Remember all the promises Obama made while running for the office? And since getting elected? The staggering number of broken promises is far too numerous to list and discuss here, but this is a start.
Ask the "Transparency" crowd who has seen Obama mirror the Bush arguments to keep documents sealed, and to keep enemy combatants incarcerated indefinitely without trial. See what Congress says, about Obama continuing to use "signing statements" on bills to circumvent the Legislative branch, something else he promised he would end from the Bush era. No "change" found here.
Ask the Senior Citizens making under $50K who didn't get their income taxes ended as promised.
Of course, the lobbyists in his Administration that he swore to keep out probably won't want to discuss the matter, but I'll bet the gay community would be willing to discuss his support of the Defense of Marriage Act that he promised to repeal. Ask the unemployed how they feel about Obama's promise never delivered to create a $3,000 tax credit for jobs created, or how they still have to pay penalties for using their retirement accounts early just to get by despite his promise to the contrary.
And while we're on the subject, if you had tuned in to C-SPAN to see the health care debate negotiated there as Obama had promised, don't adjust your television set. It was another lie. And if you're expecting to see 5 days of public comment before the bill is signed, feel free to hold your breath. The Bills often don't receive enough comment time for the lack of oxygen to do any significant long term damage.
Yes, it would seem like absolute insanity for us to assume he would keep any promise. After all, even his promise to his kids to adopt a shelter dog went broken, resulting in Senator Kennedy having to purchase one for them from his breeder. Oh and, not a peep from PETA on that!
BROKEN PROMISES and INSANE SPENDING are the issues, stupid. NOT race or hate.
Obama probaly set the bar too high durring the elections.
But you should be smart enough to know the huge problems facing the US were not going to be solved over night no matter who was elected President.
A true measure of Obama's success or failure will not be until 2012.
You are not dealing with the reality of 2009. Obama inherited the largest Economic crisis since the great depression. Bush had doubled the national debt durring his 8 years. He inherited an immigration poroblem no politician has dealt with. He has bungled wars to straighten out.
We are now a country of 300 million plus. Our population has never been more diverse as is our problems. It is no longer the 1950's.
If you thought Obama could solve the problems in less than a year, the problem is your expectations not Obama's performance.