Me too....
It's hard to fathom that there still aren't enough people online, but it makes sense....it's hard for me to grasp, personally, because I've been online since 1995......and I live in the biggest cultural backwater this country has, Dixie, aka the 'deep south'......it's deep here, alright....
But yeah, the realist in me thinks Obama must be ultimately answering to the same masters as usual, but for whatever purpose, they have allowed us to believe we got a different deal this time.
The optimist in me says, 'hey, he is a Democrat, and yes, traditionally they tax you more, but violate rights that are important to me, less'
Basic Constitutional rights like the 4th Amendment, and are somewhat softer, at least officially on 'morality crimes' involving victimless offenses like prostitution, pot, etc....and are more open-minded in respect to an individual being an individual....they are more tolerant of gays and others with not-so-traditional ideas of how life should be lived.
I'd rather pay a little more in taxes to the Democrats than watch the Republicans imprison everyone and send what's left off to die in a desert somewhere halfway around the world, protecting a monopoly, a cartel ran by old white geezers who are intolerant and stupid. I don't wanta modern version of communist Russia, either, who does, or a welfare state where everyone is too damn lazy to strive and thrive, but we must get these fucking neo-conservatives out of our heads and lives.
I hope you're wrong about him........
