d@176: That post is classic. A nutshell example of the raging emotional subtext that powered Bush hatred and drives Obama hatred. I despised the vitriolic attacks on Bush and I am equally appalled at the personal attacks directed against Obama.

t@177: Reconsider who you are lecturing. I have opposed the Obama agends from day 1. I did so then and will continue to follow the dictates of my own thinking.

The Obama administration has not performed well out of the gate. Their agenda was improperly prioritized, the implementation was naive and floundered on the shoals of escalating special-interest corruption that encroached the public awareness at just the wrong time for legislative action, and, this administration will likely be required to address a series of geopolitical developments that will strain the thin fabric of a foreign policy that has languished since, say, Carter. This country has no effective post-modern foreign policy. What little policy guidance exists is compromised by the UN which has been clearly exposed as a thoroughly corrupt organization.

Having said all that I am weary of the incessant drumbeat of Obambi-Obumble-Obooboo. It roars in my ears with the emotional indulgence of an arrested development or an addictive personality disorder.

I actively dislike the developments that have paralyzed Washington. Neither am I pleased to be part of an electorate that allowed it to happen so long as oil was flowing and I was driving my car to work. My response is to clean out Washington and replace them with a new batch of “dirty rotten scoundrels” with a mandate to reduce scope and spending. Easier said than done, but at least, my plan consists of action items that I can personally implement or contribute to in some fashion.

I would ask that the lectures not be directed at me. I get it. But I also see very difficult times if the adopted course of action is constrained by dogmatic adherence to purist solutions. The strength of this country is the tension.