Krugman correctly asks, "What have they done with President Obama? What happened to the inspirational figure his supporters thought they elected? Who is this bland, timid guy who doesn’t seem to stand for anything in particular?"
I am very disappointed in Obama. He has failed to live up to the hope he offered up in his campaign. He has only delivered mediocrity and failed to stand up to reactionary extreamism. As Krugman said, "But if you ask me, I’d say that the nation wants — and more important, the nation needs — a president who believes in something, and is willing to take a stand. And that’s not what we’re seeing."
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I so agree. It's downright depressing.
Paul Krugmann is wrong. They did not do anything to Obama. He has always been the same. Only, nobody realized it. He was installed by the triumvirate guys and he was setting up their agenda. Not less, not more.
Who are those three guys? A triumvirate (from Latin, "of three men") is a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals.
The problem with Obama's campaign was that he never defined "hope and change." He left that to the voters. A wise man once said that an expectation is a resentment under construction. Obama set up a grandiose expectation, and now, since our (or, rather, your) expectations have not been met, resentment sets in. He can never deliver all the "hope and change" every supporter defined for himself, so it's no surprise that his popularity and approval have plummeted.
He wrote a blank check. When you cashed it, there were insufficient funds on deposit.
Surprised? Not me.
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