Citizen Power

“Progressives” and the media can be mean, even vicious. Lately, it seems they are turning on Obama and ripping him to shreds at a faster rate than conservatives can do it. I don’t know what to make of this phenomenon. It’s one thing to criticize, but it’s entirely another thing to seem to be destroying the very person you worked so hard to elect.

Ironically, I’m not in that group, but now I’m defending Obama every day, somewhere. I was a person who warned people away from Obama. But it seems as though his supporters and others who say they are “progressive” find major faults with him on a daily basis. It’s getting ridiculous. The latest disappointment for “progressives” who want Obama to be exactly like them is that he chose some right-wing minister to do the invocation for his inaugural. This minister is seen as “anti-gay” even though he denies it. (Gay leaders angered by Obama’s prayer pick). This, the prevailing story goes, sends a bad message, that Obama suddenly tolerates homophobia or something. That’s utterly ridiculous. Considering all this country is currently facing, this supposed slight over a pastor is so monumentally insignificant it’s nearly unbelievable. Really, it is. I know gay people who agree with that statement, but they are being drowned out by various “progressives”, who won’t even allow people to disagree with them on any subject, apparently.
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