I stand with Barack Obama.

[bitterross]

97. I sincerely doubt Obama wants your worship.

I suspect HE's not entirely happy with everything he did or had to do in office.

I noticed he took a sharp turn on a few things after he was sworn in. There is a huge difference between a campaign and the reality of office. It was pretty clear to me that Obama actually listened to his intel people and the senior career people in addition to his political appointees. He carried on Bush-era programs and deportations that I thought he would stop when he became President.

I suspect that once he was sworn in and fully briefed the landscape changed and he felt it was in the best interest of the nation to do those things. Does that make him the same sort of "murderer" as Bush-Cheney? Yes and no.

Obama strikes me as a man who would never want to be considered a martyr.

I whole-heartedly agree with your statement: He was the fundamentally most decent man to ever hold that office.