Obama is no longer my president

[LWolf]

54. He was never "my" president.

He was, and is, the President of the United States. That's not me. I'm just a single, non-essential citizen.

I never had any hope when it came to his administration, other than the hope that it wouldn't be as bad as I thought it might.

Why? Because I wasn't inspired. I paid attention. I knew he was a neo-liberal, and I knew more neo-liberalism was not what we needed. That, and I'm a teacher. If the rest weren't enough, telling FOX news in '08 that Republicans "got" education better than Democrats and that he sometimes upset teachers...that was definitely enough.

Then came the appointments, which were, for the most part, appalling. Before he was ever inaugurated.

No real hope. His strong ideas, for the most part, were the wrong ideas.

I saw others with hope though, and I saw that hope dying, a little at a time, until that death gained momentum and came crashing down like an avalanche, leaving a swathe of morale destruction behind.

Tyrant? Bully? Keystone cop? Modern Gestapo? No. None of those. He's a neo-liberal, and neo-liberalism is bad for the 99%.

A meaningful way to register opposition? As it turns out, listening to him, phoning the WH, writing letters, "holding his feet to the fire," etc. has not been all that meaningful. He easily ignores anything he doesn't want to hear. Still, we continue.

Here on DU? Venting frustration, expressing opposition...I don't think it affects things much. It's how we react in the real world that matters, and many of us are busy. We're STILL writing, phoning, demonstrating, etc.. As a matter of fact, I've got a list of phone calls to make right now.

What else would you suggest?