I voted for McCain and.....

A couple of months, an Obama supporter warned me about voting for McCain. This is what he said:

Vote for McCain and you will get Bush's Iraq policy;

Vote for McCain and some anti-abortion and anti same-sex marriage minister will deliver a prayer at the Inauguration; and,

Vote for McCain and NAFTA won't be renegotiated.

So I voted for McCain anyway.

I saw the young Obama supporter last night at a Christmas Party.

To say the least, he is a little disappointed with Obama's Cabinet.

In fact, we are going to label him as a disenchanted "yes we can screamer"!

We have not seen so many campaign promises get thrown under the bus in a very long time.

Today, The NY Times ran this:

"In the campaign, Mr. Obama said he would not hesitate to overrule his commanders.

By early December, however, he signaled some flexibility when he said that he still wanted combat troops out of Iraq in 16 months but that he would also listen to the recommendations of his generals.

Mr. Gates has expressed confidence that he and Mr. Obama might reach common ground.

But in discussing the new plan, senior military officials nonetheless made clear that they were not comfortable with the time frame Mr. Obama articulated in the campaign.

“Sixteen months is going to be tough,” said one senior military officer who was briefed on the plan.

“We are not quite there yet.”"

Today we learned about Rick Warren and the homosexuals are not thrilled.

Politico ran this:

"Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives who opposed him in November, but it is drawing fierce challenges from a gay rights movement that – in the wake of a gay marriage ban in California – is looking for a fight."

Today, we hear that Ron Kirk, a very strong supporter of NAFTA and free trade in general, will be joining Obama's team:

"If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Kirk would probably spend much of his time overseas hammering out trade deals and persuading foreign leaders to drop trade barriers, curb movie piracy, and open new markets for U.S. goods.

Leaders of organized labor, a key ally in Mr. Obama's victory last month, are anxious about the trade appointment.

Some aren't sure what to make of Mr. Kirk.

"The jury's out," said Becky Moeller, president of the Texas AFL-CIO."

Don't get me wrong. I like Obama's direction, specially Ron Kirk from Dallas who is an excellent choice.

My question is still this: Why didn't Obama tell us this during the campaign?

I think that we know the answer to that question!

I do feel very sorry for all of the "yes we can" screamers! They were certainly sold a lot of "hope and change"! In plain talk, BO was a cynical opportunist who just told a lot of people what they wanted to hear!