Certainly I don't know anyone who expected him to be the first political leader in human history to be without sin.

nor do i.

i don't expect pigs to fly much either.

but i do argue that the canyon between his gift of hope while stumping and the post-election reality is ginormous, and it mystifies me how the gentleman reconciles the contradictions. when i say he's no open book, i don't grudge him that. i respect his abiity to compartmentalise is some ways, though it leaves me feeling winded, and while somewhat bitter about the let down, as many are,, i don't feel i really know obama, whereas most pols are pretty transparent.

he has done enough good as a president, in the face of such recalcitrance, that he'd get my vote just to try and thwart the epidemic of crazy from the GOP. it's far from a case of 'they're all the same at heart' with him.

he has shown himself to have a voice which rings chimes of freedom in the dispossessed, and it takes great courage to be the first non-lilywhite president in a country seething still with racism. as historical figure the man defies easy analysis, as is seen from the intense defence he gets from you, (and half of me), as well as the raw hatred for him as smoothtalking warmonger and agent for the 1% from the likes of some on the extreme left, who sometimes seem to hate him as much as the foamers in the teabaggers do.

i reserve judgment.

rootless2:

And I didn't say your post was gibberish.

some will certainly see my contributions that way, i don't hold it against them, they may be right!

there is no shame in my book in scrutinising and discussing the psychology of anyone, especially a man whose actions have such a massive effect on the lives of millions, indeed it is a world citizen's right and duty to do so, imo. we certainly have a better map of human aberration available now than we did a few decades ago, when concepts such as boundaries were much less understood. human motivation is often inscrutable, but rarely is as cryptic as evinced by obama, who effortlessly seems to serve two masters...

if i were to play with a musical metaphor i'd say he's a 'four tops' type. 'reach out, i'll be there!'

on the campaign he sometimes sounded more marvin gaye, s'all.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty