[sexobon]

In my opinion, all Presidents either go into the job as whacko extremists; or, become whacko extremists because power corrupts. It's just a matter of degree between them. I voted for Obama ... twice; but, I found some actions like his early distancing from Democrats in Congress, wanting judicial trials of Guantanamo detainees in New York, and drawing a line for al-Assad in Syria ... etc. to be whacko. I find his mandating health insurance for everyone in lieu of his failure to unite Democrats and their base to bring about socialized medicine to be extreme in addition to his pushing the Constitutional envelope on domestic surveillance. I'm not even getting into his nitnoid weighing-in on race relations in the news and the treatment of military women.

With politicians, it's typically a choice between the lesser of two evils. Obama has simply made me proud of my choice more often than ashamed of it. This President, like others before him, is a compromise who's just less whacko extremist than his predecessor (IMHO). You wouldn't get such an assessment from tw and I think that was UG's point. What other questions do you have regarding integrity?