What disappoints me about Pres. Obama... [UPDATED]
...is not that he seems destined to fail in bringing together Congress to truly reform the issues that require it, call it Health Care Reform, Financial Reform, Climate Policy, etc.
What disappoints me is that he has failed to stand for the cause that allowed him to reach the presidency in the first place: Civil Rights.
Being elected president, in the minds of many, represented the culmination of a constant struggle against discrimination. It is easy to look at it that way, "Problem solved! Now let's move on." Reality is, the fight for equality continues, not only racially but religiously and sexually.
Failing to fight for, and recognize, the rights of everyone else around you is a big character flaw. One that is very telling. It states that this person considers him/herself superior to everyone else around him/her. It is embarrassing that so many people share this flaw, but the fact that President Barack Obama does too, being who he is, is also absurd and inexplicable.
I hope that one day soon he will realize that he is not the end result of this cause, but that the cause has put him there to continue the fight for equality. A fight that is far from over.
UPDATE: President Obama just delivered the State of the Union. Maybe I spoke too soon, maybe not. Actions, not words, will tell.
