{"id":6384,"date":"2009-05-31T08:29:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T08:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/05\/ted-rall-obama-should-step-dow.html"},"modified":"2009-05-31T08:29:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T08:29:27","slug":"ted-rall-obama-should-step-dow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/05\/ted-rall-obama-should-step-dow.html","title":{"rendered":"Ted Rall: Obama should step down now"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that the lefties are finally waking up to the fact that Obama is just another politician who doesn’t keep his promises. Ted Rall of all people is ticked that he isn’t getting hope and change but more of the Bush administration<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We expected broken promises. But the gap between the soaring expectations that accompanied Barack Obama’s inauguration and his wretched performance is the broadest such chasm in recent historical memory. This guy makes Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity and follow-through.
\nFrom health care to torture to the economy to war, Obama has reneged on pledges real and implied.
\n[…]
\nObama is useless. Worse than that, he’s dangerous. Which is why, if he has any patriotism left after the thousands of meetings he has sat through with corporate contributors, blood-sucking lobbyists and corrupt politicians, he ought to step down now — before he drags us further into the abyss.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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