Our long national nightmare is over...

[dead0man]

Although I am glad that Bush is finally out of the White House, like Opebo, I am quite pessimistic about Obama's first term as President of the United States, primarily as I expect him to pander to the right on so many occasions it shall not be funny.

Well the last Dem Pres did the same thing and most of the American left still love him.

[dead0man]

Welfare Reform, Don't Ask Don't Tell, tax cuts, broadening capital punishment at the federal level all certainly seemed like pandering at the time.  On the other hand he did pass the Brady Bill and the silly/pointless Assault Weapons ban, vetoed a ban on partial birth abortions and gave a half hearted attempt to nationalize healthcare.  So he might not have spent all of his 8 years pandering to the right, just most of the first half.

[dead0man]

The objection was to the claim that the left loved him at any point after 1994.

Seriously?  Who the hell voted for the guy in 1996?  I'm talking the "American" left here.