Obama is just who he said he was. Were people not listening? [View All]

I have been a bit amazed by the claim by some progressives that President Obama "betrayed," them. Did they even read what Obama's positions were?

For example, he never promised to end the Iraq war as soon as he took office. He said he would end the war "responsibly," within 18 months. That is exactly how it is headed We will be 99% out of Iraq by the end of August.

Obama said he would get us out of Iraq but step it p in Afghanistan. That is exactly what he has done.

Obama promised to end "Don't Ask Don't Tell," but I do not remember a time frame He seems to be doing it.

Obama was never for gay marriage. He stated clearly that he was for Civil unions. He made no promises in this regard.

Obama stressed his support for the Matthew Shepherd, "Hate Crimes" bill. He promised that if Congress passed it, he would sign it. He did. This bill died every single year under Bush due to his veto threat.

Obama never promised liberal Supreme Court judges, he only said he wanted judges that agreed with his own judicial ideals.

Obama never promised Single Payer health care. In fact, he stated on the campaign trail that he did not think it could be implemented here at this point. He pretty much delivered on the plan he promised, minus the public option, which he could not get 60 votes for.

Obama promised to close GITMO. He has run into big political Resistance from members of Congress and the public. I think it will be closed by 2012.

The one area where I do think Obama has failed was his promise that lobbyist would not serve in his administration He has signed waivers to that rule more than twenty times now. I think sticking with Geitner after the tax revelation came out made him reek with "politics as usual."

I am not crazy about everything Obama has done. Still, to act like he duped his base is absurd. No president is able to fulfill all of his promises. Obama has kept most of his so far. I sense that a lot of Obama supporters got swept up in the frenzy and he became whatever we wanted him to be.