Fuck Obama.
When Rudd became PM, I was already calling him "New Bastard" on the very night. I was under no illusions as to what kind of a politician he was: Not a good one, but better than Howard.

And he has been not a good PM, about as bad as Howard. Shows me how much cynicism I have: Not quite enough.

But Obama? I believed. I sincerely did. I didn't think he had a hope in hell of repairing the bridges of bipartisanship (I was correct) and I didn't think he'd pursue war crimes proceedings against Bush and co. (I'm correct.)

I thought he'd be better than this.

Commentary by Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Greenwald.

Fuck him. Just another bastard.

Liberals out there? Show America what it MEANS to be a liberal. Blast Obama. Publicly. Protest this in any way you can. Get noisy and angry about it. Because at least to me, that's what it means to be liberal: You don't trust a politician for a SECOND even when he's on your side. You don't give him any slack even when he's on your side.

Because, as a liberal, I believe they're never on our side.

Edit: Yet more commentary by Hilzoy and Kevin Drum. Good. This needs attention, and I'm hoping to see more on it.