Americans: How much do you approve of the Obama administration?

[DeistPaladin]

See, I keep hearing "he's better than the alternatives."

Seriously, is it so much to ask for this country to elect a genuinely good leader?

Yes.

Unfortunately, yes.

The game is rigged against 3rd parties. You only get two choices. Actually three if you want to count not voting/voting 3rd party. The Democrats have figured this out and, in the last dozen years or so, have a policy of throwing liberals under the bus as soon as they're in office. The Republicans continue running right off the deep end, so they know liberals and moderates have nowhere else to go.

I'm just an American voter. I can only choose between the two choices the powers that be in my country give me. Our democracy is virtually dead.

But you know what really pisses me off? When the O-bots make their rounds and wag their fingers at liberals and lecture us like little children how 2010 was our fault for allowing ourselves to get demoralized. Seriously, I hear snide remarks like "I hope you learned your lesson." Yeah, it's our fault. It's not their fault for being such piss-poor leaders. It's not their fault for rolling over to the Republicans or folding up like a cheap suit. It's not their fault that they're a bunch of spineless wimps who can't take a stand or giving away the store before the GOP even gets to the negotiating table. It's our fault for not loving them enough and not supporting them enough.

In 2008, I held my nose and voted for Obama. That's all I can do.