Dear Editor:

I have always considered Obama to be a false messiah for the problems and issues which face our country. As far as I was concerned, Obama duped people into supporting him via his very clever marketing campaign. There were also many people who didn't like the Clintons, and didn't realize or care to know, that on most issues, Obama was to the right of Hilary Clinton in his proclaimed positions during the primary campaign.

People who supported liberal policies saw in Obama something that was never ever there, a real idealist who was really dedicated to, and capable of fundamentally reforming the American political system and its politics and policies. Now we see, that this was never the case, even in sentiment. Moreover, he often displays a sort of subtle arrogance which transmits subliminally to me, that he thinks that now, since he is president, all should be done his way, or no way at all.

Obama is a very mediocre politician put into power to maintain the status quo with a few minimal liberal reforms that these times demand. His ability to inflect his spoken English is very limited. When he speaks extemporaneously, he sounds like a character on a TV sitcom.

Unfortunately, all of the people who voted for him in the primary, and in the general election, will have no alternative other than to vote for him again as the agenda offered by a Republican presidency for our country would be still, far worse.

Sincerely,

Arthur C. Hurwitz

Dear Editor:

In December of 2008 I was riding a bus and speaking to my mother on a cellphone. I told her that I didn't think that Obama would be a strong president and furthermore, he was not even committed to the basic bottom lines of a liberal political agenda. My fellow passengers were enraged. One woman, who was sitting behind me, told me that he was going to be the greatest President of the United States, even. I told her that I hoped that she was correct, but I doubted it.

With the extraordinary exception of the appointment of Sotayamoro to the Supreme Court, I am afraid and I am dissapointed to know now that I was correct. Obama really doesn't care about anything and his worse trait, which hadn't at all been identified during the primary and general election campaigns is that he is a "muddler." That is to say that he'll go along with anything, as long as he can have some, or really, any sort of bill past.

The man of rhetoric, who gave such good prepared speech, gives such horrible extemporaneous talk. He really seems to be someone who has no idea, and no concept of what is happening around him. He seems to not realize, or at least not willing to fight for what is at stake in this healthcare reform debate. He never seems willing to fight for anything. He lives in his concept of consensus which he can and will never find, and will never bring true reform.

I never understood what other people saw in this candidate who gave such good prepared speech. Didn't they realize that that is all that it was, well spoken words which were part of a well-crafted advertisting campaign. Didn't they understand that to actually achieve anything, one has to fight. Compromise when necessary but always fight.

Worse than that, Obama seems to have contempt for these naieve liberals who supported him. He just doesn't care what they think and is more interested in what the extremely powerful and rich want.

Sincerely yours,

Arthur C. Hurwitz

His conduct in this matter was the way every liberal politician should deal with hostility and opposition. It is a shame that so many of them are such chickens!

Dear Editor:

I never liked Obama and I never trusted him. Aside from giving good speech, he seemed to me so clueless and small. His mind was filled with media cliches and when he spoke extemporaneously, he seemed muddling and meandering.

Now I am sorry to say that my misgivings about him have now been proven to be more true than I ever could have imagined. This man has no goals or policy objectives. He only wants to "get things done," without questioning what exactly he is going to do.

The first indication of this was during his inagueration speech. He set out to blame everyone, with the same psuedo and falsely equivocating mainstream media. There was no vision and there was no agenda. Cliches strung together which I believe constitute his understanding of politics and policy. I noticed that whenever there is something to give up, he seems all so willing to do it. Just to be "bipartisan" and just to be liked.

I would like to take joy in the fact that I was right about him but I can not because the fate of our country, the welfare of its people, and the world are at stake, and even then, I would have no choice other than to vote for him again, as a Republican President would be far worse.

Howard Dean is not at all involved in the Obama Administration. That suggests to me that Obama was always interested more in winning than doing anything.

Sincerely yours,

Arthur C. Hurwitz