Disappointed doesn’t begin to cover it. Betrayed is the word that come to mind.

I knew he wasn’t the liberal the Right claimed during the campaign. But given the alternatives, he still seemed to be the best, if a more risky choice. The fact that his resumé and personal history were out of the ordinary, the way he seemed to embrace nuanced positions, and his previous history as a Constitutional professor gave me hope that he had the potential to be a great President

I did not expect everything I wanted, but still I hoped, based on his rhetoric, a reversal of the worst abuses of the Bush administration and a new direction. I was severely disappointed with his reversal on FISA; I had donated to his campaign before that point, but not afterward. Speaking of which, weren’t all of those small contributions supposed to free him from being beholden to the corporate interests and beholden to the people instead? Guess it didn’t quite work that way.

And to healinglady2012, remember that the Republican Party was originally a third party. So many members of the Whig Party moved over to it that the Whig Party collapsed into the dust bin of history. Perhaps it is time to start a Progressive or Social-Democratic Party?

That’s what I called him, but invariably just by the initials.

He was a weasel until the end. I feel sure that he knew exactly what he was doing when he outed Valerie Plame, and knew who he was doing it for.

Really, without a strong public option, where is the reform?

President Obama has apparently already made a side deal with the pharmaceutical companies, guaranteeing that they will continue to have huge profits.

If we can’t at least recognize that the for-profit health insurance companies contribute nothing, but skim money off the top, where are any cost savings going to come from?

Enjoy your well-deserved vacation, Glenn. And don’t worry, there will still be plenty of things to be outraged about when you get back.

How come you 2nd Amendment folks always quote the second part of the amendment but conveniently leave out the first?

Because the second part is the independent clause; it is the essence of the sentence, containing as it does a subject, a predicate, and unlike the subordinate, dependent clause that precedes it, it is syntactically capable of standing alone as a self-contained proposition. A dependent clause, on the other hand, functions as a multi-word adjective or adverb that elaborates or embellishes the primary thought expressed in the independent clause; it doesn't serve to NEGATE it.

All right, try parsing this one without its dependent clause:

“Unless my guess is wrong, you are an idiot.”

I only wish that President Obama would read and heed this.

Apparently, the only way to speak truth on television is to do it under the guise of humor.

Maybe Palin could revive the No-Nothing Party. She would be perfect for it.

The “rule of law” has become like the Golden Rule. Those who make the rules can ignore the law. It’s depressing and infuriating. Why can’t we hold government officials to the same standards that any other non-connected citizen is held to?

It should be obvious to anyone that this is wrong. What chance do we have as a nation of law when our leaders ignore this and pretend that people that bring it up are the crazy ones?

From the previews I’ve unavoidably seen and your review, I don’t thing “Brüno” is good for anyone.

@ Stibber

From what I have read, the administered test was certified, unbiased and used routinely for promotions.

Where are you reading that? Because, according to the facts of the case which were not disputed, this exam was not only not certified, but not ever put through any validation study.

But George Will said that:

“The tests were prepared by a firm specializing in employment exams and were validated, as federal law requires, by independent experts.”

George Will wouldn’t get his facts wrong, would he?

Spin it any way you want.

She was wrong.

Reversed

So because a perfect storm of freakish events allowed George W. Bush to occupy the White House and appoint two conservative Supreme Court Justices, that makes her wrong?

If the voters’ will had been honored in 2000, and President Gore had nominated two liberal Justices, and the Supreme Court upheld Ricci 5-4, would you be saying that she was right?

There are Supreme Court decisions, and there is what is right. They don’t always agree.

Other reporters may laugh at Helen Thomas, but what they should be doing is feeling shame -- and learning how to do their jobs.

How do we know Greenwald won't spend the money on a tiara for his baby kitten?

Also, how do I get a Greenwald mug or T-shirt?

Why would you want a mug or T-shirt publicizing someone you suspect of malfeasance?

The Washington Post of today is no longer the paper that published the Pentagon Papers, refused to be cowed by the vulgar threats of the then Attorney General of the United States, and led the way on exposing Watergate. The difference is in the leadership at the top. To put it bluntly, Donald Graham doesn’t have the balls his mother had.

The Washington Post has a legacy of greatness. Sadly, that legacy is all it has left. The greatness of the Post is as dead as Katherine Graham.