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It's about the people who voted for him. As someone who voted for Barack Obama, I am offended by David Sirota's article.
Let us look at how Sirota has characterized me and every other person who voted for Obama. I voted for Obama because I was angry at Bush and I am celebrity obsessed. I have blind faith in Barack Obama's decision making ability. I am a part of a grassroots movement that would support a national sales tax if Obama sent me an email telling me to.
I hate to break it to David Sirota, but none of this is true about me. Neither is it true of anyone else that I know who voted for Obama. A lot of us are hoping that our lives and the lives of our neighbors will get better under President Obama and we will let him know if they do not.
There is a strong elitism in the left that is disguised as populism and we ought to be more careful about noticing it and putting an end to it. We can't claim to be for the people and then lecture them like little children. I think that it is a good idea for us not to put all of our faith in Barack Obama, but it's time that "populists" put a little more faith in the American people.
