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Well Camille, some of us knew, and dared to suggest, that Mr. Obama is not a divine avatar, as was widely believed. That peculiar bubble of illusion grew very large, and like all bubbles that must eventually pop, it is popping, slowly and painfully. Business as usual in the White House, business as usual in Congress, and the same old financial manipulators pulling the corset strings until nobody can breath--that is what we see, and the only real difference is that Mr. Obama has already sold himself to the players, some time ago, and will therefore be more amenable than most other presidents. All of this is the effect of wishful thinking and mass hypnosis that rolls downhill faster and faster, getting bigger and bigger, just like an ice-cold, useless snowball. On the other hand, Camille, you did in fact abandon every feminist principle when you chose to support Obama in preference to the first real and viable female candidate who would likely have a shot at the presidency. The same illusion-making process that glorified Obama took place with Palin, only this time in reverse, and the quite decent woman was trashed, horribly. Where are your feminist credentials? Better look in the dumpster, they might still be there. Oh, and don't advance any new feminist theories and arguments for a while because it will be particularly awkward and embarrassing if you do. Face it Camille, you betrayed all your principles for the sake of a candidate who knew full well that he was being falsely hyped, inflated, glorified, and foolishly worshiped as a god. Didn't you notice that worried and unhappy look that often passed over his face in public when he knew that the mass adulation he was receiving was for nothing, and that he could not even prove his natural-born citizenship status? He was often fearful and nervous about these things. Didn't you even notice?
