{"id":2278,"date":"2010-08-18T08:03:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T16:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2010-08-18T11:04:57","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T19:04:57","slug":"president-obama-will-he-get-a-do-over-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2278\/president-obama-will-he-get-a-do-over-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama: Will He Get a Do-Over in 2012?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2279\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2279\" title=\"mw2w4044_std\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/08\/mw2w4044_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/08\/mw2w4044_std.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/08\/mw2w4044_std-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Barack Obama: File photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/jchapin\/\">Jill Chapin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 18, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Millions of Americans wrapped their 2008 social calendar around the debates and primaries as certified political news junkies, and developed a collective lump in their throats and tears in their eyes when former Senator Barack Obama won the election.<\/p>\n<p>Now their social calendar is wide open for anything except political news. Obama&#8217;s inspiring words and agenda have mostly evaporated, replaced by a nagging feeling that once again, another pol is speaking to political expediency.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->We all know that Washington is a tough town, and decision-making is fraught with bribes, backroom deals, blackmail and palm greasing. Still, it was thought that the following areas would be those where our president would follow through on his promise to do what\u2019s best for &#8220;ordinary citizens.&#8221; Now they\u2019re not so sure.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Supporting the legalization of marijuana should be one of his easiest decisions. The hypocrisy for its scarlet letter status is embarrassing in this 21st century. We all know that cigarettes and alcohol can be more life-threatening, that laws that already criminalize drinking while driving or on the job can be applied to pot smokers too. We all know that legalizing marijuana would mean a new, enormous taxable commodity that can only help to alleviate our soaring debt. And we all know that making marijuana available in stores would slash those dangerous drug dealers\u2019 raison d\u2019etre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; His refusal to acknowledge the rights of gay Americans to marry is so last century. Gay marriage harms no one, it won\u2019t turn straight kids gay, and it certainly won\u2019t harm heterosexual couples who are doing a fine job of decimating the sanctity of marriage on their own with skyrocketing divorce rates.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Forcing Americans to purchase health insurance is going down a slippery slope. We must obey thousands of laws that outlaw certain actions. Now we are considered outlaws if we engage in no action?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cutting a deal with the pharmaceuticals is one of Obama&#8217;s most revealing disappointments. He promised them that any healthcare legislation would bar the government\u2019s huge purchasing power from negotiating lower drug prices for Medicare. His support of a ban on importing Canadian drugs as being potentially dangerous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/promises\/promise\/71\/allow-imported-prescription-drugs\/\">exposes his back door deal making<\/a>. It couldn\u2019t expose his ignorance; this is a smart guy who knows that drugs are not molecularly rearranged in a sealed bottle when crossing the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 His ease with ballooning our deficit to unfathomable numbers is most disturbing of all, as he is now on course to permanently mortgaging our grandchildren\u2019s future. And repaid TARP money, which we were assured would be used to pay down the deficit, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/statements\/2009\/dec\/08\/mike-pence\/pence-says-democrats-plan-spend-tarp-money-economi\/\">may now be used to further his economic stimulus plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 His desire to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants is simply a vote-getting tactic. But he doesn\u2019t speak to those of us who are actually able to vote for him &#8211; or not. His parsed words really mean amnesty, and it frosts those of us who are punished &#8211; not rewarded &#8211; for breaking our laws.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a white middle-aged heterosexual, non-marijuana smoking grandmother, whose insurance premiums are paid by my husband\u2019s employer, who is on no prescription drugs, and whose grandparents were legal immigrants who had to wait in line to get here.<\/p>\n<p>Why then should someone like me who is living the American dream be so upset about all of the above? It\u2019s because of those grandchildren I mentioned &#8211; mine and everyone else\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine many of Obama&#8217;s former ardent supporters are leaning toward not voting for him again, even though they know of no one who would be a better replacement. 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