... rather than a Liberal critic of Obama's Hopey Changey fluff which is what his cheerleading squad refused to acknowledge, I'm astonished by revisionist stuff like this:

liberal "validators" were corralled early and easily by the White House early on, and were silent when Obama started breaking his progressive campaign promises (FDL)

and this

Two weeks ago gay activist John Aravosis asked the readers of his popular AmericaBlog to stop giving to the Democratic Party:

"Until the Democratic Congress passes, and President Obama signs, legislation enacting [the Employment Non-Discrimination Act], repealing [don't ask, don't tell], and [recognizing gay marriages], we ask you to join us in pledging to postpone contributions to the Democratic National Committee, Organizing for America, and the Obama campaign."

Within hours a host of gay or liberal activists endorsed the move -- Daily Kos, Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake, Dan Savage, Michelangelo Signorile, David Mixner, Andy Towle and Michael Goff of Towleroad, Paul Sousa of Boston's Equal Rep, Pam Spaulding, Robin Tyler of the Equality Campaign, Bil Browning of the Bilerico Project. Even the more conservative forces among gay politicos, like the establishment Human Rights Campaign, responded not by distancing itself from the activists' effort but by saying that donors should always think carefully when spending scarce resources.

Right around the time the gays took their hands out of their wallets, 64 Democratic representatives amended the House healthcare bill to ban women from obtaining abortion coverage in the new health insurance market, a provision known as the Stupak amendment. Women are supposedly "furious" about what the House Democrats did. But no one with money is on record as striking back. Can you imagine the response from gay political activists if the House voted to strip all money for AIDS treatment from the healthcare bill? Maybe rich women Democratic donors are reconsidering their giving strategies. But they're being awfully quiet about it. ... (What women can learn from the Gay Rights movement / Salon)

Riiight, that's how it's done!

Oh, the pesky women! Racist if we do; uncooperative Dem-majority sabotaging spoilsports when we don't.

It strikes me as disengenuous, at best, that many of the same self-congratulating finger-waggers were loudly screaming Racism when critics were alarmed -- and said so -- about "Non"-partisan Obama was gratuitously tossing campaign sops to the hard right.