Barack is a man of good will who is as smart a President as we have had the privilege to be served by in the last half century

Yes, because Bill Clinton (Rhodes scholar) was stupid.  And many other presidents, while I may not have agreed with their policies, were not stupid people either.  But Barack, he..... transcends. (Blech! Give me an f'in break).

Our economy is getting worse.  There are those who feel it is bottomed or near bottom.  I heard that last November, this January, March and again this week.  

For those who believe that the 300 bn job stimulus and the 400 bn tax stimulus that puts an extra 20 bucks in the pockets of "working" americans is going to have a dramatic effect on the economy and that "their jobs are safe", criticizing O's policy is demagoguery.

For those of us who believe that the economy is going to get worse this year, criticizing the policies is an obligation.

In 6 months one group is going to be right, and truth be told I hope to be called a chicken little idiot who simply was too stupid to see how "intelligent" the policy was.  I have never hoped so dearly to be so wrong.

Yet each step of the way since September I have called out the next steps of the economic turmoil and have been close or "under" estimates.

This is why I like predictions and forecasting as opposed to "what ifs" that rely on SUTA (sunshine up the arse) outlooks.    

Imagine a trillion or two at job creation to outfit every gov't bldg with solar panels.  Imagine people having effing jobs to pay their mortgages and prevent foreclosure and bankruptcy.

But you have to hand it to these guys: they've got the kabuki down perfectly. Threat and counter-threat, 'pitchforks', etc. Puh-lease. The script was finalized here, at that little secret kaffeeklatsch he had with the planet's power-brokers.

Most of it started from the Hillary supporters who called me out for my early endorsement of Barack

Actually, I was thinking about a one-fingered salute to those who would call us traitors and who use the term "liberal" like an epithet toward those of us who expect the president to fulfill the oath he took, and feel a responsibility to call him on it when he doesn't.  

I'm sick of being told in semi-hushed tones that "soon, it will all be made clear," as if one of these days the image of Jesus will appear on the Lucite of the teleprompter and we can all fall to our knees in supplication.  Or a bright light will shine down and the wisdom of Barack will be manifest.

OF COURSE I want him to be successful, but it isn't wrong to want that success to be on my terms - you know, where the government should not be free to do whatever it wants to whomever it wants with no consequence and no accountability.  And where the people's interests take precedence over the Almighty Corporation.  Where there is an end to the relentless encroachment on civil and human rights, and religion is politely, but firmly instructed to stay out of government.  Where women are not made to feel subservient to their husbands, boyfriends, doctors or pastors when making decisions about their reproductive lives.  Where the rights people have in one state do not disappear when they cross states lines.

"Paul Krugman In Despair"

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/24/paul_krugman_in_despair/

Obama has failed massively already on torture, states secrets and civil rights. His economic policy bankrupting us to bailout corrupt Wall Street crooks and bankers is an unspeakable tragedy that everyone from now thru our great great great child will suffer from.