One year later

Just thinkin about the fact that President Obama has been in office one year. It's difficult to believe a year has gone. Just remember the elation and the tough campaign -- fighting with Hillary and then McCain and Palin? We were so elated when he won. I'm still elated that he is there, but have to admit I am disappointed in him and his actions this year. For starters, his appointments do not signify change -- the bulk of whom are ex-Clinton personnel. That in itself doesn't mean they are bad, but they have seemed to continue the policies of the 1980s and 1990s. That is not change. Why has Eric Holder retained Bush attorneys in the Dept. of Justice? That is not change. Obama as a campaigner promised to close Guatanamo, didn't he? He promised a single-payer health care system. He promised to support Kiyoto and stronger regulations for the banking industry. I see an Obama the campaigner and an Obama the president. They are two different people -- which is disappointing at a minimum. The bottom line is he comes across to me as someone who is naive, inexperienced and being manipulated by more experienced staff. It is either very sad, or he sold me a "bill of goods." Either way, I am disappointed beyond expression. But the real question is where will this country go without any leadership?