There's Just Something About The Man...

"They" say never talk politics with someone who holds different views than yours. I say that's when it's most interesting! How can you learn anything if you're only hearing someone reflect your own opinions back to you? Be that as it may, allow me to vent:

Some people are upset because Obama went right while he was running for the highest office in the land, and now is going back where he came from -- left. I don't care.

Some people are upset because Obama, they say, isn't such an eloquent speaker when there are no teleprompters for him to read. I don't care.

Some people are upset because, they say, Obama wasn't really born in the United States. I don't care.

Some people are upset because Obama isn't emotional enough about the oil spill disaster. I don't care.

Here's what I care about:

When Michelle Obama appeared on ABC's The View during the presidential campaign two years ago, she innocently made the comment that, in exchange for her support, her husband promised her he would stop smoking.

Guess what.

He still smokes.

He's "trying" to quit, says he. Two years later! Uhh... excuse me? She didn't say he promised he would try, he promised he would friggin' quit! Now I ask you, if he can't stand up to that challenge, to honor a pledge made to the woman he loves and who has borne him two adorable daughters, what does that say about the man?

Let alone the fact that smoking is a disgusting, dangerous, deadly habit that thousands of smokers struggle with daily and he is the man to whom they should be able to look as a model. Let alone that, should Obama die, we'll have Biden running the country (for better or worse, depending on our views). The man broke a promise to his wife! She upheld her end of a bargain, and he waffled on his end of it. Let alone that there are multiple options for smart smokers from cold turkey, prescription and over-the-counter products, to clinical hypnosis (the method proven statistically to be the most effective). What does that say about the man?

"That he's only human," some will say. Well, yes. It's true, we didn't nominate him for sainthood, then vote him in. Nonetheless, if we expect nothing else of our president we expect him to have backbone! We expect him to have self-respect (which is far different from arrogance). We expect him to be disciplined (which is different from lack of flexibility). We expect him to be able to deal with the pressures of the presidency without filling his lungs with toxins and setting a crappy example for his kids, not to mention his constituents. We expect him to take all commitments seriously.

Is that too much to ask of the man who holds the most powerful office in the world?

Once, earlier on, when asked about his smoking and about his quitting, he said, "Well, I uhhh... cheat now and then." Hello? What does that say about the man?

He is letting us down, some say. I say, hey, he's not the first and he won't be the last. But... more importantly, he has let his wife down. He has let his kids down.

What does that say about THE MAN?