[mrt0mat0]

I voted for him too. Disappointed doesn't cover it. I know his speeches were rehearsed and all politicians just want that golden seat at the top, but i honestly thought he would follow through with a few more promises. I was actually shocked that he chose to openly back the NSA. I unvoted for him in my head that day.

[rayiner]

Why were you shocked? He was opposed to the Iraq war, but it became clear very early on in his presidency and even during his original candidacy that his opposition was to that war specifically, and not based on some broader liberal foreign policy views. Tellingly, his response to "what would you have done?" was always "doubled-down on Afghanistan and hunted down Osama bin Laden." I distinctly remember him talking about this before he was elected, because I remember initially disliking him until I heard his strong foreign policy stance. Given that expectation, I can't say anything about his presidency (e.g. drone strikes) has surprised me (other than the general ineptitude of his DOJ--I expected a lawyer to have a better handle on that).