Changing mindsets. [View All]

[bigjohn16]

Let me start by saying my entire political life has been under the Presidency of George Bush. I was to young to vote for Gore and my first vote for President was for John Kerry and that loss stung. I've been an atheist and a liberal during the born again neo-con Presidency of Bush and I have always considered myself the underdog when it comes to American politics.

I voted for President Obama not because I agreed with everything he stood for but because I wanted to be apart of an historic vote. I now find myself still stuck in the underdog mindset and feeling politically alienated among friends and DU. I don't seem to be able to get into a mindset that says you voted for the winner now sit back and let him work. It's been eight years of Bush and it seems I can't really break that need for conflict.

I don't agree that criticizing the President in the first 5 month is a bad thing but I will concede that I am being unfairly impatient when it comes the bigger issues facing President Obama.

I guess my question is has anyone else had that same feeling of withdrawal when it comes to leaving the Underground?