Change we can believe in?

Many months ago we were given promises of change coming to Washington, and most of the country fell in love with the idea. Even some conservative friends of mine, dismayed by the thought of McCain as our party's choice, were temporarily swayed by "Slick" Barry's silver tongue. Many weeks now into his new administration we have had some change, though not the changes we thought we were getting, especially with oversight of the Census Bureau moving to the highly partisan White House (thus leading to possible changes in district borders, which would drastically affect elections and funding) and the copious withdrawals of Cabinet appointees (although "Turbo Tax" Tim still made it in).

The change that we were promised, however, doesn't seem to have taken effect as of yet. There was abundant outcry of "fear-mongering" by President Bush in relation to the war on terror, yet now we see similar tactics by our current administration that the stimulus must be passed immediately to prevent total economic destruction. There was also considerable outrage about the "hidden actions" during the Bush years, yet the lavish promises of "transparency" by our current administration has brought us the most abundant spending bill in US history, put through Congress like a thief in the night with Senators and Representatives given scant few overnight hours to read and comprehend a thousand-page piece of legislation before being forced to vote by the empowered Democrats. Even Obama's pre-election commitment to complete bipartisanship was thrown by the wayside as the authorship and voting of the bill went nearly strictly down party lines, with even numerous Democrats voting against it.

It seems that the "change" Mr. Obama had been promising all along turned out to be something other than expected, and we the people are still left uncared for while the politicians bicker about things that have little to do with the rest of the country. One thing that hasn't changed about Washington, however, is that politicians will still tell you what you want to hear in order to get elected. I, for one, Mr. Obama, would like my money back because the change you're giving us just doesn't add up.