I voted for obama as the lesser of 2 evils, but i am very cynical about ALL politicians with the possible exceptions of kucinich and ron paul. When W was president, a lot of people on this site disliked him, but they usually had some rational reasons for that dislike (patriot act, wars, etc). Dislike for obama sometimes is SO visceral, that i can't help but think the fact that we have a half black president is the real reason for so much of the hate. Obama is a tool of the establishment like all presidents. No better or worse than most of them..