disappointment

A friend of Better Half’s posited the question, “How do you feel about the election when you look back at it?” I initially left my response as a comment on his weblog, but have decided it warrants a little fleshing-out and posting here.
In response…
Honestly, I am disappointed in this election.
I am disappointed in Americans for voting someone into the highest elected office in the country based off the nebulous, never-quite-defined promises of “hope” and “change” – words that, when taken in the vacuum of their own presence, are semantically null.
I am disappointed that people were apparently snowed by an articulate, skilled, and proficient speaker… who somehow managed to say almost nothing during the course of his two-year run for President.
I am disappointed in people who are guided by the short-sighted belief that any alternative is better than the current situation, regardless of the lack of plans, reason, or logic.
I am disappointed that Americans are somehow surprised at the fact that “hope” and “change” have turned into “subjugation” and “more of the same”, literally overnight.
I am disappointed that many of the illegal, illicit, and inappropriate things that took place during the election were forced to be “non-issues” by lack of attention by the media, and lack of caring on the part of the American public.
I am disappointed that, to a certain crowd, voting for Obama is somehow the “Christian” thing to do, given his obviously not-so-Christian stances on certain things (granted, McCain is no better, but neither is Obama).
I am disappointed in a voting electorate and media that hung on every word of a particular candidate, no matter how contradictory, hypocritical, erroneous, fallacious, or otherwise wrong those words may be.
I am disappointed in people so willing to accept “free” this and “free” that, without ever taking the time or effort to realize that nothing is free.
I am disappointed in Americans who want to punish the rich, the prosperous, the well-to-do simply because they worked harder, they were lucky, they planned appropriately, and/or they lived frugally.
I am disappointed in citizens so ready and willing to give their lives, their choices, their freedoms over to the government, for the illusion of safety, for the naive joy of security, for the sin of apathy.
I am disappointed at the claims of racism being leveled at whites who did not vote for him, but somehow blacks voting for him just because of the color of his skin get a free pass.
I am disappointed that a man was systematically destroyed for daring to question a Presidential candidate, with the media, the candidate’s campaign, and (worst of all) the American people all helping in the destruction.
I am disappointed in people who would gleefully sell their country down a river for one more hand-out, one more welfare check, one more piece of Nanny-state support.
I am disappointed in a media that could not even maintain a facade of objectivity, and only had the nerve to admit to their overwhelming bias after the fact.
I am disappointed that Americans voted a person they know almost nothing about into office, and I am further disappointed that they are surprised concerning the negative things coming up about his past now.
I am disappointed that Americans have so obviously forgotten what made this country great, what took this country to the top of the list, and what set us apart from all the others.
I am disappointed that Americans would vote for someone so against personal rights, personal responsibilities, and the Constitution itself.
I am disappointed in each and every person who voted for President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama.
Does that about answer the question?