I assume you won't insult our intelligence by claiming that, had McCain been elected, he would have followed through perfectly on every promise he made during the campaign, or that Obama's predecessors did either.

The American people aren't sheep. They aren't fool enough to assume that everything a politician of any party says will be perfectly truthful and will actually happen.

Instead, they work out how trustworthy they feel a person is, and evaluate the worth of his promises on that basis.

Part of what helped Obama win was that most people did not buy the line that he was some sort of secret foreign Marxist; the Obama they saw seemed trustworthy and reliable enough to vote for. McCain, on the other hand, often seemed confused and ill-prepared, and his campaign message shifted from week to week.

It's my opinion, as an Obama supporter, that transparency, secrecy, surveillance and detention policies are Obama's weakest area. He had fine words supporting them during the campaign, but those who noticed his vote on the FISA Amendments Act, or his emollient rhetoric about "moving forward" to allow Bush administration officials to escape prosecution for approving torture and warrantless surveillance, can see that his stance leaves a lot to be desired.

But then, that wasn't an issue where a vote for McCain, or even Barr, would have improved matters at all. McCain flip-flopped on torture and warmly approved of most of the measures taken in the war on terror. Barr voted for the PATRIOT Act. Electing a Republican of any kind would simply have further legitimized the unconstitutional acts of the previous Republican president. That meant that I was unable to base my vote on those issues.

Similarly, both Obama and McCain were clearly far too close to Wall Street, and too willing to take advice from the people responsible for getting us into the economic mess we're in.

Instead, I based my vote on the things where they really differed. It was clear that Obama would work on: healthcare reform, reducing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, rejecting the doctrine of pre-emptive war, and creating stronger protections for the environment.

I also care about those things. I have been reasonably satisfied with his work in these areas, none of which would have received any attention under a McCain presidency. I don't feel particularly deceived, but then I wasn't expecting him or any other candidate to be perfectly honest anyway. Were you?

Seems to me like you're casting around to find any straw to enable you to think of him as not being a legitimately elected President. As if saying things on the campaign trail that less than a year into his first term he is doing poorly on following through with has ever been a Constitutional reason to consider a President illegitimate!

There is a video title 7 lies in 2 minutes. In this video you can see 6 campaign promises made by Obama that he has already neglected.
He lied.
Pelosi lies.
Reid lies.
They lie to get elected which means the elections are not fair. The people who are intelligent enough to not fall for these lies are not represented in this country.

The 2008 election resulted in an outcome that a majority of voters wanted.

If you're feeling shut out, then it is mostly because your views represent a minority of voters. Congress can't be faulted for putting into motion policies like the public option, which enjoys the support of more than 60% of the population.

Our Constitution, in its wisdom, allows multiple ways for people like yourself representing minority views to get their views heard.

First, if you feel the Constitution has been violated, you can work to bring a lawsuit to prove that violation.

Second, if you want lawmakers to follow policies you like, you can work to persuade a majority of voters to vote for candidates who can reasonably be expected to follow those policies.

This stuff won't just happen because you want it to. It seems to me that, by advising people to break the law by withholding lawful taxes, you're taking the easy way out.

If you want your views represented, work for it. Don't expect Democrats, elected by a majority who presumably wanted Democratic outcomes, to do that job for you.

Your lazy little going-Galt fantasy shows not your support of the Constitution, but your lack of faith in the methods the Constitution outlines for getting your voice heard.