McCain != Obama

To all of my "there are no differences between the two parties" friends I would offer this list of things that I think would realistically be different had John McCain become President in 2008.

• No Health Insurance reform. You might not like ACA but it is certainly better than nothing
• GM would likely not exist in a recognizable form
• Chrysler would likely not exist in a recognizable form
• We would quite possibly be at war with Iraq.
• Osama bin Laden would still be hiding out in Pakistan.
• Unemployment would be in excess of 12% (McCain was against the stimulus and while it was not enough it was better than nothing)
• DADT would still be in effect

Are there things that have happened or continued to happen that I would like to be different? You bet. Here are a couple

• Gitmo is still open
• Patriot Act is still in effect
• Wall Street seems to have gotten a pass on the financial crisis
• DOMA still is in effect
• Unemployment is far too high

So yes, I agree with you that President Obama does suck in some important ways. He does suck FAR LESS than a reasonably imagined President McCain and to pretend otherwise is just being willfully blind to reality.