is also the man who gave us the phrase "military industrial complex" and warned against its evils. So how in any measure was he a conservative? And how was he anything like the raving lunatics that are today's conservatives? Would anyone from that era short of McCarthy pass for conservative today? I am a white male American, 40, who voted for Obama, (due to lack of alternatives) and while he may be still finding his sea legs, I think he is a intelligent, honest man of good character, quite the antithesis of his predecessor. I am appalled by the amount of ignorant vitriol thrown at him, and have had to rethink the status of racism in this country, of which I can only say, is embarrassing at least and horrifying at best. I try to live by MLK's (paraphrased) words, "..judge on the content of character, not the color of skin." It has worked well for me - I can only hope that it should work for more Americans, of all skin colors and ethnicities, so that we can be the change we want to see in our lives. Ignorance and hatred may be strong, but truth and compassion will always win. It's not about 'conservative' and 'liberal', Democrat or Republican - those are artificial constructs of the two-party system (the two halves of the ruling party) meant to keep us fighting amongst ourselves while the ruling elite does whatever the hell they want. A mind is a terrible thing