Why should I leave it alone?

I added the link to an interesting article called, "Entering Casablanca: The hope-and-change candidate is now the president-elect of tempered hope and difficult change," by Liam Julian, at left. Here's an excerpt:

Evidence exists that Obama does not believe, and never has believed, much of his talk; his campaign’s latest backtracking on change is congruent with that. In a way, this is heartening, because a president who did subscribe to the fluffy worldview of Obama’s campaign speeches would be dangerous. But it’s alarming, too. We are right to wonder whether the president-elect, who columnist David Brooks once called the “Hope Pope,” simply spun a pretty tale for Americans’ eager ears, pocketed their votes, and will now meet their anticipation and eagerness with puzzlement: That is not what I meant at all ... Before Campaign 2008 recedes into history and is, as our modern way would have it, erased from our memories, it’s worth reflecting on the words of the man who will now inhabit the White House, on how those words inspired so many, and on whether the person who spoke them meant them — and whether the words actually mean anything at all.

I sent the article to my dad, knowing it wouldn't matter but for some reason wanting him to understand what it is that bothers me about this whole thing. He replied:

We shall see, won't we? Any and all campaign speeches throughout history have been and always will be laced with rhetoric. What's the point of analyzing post-election, the seeming hypocrisies of promises and half-truths of persons seeking office? Are they still trying to prove that the election was a sham, that a charlatan was elected? That this sly, cunning magician fooled us all? It's over...leave it alone already. Watch and criticize later if need be.

It's funny that he should say I should leave it alone, it's over, etc. How long did the angry Democrats (including my dad) leave it alone after George Bush was re-elected, after he supposedly "stole" the election? I find it fascinating that now that Obama is elected everyone's saying, OK now let's all get along, be nice kids. Yet for years we (Republicans) have put up with such hate and anger and lies and distortions. I had to put up with it on a personal level from my own father and brother. Why should I leave it alone?