I live in North Carolina. You would never know that Obama took this state by talking to almost any white native residents here. At least the ones I talk to. Whenever we have a discussion, I can expect some of these frequently used canned responses.
- Obama caused this mess
- Democrats created the debt
- Obama just likes to blame Bush
- The financial meltdown was caused by Democrats
- Unemployment is welfare
- Unemployed people are lazy
- 95% of the Democratic Party are lazy black people - This one almost always makes my head explode
- Democrats are socialist, marxist, fascist, etc etc
- Obama has raised everyones taxes... especially on farmers with his "Methane Gas Tax" - seriously
Whenever they say "Obama blames Bush"... I say "Is Bush blameless?" That gets them going...
Obama can't blame anyone one else for his own failures... however, all of the things that caused the financial meltdown occurred well before the Democrats took control of Congress.
The revisionist history is just shocking to me... were you guys sleeping when Tom DeLay was selling access to the President and in cahoots with Jack Abramoff in the biggest lobbying scandal in history? Grover Norquist was a major player even. He was convicted along with Ralph Reed.
It was 2005 when Hank Paulson lobbied to allow the 5 biggest investment banks in NY to leverage at near 30 to 1 while they were pulling off the biggest banking scam in history. 2 of those banks failed and one was bought by BofA. They were making money from nothing and continue to do so to this day. They are STILL speculating on mortgage backed securities and Credit Default Swaps are still legal. Goldmann Sachs runs the world. Derivatives trading is still going strong.
Let's not even get into Vallerie Plame, Iraq, Torture, Rendition, Domestic Wiretapping, Halliburton, Blackwater, Enron, etc etc.
It's not just a single pile of poo that got left behind... it's a legacy of corruption and greed. It is just shocking to me that people can't remember past last week and that everything is a talking point they hear from the conservative pundits or media. What kind of America am I raising my children in?