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People Who Voted For Bush Calling Obama A Failed President (Original Post) Yallow Aug 2016 OP
Obama could bring 1% unemployment and... kevink077 Aug 2016 #1
These are people who hate whoever FOX tells them to hate. liberal N proud Aug 2016 #2
If the world was a peaceful, weaponless utopia full of Gandhi-types... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #4
Isn't there some pathology to it? Other than them relentlessly telling themselves senseless shit? I uponit7771 Aug 2016 #5
There's been multiple studies... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #7
President Obama failed the "white skin" test. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #6
Epic Projection. Third Doctor Aug 2016 #8
These are the same people who rank FDR as one of our worst presidents. Drunken Irishman Aug 2016 #9
If the failure was to totally mess the USA up for years to come, yes Obama failed. Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #10
Interesting ... NurseJackie Aug 2016 #11
Sick or stupid Person 2713 Aug 2016 #12
They're conditioned Jamaal510 Aug 2016 #13

kevink077

(365 posts)
1. Obama could bring 1% unemployment and...
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:17 PM
Aug 2016

End all poverty; and solve the Israel /Palestine conflict and they would still say he is a horrible no good president..

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
2. These are people who hate whoever FOX tells them to hate.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:21 PM
Aug 2016


They have been calling him a failure from the day he was elected

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
3. If the world was a peaceful, weaponless utopia full of Gandhi-types...
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:27 PM
Aug 2016

... I have little doubt that many of them would be screaming about a threat from somewhere.

Their damn over-sized amygdalas:
"Conservatives Big on Fear, Brain Study Finds"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds

Response to Yallow (Original post)

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
5. Isn't there some pathology to it? Other than them relentlessly telling themselves senseless shit? I
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:44 PM
Aug 2016

... get this all the time on mixed boards.

It's like they can't help it

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
7. There's been multiple studies...
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:57 PM
Aug 2016

... that indicate stuff like: Conservatives have bigger amygdalas (causing fear and anxiety) and less white matter in their brains, they're far more sensitive to negative stimuli compared to liberals, etc.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
6. President Obama failed the "white skin" test.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:55 PM
Aug 2016

HRC would fail the "must have a penis" test.

Two little known requirements for any who aspire to be President.

Third Doctor

(1,574 posts)
8. Epic Projection.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:57 PM
Aug 2016

It's simple. Look at the approval polls of the last few months of Bush's presidency and compare them to Obama's right now. Facts have a liberal bias and they just can't stand it.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
13. They're conditioned
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:59 AM
Aug 2016

to view Democratic administrations as inept, corrupt, ineffective, etc. no matter how much success is achieved. If unemployment gets lowered, they'd either cry conspiracy about number-fudging, or give credit to various Republicans who played little or no role in it being lowered.

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