Originally Posted by Brujah

In a way it makes sense if these conservatives are looking for an excuse other than themselves, to blame it on just that one person, the President. It must be nice that we're all so simplistic that we generally overlook past policies, past spending, career politicians in congress, etc... The President in that respect becomes the scapegoat, and I bet they continue to vote for the incumbent representative or senator, that career politician who they probably aren't even aware of his voting record but he's an (R) or a (D) so they keep choosing him anyway. They rattle on about entitlement mentality too, yet if they're not automatically successful in a declining industry, it must be the President, and has nothing at all to do with the industry or themselves.