(October 29, 2012 at 3:16 pm)Spectrum Wrote:Thats what I don't get, if Bush was so great why wouldn't Romney parade him arround considering he has 17 of Bush's former advisors. Other than to say that they are counting on short term memory.(October 29, 2012 at 6:20 am)Brian37 Wrote: our short term memory.
I am not exactly with you on the Democrat-praising, but I can't agree more here. Sometimes, I wonder if I traveled here from an alternate reality, because everyone seems to have forgotten what the Bush years were like. Romney has changed from being a liberal Republican to a burning red neo-con along the W. Bush vein, and most people are totally fine with that. Yet, if you ask most people (even Republicans), they claim to dislike Bush. So, why the hell is Romney even around? I can't tell if people really hate Obama so badly, that they would rather vote for Bush 2.0 out of rebellion, or what. I just cannot begin to explain the amnesia. The media hasn't helped, though. Obama inherited the economic crisis, and the media leaves that out, often. And for one, Fox News capitalizes on it.
Fearmongering will keep the voter in the gang mentality, if you switch parties you are a traitor. Yet McCain rightfully shot down that woman who feard Obama being a Muslim while condemning Powel for switching his support.