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lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts) Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:25 PM Mar 2016

According to MSNBC: tRump is Obama's fault!

Honestly, home early, turn it on, and this is what I hear. Obama drove us voters to mass hysteria, making us vulnerable to Frump's TV circus persona.

Are we going to ever find anything that isn't Obama's fault?

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According to MSNBC: tRump is Obama's fault! (Original Post) lindysalsagal Mar 2016 OP

I wouldn't say 'fault', but I'd say he's a reaction. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #1

Well, that does seem to be a fair observation.... Human101948 Mar 2016 #2

Whether Trump voters will admit it or not, I believe it is a reaction to having a Black POTUS. OregonBlue Mar 2016 #3

This Iliyah Mar 2016 #4

Yep, Obama's fault that he is black and so the racists are coming out of book_worm Mar 2016 #5

Media gives Trump thousands of hours of free tv airtime... Make7 Mar 2016 #6

How ironic... PoiBoy Mar 2016 #7

The fault for Trump rests on everyone in power, including Obama, the donor class, and the media LittleBlue Mar 2016 #8

Yes ! Angel Martin Mar 2016 #9

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

1. I wouldn't say 'fault', but I'd say he's a reaction.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:26 PM

Mar 2016

Just like Obama's election was a reaction to Bush.

Human101948

(3,457 posts)

2. Well, that does seem to be a fair observation....

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:27 PM

Mar 2016

It's Obama's fault for being a black man.

The fact that Trump fans are a bunch of racist assholes has nothing to do with it.

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)

3. Whether Trump voters will admit it or not, I believe it is a reaction to having a Black POTUS.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:44 PM

Mar 2016

They feel like they are losing control.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

4. This

Reply to OregonBlue (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:58 PM

Mar 2016

RWers talking point being repeated until it becomes fact. Its not true, but alas, the truth is barely exposed. We are living in a country that spews propaganda just like what happened to many countries during their fall.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)

5. Yep, Obama's fault that he is black and so the racists are coming out of

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:08 PM

Mar 2016

the wood pile and supporting Trump.

Make7

(8,543 posts)

6. Media gives Trump thousands of hours of free tv airtime...

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:13 PM

Mar 2016

... while reporting entertainment as news.

Media wonders who to blame for Trump's popularity.

PoiBoy

(1,542 posts)

7. How ironic...

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:22 PM

Mar 2016

..that the "media" simply can't or won't take responsibility for the insufferable, incessant tRumpFest that they've subjected people to over the last several months.

They brag and boast how their ratings and revenues are sky high because of tRumpFest, and then they have the absolute gall to scratch their heads in "innocent wonder" and point to their favorite scapegoat... President Obama.

Disgusting... IMO.

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)

8. The fault for Trump rests on everyone in power, including Obama, the donor class, and the media

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:26 PM

Mar 2016

Historically, populists creep up on unsuspecting corrupt, ossified, inadequate political systems. Years of ineffective government run by an oligarchy has left us vulnerable.

Angel Martin

(942 posts)

9. Yes !

Reply to LittleBlue (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:02 PM

Mar 2016

add decades of Washington arrogance, cluelessness and out of touch.

the party bases are both in revolt against the party elites, triggered by anger over the distance between what is said in campaigns, and what happens in Washington.

I also think the 2008-09 financial bailout is a factor. we have had bad recessions before, but a rescession, a weak recovery, combined with a multi trillion dollar financial bailout was the last straw for many people.

Fannie, Freddie and AIG alone got more than $300 billion (that's $1000 per person).

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