In the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama was supposed to run against John McCain but early on, Obama decided that he would much rather run against George Bush.
Obama was elected but the campaign against Bush continues to this day. Whenever Obama gets in a tight scrape, suffers a set back or loses part of the electorate, he blames Bush.
After the voters in Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate, ABC News George Stephanopolous asked Obama to interpret the election results.
“People are angry,” Obama responded “and they’re frustrated. Not just because whats happened in the last year or two years but whats happened over the last eight years.”
Don’t expect that to stop, its become second nature now. In 2012 Obama will be running for re-election on his track record and you can bet that on campaign stops, he’ll still be blaming Bush.
Rest here by Ruben Navarrette, Jr. Via Pajamas Media
H/T: Xiao-Mei